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src="/web/20080926123504im_/http://sfgate.com/chronicle/pictures/2006/11/26/ba-220x214-protest1mjm.jpg" alt=""/></a> <h4><a href="/web/20080926123504/http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/12/05/MNGRVMOB811.DTL">In a darkened theater, 911 calls end in death</a></h4> <h5>Seth Rosenfeld, Chronicle Staff Writer<br/>December 5, 2006</h5> <p>Late on a Wednesday night, San Francisco police began receiving emergency calls from the Metreon theater complex. One caller said a man with a gun was in theater 14, threatening to open fire. Another said the man had a knife. A third, the man's girlfriend, said he was having a psychiatric breakdown and might hurt someone. </p> <p> Within a few minutes of arriving on the scene, according to police records, officers fired more than 20 shots, wounding one of their own and killing a mentally disturbed man, 23-year-old Idriss Scott Stelley. <span class="linkout"><a href="/web/20080926123504/http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/12/05/MNGRVMOB811.DTL">Read Story</a></span> <br/><br/> Interactive illustration: <strong><a href="/web/20080926123504/http://sfgate.com/useofforce/interactives/stelley">911 calls end in death in theater</a></strong></p> <div class="clear"></div> </div> <div class="clear"></div> <div class="narrow_items"> <div class="item"> <h4><a href="/web/20080926123504/http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/12/05/MNG0RM40JA60.DTL">Mentally ill people in crisis</a></h4> <h5>Elizabeth Fernandez and Susan Sward</h5> <p>In a city that prides itself for its progressiveness and humane treatment of the disadvantaged, mental health experts say officers are too quick to fire, turning run-ins with people behaving irrationally into deadly shootings.<span class="linkout"> <a href="/web/20080926123504/http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/12/05/MNG0RM40JA60.DTL">Read Story</a></span></p> <div class="clear"></div> </div> <div class="item"> <h4><a href="/web/20080926123504/http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/12/05/MNGUHMJEO51.DTL">'Beanbag gun' can subdue suspects who may be mentally ill</a></h4> <h5>Elizabeth Fernandez</h5> <p>"Beanbag" rounds are a type of intermediate-force ammunition that fills the gap between baton and firearm. Beanbag guns are used in San Francisco and elsewhere to quell critical crisis incidents without bloodshed.<span class="linkout"> <a href="/web/20080926123504/http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/12/05/MNGUHMJEO51.DTL">Read Story</a></span></p> <div class="clear"></div> </div> </div> <div class="clear"></div> <div class="clear"></div> <div class="clear"></div> </div> <div id="groupbody" class="twocol1"> <div id="content"> <div id="contentbody"> <h3>December 4</h3> <div class="item"> <a href="/web/20080926123504/http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/12/04/MNSFPD04ADAMS.DTL"><img class="thumb" src="/web/20080926123504im_/http://sfgate.com/c/pictures/2006/12/04_t/mn_shooting_t.gif" alt=""/></a> <h4><a href="/web/20080926123504/http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/12/04/MNSFPD04ADAMS.DTL">A traffic stop leads to a high-speed pursuit</a></h4> <h5>Seth Rosenfeld</h5> <p>Officer Leslie Adams pursued 20-year-old Johnie Williams through the Mission District at speeds up to 70 mph. The chase concluded with Adams fatally wounding Williams. <br/> <span class="linkout"><a href="/web/20080926123504/http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/12/04/MNSFPD04ADAMS.DTL">Story</a> | <a href="/web/20080926123504/http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/12/03/MNSFPD04PROFILE.DTL">Officer, suspect profiles</a> | <a href="/web/20080926123504/http://sfgate.com/useofforce/interactives/adams">Interactive illustration</a></span></p> <div class="clear"></div> </div> <div class="item"> <h4><a href="/web/20080926123504/http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/12/04/MNSFPD04COMPARE.DTL">How SFPD compares with other cities</a></h4> <h5>Seth Rosenfeld</h5> <p>Fatal police shootings are compared with homicides; police experts say this is more meaningful because it considers the level of violence in a community.