Bias, widespread lack of responsibility in the San Francisco Police Force, Federal Report Finds
racist text messages exchanged by more than a dozen officers and a number of police shootings triggered a federal review of the San Francisco Police which was released Wednesday.
The San Francisco Police Department practiced and institutionalized implicit racial bias, according to a federal investigation that found blacks and Latinos in the Bay Area were more likely to be pulled over and searched by officers.
The findings were made in a report by the Department of Justice (DOJ), released Wednesday, also found that the police exceeded policies on the use of force and insufficiently investigated involved shootings agent.
The federal review comes after a series of scandals rocked northern police force in California, including the resignation of the police chief in May after police shot and killed a woman of 27 years.
In April, the county public defender announced racist text messages exchanged by more than a dozen police officers, may affect more than 200 cases pending before the courts, requesting an internal investigation and suspensions against the officers involved.
The federal government, the revision made by the police oriented community DOJ found that the agents of the police department were more likely to stop black and Latino drivers.
They also were more likely to be searched by the police, although they are less likely to be found with contraband, according to the report.
The report also found that there was no racial disparities when officers used force.
The ministry also seemed to lack in various administrative tasks such as not treating lack of bias incidents not properly investigate the incident to the use of force, not keeping officer involved shooting full records.
He also criticized the ministry for lack of transparency when officers were punished for misconduct.
In a statement, the police said it was determined to implement improvements to improve data collection to improve their work. It would also examine training practices to address issues of prejudice and practices of using racial power.
"The SFPD is re-engineering your CV academy to include the scheduling of training, the use of strength training, focusing on the sanctity of life," the department said in a statement.
The department also noted that despite the flaws found in the report, its "global diversity is higher than the national average."
The report proposed 272 recommendations for improvement.
"We remain firmly committed to implementing the recommendations of the Department of Justice to increase transparency and public confidence and meet best practice standards for community policing," the ministry said in a statement.
The San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee also said that the police force of the city and were ready to implement all the report's recommendations.
"Over the last 10 months we have worked hard to put the reforms in place," said Lee. "We have made progress but there is still much work to do."
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