San Francisco Police District Boundary Analysis-2024

Join us in Making Police District Boundaries that best represent your community!

The SFPD must conduct a review of the current police district station boundaries no less than every ten years. This analysis aims to adjust boundaries according to the current state of the City and SFPD to maximize the effectiveness of police operations and increase the efficient use of police resources.

Over the last ten years, the decline in SFPD staffing numbers, the changes to resident and non-resident populations, and impact of criminal behavior directed at commercial businesses are all significant developments requiring attention during police district boundary reevaluation. The review must incorporate these elements as well as numerous quantitative and qualitative factors such as calls for service, neighborhood and community input, and capacity of police district station facilitates. Effective and strategic deployment of police resources is crucial to providing public safety under these changing conditions.

The San Francisco Administrative Code 2A.86 details the legal requirements and factors to consider for SFPD Boundary Analysis. 

The boundary analysis project will utilize advanced Geographical Information System (GIS) software to incorporate key factors data into maps and visually assist in boundary evaluation and decision-making. The boundary assessment will have a specific and directed public engagement component to learn from the community about the current state and suggested future state to the district station boundaries.