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Potrero/Bayview police captain named as SF's new police chief

According to sfgate.com, Bayview police captain Greg Suhr, whose district includes Potrero Hill, will be the new police chief of police for the city of San Francisco. From sfgate.com…

Capt. Greg Suhr, a 30-year veteran of the San Francisco Police Department whose roller-coaster career has included command of two of the city's toughest station houses and an indictment for allegedly conspiring to obstruct justice, is Mayor Ed Lee's pick to be police chief.

Suhr, 52, is expected to be sworn in this morning. He replaces Jeff Godown, who has been acting chief since early January when George Gascón moved over to become district attorney in the final hours of former Mayor Gavin Newsom's administration.

Suhr's most recent command was in the high-crime Bayview district, where homicides have dropped nearly 50 percent since he took over as station-house commander in October 2009.

"I feel very good about this. It's the best choice. We definitely have a leader," said Lee, who repeatedly interviewed each of the three finalists sent to him by the Police Commission before making the call over the weekend. Read More »