Only a few concerned citizens attended the Sep 30 Police Commmision meeting on Treasure Island, where police commissioners and officers outnumbered the public in attendance. Captain Daniel McDonagh, Commanding Officer of the Southern station, presented his Chief's Report and the public was allowed to address the commission.
One of those citizens was Bayview resident Ruby Brown, whose grandson Jarvis L. Baker's 2000 murder still remains unsolved.
Another person remarked on the need for consensus regarding the confusing zoning of the police districts.
The department acknowledges the need for a better distribution of patrols in its District Boundaries Assessment found on the SFPD website. The shortcomings of the current districting system are clearly evident in the neglected China Basin area. Although China Basin is part of Supervisorial District 6, it is policed by District 10-area’s overworked Bayview Station police force. China Basin is one of the few parts of District 6 excluded from Southern Station’s patrol area.
China Basin resident Corinne Woods later confirmed the scarcity of SFPD patrols there, and said that residents’ safety sometimes depends on private security forces such as the guards at UC’s medical center.
As of today neither the minutes from the meeting nor the Chief’s Report were available online.
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