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Re:The Bay Area has become a large declining tech company by subsubzero on Friday December 17, 2021 @02:12PM (#29596934)
Umm, no they are under instructions directly from Chesa Boudin, He initiated a reduction of pretrial incarceration and reduction of cash bail. His DA office is only trying ~50% of crimes compared to other major cities where the percent is 80-90%. In addition he is facing a recall this coming June.

Info about Chesa Boudin - https://www.sfgate.com/politics/article/Chesa-Boudin-San-Fra...

recall - https://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/exclusive-sf-district-...

Re:The Bay Area has become a large declining tech company by jeremysalwen on Friday December 17, 2021 @02:47PM (#29597437)
You claim: "they are under instructions directly from Chesa Boudin"

Article you linked says: Absolutely nothing to support this

You claim: "His DA office is only trying ~50% of crimes compared to other major cities"

Article you linked says: The charging rate was completely unchanged when Boudin became DA.

If you are going to make an outrageous claim that "they are under instructions directly from Chesa Boudin" you have to provide evidence that this is true, otherwise it will appear to be a lie.

Re:The Bay Area has become a large declining tech company by subsubzero on Friday December 17, 2021 @03:10PM (#29597736)
Did you actually read the article I linked? Property crime has increased dramatically under Boudin in SF. Here you go(murders also increased as well but not as dramatically):

2018 - 10,058 property crimes

2019 - 9,404 property crimes

Boudin Elected

2020 - 13,632 property crimes 44% increase

2021 - 6,180 property crimes (half year of stats only)

Boudin has initiated a catch and release for non-felony crimes which means the police arrest someone for breaking into a apartment and they are on the streets the next day due to no cash bail. Charging rates are extremely low(from 2018-2019) as the previous SF DA George Gascon initiated the same policies as Boudin and went to LA as DA and he(gascon) is also being recalled.

Re:The Bay Area has become a large declining tech company by jeremysalwen on Friday December 17, 2021 @06:38PM (#29599660)
The question is whether "[the police] are under instructions directly from Chesa Boudin [not to arrest people for property crime]" as you claimed. This claim appears to be a lie, the article you linked provides no supporting evidence, and your followup comment as well provides no supporting evidence.

When pressed on this point, you are relying on deflection to other criticisms you have of Boudin. Eliminating cash bail is in no way, shape, or form a direct instruction to not arrest property criminals.

Re:The Bay Area has become a large declining tech company by downWidOutaFite on Friday December 17, 2021 @02:49PM (#29597462)
> under instructions directly from Chesa Boudin

That is not the chain of command. They're completely separate bureaucracies.

Re:The Bay Area has become a large declining tech company by Spooky23 on Friday December 17, 2021 @03:00PM (#29597617)
District Attorneys wield a ton of power. ADAs get marching orders, and cops act based on what the ADAs want to prosecute.

If they want public intoxication collars, all of the sudden they will appear. Anytime someone tells you the DA is some bystander, laugh.

Re:The Bay Area has become a large declining tech company by downWidOutaFite on Friday December 17, 2021 @03:32PM (#29597959)
Cops act on what their police chief and union tell them to do.
Re:The Bay Area has become a large declining tech company by joshuamorton on Friday December 17, 2021 @02:22PM (#29597108)
Neither of those policies affect whether or not the police make an arrest.