Jan 07, 2025
SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) -- On Wednesday, Daniel Lurie will be sworn in as San Francisco's 46th mayor. During his winning campaign, he talked about his commitment to improving public safety. Since the election, he’s been visiting each police station in the city. Tuesday was his final stop before taking office when he visited with officers at the Central Police Station in North Beach. Lurie has done eight ride-alongs with police officers and made 10 visits to each police station in the city, promising changes to the force after he is officially sworn in as mayor. Crime was one of the main concerns for voters who chose the nonprofit founder to be San Francisco’s next mayor. San Francisco social worker shot in face Lurie said that technology updates need to be a part of the changes he is calling for when he takes office. “In their police cars for instance, SF State police has these computers, these screens if they are going up to an address, they can actually see the picture of the resident that they are about to approach," said Lurie. "SFPD doesn’t have it. If SF State has it, SFPD should have it.” During the campaign for mayor, other candidates were more drastic with their calls for police reform. From the start of his campaign, Mark Farrell said he would fire San Francisco Police Chief Bill Scott. KRON4 asked Lurie if drastic changes like that can be expected when he goes from mayor-elect to mayor. “I will be announcing things every day over the next few days and people can expect change in my administration,” he said. California Attorney General Rob Bonta announced Tuesday that SFPD reached a milestone by implementing 272 reform recommendations. The announcement came following an eight-year reform process. Chief Scott said crime has reached historic lows as a result. Lurie says the progress should be commended and continued. “Incredibly hopeful," he said. "We have to continue to do our work. I’ve commended them on those crime stats going down. I want to continue to see improvements there.” In addition to addressing public safety, Lurie said during his first 100 days in office, he’ll also be addressing what he calls a budget crisis and lowering downtown vacancy rates.
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