SF officer goes home after protests, only to have his car boosted. When it’s found, nothing missing – San Francisco Chronicle

Word is one of the San Francisco police brass who was in involved in managing crowd control during the recent George Floyd demonstrations took his police car home, only to have it stolen along with his riot gear.

Police spokesman Adam Lobsinger confirmed that on Wednesday. an off-duty officer reported that his unmarked vehicle had been stolen in the Marina District.

According to the police burglary bulletin, the gray, 2017 Ford Fusion was equipped with a police radio and that an SFPD jacket, a 26-inch baton and a riot helmet were inside the vehicle at the time of the theft. There were no firearms in the car, Lobsinger said.

The next evening the hot police car was found on the 2800 block of Vallejo Street in Cow Hollow.

No items appeared to be missing from the vehicle. The vehicle was towed to CSI (crime scene investigation) for processing, Lobsinger said. We are not releasing the name of the officer for officer safety purposes.

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