SAN FRANCISCO’S POLICY DIRECTING POLICE TO ABSTAIN FROM INVESTIGATING NON-INJURY PRODUCING ACCIDENTS PREVENT SAFETY ENHANCEMENTS FOR CITY STREETS

By Albert Stoll | July 19, 2010

A. SAN FRANCISCO GENERAL ORDER 9.02 In August of 1994, the City and County of San Francisco instituted General Order 9.02 that directed officers of the San Francisco Police Department to refrain from investigating all “non-injury” producing traffic collisions in the City. The text of S.F. General Order 9.02 is as follows: NON-INJURY VEHICLE ACCIDENTS:…

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