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San Francisco police have arrested a suspect in the <a href="https://sfstandard.com/2023/10/30/one-dead-after-double-stabbing-san-francisco/">fatal stabbing</a> of a man in the city's Tenderloin neighborhood in late October.

1 dead after double stabbing in San Francisco

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San Francisco police have arrested a suspect in the <a href="https://sfstandard.com/2023/10/30/one-dead-after-double-stabbing-san-francisco/">fatal stabbing</a> of a man in the city's Tenderloin neighborhood in late October.

Thirty-eight-year-old Ronnie Randle was taken into custody Thursday and booked into the San Francisco County Jail, according to a statement from the San Francisco Police Department.

Thirty-eight-year-old Ronnie Randle was taken into custody Thursday and booked into the San Francisco County Jail, according to a statement from the San Francisco Police Department.

Randle is facing charges including homicide, narcotics possession and weapons charges related to the stabbing.

Randle is facing charges including homicide, narcotics possession and weapons charges related to the stabbing.

Police said officers initially responded to reports of a stabbing at Eddy and Taylor streets on the morning of Oct. 24. They found a male victim suffering from an apparent stab wound. He was transported to the hospital with life-threatening injuries.

Police said officers initially responded to reports of a stabbing at Eddy and Taylor streets on the morning of Oct. 24. They found a male victim suffering from an apparent stab wound. He was transported to the hospital with life-threatening injuries.

The victim ultimately succumbed to his injuries on Oct. 28. Homicide detectives took over the investigation following the victim's death.

The victim ultimately succumbed to his injuries on Oct. 28. Homicide detectives took over the investigation following the victim's death.

Last week, investigators released a crime bulletin with a photo of the suspect. On Friday, an off-duty police officer recognized Randle from the bulletin photo on Eddy Street in the Tenderloin and took him into custody without incident.

Last week, investigators released a crime bulletin with a photo of the suspect. On Friday, an off-duty police officer recognized Randle from the bulletin photo on Eddy Street in the Tenderloin and took him into custody without incident.

While Randle has been arrested, police said the investigation remains active and open.

While Randle has been arrested, police said the investigation remains active and open.

The Chief Medical Examiner's Office has been contacted for the identity of the victim but did not immediately respond.

The Chief Medical Examiner's Office has been contacted for the identity of the victim but did not immediately respond.

San Francisco police arrest suspect in Tenderloin fatal stabbing

Joe Burn

The San Francisco Police Department has launched a new citywide program to combat organized retail theft by conducting undercover enforcement operations at local stores, Chief Bill Scott announced Friday.

The San Francisco Police Department has launched a new citywide program to combat organized retail theft by conducting undercover enforcement operations at local stores, Chief Bill Scott announced Friday.

The so-called "blitz operations" are already yielding results, with officers making dozens of arrests in recent days and recovering thousands of dollars in stolen merchandise from some of <a href="https://sfstandard.com/2023/09/26/target-closing-san-francisco-bay-area-stores/">San Francisco's most victimized retailers</a>, police said.

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The so-called "blitz operations" are already yielding results, with officers making dozens of arrests in recent days and recovering thousands of dollars in stolen merchandise from some of <a href="https://sfstandard.com/2023/09/26/target-closing-san-francisco-bay-area-stores/">San Francisco's most victimized retailers</a>, police said.

The department is funding the surge in enforcement through a recently awarded $15.3 million state grant targeting organized retail crime. Scott credited the operations to strong partnerships between police and businesses.

The department is funding the surge in enforcement through a recently awarded $15.3 million state grant targeting organized retail crime. Scott credited the operations to strong partnerships between police and businesses.

San Francisco Police Chief Bill Scott (right), District Attorney Brooke Jenkins (not pictured) and San Francisco Mayor London Breed (left), hold a press conference at SFPD Headquarters on Thurs., April 13, 2023. During the press conference, they provided investigation updates on the homicide involving MobileCoin CTO Bob Lee that occurred on April 4, 2023, on Main Street in San Francisco.

