Nearly 10 years after a former San Francisco police officer suffered life-altering injuries after being struck by a vehicle while on duty, dozens of officers and city leaders honored him Thursday by unveiling a new street sign named after him.

In 2017, former officer Elia Lewin-Tankel was patrolling on a bicycle when a fleeing suspect vehicle struck him on Turk Street near Civic Center Plaza. Lewin-Tankel was left unconscious in the roadway.

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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.