US San Francisco residents hire private security, citing safety concerns

San Francisco residents hire private security, citing safety concerns

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San Francisco residents hire private security, citing safety concerns

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San Francisco residents hire private security, citing safety concerns​

Elizabeth Faddis
Mon, October 25, 2021

San Francisco residents hire private security, citing safety concerns

Residents in San Francisco have begun hiring private security to protect their homes, citing concerns over the continued rise in crime.

Roughly 150 families from the Marina District have hired Patrol Special Officer Alan Byard to provide security to their homes, according to San Francisco CBS. The families said they've seen an increase in auto and home thefts occurring both during the day and the evening.

"We don't feel safe in our neighborhood," resident Katie Lyons said. "And we have an alarm, we have security cameras on our property, but we want the extra security of having someone have eyes on our place."

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Since the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic, Byard said he has seen his client base increase from 70 to 150, just in the Marina District. Byard said the fear stems from an increase in car burglaries in the neighborhood.

In February, the San Francisco Police Department released information showing a 340% increase in burglaries compared to last year, Fox News reported. This followed an announcement from Mayor London Breed in June 2020 issuing new policies in which she outlined addressing police bias and trying to "demilitarize" the police.

Breed announced at a press conference in July that she would be taking $120 million from the police department's funding over the course of two years and would use it to benefit the black community.

Democratic mayors in nearly two dozen cities have supported efforts to defund the police while spending money on their own private security detail.

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Walgreens announced on Oct. 12 that it will be closing five branches in San Francisco due to a rise in theft and organized retail crime.

The Washington Examiner reached out to the San Francisco Police Department for a comment but did not receive a response.

 

[Lord of the Large Pants]

Private security is a great idea! Definitely makes a lot of sense after we defunded the police. But poor people might not be able to afford them. Now hear me out... what if there was a security force that was available to everyone? We need to make sure there's universal access to it, so it would have to be run and funded by the government.

I just can't think of a good name for such an organization.

 

[Meat Target]

I just can't think of a good name for such an organization.

Department of Common Community Safety and Equity

 

[Looney Troons]

Private security is a great idea! Definitely makes a lot of sense after we defunded the police. But poor people might not be able to afford them. Now hear me out... what if there was a security force that was available to everyone? We need to make sure there's universal access to it, so it would have to be run and funded by the government.

I just can't think of a good name for such an organization.

Department of Independent Contractors Killing Spooks

DICKS

 

[hasbinot]

Department of Common Community Safety and Equity

National Inclusive Guardians Giving Equity Rights

 

[Lorne Armstrong]

Private security is a great idea! Definitely makes a lot of sense after we defunded the police. But poor people might not be able to afford them. Now hear me out... what if there was a security force that was available to everyone? We need to make sure there's universal access to it, so it would have to be run and funded by the government.

I just can't think of a good name for such an organization.

We could just call it the “Security Service”! Of course that’s a mouthful so we’ll have to abbreviate it.

 

[MarvinTheParanoidAndroid]

They filmed Escape From New York in the wrong place.

 

[IAmNotAlpharius]

We could just call it the “Security Service”! Of course that’s a mouthful so we’ll have to abbreviate it.

I don’t know about you but I feel safer already thinking about how the SS will protect me from wrong-think.

 

[Picnic_Boy]

They won't self-reflect for a moment. Not a nanosecond. These people could drop a hammer on their toe and proceed to cancel Isaac Newton for being the white male Christian who invented gravity.

 

[Chilson]

They filmed Escape From New York in the wrong place.

At least they made up for that in the sequel.

 

[Kheapathic]

National Inclusive Guardians Giving Equity Rights

Josh needs to give us our Winner rating back.

 

[White Devil]

This whole article is fucking retarded considering that SF has had private police (they're really pretty much just security guards) since the 1800s. These are unsworn people who have to purchase their patrol routes and vehicles and whatnot. They usually charge $50-60 per hour that's paid for by residents and merchants.

Hell, the person the article talks about is a fucking SF Special Patrol officer.

 

[Caligura]

Gay Niggers Association of America (G.N.A.A.)

 

[Exceptionally Exceptional]

Private security is a great idea! Definitely makes a lot of sense after we defunded the police. But poor people might not be able to afford them. Now hear me out... what if there was a security force that was available to everyone? We need to make sure there's universal access to it, so it would have to be run and funded by the government.

I just can't think of a good name for such an organization.

How about we call them Citizens On Patrol? But that's a little too long to say normally, so we should turn it into an acronym.

 

[Mike Stoklasa]

They filmed Escape From New York in the wrong place.

At least they made up for that in the sequel.

The Bus That Couldn't Slow Down.

 

[derpherp2]

Private security is a great idea! Definitely makes a lot of sense after we defunded the police. But poor people might not be able to afford them. Now hear me out... what if there was a security force that was available to everyone? We need to make sure there's universal access to it, so it would have to be run and funded by the government.

I just can't think of a good name for such an organization.

Pinkertons.

 

[Art Kassul]

10 years from now:

San Francisco residents hire death squads, just so theys can travel to the bathhouse in piece​

 

[Oh Long Johnson]

Private security is a great idea! Definitely makes a lot of sense after we defunded the police. But poor people might not be able to afford them. Now hear me out... what if there was a security force that was available to everyone? We need to make sure there's universal access to it, so it would have to be run and funded by the government.

I just can't think of a good name for such an organization.

MetaCops Unlimited or WorldBeat Security.

Amazing Neal Stephenson predicted this fucking thirty years ago.

 

[Kermit Jizz]

>ban guns
>defund police
>destroy the middle class so everyone except the rich live in slums
>permit violent crime, refuse to prosecute
>but rich people get private security
You WILL be mugged, you WILL be raped, and you WILL be murdered, fucking peasants.

 

[Maldron the Assassin]

Not sure what the point is. Can they actually arrest people? Is he even allowed to intervene? Although I think something like Lonestar from Shadowrun might be the future if things keep spiraling down, I don't think this helps.