What you need to know about SF’s Joint Terrorism Task Force
Should Bay Area cities continue supplying local police officers to the FBI’s Joint Terrorism Task Force? That’s a question that the San Francisco Board of Supervisors took on Tuesday, and one that...
View ArticleOakland Police tight-lipped on role in Joint Terrorism Task Force
Ali WinstonAn unidentified federal agent records protesters on July 8th, 2010 Oakland Police are keeping their cards close to their chest about the department’s participation in the Bay Area’s Joint...
View ArticleLocal Muslims urge San Francisco to overhaul JTTF participation
Ali WinstonHuman Rights Commissioner Theresa Sparks (standing), SFPD Chief Greg Suhr and Police Commissioner Joe Marshall at a May 17, 2011 hearing on the JTTF Admist complaints from Bay Area Muslim,...
View ArticleThree ways 9/11 changed policing
lawreports.co.uk September 11, 2001 changed many things in America, not the least of which is how the country approaches its internal security. At the front lines of these changes are local police...
View ArticleJostling continues on SFPD participation in JTTF
The debate over the San Francisco Police Department’s participation in the regional Joint Terrorism Task Force has slogged on for months after the American Civil Liberties Union revealed the agreement...
View ArticleSan Francisco JTTF reforms stalled, Supervisor considering legislative fix
The struggle to bring the San Francisco Police Department’s involvement in the local Joint Terrorism Task Force back under civilian oversight is still dragging on – and the head of the FBI’s San...
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