Bay Area police reform takes halting steps but spike in violence complicates efforts
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Oakland police officers Bryant Ocampo and Daniel Cornejo-Valdivia patrol downtown in December.Paul Kuroda/Special to The Chronicle 2020Show MoreShow Less
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Oakland Police Chief LeRonne Armstrong works in his office at the police station.Jessica Christian/The ChronicleShow MoreShow Less
In the year since George Floyd died, Bay Area cities have started to launch ambitious police reforms to rethink the role officers play in public safety.
Some critics say the process has been too slow, allowing abuses to continue, while others fear the reforms will go too far and make the area more dangerous.
S.F. supervisor looks to ban untraceable ghost guns
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S.F. Supervisor Catherine Stefani’s legislation would ban the possession and sale of untraceable ghost gun kits and parts.Jana Asenbrennerova/Special to The Chronicle 2018
Over the past year, self-assembled and untraceable “ghost guns” have increasingly turned up in the aftermath of Bay Area robberies, gang shootings and homicides sought out by criminals who can buy them without a background check and have them legally shipped to almost anywhere in the U.S.
Newly proposed legislation seeks to remove San Francisco from that equation, though, making the city the first in the state to completely ban the possession and sale of ghost gun kits and parts.