A new lawsuit alleges the San Francisco Police Department’s “policy and practice” of failing to release incident reports to domestic violence survivors on time is putting women and children at risk of harm. The nonprofit Bay Area Legal Aid sued police Monday on behalf of three women alleging the department routinely flouts state law. Since 1999, law enforcement agencies have been required to release incident reports to the victims of certain crimes including domestic violence within five to 10 days. But attorneys for the women argue that San Francisco police take 50...
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