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"Our city will not tolerate criminals ransacking our businesses," Scott said in a statement. "Not only are these crimes devastating to our business community and local economy, too often we've seen them escalate into violence."

"Our city will not tolerate criminals ransacking our businesses," Scott said in a statement. "Not only are these crimes devastating to our business community and local economy, too often we've seen them escalate into violence."

In the most recent blitz Tuesday evening at <a href="https://sfstandard.com/2023/09/12/american-eagle-suing-westfield-san-francisco-theft/">San Francisco Centre mall</a>, teams of uniformed and plainclothes officers arrested nine people for allegedly stealing from stores inside the center. Officers worked with mall security guards and a police command post to make the arrests and recover the stolen goods.

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In the most recent blitz Tuesday evening at <a href="https://sfstandard.com/2023/09/12/american-eagle-suing-westfield-san-francisco-theft/">San Francisco Centre mall</a>, teams of uniformed and plainclothes officers arrested nine people for allegedly stealing from stores inside the center. Officers worked with mall security guards and a police command post to make the arrests and recover the stolen goods.

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Similar stings have occurred at pharmacies, grocery stores, clothing retailers and other businesses around the city. On Sept. 22, officers recovered an estimated $100,000 worth of stolen merchandise after arresting three prolific Bay Area thieves, police said.

Similar stings have occurred at pharmacies, grocery stores, clothing retailers and other businesses around the city. On Sept. 22, officers recovered an estimated $100,000 worth of stolen merchandise after arresting three prolific Bay Area thieves, police said.

Bags of beef jerky are locked in plastic cases at the Target store in San Francisco's Metreon. 

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Mayor London Breed said the operations "will protect our businesses from being targeted by retail theft operations."

Mayor London Breed said the operations "will protect our businesses from being targeted by retail theft operations."

The San Francisco District Attorney's Office, which received its own state grant to fund a dedicated retail theft prosecutor, said it will prosecute the stings' cases aggressively. DA Brooke Jenkins said they "will send a message that these crimes are taken seriously, and San Francisco is not the place to commit these kinds of crimes."

The San Francisco District Attorney's Office, which received its own state grant to fund a dedicated retail theft prosecutor, said it will prosecute the stings' cases aggressively. DA Brooke Jenkins said they "will send a message that these crimes are taken seriously, and San Francisco is not the place to commit these kinds of crimes."

Though larceny reports have declined 10% in San Francisco this year, retail theft remains a major concern, police said.

Though larceny reports have declined 10% in San Francisco this year, retail theft remains a major concern, police said.

San Francisco police launch retail theft ‘blitz operations’

Michael Barba

After finding that one officer <a href="https://sfstandard.com/2023/09/13/san-francisco-police-officer-misrepresented-race-bias-investigation/">repeatedly misreported the races</a> of people he encountered, San Francisco’s top police oversight official is launching a review of the data officers are required to collect on everyone they stop.

Are San Francisco police officers misreporting the races of people they stop?

After finding that one officer <a href="https://sfstandard.com/2023/09/13/san-francisco-police-officer-misrepresented-race-bias-investigation/">repeatedly misreported the races</a> of people he encountered, San Francisco’s top police oversight official is launching a review of the data officers are required to collect on everyone they stop.

Paul Henderson, executive director of the Department of Police Accountability, announced the review at a Police Commission meeting Wednesday.

Paul Henderson, executive director of the Department of Police Accountability, announced the review at a Police Commission meeting Wednesday.

It comes as law enforcement agencies in other jurisdictions face scrutiny over officers improperly reporting stop data, such as in Connecticut, where a scandal is unfolding over <a href="https://apnews.com/article/connecticut-state-police-false-traffic-ticket-data-9b3ce58f6c2641ffd1ed00c37cca120a" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">whether state troopers recorded bogus traffic stops</a>.

