Observed arrival · 2026-09-22
SFResponse.org Measures the Wait for Police
An independent San Francisco dashboard compares police response times by neighborhood, call priority, and stage of the journey.
- For
- San Francisco residents, reporters, and neighborhood advocates
- Worth noticing
- Each median appears alongside the share of calls an officer actually reached.
Field notes
The interface separates call intake, queue, and travel, assigning intake to the city's dispatch center and the remaining stages to the police department. It supports comparisons across neighborhoods, police districts, supervisor districts, and custom areas, with options to view deviations in minutes or percentages. The methodology leaves months with fewer than 30 calls blank and warns that a median can improve when fewer calls are served, so reach rates belong beside response times.
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