February 2, 2018 1930 hours
The video below shows a clear and deliberate assault on SFPD officers that rises to the level of attempted murder. It is outrageous that the policy imposed on our officers, by the Police Commission, prohibits us from protecting our own lives by firing at a suspect in a moving vehicle who is trying to kill us.
Take a look at this video and tell me that these officers did not show the utmost restraint by not shooting the suspect who just ran over a San Francisco Police Officer and his own accomplice. The SFPD policy imposed by the Police Commission puts our officers lives in danger and I have serious doubts that some on the Commission care enough to change this flawed policy. What will it take? A dead cop?
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Today’s felonious assault on an SFPD officer left this officer in the hospital after he was purposely and deliberately run over by an auto burglary suspect who was fleeing the scene at Alamo Square. SFPD plainclothes officers were attempting to arrest this gang of auto burglars who just broke into a tourist’s vehicle and stole their property. When one of the officers attempted to arrest one of the suspects, the driver of the getaway vehicle backed up and ran over the officer and then ran over his own accomplice. The driver then put the vehicle in drive and attempted to run over the officers again.
The officer was able to roll on the ground out of the way but the accomplice was run over again by the driver. Today’s assault by this gang of felons further demonstrates that these are not just property crimes. These suspects will resort to violence to complete their crimes and flee from capture. This is not the first time SFPD officers have been viciously attacked in this manner.
On October 18, 2017, Officer Elia Lewin-Tankel was run over by a fleeing suspected auto burglar and he suffered a serious head injury. Officer Lewin-Tankel is still at a rehabilitation facility and is going through difficult physical therapy every day. It is so frustrating to SFPD officers that our Use of Force policy prohibits us from shooting at a suspect in a vehicle even if that suspect is trying to kill or seriously injure innocent civilians or our officers. That policy must be changed. The POA hopes that the District Attorney charges these felons appropriately as dangerous felony auto burglars who attempted to murder a San Francisco Police officer by running over him in a three thousand pound vehicle.