It comes as law enforcement agencies in other jurisdictions face scrutiny over officers improperly reporting stop data, such as in Connecticut, where a scandal is unfolding over <a href="https://apnews.com/article/connecticut-state-police-false-traffic-ticket-data-9b3ce58f6c2641ffd1ed00c37cca120a" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">whether state troopers recorded bogus traffic stops</a>.

READ MORE: <a href="https://sfstandard.com/2023/10/04/san-francisco-police-union-alleges-leak/">San Francisco Police Union Alleges Leak, Calls for Probe</a>

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“I’m not saying that we have those exact same problems in San Francisco, but we have the same indications of those problems here in San Francisco,” Henderson said, without referring to any jurisdiction specifically.

“I’m not saying that we have those exact same problems in San Francisco, but we have the same indications of those problems here in San Francisco,” Henderson said, without referring to any jurisdiction specifically.

Police Chief Bill Scott said he is open to working with the Department of Police Accountability on the broader review but expressed trepidation about having enough staffing to do the work, because the department says it faces an officer shortage.

Police Chief Bill Scott said he is open to working with the Department of Police Accountability on the broader review but expressed trepidation about having enough staffing to do the work, because the department says it faces an officer shortage.

As in every other law enforcement agency in California, San Francisco police officers are required by state law to enter into a state database demographic information and various other data points on people they search, detain or pull over.

As in every other law enforcement agency in California, San Francisco police officers are required by state law to enter into a state database demographic information and various other data points on people they search, detain or pull over.

In launching the review, Henderson accused the SFPD of falling short of the recommendations for auditing stop data outlined by the U.S. Department of Justice in its 2016 report on the department.

In launching the review, Henderson accused the SFPD of falling short of the recommendations for auditing stop data outlined by the U.S. Department of Justice in its 2016 report on the department.

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The SFPD previously revealed that it only reviews stop data <a href="https://sfstandard.com/2023/09/21/san-francisco-police-lax-checking-racial-stop-data-for-misrepresentations/">to see if officers have completed entries they started</a>.

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The SFPD previously revealed that it only reviews stop data <a href="https://sfstandard.com/2023/09/21/san-francisco-police-lax-checking-racial-stop-data-for-misrepresentations/">to see if officers have completed entries they started</a>.

Earlier this year, the Department of Police Accountability found that <a href="https://sfstandard.com/2023/09/13/san-francisco-police-officer-misrepresented-race-bias-investigation/">an officer repeatedly reported the wrong races</a> of people he pulled over in the state database, despite getting their races right in his incident reports.

Earlier this year, the Department of Police Accountability found that <a href="https://sfstandard.com/2023/09/13/san-francisco-police-officer-misrepresented-race-bias-investigation/">an officer repeatedly reported the wrong races</a> of people he pulled over in the state database, despite getting their races right in his incident reports.

The Standard reported based on publicly available information last month that the officer in that case may be <a href="https://sfstandard.com/2023/09/22/san-francisco-police-officer-threatens-shoot-man-drinking-hennessy/">Christopher Kosta</a>.

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The Standard reported based on publicly available information last month that the officer in that case may be <a href="https://sfstandard.com/2023/09/22/san-francisco-police-officer-threatens-shoot-man-drinking-hennessy/">Christopher Kosta</a>.

Henderson previously said his agency found other indicators that <a href="https://sfstandard.com/2023/09/13/san-francisco-cops-misreported-data-meant-to-curb-racial-profiling-now-watchdogs-want-answers/">the inaccuracies in the stop data go beyond one officer</a>.

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Henderson previously said his agency found other indicators that <a href="https://sfstandard.com/2023/09/13/san-francisco-cops-misreported-data-meant-to-curb-racial-profiling-now-watchdogs-want-answers/">the inaccuracies in the stop data go beyond one officer</a>.

