Crime and safety are growing concerns for San Franciscans. I support pursuing alternatives to policing where those alternatives make sense. However, I also believe in community policing and that public safety requires the detention and effective rehabilitation of serial offenders.

As a member of the Board of Supervisors, I have:

• Opposed budget reductions in police training, academies and overtime to make sure we are able to increase the diversity of the Police Department

• Supported expansion of community policing efforts like neighborhood foot patrols.

• Worked with neighbors, the Police Department and the District Attorney to facilitate the arrest and charging of drug dealers, violent offenders and serial burglars.

• Investigated the Superior Court’s repeated pretrial release of individuals on ankle monitors even when those individuals have repeatedly violated the terms of prior releases.