Day Around the Bay: SFPD Mobile Command Van Shifts to 16th & Mission

Police place mobile unit in Mission District to combat drug crimes, illegal vending

The San Francisco Police Department has set up a mobile command van in the city’s Mission District with the goal of improving public safety. The van, located at 16th and Mission, seeks to send a message to anyone looking to deal drugs, set up illegal vending operations, or other crimes. “I’m glad to see there. [It] makes me a lot safer, make me feel wow, there is hope,” said Adel Alghazali, a business owner. Alghazali said he hopes the stepped-u…

Day Around the Bay: SFPD Mobile Command Van Shifts to 16th & Mission

Local:Staff at regional Department of Education offices for civil rights enforcement, including the one in San Francisco, were locked out Wednesday amid chaos and mass layoffs at the department. According to one staffer, two-thirds of the 120 people employed at the SF office were terminated. [Chronicle]The SFPD, curiously, has moved its Mobile Command Unit No. 2 bus from Civic Center to 16th and Mission, even though this is just a block and a ha…

A mobile unit of San Fracnisco police was installed at the intersection of Mission Street and 16th Street 24 hours a day, the area has been dangerous for years Bill Scott, chief of police, said this is an equipped mobile commando that sends a clear message that they are in the area. Scott said that there have been problems in that area and that they will be in place to clean up the area and make people feel safe. On Tuesday night authorities mad…

SFPD deploys ‘mobile command unit’ to 16th and Mission BART plaza

An RV-sized 'mobile command unit' has been deployed to 16th and Mission, the latest step in an intensifying focus on the troubled area