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police will stop responding to neighbor disputes, reports on homeless people, school discipline interventions, and other non-criminal activities as part of a police reform plan the mayor announced.
Mayor London Breed released her plan Thursday morning.
I read someplace long, long ago that more police are killed in domestic altercations than in gunfights with crooks.
Under the proposal, sworn officers will no longer respond to non-criminal activities and will be replaced with trained and non-armed professionals.
These professionals will respond in situations such as neighbor disputes, school discipline and mental health calls.
The mayor's office said this would help lessen the response of armed officers to San Francisco schools.
As part of the reform plan, military-style weapons would also be banned in an effort to demilitarize the San Francisco Police Department. This would include weapons like tear gas, bayonets and tanks.
Other reform priorities include addressing bias in the police department, strengthening accountability and promoting economic justice, according to the mayor.