Posted on 09/10/2015 12:54:12 PM PDT by markomalley
Judicial Watch announced today it obtained records from the San Francisco County Sheriff’s Department revealing that violent crime in the Bay area has skyrocketed since 2011, with the number of arrests for murder up 55%, and the number of arrests for rapes up 370%. Judicial Watch uncovered the numbers through a July 9, 2015, California Public Records Act request that sought the number of arrests for violations of the following crimes between 2011 and 2015:
Penal Code 187 – first and second degree murder
Penal Code 240 – simple assault
Penal Code243 – battery
Penal Code 261 – rape
According to the data provided by the Sheriff’s Department, arrests for violations of the most violent of the crimes listed – murder and rape – have soared over the past four years:
| 187 Penal Code | 240 Penal Code | 243 Penal Code | 261 Penal Code | |
| 2011 | 87 | 99 | 1600 | 10 |
| 2012 | 101 | 76 | 1501 | 45 |
| 2013 | 128 | 95 | 1592 | 45 |
| 2014 | 135 | 93 | 1516 | 47 |
| 2015 | 78 | 54 | 908 | 23 |
| Total | 529 | 417 | 7117 | 170 |
According to the information provided by Sheriff’s Department Assistant Legal Counsel Mark Nicco, “These numbers reflect the number of charges for arrests and bookings (not just arrests).”
In response to a request for details on the U.S. citizenship status of the offenders, Nicco informed Judicial Watch: “This information is not tracked by the Jail Management System.”
Despite the increased arrests for violent crimes, the overall arrest rate has plunged by 42 percent according to Max Szabo, spokesman for the San Francisco District Attorney’s Office.
In 2013, the San Francisco’s Sheriff and City Council expanded San Francisco’s infamous illegal alien sanctuary policies. The City changed policies and passed an ordinance that required San Francisco law enforcement to ignore most U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detainers. These detainers required San Francisco authorities to hold detained illegal alien criminals until federal authorities could determine whether to take them into custody.
“Citizens understand that when San Francisco and other sanctuary cities release illegal alien criminals onto the streets, crime is going to increase,” said Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton. “These new crime statistics suggest that there are more murders and an epidemic of rape linked to San Francisco’s releasing illegal alien criminals in violation of law.”
Judicial Watch is a long-time national leader in advocating for a rule-of-law approach to illegal immigration. This work includes exposing and challenging dangerous sanctuary policies in San Francisco, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Washington, D.C., Maryland, Arizona, Los Angeles, Chicago, Houston, and more.
In 2011, because of Judicial Watch’s work, San Francisco was ordered to end its sanctuary policy that protected aliens arrested for certain drug offenses from being reported to ICE. The organization is now investigating whether the city violated the law again with its sanctuary policy that led to the release of Juan Francisco Lopez-Sanchez, an illegal immigrant deported five times and who allegedly gunned down Kate Steinle at one of the most popular tourist spots in San Francisco.
Another lawsuit pending before the Illinois Supreme Court, challenges Chicago’s Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart’s refusal to honor ICE immigration detainers or cooperate with ICE in identifying deportable criminal aliens. Cook County jails had released well over 1,000 criminal aliens sought by ICE in the 18 months prior to the lawsuit’s filing in 2013.
Other Judicial Watch litigation forced the release of documents that show the Obama administration released 165,900 convicted criminal aliens throughout the United States, including many convicted of such violent crimes as homicide, sexual assault, kidnapping, and aggravated assault.
The “Surge” works again.
Sounds more like a Cops Surge to me....................
Oh look, Democrats. So how are STDs doing and abortions and fetal cell collections?
Is San Francisco a Sanctuary City?
It is interesting that we don’t “prosecute” illegals for crimes when the fed does not want to pick them up. In Sanctuary cities, for not being a legal citizen, you get out of jail free.
Rape is up over 400% over the past 2 years where we dumped Somalis in Minnesota.
Yes. One of the first.
California lefty solution: Redefine rape so it is the obligation of a good citizen to submit to the illegal alien (invited guest) and to welcome them - presto look at the stats go down.
Well, that's bloggers for you.
I wonder what the numbers would be if you took Judicial Watch out of the mix.
That sanctuary city business does not seem to be working out to well for San Francisco. I hope Trump and/or Cruz jumps all over this.
Sheriff Miracommie has a solutIon readily available .
Resign.
One of DiChiFis pillar policies left behind amidst her long career milking GUbamint.
“Rape is up over 400% over the past 2 years where we dumped Somalis in Minnesota.”
To many Muslim men, a woman alone or not “properly dressed” is fair game for rape.
The inevitable result was foreseeable and therefore 0 is responsible.
Big first step:
SFPD should stop hiring so many thieves, dullards and faggots.
Prolly that would help.
Harry Callahan, call for you on line 1.
and this is not the number COMMITTED
This is only the number ARRESTED
Ya see dirty Harry could have been James bond too?
Clint. Ya could been a legend.. Oh wait you already were.
Only 10 rape arrests in a year for an entire large city??
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