Tell SF Police Commissioners: We Demand Police Accountability

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    Tell SF Police Commissioners: We Demand Police Accountability

    Police Chief Bill Scott is playing politics with the safety of our communities in San Francisco. 

    Last week, Chief Scott announced the San Francisco police are pulling out of an agreement, formally known as a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU), with District Attorney Chesa Boudin that made the prosecutor’s office the lead investigator of all extreme police misconduct in the city. Under the MOU, any officer-involved  shooting, in-custody death, or other serious misconduct would be investigated by the District Attorney’s office instead of the police department. 

    The timing was not a coincidence. Chief Scott withdrew from this agreement right before the start of a landmark trial against an officer who beat a Black man senseless, breaking bones, while responding to a domestic violence call in 2019. This is the first of four cases against police that District Attorney Chesa Boudin has elected to prosecute. Scott was facing pressure from the police union and his rank and file to break the agreement. He sent the letter rescinding the agreement the day before the union was scheduled to consider a no-confidence vote on his performance. It’s clear that Scott made this unilateral decision in an attempt to avoid accountability and save his own career.

    Time and time again, we’ve seen that we cannot rely on the police to investigate themselves in instances of misconduct. The MOU has been held up as a model of police accountability nationally after it was negotiated by now-Los Angeles DA George Gascon. Now, the police chief and other law enforcement are using racist fear mongering and scare tactics to falsely pit public safety against accountability.

    But,Erin, we all know this has nothing to do with fairness. This is simply another tactic by law enforcement to operate with impunity, particularly when it is their actions that are making our communities so unsafe.

    Police unions and Chief Scott are throwing a tantrum because policies like the MOU threaten their power. 

    It’s time to put a stop to it. The San Francisco Police Commissioners  have the power to intervene. 

    The San Francisco Police Commissioners can act now to uphold the MOU and protect independent investigations against the cops. Can we count on you to take action?

    Sign the petition. Tell SF Police Commissioners to intervene NOW.

    See below the petition that will be sent to the San Francisco Police Commissioners:

    Here is the Petition:

    Dear SF Police Commissioners, 

    The people of San Francisco are looking at you to uphold the MOU and protect independent investigations against the cops. 

    Time and time again, we’ve seen that we cannot rely on the police to investigate themselves in instances of misconduct. The MOU has been held up as a model of police accountability nationally after it was negotiated by now-Los Angeles DA George Gascon. The people of San Francisco showed that we support change through these types of reforms when we elected Chesa Boudin as San Francisco’s District Attorney. 

    It’s up to you to put the safety of our communities before politics by ensuring we are protected from unwarranted police violence.

    Sincerely,
    Erin