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S.F. looks to dramatically reduce number of sheriff s deputies guarding hospitals, clinics
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Highway patrol vehicles are parked outside of Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Center in San Francisco, Calif., on Thursday, August 6, 2020.Sarahbeth Maney / The Chronicle
The number of sheriff’s deputies who guard public hospitals and clinics in San Francisco would be dramatically reduced under a plan proposed Tuesday by San Francisco health officials who want to hire more psychiatric nurses and non-sworn staff to respond to crises.
The Department of Public Health presented a plan to the Health Commission at its Tuesday meeting to drop the number of deputies from 29 to about 18 at San Francisco General and replace around seven more at Laguna Honda Hospital and four community clinics. ....

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