By Junyao Yang : missionlocal – excerpt
Taraval Police Station, located at 2345 24th Avenue, covers the largest and most populous police district in the city.
Taraval Station, situated in a red-brick building on 24th Avenue in the Sunset, covers the most populous and largest geographic area in San Francisco.
The sprawling police district runs from Golden Gate Park in the north to the San Mateo County line, and from Ocean Beach to Seventh Avenue. It is home to more than 153,000 residents, or 17.5 percent of San Francisco’s population. At 10.8 square miles, it is 66 percent bigger than the next-largest police district, Ingleside (6.5 square miles).
But it has 43 fewer officers than Ingleside, and residents are complaining. It has more property crimes than the Ingleside and Bayview Districts, and the longest response times for high-priority 911 calls…
As of July 17, there were 51 sworn officers at Taraval Station, according to its acting captain, Anthony Ravano. The recommended staffing level for that station is 120 officers, a 2023 SFPD staffing analysis report shows. …
Taraval Police District, the largest in the city, has the longest response time to high priority calls…
For now, as long as the station doesn’t have enough officers, Corriea said, “community policing” ends up being a lofty goal and little more.
“It’s like smearing peanut butter on a piece of bread,” Corriea said. “If you have a lot of peanut butter, it’s thick. If you don’t, it’s thin.”…(more)
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