Department of Police Accountability
1 South Van Ness Ave 8th FloorSan Francisco, CA 94103
Mon to Fri,
8:00 am to 5:00 pm
Today SFPD is compliant with 193 substantial recommendations of the 272 recommendations. Fifty-nine recommendations are in external validation.
The City Charter requires the Department of Police Accountability (DPA) to make police policy recommendations to the San Francisco Police Department (SFPD) and the Police Commission.
Our division makes policy recommendations through:
DPA has the authority to propose new SFPD Department General Orders (DGOs), or revise existing DGO’s through SFPD Department General Order 3.01.
The DPA makes policy recommendations to address the U.S Department of Justice’s (DOJ) recommendations to improve the SFPD.
In 2015 and 2016, the SFPD faced mounting public concern over a series of high-profile officer-involved shootings. Together with then-Supervisors London Breed and Malia Cohen, Mayor Ed Lee and SFPD asked the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) for a voluntary, top-to-bottom review of the San Francisco Police Department’s practices.
In the request to DOJ, the City sought “answers about how as a Police Department and a City we can build deeper, stronger trust between law enforcement and the communities they’re sworn to protect.”
The DOJ released a report which identified 5 areas for improvement:
Today SFPD is compliant with 193 substantial recommendations of the 272 recommendations. Fifty-nine recommendations are in external validation.