<span class="linkout"> <a href="/web/20080926123504/http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/12/04/MNSFPD04COMPARE.DTL">Read Story</a></span></p> <div class="clear"></div> </div><h3>December 3</h3> <div class="item"> <a href="/web/20080926123504/http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/12/03/MNGRVMOA7A1.DTL"><img class="thumb" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20080926123504im_/http://sfgate.com/c/pictures/2006/11/26_t/ba_2535336_t.gif" alt=""/></a> <h4><a href="/web/20080926123504/http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/12/03/MNGRVMOA7A1.DTL">When officers resort to gunfire</a></h4> <h5>Seth Rosenfeld</h5> <p>As San Francisco police Officer Gregory Breslin told it, the white Mustang sped straight at him, tires squealing. He fired and missed the driver, but one of his bullets killed a 17-year-old passenger, Sheila Detoy. <br/> <span class="linkout"><a href="/web/20080926123504/http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/12/03/MNGRVMOA7A1.DTL">Story</a> | <a href="/web/20080926123504/http://sfgate.com/useofforce/interactives/detoy">Interactive illustration</a></span></p> <div class="clear"></div> </div> <div class="item"> <h4><a href="/web/20080926123504/http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/12/03/MNGB0MNP721.DTL">Experts say critical errors moments before shooting put police, public at risk</a></h4> <h5>Seth Rosenfeld</h5> <p>A Chronicle examination of the Police Department's handling of four previous shootings, and interviews with independent experts, suggests the department could improve the safety of police and public alike if it more fully reported mistakes officers sometimes make in the moments before they pull the trigger. <br/> <span class="linkout"><a href="/web/20080926123504/http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/12/03/MNGB0MNP721.DTL">Story</a> | <a href="/web/20080926123504/http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/12/03/MNSFPD19CASES.DTL">Profiles of four shootings</a></span></p> <div class="clear"></div> </div> <div class="item"> <h4><a href="/web/20080926123504/http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/12/03/MNSFPD19CASTRO.DTL">Boy called police for help — instead, he was accidentally shot</a></h4> <h5>Seth Rosenfeld<br/>December 3, 2006</h5> <p>Boy's dog attacked one of two officers who arrived to help and the other fired at it, accidentally shooting the first officer and the boy. <br/> <span class="linkout"><a href="/web/20080926123504/http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/12/03/MNSFPD19CASTRO.DTL">Story</a> | <a href="/web/20080926123504/http://sfgate.com/useofforce/interactives/castro">Interactive illustration</a></span> <br/> </p> <div class="clear"></div> </div><h3>February 15</h3> <div class="item"> <h4><a href="/web/20080926123504/http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/02/15/MNGDRH843G65.DTL">SFPD reforms likely to get high priority</a></h4> <h5>Lance Williams</h5> <p>The San Francisco Police Department almost certainly will get the computers it needs to identify problem officers, city officials concerned with law enforcement say.<span class="linkout"> <a href="/web/20080926123504/http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/02/15/MNGDRH843G65.DTL">Read Story</a></span></p> <div class="clear"></div> </div><h3>February 13</h3> <div class="item"> <a href="/web/20080926123504/http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/02/13/MNG16H7I5D1.DTL"><img class="thumb" src="/web/20080926123504im_/http://sfgate.com/c/pictures/2006/02/13_t/mn_duthie_040_t.gif" alt=""/></a> <h4><a href="/web/20080926123504/http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/02/13/MNG16H7I5D1.DTL">Two heavy users of force end group's night out on the town</a></h4> <h5>Susan Sward, Bill Wallace and Elizabeth Fernandez</h5> <p>The Duthie brothers and their sister Alison were in San Francisco for a night of celebration when they met two of the Police Department's most frequent users of force.<span class="linkout"> <a href="/web/20080926123504/http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/02/13/MNG16H7I5D1.DTL">Read Story</a></span></p> <div class="clear"></div> </div> <div class="item"> <a href="/web/20080926123504/http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/02/16/BAG04H9IPR1.DTL"><img class="thumb" src="/web/20080926123504im_/http://sfgate.com/c/pictures/2006/02/16_t/ba_poxcom16_120mac_t.gif" alt=""/></a> <h4><a href="/web/20080926123504/http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/02/16/BAG04H9IPR1.DTL">Tracking makes police accountable, panel told</a></h4> <h5>Rachel Gordon</h5> <p>The head of risk management for the SFPD discusses a planned computerized early-warning system to track officer behavior.