San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie issued an executive directive on Tuesday aimed at addressing the city’s public safety staffing deficit.
“Rebuilding the Ranks” involves short-term strategies to immediately fill the gap, such as allowing recently retired officers to return to work, as well as long-term strategies including bolstering marketing, cutting bureaucratic red tape in the hiring process, and investigating potential abuse of overtime and sick leave.
Lurie discussed the plan at a news conference Tuesday at SFPD headquarters, joined by Police Chief Bill Scott, Sheriff Paul Miyamoto, and Supervisors Bilal Mahmood, Danny Sauter, Matt Dorsey, Joel Engardio, and Stephen Sherrill who came to show their support…