Golden Gate Xpress

SF State UPD chief reimagines policing on campus

July 2, 2020

Jace Smith holds up a sign that says, “BLACK LIVES MATTER,” while his mother, Veronica Smith, holds him during a peaceful protest against police brutality and systemic racism in front of SF State at 19th and Holloway on Sunday, June 7, 2020. (Emily Curiel / Golden Gate Xpress)

SF State graduates protest for racial justice on campus

June 19, 2020

A clean record for campus cops

Juan Carlos Lara, Staff

September 30, 2019

A records request by Xpress found that no officers currently employed by UPD have ever been written up for sexual assault, use of force or dishonesty in the field since they began at SF State. Since the beginning of 2019, Senate Bill 142...

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...