<span class="linkout"> <a href="/web/20080926123504/http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/02/16/BAG04H9IPR1.DTL">Read Story</a></span></p> <div class="clear"></div> </div> <div class="item"> <h4><a href="/web/20080926123504/http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/02/13/MNG0OH7G491.DTL">Police union president takes Newsom to task</a></h4> <h5>Demian Bulwa</h5> <p>The head of the union representing San Francisco police officers said Sunday that Mayor Gavin Newsom showed "a complete and total lack of respect for the rank and file."<span class="linkout"> <a href="/web/20080926123504/http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/02/13/MNG0OH7G491.DTL">Read Story</a></span></p> <div class="clear"></div> </div><h3>February 12</h3> <div class="item"> <a href="/web/20080926123504/http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2006/02/12/MNGD0H7AH11.DTL"><img class="thumb" src="/web/20080926123504im_/http://sfgate.com/c/pictures/2006/02/12_t/mn_sfpd_mayor_0049_kk_t.gif" alt=""/></a> <h4><a href="/web/20080926123504/http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2006/02/12/MNGD0H7AH11.DTL">Mayor demands accountability</a></h4> <h5>Susan Sward</h5> <p>Mayor Gavin Newsom says he will "run roughshod'' over the San Francisco Police Department to create, by the end of the year, a computerized tracking system capable of identifying problem officers.<span class="linkout"> <a href="/web/20080926123504/http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2006/02/12/MNGD0H7AH11.DTL">Read Story</a></span></p> <div class="clear"></div> </div><h3>February 9</h3> <div class="item"> <h4><a href="/web/20080926123504/http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/02/09/MNUFMAIN.DTL">State law protects officers from disclosure of complaints</a></h4> <h5>Susan Sward, Bill Wallace and Elizabeth Fernandez</h5> <p>In California, police disciplinary records and citizen complaints against officers are kept secret by law, in contrast to at least 30 states.<span class="linkout"> <a href="/web/20080926123504/http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/02/09/MNUFMAIN.DTL">Read Story</a></span></p> <div class="clear"></div> </div> <div class="item"> <a href="/web/20080926123504/http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/02/09/MNUFCAMACHO.DTL"><img class="thumb" src="/web/20080926123504im_/http://sfgate.com/c/pictures/2006/02/09_t/ba_sfcopsjrs15_t.gif" alt=""/></a> <h4><a href="/web/20080926123504/http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/02/09/MNUFCAMACHO.DTL">Morales and Haskell</a></h4> <h5>Susan Sward, Bill Wallace and Elizabeth Fernandez</h5> <p>Officers William Morales and Steven Haskell did not know someone was watching them from a fourth-floor apartment window.<span class="linkout"> <a href="/web/20080926123504/http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/02/09/MNUFCAMACHO.DTL">Read Story</a></span></p> <div class="clear"></div> </div> <div class="item"> <h4><a href="/web/20080926123504/http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/02/09/MNUFCOMMISSION.DTL">SFPD brass get tough questions on force data</a></h4> <h5>Charlie Goodyear</h5> <p>San Francisco's Police Commission questioned top police officials Wednesday about why a much-discussed tracking system aimed at early identification of problem officers has yet to be implemented.<span class="linkout"> <a href="/web/20080926123504/http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/02/09/MNUFCOMMISSION.DTL">Read Story</a></span></p> <div class="clear"></div> </div><h3>February 8</h3> <div class="item"> <h4><a href="/web/20080926123504/http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/02/08/MNUFDISCIPLINE.DTL">Few complaints against police upheld - even fewer bring serious discipline</a></h4> <h5>Susan Sward, Bill Wallace and Elizabeth Fernandez</h5> <p>Voters established the Office of Citizen Complaints. They voted to increase the agency's budget. They voted to make the Police Commission more independent of the mayor. Despite all these efforts, the city still rarely holds errant police officers accountable for their actions.