News and Press Releases

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: February 23.2024 MEDIA CONTACT: PDR-MediaRelations@sfgov.org  **PRESS RELEASE** Coalition to End Biased Stops Applauds SF Police Commission Vote to Implement Policy to Curb Racially-Biased Police Stops SAN FRANCISCO – On Wednesday night, the San Francisco Police Commission voted to enact an historic policy (Department General Order 9.07) to curb SFPD’s use of racially-biased pretext stops. This vote comes after an unprecedented...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Feb. 7, 2024 MEDIA CONTACT: SF Public Defender’s Office | Jessie Seyfer |  PDR-MediaRelations@sfgov.org | (415) 851-2212 **PRESS RELEASE** Traffic Safety, Civil Rights Groups Urge SF Police Commission to Override Police Union’s Stalling and Enact Policy Limiting Racially-Biased Pretext Stops   SAN FRANCISCO – The Coalition to End Biased Stops, a coalition of more than 110 civil rights, traffic safety, and community groups, is...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: January 30, 2024 MEDIA CONTACT: PDR-MediaRelations@sfgov.org  **PRESS RELEASE** SF Jury Acquits Man Wrongly Accused of Commercial Burglary and Possession of Stolen Property SAN FRANCISCO – On Jan. 24, a San Francisco jury found David Wesser, 37, not guilty of felony charges related to a commercial burglary that took place in July. Deputy Public Defender Christopher Garcia argued...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: January 17, 2024 MEDIA CONTACT: PDR-MediaRelations@sfgov.org **PRESS RELEASE** SF Jury Acquits Young Black Man Who Was Racially Profiled and Falsely Accused  SAN FRANCISCO – On Jan. 11, a San Francisco jury acquitted Trevon Morgan, 21, after just 45 minutes of deliberations, of a baseless felony charge of attempted robbery of a man’s reading glasses. Morgan, who lost...