Police Department
Named in the records1897–2026
3,859 records of San Francisco tie this place, 1897–2026: 2,674 decisions of the Board of Supervisors and 1,185 facts read from city reports. Open the full list, with filters for years, kind and outcome.
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- 3,859: 2,674 Board decisions, 1,185 facts from city reports
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- 1897–2026
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The 60 most telling of its 3,859 records, in date order: the ones an editor picked first, then the highest scored. The one-line summaries were written by a language model from the printed page; open the page to check the wording.
| When | What the record says | Outcome | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1909-07-19 | Mayor vetoed Resolution 4129 authorizing purchase of a Police Department lot; the veto was referred to the Public Buildings Committee. | vetoed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1912 | Voters rejected Charter Amendment 10, which would have increased the Police Department detective force and its salaries. | refused | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1916-05-25 | Police Department budget of $1,535,480 (≈ $47.5 million in 2026 dollars) approved, with a Hocks amendment adding one police photographer at $1,800 (≈ $55,641 in 2026 dollars). | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1917-08-27 | Board urged the Mayor, Police Department and Grand Jury to investigate the streetcar strike and prosecute those breaking the law. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1925-12-14 | Board appropriates $22,500 (≈ $433,209 in 2026 dollars) to build a photograph gallery at the Hall of Justice for the Police Department. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1926-05-24 | A Police Department photograph gallery at the Hall of Justice on Kearny Street was ordered built. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1926-10-04 | Board authorized citywide purchase and placement of traffic signals and safety zone markers, with the Police Department controlling them. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1929-05-23 | Police Department personal and non-personal budget appropriations totalling $3,557,712 (≈ $70.1 million in 2026 dollars) approved without objection. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1929-05-23 | Police Department budget items 661 to 694 approved without objection, with personal services totalling $3,388,972 (≈ $66.8 million in 2026 dollars). | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1931-05-18 | Anderson & Cristofani were awarded a $26,700 (≈ $591,862 in 2026 dollars) contract to build a twin-screw patrol boat for the Police Department. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1934-06-18 | Police Department's $1,812.70 (≈ $45,580 in 2026 dollars) emergency-reserve appropriation for personal service was refused passage. | refused | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1937-08-02 | A $165 (≈ $3,861 in 2026 dollars) supplemental appropriation to move a tabulating machine operator from the Purchaser's office to the Police Department passed first reading. | passed first reading | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1938-05-02 | A motion backing additional police patrolmen for the Police Department failed on a vote of 4 to 5. | refused | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1944-06-05 | Ordinance reclassifying vacated Police Department positions was finally passed, effective June 1, 1944, by nine ayes to none. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1944-10-16 | Passed ordinance cutting Q2 Policeman positions from 12 to 6 in the Police Department salary schedule, reclassifying them to clerical classes. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1945-05-18 | Police Department budget approved 9 to 1, keeping $100,000 (≈ $1.9 million in 2026 dollars) for Mission Police Station buildings after a deletion motion failed. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1947-05-13 | The Police Department's budget was approved, as amended, reducing the amount by $4,500 (≈ $67,992 in 2026 dollars). | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1949-04-11 | Supervisors passed on first reading a change renaming the Police Department's Policewoman job title to Woman Protective Officer. | passed first reading | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1949-05-18 | Police Department budget adopted as amended, passing 6 to 3 with two members absent. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1949-05-21 | Motion to reverse the Board's adoption of the Police Department budget was defeated. | refused | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1949-05-21 | Police Department budget re-adopted after the Board cut policeman and sergeant positions, reducing amounts. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1976-02-09 | Five Police Department uniformed positions reclassified from policewoman to police officer, passed for second reading. | passed first reading | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1980-02-19 | Ordinance amending the 1979-80 salary ordinance for two reclassified Police Department positions was finally passed. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1980-12-22 | Board passed on first reading an ordinance moving $40,194 (≈ $164,356 in 2026 dollars) in Police Department salary funds for one reclassified position. | passed first reading | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1980-12-22 | Board passed on first reading an amendment to the 1980-81 salary ordinance reflecting one Police Department reclassification. | passed first reading | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1981-02-02 | Board finally passed an ordinance moving $718,202 (≈ $2.7 million in 2026 dollars) in Police Department salary funds to reclassify twenty positions, correcting a premium pay deficiency. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1981-11-09 | Passed on first reading: $236,949 (≈ $878,301 in 2026 dollars) to reclassify fifteen Police Department positions. | passed first reading | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1981-11-16 | Police Department received $236,949 (≈ $878,301 in 2026 dollars) to reclassify fifteen positions; the ordinance was finally passed. