SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) — On Wednesday, Daniel Lurie shall be sworn in as San Francisco’s forty sixth mayor. Throughout his successful marketing campaign, he talked about his dedication to enhancing public security.
Because the election, he’s been visiting every police station within the metropolis. Tuesday was his closing cease earlier than taking workplace when he visited with officers on the Central Police Station in North Seaside.
Lurie has performed eight ride-alongs with cops and made 10 visits to every police station within the metropolis, promising adjustments to the power after he’s formally sworn in as mayor. Crime was one of many most important issues for voters who selected the nonprofit founder to be San Francisco’s subsequent mayor.
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Lurie stated that know-how updates should be part of the adjustments he’s calling for when he takes workplace.
“In their police cars for instance, SF State police has these computers, these screens if they are going up to an address, they can actually see the picture of the resident that they are about to approach,” stated Lurie. “SFPD doesn’t have it. If SF State has it, SFPD should have it.”
In the course of the marketing campaign for mayor, different candidates had been extra drastic with their requires police reform. From the beginning of his marketing campaign, Mark Farrell stated he would hearth San Francisco Police Chief Invoice Scott.
KRON4 requested Lurie if drastic adjustments like that may be anticipated when he goes from mayor-elect to mayor.
“I will be announcing things every day over the next few days and people can expect change in my administration,” he stated.
California Legal professional Normal Rob Bonta introduced Tuesday that SFPD reached a milestone by implementing 272 reform suggestions. The announcement got here following an eight-year reform course of. Chief Scott stated crime has reached historic lows consequently.
Lurie says the progress needs to be recommended and continued.
“Incredibly hopeful,” he stated. “We have to continue to do our work. I’ve commended them on those crime stats going down. I want to continue to see improvements there.”
Along with addressing public security, Lurie stated throughout his first 100 days in workplace, he’ll even be addressing what he calls a finances disaster and decreasing downtown emptiness charges.
