Lurie executive order targets police staffing levels, reliance on ‘unsustainable’ overtime

by Alise Maripuu, Bay City News May 14, 2025May 13, 2025

FILE: San Francisco Police Department headquarters at 1245 Third St. on July 24, 2021. Mayor Daniel Lurie unveiled a plan Tuesday to increase public safety in the city, where the SFPD and Sheriff's Office combined are short by nearly 700 officers. (Dan McMenamin/Bay City News)

San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie issued an executive directive on Tuesday aimed at addressing the city’s public safety staffing deficit.

“Rebuilding the Ranks” involves short-term strategies to immediately fill the gap, such as allowing recently retired officers to return to work, as well as long-term strategies including bolstering marketing, cutting bureaucratic red tape in the hiring process, and investigating potential abuse of overtime and sick leave.

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Alise Maripuu, Bay City News

Alise is a general assignment reporter with a focus on covering government, elections, housing, crime, courts and entertainment in San Francisco and on the Peninsula. Alise is a Bay Area native from San Carlos. She studied history at University of California, Santa Cruz and first started journalism at Skyline College’s school newspaper in San Bruno. She has interned for Bay City News and for Eesti Rahvusringhääling, or Estonian Public Broadcasting. She has covered everything from the removal of former San Mateo County Sheriff Christina Corpus to the divisive battle over the Great Highway on San Francisco’s west side. Please send her any tips.

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