Paul Henderson attends a Police Commission at City Hall in San Francisco on Wednesday, March 1, 2023.

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His agency has also seen officers not enter required information into the database and mark that a person pulled over belonged to multiple racial groups to “obscure any obvious or specific racial makeup,” Henderson previously said.

His agency has also seen officers not enter required information into the database and mark that a person pulled over belonged to multiple racial groups to “obscure any obvious or specific racial makeup,” Henderson previously said.

Henderson announced he would launch the review on the same day that the police union <a href="https://sfstandard.com/2023/10/04/san-francisco-police-union-alleges-leak/">pressed for a leak investigation into The Standard’s reporting</a> on Kosta.

Henderson announced he would launch the review on the same day that the police union <a href="https://sfstandard.com/2023/10/04/san-francisco-police-union-alleges-leak/">pressed for a leak investigation into The Standard’s reporting</a> on Kosta.

Tracy McCray, president of the San Francisco Police Officers Association, pressed for the investigation in a letter to the Police Commission on Wednesday morning before doubling down on her remarks at the commission meeting.

Tracy McCray, president of the San Francisco Police Officers Association, pressed for the investigation in a letter to the Police Commission on Wednesday morning before doubling down on her remarks at the commission meeting.

McCray said the disciplinary case started with a complaint to the Department of Police Accountability, came before Vice President Max Carter-Oberstone and has yet to be adjudicated, but somehow “winds up on the front page of the SF Standard.”

McCray said the disciplinary case started with a complaint to the Department of Police Accountability, came before Vice President Max Carter-Oberstone and has yet to be adjudicated, but somehow “winds up on the front page of the SF Standard.”

A San Francisco Police officer blocks 30th Avenue with their motorcycle after Day 1 of Outside Lands 2023, in San Francisco on Friday, August 11, 2023.

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“As the president of this union representing members who feel that their discipline process is now open for the world to see, I want to know who is going to fix that?” McCray said. “Who is going to find out what happened?”

“As the president of this union representing members who feel that their discipline process is now open for the world to see, I want to know who is going to fix that?” McCray said. “Who is going to find out what happened?”

Carter-Oberstone as well as commissioners Debra Walker and Kevin Benedicto each said they supported finding out how the information was released.

Carter-Oberstone as well as commissioners Debra Walker and Kevin Benedicto each said they supported finding out how the information was released.

The Standard’s Editor-in-Chief Julie Makinen has responded to the union’s letter, saying that <a href="https://sfstandard.com/2023/10/04/san-francisco-police-union-alleges-leak/">The Standard did not base its reporting on the officer on leaked information</a>.

The Standard’s Editor-in-Chief Julie Makinen has responded to the union’s letter, saying that <a href="https://sfstandard.com/2023/10/04/san-francisco-police-union-alleges-leak/">The Standard did not base its reporting on the officer on leaked information</a>.

San Francisco police watchdog to launch review of stop data

San Francisco's police union is calling for a leak investigation into recent reporting by The Standard about an officer accused of repeatedly misidentifying the races of people he stopped.

San Francisco's police union is calling for a leak investigation into recent reporting by The Standard about an officer accused of repeatedly misidentifying the races of people he stopped.

The San Francisco Police Officers Association pushed for the probe in a letter to the Police Commission early Wednesday. The letter says that there was an “apparent leak of confidential information regarding a San Francisco Police Officer” and claims that a story published by The Standard contained “an image of a confidential report.”

The San Francisco Police Officers Association pushed for the probe in a letter to the Police Commission early Wednesday. The letter says that there was an “apparent leak of confidential information regarding a San Francisco Police Officer” and claims that a story published by The Standard contained “an image of a confidential report.”

However, The Standard’s Editor-in-Chief Julie Makinen said Wednesday that the publication stands by its reporting, did not base its reporting on the officer on leaked information and did not publish an image of a confidential report.

