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SFPD plans no public meeting after man dies in SoMa scooter crash
Edwin Adams died Oct. 12 after crashing while fleeing officers on an electric scooter, according to San Francisco police. The department’s public-meeting policy applies to officer-involved shootings, leaving no town hall planned for his death.
San Francisco police will not hold a public town hall about Edwin Adams’ death, which followed a crash while he was fleeing officers on an electric scooter in SoMa, the department said.
Police said officers spotted Adams near Eighth and Mission streets on Oct. 12 and tried to stop him because he was wanted on an outstanding warrant. He rode away and crashed, dying at the scene, according to the department.
Since 2021, SFPD policy has called for public meetings after officer-involved shootings. The meetings grew out of reform work with federal and state officials and were intended to increase transparency and public trust. Adams’ death did not involve a police shooting, and the department has no comparable town hall planned.
The distinction contrasts with the department’s response to a May 31 shootout in the Bayview involving Norris Reed III. Ten days later, SFPD held a virtual meeting, showed body-camera footage and gave members of the public an opportunity to ask questions and comment. Two officers were critically injured in that incident.