<span class="linkout"> <a href="/web/20080926123504/http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/02/08/MNUFDISCIPLINE.DTL">Read Story</a></span></p> <div class="clear"></div> </div> <div class="item"> <a href="/web/20080926123504/http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/02/08/MNUFWONG.DTL"><img class="thumb" src="/web/20080926123504im_/http://sfgate.com/c/pictures/2006/02/08_t/ba_copsncars2_t.gif" alt=""/></a> <h4><a href="/web/20080926123504/http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/02/08/MNUFWONG.DTL">2 women's claims fall by wayside</a></h4> <h5>Susan Sward</h5> <p>In one three-week period in early 2002, Officer Louis Wong had two angry encounters with female drivers. In the end, Wong escaped all discipline because the police department took no action.<span class="linkout"> <a href="/web/20080926123504/http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/02/08/MNUFWONG.DTL">Read Story</a></span></p> <div class="clear"></div> </div> <div class="item"> <a href="/web/20080926123504/http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/02/08/MNUFQUERUBIN.DTL"><img class="thumb" src="/web/20080926123504im_/http://sfgate.com/c/pictures/2006/02/08_t/ba_querubin001_t.gif" alt=""/></a> <h4><a href="/web/20080926123504/http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/02/08/MNUFQUERUBIN.DTL">Differing opinions on scuffle</a></h4> <h5>Bill Wallace and Susan Sward</h5> <p>Teddy Querubin was acting as a chaperone at his son's high school graduation party when he says he tried to defuse a potential fight - only to be beaten by two police officers.<span class="linkout"> <a href="/web/20080926123504/http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/02/08/MNUFQUERUBIN.DTL">Read Story</a></span></p> <div class="clear"></div> </div> <div class="item"> <a href="/web/20080926123504/http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/02/08/MNUFPHOTO.DTL"><img class="thumb" src="/web/20080926123504im_/http://sfgate.com/c/pictures/2006/02/08_t/ba_neeley001_ward_t.gif" alt=""/></a> <h4><a href="/web/20080926123504/http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/02/08/MNUFPHOTO.DTL">Wrong man in photo speaks out</a></h4> <h5>Lance Williams</h5> <p>The Chronicle mistakenly identified a San Francisco taxi driver in a photo as a police officer with a record of suspensions for using excessive force.<span class="linkout"> <a href="/web/20080926123504/http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/02/08/MNUFPHOTO.DTL">Read Story</a></span></p> <div class="clear"></div> </div><h3>February 7</h3> <div class="item"> <a href="/web/20080926123504/http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/02/07/MNUFTRAINING.DTL"><img class="thumb" src="/web/20080926123504im_/http://sfgate.com/c/pictures/2006/02/07_t/ba_wbkeeve3_t.gif" alt=""/></a> <h4><a href="/web/20080926123504/http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/02/07/MNUFTRAINING.DTL">Role models for rookies</a></h4> <h5>Susan Sward and Elizabeth Fernandez</h5> <p>Field training officers must be with their trainees on every shift and file daily and weekly reports on their progress, but the program has a long history of assigning problem officers to be trainers.<span class="linkout"> <a href="/web/20080926123504/http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/02/07/MNUFTRAINING.DTL">Read Story</a></span></p> <div class="clear"></div> </div> <div class="item"> <h4><a href="/web/20080926123504/http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/02/07/MNUFPROMOTION.DTL">Some move up department ranks despite findings of misconduct</a></h4> <h5>Susan Sward, Bill Wallace and Elizabeth Fernandez</h5> <p>Police practices experts say turning a blind eye to troubling aspects of an officer's record when considering promotion is a serious mistake.<span class="linkout"> <a href="/web/20080926123504/http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/02/07/MNUFPROMOTION.DTL">Read Story</a></span></p> <div class="clear"></div> </div> <div class="item"> <a href="/web/20080926123504/http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/02/07/MNUFREISSNER.DTL"><img class="thumb" src="/web/20080926123504im_/http://sfgate.com/c/pictures/2006/02/07_t/ba_reissner041la_t.gif" alt=""/></a> <h4><a href="/web/20080926123504/http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/02/07/MNUFREISSNER.DTL">Wrong man tackled</a></h4> <h5>Susan Sward</h5> <p>Reissner screamed, "Help! Call the police!" Someone in the crowd yelled, "He is the police." The attacker was Henry B. Yee, an SFPD officer.