Reversing an earlier decision, San Francisco police said that they will march in the city’s annual Pride Parade this month after coming to an agreement with parade organizers, who had previously said officers could not wear their uniforms at the event.

The San Francisco Police Officers Pride Alliance came to the agreement with Pride organizers who had voted in 2020 to ban officers in uniform after a summer of nationwide protests against police brutality.

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Dan McMenamin is the managing editor at Bay City News, directing daily news coverage of the 12-county greater Bay Area. He has worked for BCN since 2008 and has been managing editor since 2014 after previously serving as BCN’s San Francisco bureau reporter. A UC Davis graduate, he came to BCN after working for a newspaper and nonprofit in the Davis area. He handles staffing, including coaching of our interns, day-to-day coverage decisions and management of the newswire.