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SFPD was facing a shortage of new recruits this summer: https://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2021/06/24/san-francisco-g...

The political and social climate in SF has led to a situation where the number of officers on the street can shrink even if the budget stays flat or grows.

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Applicants, not recruits. Apples and oranges. Urban PDs have been moaning about being understaffed while kneecapping actually graduating more because they are gorging on overtime. Same with public works. Remember the HN outrage with the Muni worker making $400K? They have all their cake and eat it too.

An 800K San Franciscans have been clammering for community policing for decades but it never happens. Because PDs don’t want that.

This has been the state forever: http://sfappeal.com/2012/04/understaffed-sfpd-is-nonetheless...

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