A San Francisco district supervisor is asking for extra policing within the crime-ridden metropolis – regardless of advocating to defund the police in 2020.
Hillary Ronen, Democrat, represents District 9 on the San Francisco Board of Supervisors. Throughout a Funds and Appropriations Committee assembly on Wednesday, she made an impassioned plea so as to add extra officers to the Mission District, which she represents.
Ronen was attacking San Francisco’s police chief for spending a considerable amount of additional time on an anti-retail theft program as a substitute of prioritizing police presence in her district.
“I have been begging this division to present the Mission what it deserves by way of police presence all 12 months lengthy,” Ronen mentioned. “And I’ve been informed time and time and time and time once more there aren’t any officers that we will ship to Mission.”
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“It hurts. And I really feel betrayed by the division. I really feel betrayed by the mayor. I really feel betrayed by the priorities of the town,” the Democratic politician added.
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The speech contradicts her stance on policing in 2020. After the George Floyd protests, Ronen tweeted that she believed “strongly” that San Francisco’s police drive wanted to be diminished.
“I wish to make it clear that I imagine strongly in defunding the police and decreasing the variety of officers on our drive,” Ronen wrote. “For many years we’ve had an imbalance in our metropolis’s finances, with a whole lot of thousands and thousands of {dollars} going to SFPD to have them do work they don’t seem to be certified to do.”
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In 2020, Mayor London Breed redirected $120 million from legislation enforcement to fund different metropolis initiatives. Crime in San Francisco continued to worsen, with homicides growing by 20% in 2020 in comparison with 2019. Homicides additionally elevated 17% in 2021 in comparison with the earlier 12 months.
By December 2021, Breed made an emergency request to the Board of Supervisors so as to add extra funds to the town’s police division.
The San Francisco Police Division has struggled with lack of staffing the previous few years. In February, officers responded to a housebreaking over 15 hours after the 911 name was made.
“Whereas the SFPD is short-staffed and our response occasions have been negatively impacted consequently, a response time of over 12 hours for a name of this nature falls far wanting the division’s and the general public’s expectations,” Officer Robert Rueca mentioned.
Fox Information Digital has reached out to Ronen’s workplace for remark, however has not heard again.
Fox Information’ Emma Colton contributed to this report.