San Francisco Police Department
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The San Francisco Police Department or S.F.P.D., is responsible for policing in the City and County of San Francisco. The department's motto is the same as the city and county, Gold in Peace Iron in War.
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[edit] History
The SFPD began operations on August 13, 1849 during the gold rush and under command of Captain Malachi Fallon. Chief Fallon had a force of one deputy captain, three sergeants and thirty officers.
It was not until 1898, a re-organization of the force was a modern police service created and responsible to the city.
A list of commanding officers of the SFPD:
[edit] City Marshalls - 1850-1856
- Malachi Fallon
- Brandt Sequine
- John W. McKenzie
[edit] Chief of Police
- 1856-58 James F. Curtis
- 1858-66 Martin J. Burke
- 1866-73 Patrick Crowley
- 1873-75 Theodore G. Cockrill
- 1875-77 Henry H. Ellis
- 1877-79 John Kirpatrick
- 1879-97 Patrick Crowley
- 1897-1900 Isaiah W. Lees
- 1900-01 William P. Sullivan
- 1901-05 George Wittman
- 1905-07 Jeremiah F. Dinan
- 1907-08 William J.Biggy
- 1908-10 Jesse B. Cook
- 1910 John B. Martin
- 1910-11 John Seymour
- 1911-20 David A. White
- 1920-28 Daniel J. O'Brien
- 1929-40 William J. Quinn
- 1940-47 Charles W. Dullea
- 1947 Michael Riordan
- 1948-50 Michael Mitchell
- 1951-55 Michael Gaffey
- 1955-56 George Healy
- 1956-58 Frances J. Ahern
- 1958-70 Thomas J. Cahill
- 1970-71 Alfred J. Nelder
- 1971-75 Donald M. Scott
- 1975-80 Charles Gain
- 1980-86 Corneilius P. Murphy
- 1986-90 Frank M. Jordan
- 1990-92 Willis Casey
- 1992 Richard D. Hongisto
- 1992-1996 Anthony D. Ribera
- 1996-2002 Fred H. Lau
- 2002-2003 Prentice E. Sanders
- 2003-2004 Alex Fagan
- 2004- Heather Fong
In 1997, the San Francisco Airport Police merged with SFPD, becoming the SFPD Airport Bureau. Unlike SFPD, Los Angeles still has separate departments: LAPD and Los Angeles Airport Police.
The S.F.P.D currently has over 2000+ sworn officers.
[edit] Operations
The head of the SFPD is the Chief of Police. The current Chief is Heather Fong. Chief Fong works with four Deputy Chiefs (Field Operations, Investigations, Airport, and Administration), two field commanders and an airport commander.
Overall operations is split between two divisions: Metro and Golden Gate. Each division has 5 stations under command for a total of 10 overall.
[edit] Stations
The S.F.P.D. currently has 10 police stations throughout the city.
1) Central Station
766 Vallejo St. San Francisco, CA 94133 (415) 315-2400
2) Mission Station
630 Valencia St. San Francisco, CA 94110 (415) 558-5400
3) Northern Station
1125 Fillmore St. San Francisco, CA 94115 (415) 614-3400
4) Southern Station
850 Bryant St San Francisco, CA 94103 (415) 553-1373
5) Tenderloin Station
301 Eddy St. San Francisco, CA 94102 (415) 345-7300
6) Bayview Station
201 Williams St. San Francisco, CA 94124 (415) 671-2300
7) Ingleside Station
1 Sgt. John V. Young Ln. San Francisco, CA 94112-2408 (415) 404-4000
8) Park Station
1899 Waller Street San Francisco, CA 94117 (415) 242-3000
9) Richmond Station
461 - 6th Ave San Francisco, CA 94118 (415) 666-8000
10) Taraval Station
2345 - 24th Ave. San Francisco, CA 94116 (415) 759-3100
[edit] Pay As A S.F.P.D. Officer
Current pay for a starting S.F.P.D. officer is $64,347 - $84,513
[edit] Duty Weapons
Current sidearm issue for S.F.P.D officers is either the SIG Sauer P-226R in .40S&W or SIG Sauer P229R in .40S&W (officer's perference). The inspectors are issued the SIG Sauer P-239 in .40S&W.
[edit] Important S.F.P.D. Phone Numbers
Non-emergency, low priority phone number for the S.F.P.D.: (415) 553-0123
[edit] See Also-
- Baby blue The controversy over baby blue and white police cars for the SFPD.
