After researching and reading the horror stories about the public' experience with the police I decided to write this story.
Who do we call...
...when some sexual predator is stalking, or some gang banger is crazy mad and wants to take it out on some innocent, or some person afflicted with road rage wants to attack, or our neighbor wants to vent their hate, or the car has broken down on the highway and we need help, or some crack addict is in need of his money for his fix?
According to the Office of Citizen Complaints, http://www.sfgov.org/site/occ_index.asp, 1st quarter Statistical report for 2007 83 people filed complaints against the SFPD, and the OCC dismissed 57 of those cases.
The Tenderloin Task force, the Taraval Station, the Mission, the Northern station, the Southern Station, the Bayview and finally the Central Station are the top contributors.
I wonder how many LGBT individuals filed complaints against them?
On any given day one can see the stories mounting by the public against the police.
"Every day, San Francisco's police officers render life-saving services. Most of us take it for granted that in an emergency, we can pick up the phone, call the police and help will soon be on the way. For the 100,000 San Francisco residents who are limited-English proficient, accessing police services is not so easy."
"An Oakland attorney announced today that he has filed a civil rights lawsuit seeking $1 million in damages against two San Francisco police officers..."
According to Amnesty International there have been "serious patterns of police misconduct and brutality." They also have reported that the "US is in breach of their International Human Rights obligations by failing to take adequate measures to prevent or punish" those who have contributed to those findings.
So once again I ask you WHO DO WE CALL?
Although locally, Theresa Sparks has become the first transgender president of the police commission, I still have one burning question WHO DO WE CALL in case of emergency?
Is it better to deal with crime in our own way, by running from the police when they pull us over, by running from the criminal until they shoot or stab us, or by not calling the police when a crime occurs?
Our leaders are inept because they have had plenty of time to figure this out, and now we have no one to call in case of emergency!
"I know the last time I called the police I was stripped searched,
put in a cold cell, taunted by prison guards, and denied eatable food, and water."
Quotes taken from SFGate.com
Amnesty International
http://www.amnestyusa.org
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?...
story by D. Boyer
Who do we call...
...when some sexual predator is stalking, or some gang banger is crazy mad and wants to take it out on some innocent, or some person afflicted with road rage wants to attack, or our neighbor wants to vent their hate, or the car has broken down on the highway and we need help, or some crack addict is in need of his money for his fix?
According to the Office of Citizen Complaints, http://www.sfgov.org/site/occ_index.asp, 1st quarter Statistical report for 2007 83 people filed complaints against the SFPD, and the OCC dismissed 57 of those cases.
The Tenderloin Task force, the Taraval Station, the Mission, the Northern station, the Southern Station, the Bayview and finally the Central Station are the top contributors.
I wonder how many LGBT individuals filed complaints against them?
On any given day one can see the stories mounting by the public against the police.
"Every day, San Francisco's police officers render life-saving services. Most of us take it for granted that in an emergency, we can pick up the phone, call the police and help will soon be on the way. For the 100,000 San Francisco residents who are limited-English proficient, accessing police services is not so easy."
"An Oakland attorney announced today that he has filed a civil rights lawsuit seeking $1 million in damages against two San Francisco police officers..."
According to Amnesty International there have been "serious patterns of police misconduct and brutality." They also have reported that the "US is in breach of their International Human Rights obligations by failing to take adequate measures to prevent or punish" those who have contributed to those findings.
So once again I ask you WHO DO WE CALL?
Although locally, Theresa Sparks has become the first transgender president of the police commission, I still have one burning question WHO DO WE CALL in case of emergency?
Is it better to deal with crime in our own way, by running from the police when they pull us over, by running from the criminal until they shoot or stab us, or by not calling the police when a crime occurs?
Our leaders are inept because they have had plenty of time to figure this out, and now we have no one to call in case of emergency!
"I know the last time I called the police I was stripped searched,
put in a cold cell, taunted by prison guards, and denied eatable food, and water."
Quotes taken from SFGate.com
Amnesty International
http://www.amnestyusa.org
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?...
story by D. Boyer
Labels: abuse, brutality, cannot call police, no emergency numbers
