SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) -- San Francisco Chief Bill Scott will be leaving the police department to accept a role in another jurisdiction, San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie announced on Wednesday. Scott served as chief for more than eight years.
Michelin-star restaurant blames San Francisco economy for closure"Serving as the chief of police for this great city for the past eight years has been one of the greatest honors of my life," Chief Scott said. "We accomplished what we set out to do and made the department better and helped this great city to become safer in the process."
San Francisco police chief Bill Scott looks on during a news conference at the San Francisco Police Academy on May 15, 2018 in San Francisco, California. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)"It was among the great honors of my career to serve in SFPD under SFPD Chief Bill Scott's leadership -- through Covid, George Floyd, the recall of a sitting D.A., and an unprecedented staffing crisis -- and watch it emerge as a national model for 21st century police reform," tweeted SF Supervisor Matt Dorsey.
Mayor Lurie will choose Scott's successor from a list of candidates that will be put together by the San Francisco Police Commission.
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