However, The Standard’s Editor-in-Chief Julie Makinen said Wednesday that the publication stands by its reporting, did not base its reporting on the officer on leaked information and did not publish an image of a confidential report.

READ MORE: <a href="https://sfstandard.com/2023/10/04/san-francisco-police-stop-data-under-review/">San Francisco Police Watchdog to Launch Review of Stop Data</a>

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The Standard <a href="https://sfstandard.com/2023/09/13/san-francisco-police-officer-misrepresented-race-bias-investigation/">reported Sept. 13</a> that an officer allegedly misidentified the races of people he stopped in nearly half of the 50 encounters reviewed by the Department of Police Accountability, which investigates citizen complaints against officers. The investigation was spawned by a complaint alleging that the officer stopped and cited a person because of his race. The officer may be facing serious discipline as a result of the investigation.

The Standard <a href="https://sfstandard.com/2023/09/13/san-francisco-police-officer-misrepresented-race-bias-investigation/">reported Sept. 13</a> that an officer allegedly misidentified the races of people he stopped in nearly half of the 50 encounters reviewed by the Department of Police Accountability, which investigates citizen complaints against officers. The investigation was spawned by a complaint alleging that the officer stopped and cited a person because of his race. The officer may be facing serious discipline as a result of the investigation.

A <a href="https://sf.gov/sites/default/files/2023-07/Openness%20May.pdf">summary of the investigation</a> released by the Department of Police Accountability did not name the officer or specify which race he regularly misidentified. However, The Standard reported that the officer may be Christopher Kosta based on publicly available records.

A <a href="https://sf.gov/sites/default/files/2023-07/Openness%20May.pdf">summary of the investigation</a> released by the Department of Police Accountability did not name the officer or specify which race he regularly misidentified. However, The Standard reported that the officer may be Christopher Kosta based on publicly available records.

A <a href="https://sf.gov/sites/default/files/2022-09/June%20Monthly%20Statistical%202022.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">June 2022 report</a> by the Department of Police Accountability summarizing the complaints received by the agency includes a case number for the investigation. A public summary of the agency’s records requests to the San Francisco Police Department, in turn, repeatedly describes requests for information related to that case number as seeking data on stops by Kosta.

A <a href="https://sf.gov/sites/default/files/2022-09/June%20Monthly%20Statistical%202022.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">June 2022 report</a> by the Department of Police Accountability summarizing the complaints received by the agency includes a case number for the investigation. A public summary of the agency’s records requests to the San Francisco Police Department, in turn, repeatedly describes requests for information related to that case number as seeking data on stops by Kosta.

In <a href="https://sfstandard.com/2023/09/13/san-francisco-cops-misreported-data-meant-to-curb-racial-profiling-now-watchdogs-want-answers/">a separate story also on Sept. 13</a>, The Standard reported that the Department of Police Accountability had uncovered three ways officers inaccurately or improperly record the races of people they detain, search or pull over. Officers in San Francisco—as well as across California and in other states—are required to log such stops in a state database designed to track racial disparities.

In <a href="https://sfstandard.com/2023/09/13/san-francisco-cops-misreported-data-meant-to-curb-racial-profiling-now-watchdogs-want-answers/">a separate story also on Sept. 13</a>, The Standard reported that the Department of Police Accountability had uncovered three ways officers inaccurately or improperly record the races of people they detain, search or pull over. Officers in San Francisco—as well as across California and in other states—are required to log such stops in a state database designed to track racial disparities.

The reporting by The Standard and findings by the Department of Police Accountability have <a href="https://sfstandard.com/2023/09/21/san-francisco-police-lax-checking-racial-stop-data-for-misrepresentations/">led members of the Police Commission to call for hearings on the issue</a> and possibly an audit examining the full breadth of the problem.

The reporting by The Standard and findings by the Department of Police Accountability have <a href="https://sfstandard.com/2023/09/21/san-francisco-police-lax-checking-racial-stop-data-for-misrepresentations/">led members of the Police Commission to call for hearings on the issue</a> and possibly an audit examining the full breadth of the problem.

