Support the POA’s efforts to rescind DGO 9.07 which contradicts Federal and State Law

Rule of Law & Public Safety Under Attack

In July of 2024 the Police Commission enacted DGO 9.07 which makes illegal behavior legal, and the legal enforcement of that behavior by SFPD grounds for disciplinary action. Recognizing that 9.07 prevents police officers from performing their sworn duty to protect our residents, the POA has filed a lawsuit to prevent this dangerous DGO from being enforced.

Join our effort to protect those who live in our city by demanding that the City Attorney do his job and end this anti-law enforcement attack on our residents. Stand with the POA as it fights to protect our public safety.

The POA's efforts to block DGO 9.07 from being enacted should be supported because DGO 9.07 contradicts State Law and advances a dangerous and radical agenda that was rejected by our own CA legislature.

This should frighten you: The anti-law enforcement majority on the Police Commission continue to overstep their authority in a way that is now more alarming than ever. Not only did they do an end run around our legislators in Sacramento, but they are also putting SFPD officers in the position of having to choose between their duty to enforce our state and local laws and/ or risk being disciplined by the police commission for enforcing those laws. SB50, a bill containing similar provisions to DGO 9.07, banning police officers from making “pretextual” stops, FAILED to pass into State Law, yet our unelected Police Commissioners proceeded as if it passed.

Why is our City Attorney allowing this?

This Police Commission believes it is authorized to pick and choose which laws the SFPD should enforce, without regard to our State Laws or our public safety. Worse, our City Attorney actively advances the anti-public safety agenda by supporting this illegal atempt to circumvent state law and perpetuate an environment of lawlessness.

Under DGO 9.07, if our police officers do their jobs and enforce our local and state laws like they are sworn to do, they can be disciplined. The real world consequences of this policy are: less proactive policing and increased likelihood of illegal drugs and weapons flowing into our city; drugs and weapons that could have been recovered from a routine traffic stop, a decline in traffic safety as enforcement of traffic violations will be less prevalent. All of this makes our streets and our city less safe.

Our City Attorney failed to step in to support the POA, and failed to remind the Police Commission of its limits. We cannot allow this to continue.

Remind our City Attorney which side of the law he is supposed to be on. David Chiu has repeatedly allowed the Police Commission to overstep its authority to the detriment of our public safety. The police commissioners are not legislators and they cannot hand pick which laws they will allow SFPD to enforce and which they will allow them to overlook. David Chiu must end this costly litigation by conceding that the POA has standing and is correct in fighting this DGO.

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Message to the City Attorney and Mayor Lurie

Dear City Attorney and Mayor Lurie,&#13;&#10;&#13;&#10;I am in complete support of the POA’s lawsuit attempting to rescind DGO 9.07 which was voted on by an unelected body with a history of abusing its power. This lawsuit is a necessary step in preventing the Commission's blatant attempt not only to circumvent state law, but further tie the hands of our SFPD to enforce our state and local vehicle codes. &#13;&#10;&#13;&#10;The sheer audacity to engage in this abuse of power is unprecedented, and absent any intervention on the part of our City Attorney, a lawsuit was foreseeable and inevitable. &#13;&#10;&#13;&#10;Banning pretextual stops repeatedly fails because our lawmakers understand that fewer stops will result in fewer legitimate searches, which means more guns and drugs on the streets of San Francisco. It also means that criminals and gangs will not fear transporting weapons and drugs into our city.  Deprioritization of 9 traffic violations will result in “de-policing,” more traffic violations, emboldened criminal activity and a system where our vehicle code simply won’t be enforced. Is our CIty Attorney prepared to allow illegal behavior to essentially become legal via lack of enforcement?&#13;&#10;&#13;&#10;Why do our City Attorney and Police Commission refuse to acknowledge the data showing current stops have consistently decreased from 102,000 in 2019 to 40,000 in 2020 to just over 17,000 in 2022 showing SFPD is already reforming its processes?  Ironically, it is well documented, and often cited by this very commission, that when traffic enforcement laxes, streets become less safe for pedestrians, cyclists, and motorists which not only impacts those groups, it has a harmful impact on the local small businesses in our neighborhoods.&#13;&#10;&#13;&#10;I urge you, City Attorney Chiu, to step in and put an end to this ill-fated, overreaching DGO.  It is your failure to rein in this type of unchecked abusive behavior by the Police Commission that undermines the public’s faith in your ability to ethically and impartially fulfill your role as our City Attorney. &#13;&#10;&#13;&#10;Please respect our Local and State Laws and fight for our public safety. Support the POA’s lawsuit to rescind DGO 9.07. You have the authority and the power to do so.&#13;&#10;&#13;&#10;Sincerely,          &#13;&#10;

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