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SAN FRANCISCO:Supes panel OKs
A Board of Supervisors committee approved legislation Monday that would establish a one-year pilot program mandating police foot patrols in eight of the city's 10 police districts.

The board's select committee on gun and gang violence agreed to hold off on the program until January. Police Chief Heather Fong said there will be more officers available then to participate in the foot patrols.

The legislation, sponsored by Supervisor Ross Mirkarimi, would require at least two officers to work a shift on foot each day in the city's Northern, Southern, Bayview, Taraval, Miss... Read more

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No mercy to criminals or corru

African National Congress (ANC) deputy president Jacob Zuma, himself facing corruption charges, has promised he would be tougher on crime and corruption if he becomes SA President.

Zuma said that the country needed better implementation of anti-crime policies and greater pay for police officers to tackle crime.

He was speaking to the 1926 Club at the Rand Club in Johannesburg.

Zuma said punishment of police officers should also be harsher than that of ordinary citizens to discourage police corruption.

And in a country without the death penalty, the law needed to be applied more strictly, Zuma said.

"You have someone arrested for murder and the next day his lawyer comes and says he's been too long in prison. They come out of prison and then get rid of witnesses.

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