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San Francisco Police Chief Bill Scott answers questions during a news conference on May 21, 2019, in San Francisco. The liberal city of San Francisco became the unlikely proponent of weaponized police robots on Tuesday, Nov. 29, 2022, after supervisors approved limited use of the remote-controlled devices, addressing head-on an evolving technology that has become more widely available even if it is rarely deployed to confront suspects. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg, File)

San Francisco gallery owner investigated after viral video shows him hosing down homeless woman

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David DePape is shown in Berkeley, Calif., on Dec. 13, 2013. DePape, the man police said they witnessed swinging a hammer at U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's husband, pleaded not guilty Tuesday, Nov. 15, 2022, on federal charges of attempting to kidnap a federal official and assaulting the family member of a federal official. DePape, appearing in orange clothes without handcuffs, was assigned a public defender who entered the plea on his behalf during a brief court appearance. (Michael Short/San Francisco Chronicle via AP, File)

Paul Pelosi attack: Man told cops of ‘evil’ in Washington

By Olga R. Rodriguez and Stefanie Dazio - Associated Press

San Francisco District Attorney Chesa Boudin poses outside his office in San Francisco, on Jan. 30, 2020. Boudin's stunning assertion that police crime labs statewide are using rape and sexual assault survivors' DNA without their consent to investigate unrelated crimes has shocked prosecutors nationwide as victims' groups decry a potential chilling effect on reporting. Boudin says he became aware of the &quot;opaque practice&quot; last week. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg, File)

Use of rape-kit DNA to probe other crimes shocks prosecutors

By Olga R. Rodriguez and Stefanie Dazio - Associated Press

Police offer $100K in Bay Area child missing 5 years

By OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ - Associated Press

Man arrested in theft of van with San Francisco kids inside

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Grand jury indicts San Francisco officer in 2019 shooting

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San Francisco officer stabbed in face, 2 others burned

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San Francisco to pay $225,000 to settle racial bias suit

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San Francisco sergeant charged for pulling fire alarm

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FILE - In this May 21, 2019, file photo, San Francisco Police Chief William Scott speaks during a news conference in San Francisco. The union representing San Francisco police officers is calling for its chief to resign over his handling of the police raid of a freelance journalist's home and office. Chief Scott acknowledged Friday, May 24, that the searches were probably illegal and apologized for the way his department handled the investigation into who leaked a confidential police report to Bryan Carmody. The police union fired back on Saturday, May 25, saying Scott ordered the investigation, knew Carmody was a journalist and deceived the sergeant who wrote the search warrant. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg, File)

San Francisco police union calls for chief to resign

By DAISY NGUYEN - Associated Press

In this May 10, 2019, image from video provided by Bryan Carmody San Francisco police armed with sledgehammers execute a search warrant at journalist Bryan Carmody's home in San Francisco. The San Francisco reporter is seeking the return of property after police raided his home, as officials sought to determine the source of a leaked police report into the death of the city's public defender. An attorney for Carmody will make the request Tuesday, May 21 in San Francisco County Superior Court. (Bryan Carmody/@bryancarmody via AP)

San Francisco police chief: Journalist ‘crossed the line’

By JANIE HAR - Associated Press

Thomas Burke, attorney for freelance journalist Bryan Carmody, answers questions after a court hearing Tuesday, May 21, 2019, in San Francisco. A San Francisco police attorney said that Carmody, whose office and work equipment was seized in a police raid, can collect his property although the legal issues surrounding the case were not resolved Tuesday. San Francisco Superior Court Judge Samuel Feng set dates to hear separate motions to quash search warrants used to raid the home of Carmody and to unseal those warrants. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)

The Latest: Police chief says he respects press freedom

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California reporter vows to protect source after police raid

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Court: Suspects leaving San Francisco jail can get pot back

By PAUL ELIAS - Associated Press

San Francisco supervisor Rafael Mandelman was arrested with hotel workers in front of the J. W. Marriott's Westin St. Francis hotel on Monday, Sept. 3, 2018, in San Francisco. Police say dozens of hotel workers protesting outside the hotel on Labor Day were arrested for blocking a street in one of the city's busiest tourist areas. A union spokesman says many hotel workers hold two jobs to support their families and their salaries have increased by 7 percent in a decade. (Liz Hafalia/San Francisco Chronicle via AP)

75 hotel workers arrested at Labor Day protest in California

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Parents and children gather after being released following a reported shooting at Balboa High School Thursday, Aug. 30, 2018 in San Francisco. Police said they arrested three people Thursday after responding to a report of a gunshot inside the high school. A gun was recovered on school grounds, but police spokeswoman Grace Gatapandan declined to say if it had been fired. Police haven't released the names of the suspects. (Kevin N. Hume/The San Francisco Examiner via AP)

The Latest: 4 students arrested for gun shot at high school

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Man who allegedly made death threat held in San Francisco

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San Francisco Police officers work near where police say a driver got into an altercation with several people and struck them with his vehicle before fleeing in San Francisco, Wednesday, March 28, 2018. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)

The Latest: Police arrest suspect in fatal hit-and-run fight

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In this frame from video provided by KTVU-TV, San Francisco firefighters and police offices place a wounded person in an ambulance after a shooting that left an officer and a suspect wounded outside a pharmacy in the city's Mission District Wednesday, March 21, 2018. The San Francisco Chronicle reported that the officer and a suspect were each shot in the leg during a shootout at about 4:20 p.m. (KTVU-TV via AP)

The Latest: Officer, 5 others hurt in San Francisco shootout

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A shattered rear windshield appears on a vehicle as it is towed away in San Francisco, Wednesday, March 7, 2018. San Francisco police say officers who were investigating an armed robbery shot and killed a man who was hiding in the trunk of a car on Tuesday night. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)

San Francisco police kill robbery suspect in trunk of car

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