<span class="linkout"> <a href="/web/20080926123504/http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/02/07/MNUFREISSNER.DTL">Read Story</a></span></p> <div class="clear"></div> </div> <div class="item"> <a href="/web/20080926123504/http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/02/07/MNUFREACT.DTL"><img class="thumb" src="/web/20080926123504im_/http://sfgate.com/c/pictures/2006/02/07_t/ba_fongpaper02_t.gif" alt=""/></a> <h4><a href="/web/20080926123504/http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/02/07/MNUFREACT.DTL">SFPD reaction to 'Use of Force' series</a></h4> <h5>Jaxon Van Derbeken</h5> <p>San Francisco Police Chief Heather Fong called a press conference Monday to denounce The Chronicle's ongoing series about the department's use of force.<span class="linkout"> <a href="/web/20080926123504/http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/02/07/MNUFREACT.DTL">Read Story</a></span></p> <div class="clear"></div> </div><h3>February 6</h3> <div class="item"> <a href="/web/20080926123504/http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/02/06/MNUFMAIN.DTL"><img class="thumb" src="/web/20080926123504im_/http://sfgate.com/chronicle/pictures/2006/02/06_t/ba_sfpd_nelson_vacarezza03_t.gif" alt=""/></a> <h4><a href="/web/20080926123504/http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/02/06/MNUFMAIN.DTL">Counting without consequence</a></h4> <h5>Susan Sward and Elizabeth Fernandez</h5> <p>The San Francisco Police Department relies on an outmoded system to identify misconduct by its officers, and when the system does find warning signs, they are often ignored. </p> <p> As a result, officers whose records clearly show a propensity for violence remain on the streets. </p> <p> San Francisco began monitoring the use of force by officers in 1985, four years after the U.S. Civil Rights Commission called on police agencies to create early warning systems to identify "violence-prone officers."<span class="linkout"> <a href="/web/20080926123504/http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/02/06/MNUFMAIN.DTL">Read Story</a></span></p> <div class="clear"></div> </div> <div class="item"> <a href="/web/20080926123504/http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/object/article?f=/templates/types/news/pages/useofforce/content/drafts/day2nelson.txt&o=1"><img class="thumb" src="/web/20080926123504im_/http://sfgate.com/c/pictures/2006/02/06_t/ba_sfpd_nelson_vacarezza04_t.gif" alt=""/></a> <h4><a href="/web/20080926123504/http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/02/06/MNUFNELSON.DTL">Officer's use of force is excused - until a camera documents it</a></h4> <h5>Susan Sward, Bill Wallace and Elizabeth Fernandez</h5> <p>The San Francisco Police Department should have known that Anthony Nelson was one of its most violent officers long before he slammed his baton down on the arm of a war protester and cost the city $835,000.<span class="linkout"> <a href="/web/20080926123504/http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/02/06/MNUFNELSON.DTL">Story</a> | <a href="/web/20080926123504/http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/object/article?f=/templates/types/news/pages/useofforce/content/drafts/day2nelson.txt&o=1">Photos</a> | <a href="/web/20080926123504/http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/object/article?f=/templates/types/news/pages/useofforce/content/drafts/day2nelson.txt&o=0">Video</a></span></p> <div class="clear"></div> </div> <div class="item"> <a href="/web/20080926123504/http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/02/06/MNUFGRAPHIC.DTL"><img class="thumb" src="/web/20080926123504im_/http://sfgate.com/c/pictures/2006/02/06_t/ba_kevinallen112el_t.gif" alt=""/></a> <h4><a href="/web/20080926123504/http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/02/06/MNUFGRAPHIC.DTL">Tracking force: Key players</a></h4> <p>A watchdog agency, an admin body and police units. An overview of the people and services that monitor the use of force by officers of the San Francisco Police Department.