The new chief has to set a tone that extends to the whole department, added Leah Weitz of the Bernal Heights Neighborhood Center.
“I’m looking for a chief who can train officers to step out of the door with a lot of integrity and who will know they’re part of the community,” she said.
Anyone taking charge of the department has to be ready for its diversity, including the 200 or so gay, lesbian and transgender officers, said Inspector Kevin Jones, a department veteran.
“For candidates from the inside, it’s not an issue,” he said. “From outside, it is.”
Commissioners heard a barrage of other suggestions, from calls for an end to prostitution arrests and an easing of drug enforcement to concerns about support for the sanctuary city movement and backing for community-based groups that deal with the police.
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