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SFPD drone spying policy faces backlash
The San Francisco Police Commission, led by two members appointed by the supes, resisted Wednesday approving a new order that critics say would have allowed the cops to use drones for routine patrol...
View ArticleFighting back against the growing surveillance state
Garrett Langley, CEO and Founder of Flock Safety made a mistake, or a series of mistakes, when he repeatedly described organizers opposed to his company’s metastization of public surveillance products...
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Billionaire Chris Larsen gifts more millions to SF’s growing surveillance...
On Wednesday, July 15 the SF Police Commission approved a $3 million gift from the San Francisco Police Community Foundation (SFPCF), Silicon Valley billionaire and surveillance enthusiast Chris...
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After police violence over Pride weekend, trans leaders deliver demands to Lurie
Dozens of people gathered on the steps of City Hall for a powerful and emotional rally on Monday afternoon, called by the Trans March Organizing Committee after police violence and failure to protect...
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The other problem with police drones: They don’t work well in San Francisco
Eight years ago, San Francisco proudly stood as the first major U.S. city to ban facial recognition software, championing a culture that protected its citizens from predatory surveillance technology....
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What happened to SF’s privacy culture?
When San Francisco ostensibly became the country’s first city to ban the use of facial recognition in 2019, it was rightfully championed as a legislative win against predaceous surveillance...
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Politicians know they’ll get booed at Trans March; harassment from cops is...
The Trans March has always been a very radical space where queer electeds catch heat for their positions on issues that the trans community cares about, whether it is gentrification, homelessness, or...
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A Friday police riot and a glorious peaceful Sunday for Pride…
A few thoughts from Pride Weekend: The Trans March turned into a police riot, and while I wasn’t there, it seems from everything I have read and seen that the cops escalated a confrontation when they...
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Flock’s panopticon: sight, sound, and search
In the summer of 2023, Flock Safety used the phrase “Detect, Decode and Deliver” as the tagline for its Falcon (License Plate Reader camera), Raven (gunshot detection microphone) and Condor (Pan Tilt...
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At Zinn Fair, Steve Martinot connects police brutality to US fascism’s rise
“The rise of police brutality signals a national process toward developing a militant and military corps of repressive force in this country,” says Steve Martinot, Instructor Emeritus at the Center...
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Inside SF’s private surveillance state
California’s constitution opens with a broad, likely familiar, proclamation added on Nov. 5, 1974. “All people are by nature free and independent and have inalienable rights. Among these are enjoying...
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Lurie panel wants to eliminate civilian oversight of the Sheriff’s Office
Mayor Daniel Lurie’s commission on streamlining local government will meet Tuesday/20 to consider, among other things, eliminating the voter-approved panel creating civilian oversight for the...
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Cops admit they are moving drug problems from one neighborhood to another
The San Francisco Police Department admitted Thursday that its drug interdiction efforts are displacing dealing from one neighborhood to another. Commander Derrick Lew, who oversees the city’s drug...
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SFPD violated the rules on overtime, repeatedly—but they still got their money
The San Francisco Police Department decided on its own to violate the rules limiting public employee overtime, the Board of Supes learned Tuesday. The supes were voting on a measure to reallocate more...
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Supes challenge SFPD on overtime spending—and rent-a-cop program
The San Francisco Police Department budget has gone from $650 million two years ago to $850 million—and yet, the department has just gone back to the supes to ask for more money to cover this year’s...
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Supes vote 9-2 to let Lurie fire one of the best members of the Police...
To the surprise of nobody in local politics, the Board of Supes voted 9-2 to support Mayor Daniel Lurie’s move to fire Max Carter-Oberstone from the Police Commission. Only Sups. Jackie Fielder and...
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Fielder wants info on high-speed chase that led to crash injuring six in the...
Sup. Jackie Fielder is asking the Police Department to explain how the high-speech chase that lead to a crash injuring six in the Mission took place—and whether the officers followed the rules. Sup....
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Full board will hear Lurie’s attempt to fire pro-reform police commissioner
Max Carter Oberstone, the lawyer and Police Commission member Mayor Lurie wants to fire, will get his day in court, so to speak, on Feb. 25, when the Board of Supes will hold a Committee of the Whole...
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Lurie is trying to fire an independent police commissioner; maybe the chief...
Now that Mayor Daniel Lurie has won nearly unanimous approval for his package of measures limiting Board of Supes oversight on contracts related to the fentanyl crisis, he’s taking another bold move,...
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The surveillance octopus tightens its grip on immigrants—and everyone else
Bipartisan consensus is rare these days. The phrase itself evokes a bygone era like dial-up internet. That said, immigration policy was one of the few issues where Vice President Harris and...
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