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1982-06-07 | Passed on second reading a $4,984 (≈ $17,402 in 2026 dollars) Police Department salary appropriation, creating one position and reclassifying another. | passed first reading | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1982-06-07 | Passed on second reading an amendment to the 1981-82 salary ordinance reclassifying two Police Department positions and deleting one. | passed first reading | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1982-06-14 | Police Department salary ordinance reclassifying one new position passed on first reading, going to a final vote. | passed first reading | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1982-06-14 | Passed final an ordinance reclassifying two Police Department positions and deleting one position. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1982-08-23 | Board adopted a resolution urging the Chief Administrative Officer to press the purchaser to buy American-made Police Department crowd-control barricades. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1982-08-30 | A $45,000 (≈ $157,122 in 2026 dollars) appropriation for Police Department equipment purchases was finally passed as Ordinance No. 432-82. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1982-12-13 | Proposed $320,015 (≈ $1.1 million in 2026 dollars) Police Department salary appropriation for nine reclassified positions passed for second reading. | passed first reading | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1982-12-20 | Police Department salary funds of $320,015 (≈ $1.1 million in 2026 dollars) for nine reclassified positions were finally passed by the Board. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1983-01-31 | Supervisors passed on first reading a $4,261,612 (≈ $14.4 million in 2026 dollars) appropriation to reclassify 309 Police Department uniformed positions. | passed first reading | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1983-02-07 | Police Department salaries were reclassified for 309 positions with $4.3M (≈ $14.5 million in 2026 dollars) appropriated, finally passed. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1984-01-03 | Police Department salary funds of $514,633 (≈ $1.7 million in 2026 dollars) passed for second reading, with $486,164 (≈ $1.6 million in 2026 dollars) rescinded for fifty-two reclassified positions. | passed first reading | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1984-01-09 | Ordinance passed for Police Department salaries, adding $514,633 (≈ $1.7 million in 2026 dollars) and rescinding $486,164 (≈ $1.6 million in 2026 dollars) for fifty-two reclassified positions. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1984-01-09 | Salary ordinance amended to reclassify fifty-two Police Department positions in the Senior Escort Program, finally passed. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1984-07-23 | Motion to delete 16 police officers costing $1,059,192 (≈ $3.4 million in 2026 dollars) from the Police Department budget failed. | refused | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1985-06-17 | Appropriation of $956,000 (≈ $3.0 million in 2026 dollars) for the Police Department to directly purchase a building, finally passed. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1985-07-29 | Charter amendment on disciplinary procedures for uniformed Police Department members was refused submission to voters. | refused | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1991-07-01 | Ordinance passed giving the Police Department $9,472 (≈ $23,432 in 2026 dollars) for laboratory equipment purchase. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1991-10-15 | City acquires real property in Assessor's Block 3577 for the Police Department, with Planning Code findings adopted. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1995-08-28 | Resolution urges the Mayor, Police Commission and Police Department to expunge records from about 279 protesters' arrests. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1996-02-26 | Police Department appropriation of $25,352 (≈ $54,443 in 2026 dollars) to reclassify a communications coordinator position passed for second reading. | passed first reading | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1996-03-04 | Police Department purchase of laboratory equipment for $183,200 (≈ $393,419 in 2026 dollars), paid from narcotics forfeiture and asset seizure funds, finally passed. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1999-03-15 | Police Department sublease of Building 606 at Hunters Point Naval Shipyard, from the Redevelopment Agency, was authorized and adopted. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 2003-06-17 | Ordinance appropriating $4,725,783 (≈ $8.7 million in 2026 dollars) from the General Reserve, mainly $4,230,573 (≈ $7.7 million in 2026 dollars) for Police Department overspending, passed on first reading. | passed first reading | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 2003-06-24 | Ordinance passed moving $3.9M (≈ $7.1 million in 2026 dollars) from the General Reserve to cover Police Department overspending for fiscal year 2002-03. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 2003-07-15 | Charter amendment to move Police Department functions to the Sheriff was not ordered submitted to voters. | refused | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 2003-07-15 | Charter amendment to move Police Department functions to the Sheriff was not ordered submitted to voters. | refused | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 2009 | Police Department may accept and spend a $16,562,750 (≈ $26.0 million in 2026 dollars) federal grant to hire 50 new officers; passed on final reading. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 2009 | Police Department may accept a $16.6M (≈ $26.1 million in 2026 dollars) federal grant to hire 50 new officers, passed on first reading. | passed first reading | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 2009-10-27 | Ordinance letting the Police Department accept and spend a $16,562,750 (≈ $26.0 million in 2026 dollars) federal grant to hire 50 new officers, passed on first reading. | passed first reading | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 2009-11-03 | Board passed ordinance letting the Police Department accept and spend a $16,562,750 (≈ $26.0 million in 2026 dollars) federal grant to hire 50 officers. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 2009-12-15 | Police Department may accept and spend a $1,000,000 (≈ $1.6 million in 2026 dollars) earmark grant to buy equipment and build an emergency operations center. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 2012-04-03 | Ordinance setting city rules for Police Department participation in federal counterterrorism activities was passed. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
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