CRPOA Member Agency Spotlight
San Francisco Police Department (San Francisco County)
Information submitted by CRPOA member
Reserve Coordinator, Sgt. Craig Tom
E-mail: craig.tom@sfgov.org
Department Home Page: http://www.sfgov.org/police
Population: 790,000 (night); 1.75 million (day)
Principal Industry: Tourism/High Tech/Biotechnology
Number of reserve officers: 25
Number of reserves allocated: 150
Number of regular officers: 2300
The San Francisco Police Department seeks Level I, Level II, and Level III
Reserve Officers. Officers work primary with another officer in a variety
of assignments. Level I officers will be allowed to work alone after FTO.
San Francisco has ten different district stations and reserve officers
will be allowed to select their primary station.
The SFPD offers reserve officers no cost training opportunities within and
outside the department. Reserve officers can request any training that is
applicable to their duties upon completion of FTO.
Reserve officers are deployed to major protests for crowd control duties
and during other major events such as New Year's Eve celebrations.
Reserve Compensation: Free uniforms, same duty equipment as regular officers, issued firearm.
Reserve Deployment: Reserve are currently deployed to special events, street fairs, crowd control duties, but main emphasis will be shifted to general law enforcement duties and patrol.
Special Programs: Reserves participate in Fugitive Recovery efforts, DUI checkpoints, security at SF 49er games, kid print programs.
Contact Officer: Sgt. Craig Tom, Reserve Coordinator
San Francisco Police Department, Field Operations Bureau/Reserve Unit
850 Bryant Street #535
San Francisco, CA 94103
Contact phone number is: (415) 553-1527
(Information updated 11-01-05)
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