San Francisco will be posting more police in the Marina district in response to the high-profile armed robbery of a photographer at the Palace of Fine Arts last week.
In a press release, the area’s District Supervisor Catherine Stefani says she has decided to increase the police presence in the area after what she describes as a “horrific armed robbery” of a wedding photographer. Stefani has worked with the San Francisco Police Department to add new patrol units to the Palace of Fine Arts along with SFPD Community Ambassadors who will staff the commercial corridors in the district through a $300,000 budget allocation.
The SFPD Chief Bill Scott says that he is aware of the recent high-profile robberies around San Francisco’s various popular destinations and says that the public an expect to see an increased police presence in and around the Palace of Fine Arts, Fillmore, Pacific Hights, Union Street, and what he describes as other high-traffic and heavily populated residential areas, tourist destinations, and business corridors.
“Whether you’re coming here to shop, to dine, or visit one of our many historical landmarks, we are committed to keeping everyone in San Francisco safe,” Chief Scott adds.Neither Supervisor Stefani nor Chief Scott provided specifics on how many or how frequent the increased patrols will be. San Francisco has been the focus of violence against photographers for the last several years as there have been multiple documented incidents of
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