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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.