Crime – Golden Gate Xpress

Crime Blotter: Campus police evacuate library

December 3, 2019

A man entered the SF State library from Holloway Avenue on the afternoon of Nov. 25 carrying multiple bags and reportedly threatened to “blow up” people within the library, according to an email by Chief of Police Reginal...

Crime Blotter: Stonestown police activity

Juan Carlos Lara, Staff

November 12, 2019

On Nov. 2, the San Francisco Police Department responded to a 911 call from security personnel at the Stonestown Galleria about a man with a firearm. The man in question reportedly attempted to use counterfeit bills at a gaming...

SFPD falls short on reforms

Sam Moore

November 5, 2019

It took three years for the San Francisco Police Department to complete 29 of 272 recommendations that the U.S. Justice Department handed down to them in 2016, in response to a series of high-profile police shootings and scan...

Crime Blotter: Burglary Bender

Juan Carlos Lara, Staff

October 22, 2019

The SF State University Police Department (UPD) received 20 burglary reports since the semester began, more than half of all reports in 2018. Of the 20 reports, the majority were vehicle burglaries and just under half ...

Crime Blotter: Wild Wednesday Night

Juan Carlos Lara, Staff

October 15, 2019

Oct. 9 saw a string of crime reports, particularly in the northern part of campus. At around 6:30 p.m., two people suspected of committing a strong arm robbery near 19th Avenue and Sloat Boulevard fled toward SF State. Th...

UPD investigates sexual assaults

Juan Carlos Lara, Staff

September 23, 2019

The University Police Department (UPD) received four reports of sexual violence on campus over the course of eight days surrounding the first day of the fall semester — three cases remain unsolved. In the early hours of Monday, Aug. 26, the f...