San Francisco struggles to keep enough cops on its streets

Outside the Thomas J. Cahill Hall of Justice, San Francisco  

Story and photo by Thomas K. Pendergast

Now that the "Baby Boomer" generation is retiring, the San Francisco Police Department (SFPD) once again finds itself in violation of the City Charter, while it struggles to keep pace with voter-mandated staff levels.

About a third of the SFPD is set to start collecting pensions in the next few years and if the funding, training and hiring of new recruits don't replace them soon, the City could again find itself chronically short of cops. 

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