Kosta declined to speak with The Standard when approached by a reporter on Sept. 20 at the Hall of Justice, <a href="https://sfstandard.com/2023/09/22/san-francisco-police-officer-threatens-shoot-man-drinking-hennessy/">where he was testifying in an unrelated matter</a>.

Kosta declined to speak with The Standard when approached by a reporter on Sept. 20 at the Hall of Justice, <a href="https://sfstandard.com/2023/09/22/san-francisco-police-officer-threatens-shoot-man-drinking-hennessy/">where he was testifying in an unrelated matter</a>.

San Francisco Police Department (SFPD) Officer Christopher Kosta declines to speak with a reporter after testifying against a man he arrested in a gun case on Wednesday, Sept. 20, 2023. A judge found that Kosta unlawfully detained the man and tossed the charges against him.

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Union President Tracy McCray <a href="https://sf.gov/sites/default/files/2023-10/Leaking%20of%20Confidential%20Investigation%20Information%20-%20POA.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">contended in her Wednesday letter</a> that the information “published by The Standard included materials from confidential personnel investigations as well as an image of a confidential report. Disclosure of this information likely violates state law.”

Union President Tracy McCray <a href="https://sf.gov/sites/default/files/2023-10/Leaking%20of%20Confidential%20Investigation%20Information%20-%20POA.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">contended in her Wednesday letter</a> that the information “published by The Standard included materials from confidential personnel investigations as well as an image of a confidential report. Disclosure of this information likely violates state law.”

McCray added, “The Police Commission, as well as the leadership of the Department of Police Accountability (DPA), both know this information is required to be protected. Yet, we have not heard a word of worry from the Commission or DPA regarding the information's release. Nothing. This is unacceptable.”

McCray added, “The Police Commission, as well as the leadership of the Department of Police Accountability (DPA), both know this information is required to be protected. Yet, we have not heard a word of worry from the Commission or DPA regarding the information's release. Nothing. This is unacceptable.”

McCray urged the commission to “find out how the information was released. … If, after a thorough, objective investigation, it turns out that the release of information was due to plain incompetence instead of sinister agenda-pushing, who cares? We would know what to fix, which is one of the main reasons to investigate.”

McCray urged the commission to “find out how the information was released. … If, after a thorough, objective investigation, it turns out that the release of information was due to plain incompetence instead of sinister agenda-pushing, who cares? We would know what to fix, which is one of the main reasons to investigate.”

The police union did not contact The Standard to inquire about how it obtained the information reported in its original story.&nbsp;

The police union did not contact The Standard to inquire about how it obtained the information reported in its original story.&nbsp;

The Standard named Kosta based on two reports posted on the Police Commission website that included his name. One report, originally published as part of the Sept. 6 Police Commission agenda, has since been removed from the commission website and <a href="https://sf.gov/sites/default/files/2023-09/PoliceCommission9623-%20SFPD%20SFPD-DPA%202Q%20Document%20Protocol%202023%20Report.final_Redacted_1.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">replaced with a redacted version</a>. SFPD’s Legal Division provides the report to the Police Commission quarterly, and they posted the report without realizing that police had failed to redact the name of the officer, according to the commission's Sergeant Stacy Youngblood.

The Standard named Kosta based on two reports posted on the Police Commission website that included his name. One report, originally published as part of the Sept. 6 Police Commission agenda, has since been removed from the commission website and <a href="https://sf.gov/sites/default/files/2023-09/PoliceCommission9623-%20SFPD%20SFPD-DPA%202Q%20Document%20Protocol%202023%20Report.final_Redacted_1.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">replaced with a redacted version</a>. SFPD’s Legal Division provides the report to the Police Commission quarterly, and they posted the report without realizing that police had failed to redact the name of the officer, according to the commission's Sergeant Stacy Youngblood.