<span class="linkout"> <a href="/web/20080926123504/http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/02/06/MNUFGRAPHIC.DTL">Read Story</a></span></p> <div class="clear"></div> </div> <div class="item"> <a href="/web/20080926123504/http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/object/article?f=/c/a/2006/02/06/MNUFNELSON.DTL&o=0"><img class="thumb" src="/web/20080926123504im_/http://sfgate.com/g/av/movies/2006/02/06_t/sfpd_baton_m4_t.gif" alt=""/></a> <h4><a href="/web/20080926123504/http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/object/article?f=/c/a/2006/02/06/MNUFNELSON.DTL&o=0">Video: War Protest</a></h4> <p>Linda Vaccarezza was struck by a police officer's baton and the event was recorded on videotape. Vacarrezza reviews the video and the scene of the incident with Chronicle writer Susan Sward.<span class="linkout"> <a href="/web/20080926123504/http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/object/article?f=/c/a/2006/02/06/MNUFNELSON.DTL&o=0">View Video</a></span></p> <div class="clear"></div> </div> <div class="item"> <h4><a href="/web/20080926123504/http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/02/06/MNUFCOMPARE.DTL">How cities compare</a></h4> <h5>Susan Sward, Bill Wallace and Elizabeth Fernandez</h5> <p>In some cities, modern tracking systems were mandated by agreements with the Justice Department. In others, lawsuits filed by private citizens forced the issue.<span class="linkout"> <a href="/web/20080926123504/http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/02/06/MNUFCOMPARE.DTL">Read Story</a></span></p> <div class="clear"></div> </div> <div class="item"> <a href="/web/20080926123504/http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/02/06/MNUFBASEBALL.DTL"><img class="thumb" src="/web/20080926123504im_/http://sfgate.com/c/pictures/2006/02/06_t/ba_sfpd_001_cag_t.gif" alt=""/></a> <h4><a href="/web/20080926123504/http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/02/06/MNUFBASEBALL.DTL">Baseball fans say officer used pepper spray even when they followed orders</a></h4> <h5>Bill Wallace and Susan Sward</h5> <p>One after the other, Ralph Canter recalls, his eyelids were lifted up by Sgt. John Fewer, who then shot pepper spray into his eyes.<span class="linkout"> <a href="/web/20080926123504/http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/02/06/MNUFBASEBALL.DTL">Read Story</a></span></p> <div class="clear"></div> </div><h3>February 5</h3> <div class="item"> <a href="/web/20080926123504/http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/02/05/MNUFMAIN.DTL"><img class="thumb" src="/web/20080926123504im_/http://sfgate.com/chronicle/pictures/2006/02/05_t/mn_sfpd_chartallegations_t.gif" alt=""/></a> <h4><a href="/web/20080926123504/http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/02/05/MNUFMAIN.DTL">The Use of Force</a></h4> <h5>Susan Sward, Bill Wallace and Elizabeth Fernandez</h5> <p>For years, the San Francisco Police Department has failed to control officers who repeatedly resort to force, hitting, choking, clubbing and pepper-spraying citizens at rates far higher than fellow officers who patrol the same streets.<span class="linkout"> <a href="/web/20080926123504/http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/02/05/MNUFMAIN.DTL">Read Story</a></span></p> <div class="clear"></div> </div> <div class="item"> <a href="/web/20080926123504/http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/object/article?f=/c/a/2006/02/05/MNUFHAGGETT.DTL&o=1"><img class="thumb" src="/web/20080926123504im_/http://sfgate.com/c/pictures/2006/02/05_t/ba_sfpd_haggett_byrd_t.gif" alt=""/></a> <h4><a href="/web/20080926123504/http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/02/05/MNUFHAGGETT.DTL">Officer John Haggett</a></h4> <h5>Susan Sward, Bill Wallace and Elizabeth Fernandez</h5> <p>The career of John Haggett is a window on a Police Department disciplinary system that time and again misses the opportunity to take problem officers off the streets.<span class="linkout"> <a href="/web/20080926123504/http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/02/05/MNUFHAGGETT.DTL">Story</a> | <a href="/web/20080926123504/http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/object/article?f=/c/a/2006/02/05/MNUFHAGGETT.DTL&o=1">Photos</a> | <a href="/web/20080926123504/http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/object/article?f=/c/a/2006/02/05/MNUFHAGGETT.DTL&o=0">Video</a></span></p> <div class="clear"></div> </div> <div class="item"> <a href="/web/20080926123504/http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/02/05/MNUFGARRITY.DTL"><img class="thumb" src="/web/20080926123504im_/http://sfgate.com/c/pictures/2006/02/05_t/ba_sfpd_garrity_t.gif" alt=""/></a> <h4><a href="/web/20080926123504/http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/02/05/MNUFGARRITY.DTL">He gives, gets respect</a></h4> <h5>Susan Sward</h5> <p>Joe Garrity, who knows almost every nook and cranny of San Francisco's high-crime Tenderloin district, worked the streets there as a police officer for almost two decades without routinely employing his fists or baton.