SF Police Chief Gascon Vows “Negligent” Police Officials Will Be Held Accountable

No word on who “they” are, but the Police Chief in San Francisco vows police offi­cials respon­si­ble for allow­ing the con­di­tions that allowed for the recent drug lab fiasco will be held accountable.

San Francisco Police Chief George Gascon says neg­li­gence by some police offi­cials is partly to blame for a drug scan­dal at the city’s crime lab.

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No Conflict of Interest in SF Crime Lab Court Challenge

Remember when a San Francisco Judge chas­tised the San Francisco prosecutor’s office for now dis­clos­ing the criminal/un-professional behav­ior of lab ana­lyst Deborah Madden?

District Attorney Kamala Harris response was to accuse the judge of being biased. How dare a judge not back-up the prosecutor’s office com­plic­ity in cov­er­ing up the crime lab fiasco!

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San Francisco Backs Off on Moving Crime Lab out of the PD

San Francisco is shelv­ing the idea of mov­ing the crime lab out of the police depart­ment. The rea­son stated is not only do they plan on mov­ing the lab out of the police depart­ment fig­u­ra­tively, they also want to move it out lit­er­ally — as in build a new crime lab.

San Francisco super­vi­sors on Monday slowed

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San Francisco Prosecutor's Office Shake-up after 1700 Drug Cases Called into Question

Additional infor­ma­tion is com­ing out regard­ing the scope of Deborah Madden’s recent crim­i­nal his­tory con­vic­tion, drug/alcohol use, and drug evi­dence theft. It appears that upwards of 1,700 cases have had Ms. Madden’s involve­ment since her crim­i­nal domes­tic vio­lence con­vic­tion, pre­vi­ously not dis­closed to prosecutors.

The then chief of the drug crimes divi­sion of the prosecutor’s office

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SF Prosecutor Accuses Judge of Bias

What do you do when you get caught not play­ing by the rules? Accuse the umpire of apply­ing the rules unfairly. At least that’s what I saw the 7–9 year olds on my son’s base­ball team do last season.

Apparently San Francisco District Attorney Kamala Harris agrees, and has accused Judge Anne-Christine Massullo of

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