San Francisco Police Department | |
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Motto | Oro en paz, fierro en guerra |
Operational structure | |
Sworn members | 2000+ |
Facilities | |
Stations | 10 |
The San Francisco Police Department or S.F.P.D., is responsible for policing in the City and County of San Francisco. The department's motto is the same as the city and county: Oro en paz/Fierro en guerra (Spanish for Gold in Peace/Iron in War).
The SFPD began operations on August 13, 1849 during the gold rush and under command of Captain Malachi Fallon. Chief Fallon had a force of one deputy captain, three sergeants and thirty officers.
It was not until 1898, a re-organization of the force was a modern police service created and responsible to the city.
A list of commanding officers of the SFPD:
In 1997, the San Francisco Airport Police merged with SFPD, becoming the SFPD Airport Bureau. Unlike SFPD, Los Angeles still has separate departments: LAPD and Los Angeles Airport Police.
The S.F.P.D currently has over 2000+ sworn officers.
In 2006, SFPD faced the loss of three officers.
1. Officer Darryl Tsujimoto, 41, a 13-year veteran of the SFPD, died of a heart attack during K9 training on Treasure Island.
2. Officer Nick-Tomasito Birco, 39, died in a vehicle accident when his patrol car was struck from behind by a van carrying four robbery suspects fleeing from other officers.
3. On December 22, 2006, Officer Bryan Tuvera, 28, a four-year veteran of the SFPD, was fatally shot in the head by a jail escapee from San Bruno in the Sunset District. The suspect was shot and killed by other SFPD officers.
The head of the SFPD is the Chief of Police. The current Chief is Heather Fong. Chief Fong works with four Deputy Chiefs (Field Operations, Investigations, Airport, and Administration), two field commanders and an airport commander.
Overall operations is split between two divisions: Metro and Golden Gate. Each division has 5 stations under command for a total of 10 overall.
The S.F.P.D. currently has 10 police stations throughout the city.
766 Vallejo St. San Francisco, CA 94133 (415) 315-2400
630 Valencia St. San Francisco, CA 94110 (415) 558-5400
1125 Fillmore St. San Francisco, CA 94115 (415) 614-3400
850 Bryant St San Francisco, CA 94103 (415) 553-1373
301 Eddy St. San Francisco, CA 94102 (415) 345-7300
201 Williams St. San Francisco, CA 94124 (415) 671-2300
1 Sgt. John V. Young Ln. San Francisco, CA 94112-2408 (415) 404-4000
1899 Waller Street San Francisco, CA 94117 (415) 242-3000
461 - 6th Ave San Francisco, CA 94118 (415) 666-8000
2345 - 24th Ave. San Francisco, CA 94116 (415) 759-3100
Current pay for a starting S.F.P.D. officer is $64,347 - $84,513
Current sidearm issue for S.F.P.D officers is either the SIG Sauer P-226R in .40S&W or SIG Sauer P229R in .40S&W (officer's perference). The inspectors are issued the SIG Sauer P-239 in .40S&W.
Non-emergency, low priority phone number for the S.F.P.D.: (415) 553-0123