DECEMBER 2020
Your Monthly News & Updates
Giving Tuesday

Today is Giving Tuesday, a global day of giving that’s the unofficial start of the season of sharing. Please remember SF SAFE with your charitable giving by clicking here.
SFPD Bayview

Join SFPD Bayview Station for a Virtual Community Meeting on Zoom tonight, Tues., Dec. 1 at 6 p.m. RSVP to [email protected] for the meeting link and to submit questions.
Toy Drive

The SFPD is collecting new, unwrapped toys in original packaging for kids 12 & under for its annual Toy Drive. Drop off toys at any SFPD station now through Dec. 18. No stuffed animals, please.

The Pandemic & Package Theft: Celebrating a Safe Holiday Season

Amid the pandemic, the City is asking people to celebrate the holidays at home with people you live with, rather than venturing out or gathering in large groups. Here's a helpful guide as to what is and what isn’t allowed during the pandemic--and we've thrown in some package theft prevention tips to boot.
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How to Join the SFPD’s
Virtual Community Meetings 

The SFPD's monthly Community Meetings have gone virtual as a pandemic safety measure. In this month’s newsletter, SF SAFE breaks down the ins and outs of RSVP-ing for the Virtual Community Meetings and why it’s important.

Most Psychiatric & Behavioral
Crisis Calls to Shift Away from SFPD 

The SFPD will no longer be handling most calls for people experiencing a psychiatric, behavioral or substance abuse crisis. In the near future, unarmed, mobile teams of paramedics, mental health professionals and peer support counselors will fulfill the role once performed by police.

SFPD Bayview & SF SAFE
Create Community Task Force

In the wake of violent crimes in San Francisco’s Bayview District—including the SFPD’s recovery of more than 18 guns and multiple homicides in October and November—the SFPD Bayview Station and SF SAFE have mobilized to create the Violent Crime Reduction Community Task Force.
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