The original report included a case number related to Kosta and described information that the Department of Police Accountability had sought from the SFPD to further its apparent investigation into him.

The original report included a case number related to Kosta and described information that the Department of Police Accountability had sought from the SFPD to further its apparent investigation into him.

The Standard matched those facts to other public reports published by the Department of Police Accountability on its investigations into officers to confirm further details about the case.

The Standard matched those facts to other public reports published by the Department of Police Accountability on its investigations into officers to confirm further details about the case.

Those Department of Police Accountability reports did not name the officers under investigation to comply with state law; however, they <a href="https://sf.gov/sites/default/files/2022-09/June%20Monthly%20Statistical%202022.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">included details such as dates and case numbers</a> that The Standard compared to the unredacted reports on the Police Commission website.

Those Department of Police Accountability reports did not name the officers under investigation to comply with state law; however, they <a href="https://sf.gov/sites/default/files/2022-09/June%20Monthly%20Statistical%202022.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">included details such as dates and case numbers</a> that The Standard compared to the unredacted reports on the Police Commission website.

The Standard’s original story included an image of <a href="https://sf.gov/sites/default/files/2023-07/Openness%20May.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">one of those public reports</a> published by the Department of Police Accountability. The San Francisco Police Officers Association referred to this picture in its letter as an image of a “confidential report,” which is not the case.

The Standard’s original story included an image of <a href="https://sf.gov/sites/default/files/2023-07/Openness%20May.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">one of those public reports</a> published by the Department of Police Accountability. The San Francisco Police Officers Association referred to this picture in its letter as an image of a “confidential report,” which is not the case.

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UPDATE: The boy had been found safe in an Alameda County medical facility by Monday afternoon, San Francisco police said. No foul play is suspected.

UPDATE: The boy had been found safe in an Alameda County medical facility by Monday afternoon, San Francisco police said. No foul play is suspected.

San Francisco police are asking for help finding a 13-year-old boy considered at-risk.

San Francisco police are asking for help finding a 13-year-old boy considered at-risk.

Knowledge Shepard was reported missing on Friday. He was last seen entering the Embarcadero BART station at 7 p.m. that day.

Knowledge Shepard was reported missing on Friday. He was last seen entering the Embarcadero BART station at 7 p.m. that day.

Shepard has a fascination with buses and trains and usually rides MUNI or BART, police said. He is described as 5-feet-5-inches tall, weighing 98 pounds, with a bald head and brown eyes. He is considered at-risk due to a preexisting medical condition.

Shepard has a fascination with buses and trains and usually rides MUNI or BART, police said. He is described as 5-feet-5-inches tall, weighing 98 pounds, with a bald head and brown eyes. He is considered at-risk due to a preexisting medical condition.

He was last seen wearing a black Nike hoodie sweatshirt with sleeves ripped off, a burgundy harness, gray khaki pants and white shoes with blue and orange checkmarks.

He was last seen wearing a black Nike hoodie sweatshirt with sleeves ripped off, a burgundy harness, gray khaki pants and white shoes with blue and orange checkmarks.

Authorities urge anyone who locates Shepard to call 911 and report his current location and physical description.

Authorities urge anyone who locates Shepard to call 911 and report his current location and physical description.

The&nbsp;<a href="https://sfstandard.com/search/?query=san%20francisco%20police%20department">San Francisco Police Department</a> urges anyone with information on his possible whereabouts to call its tip line at 415-575-4444 or text TIP411 and begin the message with "SFPD." Tips can be submitted anonymously.

The&nbsp;<a href="https://sfstandard.com/search/?query=san%20francisco%20police%20department">San Francisco Police Department</a> urges anyone with information on his possible whereabouts to call its tip line at 415-575-4444 or text TIP411 and begin the message with "SFPD." Tips can be submitted anonymously.

Update: San Francisco police find missing at-risk teenager

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