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San Francisco’s New Task Force

San Francisco is trying a new approach to curtail drug dealing in the city.

Curbing Gun Violence in Richmond

Does paying young men to not commit crimes actually work? We head to Richmond to find out.

A Case Un-Interpreted

The San Francisco Police Department has arguably the most advanced language access policies of any department in the country, it consistently fails to follow through with them. How is the SFPD working to address this?

Tasers: The Hidden Danger of Less-Lethal Weapons

Nikka: To prove the point, Masters had two prongs attached to his back and then he was Tasered. And while he said it was the most painful experience he’d ever had in his life, ultimately it lasted only a few seconds and then it was over.

So several years later when Masters got a call that his seventeen-year-old son, Bryce Masters, had been Tasered by a police officer, he was irritated at his son, but not worried about the boy’s safety. But when he got to the scene, everything changed.