LGBTQ leaders and others are reacting to San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie’s choice of Deputy Chief Derrick Lew to be the city’s next police chief.

Lew, a veteran officer of the San Francisco Police Department, was announced as the new top cop December 3. He will replace acting chief Paul Yep, who is Lurie’s public safety czar. Yep, in turn, replaced Chief William Scott earlier this year. Scott’s move to become LA Metro’s first chief of police and emergency management in Southern California triggered a search for a new permanent chief.

Lurie stated that Lew’s appointment is a key part of his efforts to make the city – which is recovering from negative public perceptions with statistics showing a precipitous drop in violent crime of late – safer. 

“Derrick Lew has been shaped by this city

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