They do not have the resources to respond to all crime anymore. They have to do triage with the depleted resources they have available. They only have enough officers on duty to respond to the most serious violent crimes (and sometimes, not even that.) Everything else is tier 2.
> For the proposed 2021-22 budget, the San Francisco Police Department’s allocation will decrease by $6 million, from about $668 million to $661 million. Those cuts can nearly all be attributed to decreased demand for police at the airport. However, in the following fiscal year, the city projects the police budget will increase once again to $689 million. That’s close to the police budget’s all-time high of $692 million in FY 2019-20. By way of comparison, in FY 2010-11, the police budget weighed in at $445 million.
https://www.sfweekly.com/news/is-san-francisco-re-funding-th...
They are nearly 50% below "fully staffed" officer levels. Ask any SFPD officer about this, or call a station. They're generally happy to complain and tell you all about it.
[1] https://nypost.com/2021/12/15/behind-london-breeds-defund-th... and numerous other sources; Google it.
This is bullshit. That's their job, to respond to crimes. What else are they doing with their resources?? They have resources enough to try to do the job, they just don't care enough to actually do it.