Public Defender calls for additional training for SFPDRead More

Memo from chief emphasizes hotel residents' rights in search and seizure cases.Read More

Public Defender Jeff Adachi pens a letter to the Chronicle about SFPD's failure to accurately record statistics on race.Read More

SF Weekly cover story featuring a Public Defender client takes aim at the myriad problems in San Francisco's gang enforcement.Read More

A young man who responded to a police officer’s harassment with a profane zinger was found not guilty of five misdemeanors today, San Francisco Public Defender Jeff Adachi announced.Read More

Newly-released surveillance footage from the Henry Hotel reveals a man was falsely arrested for drug possession by officers currently under federal investigation for perjury and conducting illegal searches.Read More

Surveillance video from the Henry Hotel reveals that San Francisco Police Department narcotics officers falsified police reports in order to justify searching residences without warrants or consent, San Francisco Public Defender Jeff Adachi announced today.Read More

A San Francisco chef who was falsely arrested in an SFPD robbery sting was cleared by a jury Tuesday evening.Read More

A police officer and potential witness in an upcoming narcotics trial was once suspended for gouging a handcuffed man’s face with a broken crack pipe. Friday, prosecutors declared they were ready for trial, despite never disclosing the incident to the public defender.Read More

In a 26-page ruling, a Superior Court judge lays responsibility for hundreds of dismissed drug cases squarely at the feet of the District Attorney, stating prosecutors hid behind a procedural mechanism after failing multiple times to disclose evidence involving SFPD witnesses.Read More