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Policy Recommendations

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2008

• DGO 7.01 Policies and Procedures for Juveniles Detention, Arrest, and Custody (PDF)
• Guide To Language Assistance Services brochure is available in English, Spanish, Chinese, Russian, Tagalog, and Vietnamese.
  

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2007

• OCC's Suggested Revisions to Department General Order 3.19, the Department's Early Intervention System (PDF)

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2006

• OCC Report on Pending Policy Recommendations (PDF)
• OCC Testimony at City's Equal Access to Services Hearing (5/11/06) and OCC's Proposed Language Access Protocol for SFPD (PDF)
• OCC's Response to the Department's Early Intervention System (PDF)

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2005

• OCC Recommendation for Deadlines, Status Reports and Action on Policy Recommendations (PDF)
• OCC Suggested Revisions to DGO 8.12 (In-custody death review board) (PDF)
• OCC Suggested Revisions to Department General Orders Concerning Return to Duty after Officer-Involved Shootings (PDF)
• OCC's Suggested Revisions to Department General Orders Concerning Officer-Involved Shootings (PDF)

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2004

• OCC's Proposal for a Comprehensive Juvenile Policy and Critique of SFPD's 7.01 Juvenile Policy DGO (PDF)
• Police Response to a Non-Weapon Fight Including Crowd Control Techniques in a High School Setting (PDF)

 

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2003

• Special Report - Response to the Board of Supervisors Regarding SFPD's Patterns of Witholding Information Requested for OCC Investigations (PDF) - April 23, 2003
• Policy Prohibiting Biased Policing (PDF) - Through the joint efforts of the OCC and the ACLU's Police Practice Project, the San Francisco Police Department adopted a comprehensive policy prohibiting biased policing on April 30, 2003.
• Roll Call Training and Reissuance of Department Bulletin Concerning Service Animals and Written Protocol on Issuance and Reissuance of Department Bulletins
• Policy and Training Recommendations Concerning SFPD Interactions with Transgender Individuals
• Providing Preliminary Alcohol Screening Test to Individuals Arrested and Booked for Public Intoxication and the Filing of Public Intoxication Reports
• Providing Translators
• Protocol and Written Guidelines to Maintain Incident Report Attachments
• Prompt and Appropriate Medical Treatment for Juvenile and Adult Detainees
• Review and Amend DGO 7.01 to Explicitly Outline Officers' Responsibilities to Juveniles
• Amending the Critical Incident Criteria to Include Incidents Involving Significant Bystander Response and Police Action
• Written Policy Concerning Timely Disclosure of Information in Police Matters of Public Concern
• TTY phone training

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2002

• Logging system for external requests of SFPD incident reports and written guidelines for immediate window release of particular incident reports
• Assessing and Controlling Potentially Dangerous Canines

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2000

• Questioning of Transgender Individuals

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1999

• Reporting of Prejudice Based Incidents
• Provision of Translators
• Transporting Persons who use Mobility Aids
• Booking and Detention, Prisoner Handling, Access to Medications
• Conflict of Interest 
• Animal Control Techniques and Caring for Animals of Arrestees 
• Recording Operations of the Vice Crimes Division
• Bicycle Riding in Lanes of Traffic
• Use of Vehicle Horns
• Medical Marijuana; Enforcement of Health and Safety Code § 11362.5
• Access to Telephones for Detainees
• Distribution of Written Communications

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1998

• Require issuance of Certificate of Release Form in PC 647(f) detention releases
• Issue business cards to SFPD officers
  
• Require district stations and inspectors' bureaus to develop a daily log to document members' use of marked and unmarked vehicles.
• Require Narcotics Division to develop a daily log to document the activity, location, vehicle use and identification of officers
• Require medical treatment, including face and eye rinsing, for all individuals who have been exposed to oleoresin capsicum ("pepper spray") regardless of direct contact to their face
• Conduct Department-wide review to determine which members have not received training in the proper use of oleoresin capsicum ("pepper spray") and the proper treatment of individuals exposed to pepper spray
• Issue Department General Order regarding care and treatment of individuals displaying altered mental status and/or risks associated with positional asphyxia. Updated training regarding members' responsibilities relative to positioning, transportation, and medical treatment of persons taken into police custody
• Implement Recommendations from Custody Death Task Force
• Conduct formal training or guidance regarding appropriate procedures for updating or correcting citations issued
• Training For Enforcement of Taxicab Regulations
• Vehicle Tows/Stranded Motorist
• Sexual Assaults, Domestic Violence