<span class="linkout"> <a href="/web/20080926123504/http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/02/05/MNUFGARRITY.DTL">Read Story</a></span></p> <div class="clear"></div> </div> <div class="item"> <h4><a href="/web/20080926123504/http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/02/05/MNUFMEETING.DTL">City planned response</a></h4> <h5>Lance Williams</h5> <p>As long ago as September, the mayor's public-relations staff was planning to "launch a preemptive strike" to rebut what police officials believed would be a "critical and hard-hitting" series of articles, city documents show.<span class="linkout"> <a href="/web/20080926123504/http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/02/05/MNUFMEETING.DTL">Read Story</a></span></p> <div class="clear"></div> </div> <div class="item"> <a href="/web/20080926123504/http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/02/05/MNUFBALESTRIERI.DTL"><img class="thumb" src="/web/20080926123504im_/http://sfgate.com/c/pictures/2006/02/05_t/ba_sfpd_gina021_t.gif" alt=""/></a> <h4><a href="/web/20080926123504/http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/02/05/MNUFBALESTRIERI.DTL">Handcuffed reveler says wild ride in police van cost her 2 teeth</a></h4> <h5>Susan Sward and Elizabeth Fernandez</h5> <p>Officer Chris Olocco drove Gina Balestrieri a few blocks to the Hall of Justice. The ride took about one minute, but according to the lawsuit she filed, it was "a special ride."<span class="linkout"> <a href="/web/20080926123504/http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/02/05/MNUFBALESTRIERI.DTL">Read Story</a></span></p> <div class="clear"></div> </div> <div class="item"> <a href="/web/20080926123504/http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/02/05/MNUFHEINZ.DTL"><img class="thumb" src="/web/20080926123504im_/http://sfgate.com/c/pictures/2006/02/05_t/ba_sfpd_heinz_021_pc_t.gif" alt=""/></a> <h4><a href="/web/20080926123504/http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/02/05/MNUFHEINZ.DTL">Motorist says run-in with off-duty officer made her flee S.F.</a></h4> <h5>Susan Sward, Bill Wallace and Elizabeth Fernandez</h5> <p>There was nothing to warn Gisela Heinz that things would go very badly when she approached the intersection of 19th and Lincoln avenues.<span class="linkout"> <a href="/web/20080926123504/http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/02/05/MNUFHEINZ.DTL">Read Story</a></span></p> <div class="clear"></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div id="groupmenu" class="twocol2"> <div class="item"> <a href="/web/20080926123504/http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/02/05/MNUFORCE.DTL"><img class="thumb" src="/web/20080926123504im_/http://sfgate.com/chronicle/pictures/2006/02/05_t/mn_sfpd_chartforcetypes_t.gif" alt=""/></a> <h4><a href="/web/20080926123504/http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/02/05/MNUFORCE.DTL">Defining Force</a></h4> <p>The San Francisco Police Department's general orders state that department policy is "to accomplish the police mission as effectively as possible with the highest regard for the dignity of all persons and with minimal reliance upon the use of physical force."<span class="linkout"> <a href="/web/20080926123504/http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/02/05/MNUFORCE.DTL">Read Story</a></span></p> <div class="clear"></div> </div> <div class="item"> <h4><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080926123504/http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/02/05/MNUFMETHOD.DTL">Method of Research</a></h4> <p> For its study of use of force within the San Francisco Police Department, The Chronicle used the state Public Records Act to obtain records of 8,601 uses of force logged by officers from 1996 to 2004. <span class="linkout"> <a href="/web/20080926123504/http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/02/05/MNUFMETHOD.DTL">Read Story</a></span> </p> </div> <h3>Multimedia</h3> <h4>Interactive Graphics</h4> <div