Confronting Implicit Bias in the San Francisco Police Department

All things are subject to interpretation whichever interpretation prevails at a given time is a function of power and not truth

— FRIEDRICH NIETZSCHE

Many of us have fears that we don’t want to overcome. However I believe it is our responsibility to face those fears, take a stance and discover our moral imperatives. Across the United States survivors of sexual assault and gender-based violence face a multitude of barriers. Systemic bias and prejudice inhibit them from reporting these crimes to law enforcement or pursuing legal action. This exposé reveals the unfortunate truth why that is so. Despite decades of education and public awareness, the pervasive ineptitude of criminal justice professionals dealing with this crime continues.

ARTICLES:

SB-813 SEX-CRIME OFFENSES: STATUE OF LIMITATIONS

The bill would apply to these crimes committed after January 1, 2017, and to crimes for which the statute of limitations that was in effect prior to January 1, 2017, has not run as of January 1, 2017

S.1197 - 109TH CONGRESS: Sec. 1005 [Violence Against Women Act of 2005}

Eliminates the exception for sexual abuse offenses to the tolling of the statute of limitations in cases where DNA testing implicates a person in the commission of a felony.

INSTITUTIONAL GASLIGHTING: INVESTIGATIONS TO SILENCE THE VICTIM

THE IMPORTANCE OF DNA EVIDENCE SEX-CRIME CASES

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE: INJURY EVIDENCE, BIOLOGICAL EVIDENCE AND DNA

WOMAN ALLEGES SYSTEMIC FAILURE BY THE SFPD IN RAPE INVESTIGATIONS

SAN FRANCISCO SURVIVOR PETITIONS SUPREME COURT OVER HOW SFPD HANDLED HER CASE

SFDA BOUDIN: GOV NEWSOM SHOULD SIGN BILL TO ASSURE PROSECUTORS ACCESS TO POLICE MISCONDUCT

CITY OF SAN FRANCISCO’S FAILURE IN RESPONDING TO SEXUAL ASSAULT

PREDATORS BEHIND THE BADGE: CONFRONTING POLICE MISCONDUCT

SFPD HAS A HISTORY OF UNWILLINGNESS TO TAKE SEXUAL ASSAULTS SERIOUSLY

NEW S.F. OFFICE TO OPEN TO HELP SEXUAL ASSAULT VICTIMS

SAN FRANCISCO HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION: SHARP OFFICE

CA GOV. GAVIN NEWSOM SIGNS LEGISLATION REQUIRING PROMPT TESTING OF KITS