Lurie’s pick for SF’s first public safety chief faced allegations he abused police authority

San Francisco mayor-elect Daniel Lurie’s appointment for a newly created public safety role faced allegations in a 2018 civil suit of abusing his authority and intimidating a man who he rear-ended in a traffic collision.

Paul Yep, a former commander with the San Francisco Police Department, was named by Lurie to be the city’s first chief of public safety on Thursday.