class="item"> <p> <strong><a href="/web/20080926123504/http://sfgate.com/useofforce/interactives/stelley">911 calls end in death in theater</a></strong> - In the Metreon theater complex, SFPD officers fired more than 20 shots, wounding one of their own and killing a mentally disturbed man. </p> </div> <div class="item"> <p> <strong><a href="/web/20080926123504/http://sfgate.com/useofforce/interactives/adams">From routine stop to shooting</a></strong> - Motorcycle Officer Leslie Adams chases Johnie Williams through the Mission District. Contains SFPD dispatch audio recorded at the time of the incident. </p> </div> <div class="item"> <p> <strong><a href="/web/20080926123504/http://sfgate.com/useofforce/interactives/detoy">The accidental shooting of Sheila Detoy</a></strong> - Officers went to the Oakwood Apartments, looking for fugitive Raymondo Cox. After Cox got into a Mustang, Officers Gregory Breslin and Michael Moran tried to stop it. Breslin accidentally shot 17-year-old Sheila Detoy. </p> </div> <div class="item"> <p> <strong><a href="/web/20080926123504/http://sfgate.com/useofforce/interactives/castro">Boy who calls police is accidentally shot</a></strong> - 11-year-old Max Castro phoned police to say he had received a threatening call and was home alone and frightened. The police visit turned into a shooting that injured the boy and one of the two officers. </p> </div> <h4>Podcasts</h4> <div class="item"> <p> <strong><a href="/web/20080926123504/http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/sfgate/detail?blogid=5&entry_id=2852">Roundtable discussion</a></strong> - Stephen Cook, the newspaper's assistant managing editor for enterprise projects and the reporters who wrote the stories: Susan Sward, Bill Wallace and Elizabeth Fernandez. </p> </div> <div class="item"> <p> <strong><a href="/web/20080926123504/http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/sfgate/detail?blogid=5&entry_id=2854">Gary Delagnes</a></strong> - Susan Sward talks by phone with the president of the Police Officers' Association. </p> </div> <div class="item"> <p> <strong><a href="/web/20080926123504/http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/sfgate/detail?blogid=5&entry_id=2856">Erin Bouchier</a></strong> - Susan Sward talks with Erin about her encounter with Officer Louis Wong in the Tenderloin. </p> </div> <div class="item"> <p> <strong><a href="/web/20080926123504/http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/sfgate/detail?blogid=5&entry_id=2857">James Chanin</a></strong> - Elizabeth Fernandez talks with James Chanin, a Berkeley civil rights lawyer who specializes in police misconduct cases. </p> </div> <div class="item"> <p> <strong><a href="/web/20080926123504/http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/sfgate/detail?blogid=5&entry_id=2966">Alison Duthie</a></strong> - The East Bay native recounts how a night of celebration in the city with her brothers turned bloody after a confrontation outside a dance club. </p> </div> <h4>Video</h4> <div class="item"> <p> <strong><a href="/web/20080926123504/http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/object/article?f=/c/a/2006/02/05/MNUFHAGGETT.DTL&o=0">Elzie Byrd interview</a></strong> - In September 1990, Byrd had an encounter with SFPD officer John Haggett which he describes as frightening. </p> </div> <div class="item"> <p> <strong><a href="/web/20080926123504/http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/object/article?f=/c/a/2006/02/06/MNUFNELSON.DTL&o=0">War Protest</a></strong> - A protester struck by a police officer's baton reviews video of the event with Chronicle writer Susan Sward. </p> </div> <div class="sidebar_note"> <div class="item"> <h4>About the Series</h4> <p> In this series The Chronicle examines the use of force by San Francisco police officers and the ability of the Police Department, Police Commission and city officials to identify and deal with officers who use force. </p><p> Police officers have dangerous jobs and sometimes must use force to protect the public or themselves. </p><p> To show how and where police work goes wrong, The Chronicle is following dozens of cases through a system that at many points is hidden from the public. These articles and supporting material report The Chronicle's overall findings.</p> </div> </div> <h3>Feedback</h3> <div class="item"> <p> Write to us about this series. 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