The mayoral candidate wants to incentivize older officers to stay on the force
Farrell, the former mayor turned mayoral hopeful, introduced a proposal this week that would allow more police officers to not only defer their retirement but return from it, serving on the force while still collecting their pension.
Farrell envisions deferred retirement as a straightforward way to stem the staffing losses at the police department at a time when public safety is a priority issue for San Franciscans and it’s likely years from reaching full staffing levels. “By that time, we'll definitely be at a much better place with policing and we already are right now,” Breed said.
She’s touted a renewed interest in the department from aspiring officers, with the next Academy classes seeing more recruits than any since the pandemic. She took special care to thank those “who led these efforts, including our Police Chief Bill Scott,” whom Farrell has promised to fire promptly if elected to office.
The new police union contract, negotiated by Breed’s administration, raised San Francisco’s starting officer pay to $112,000, the highest of any major city, and she’s confident the department is on the right track. He excoriated Breed for announcing a plan in 2020 — following widespread social unrest spurred by the murder of George Floyd — to redirect $120 million from the police budget into support for Black communities, which he believes tanked department morale.
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