After about two months at the helm of Mission Station – the police precinct that oversees much of the Castro neighborhood – San Francisco Police Department Captain Sean Perdomo said it wasn’t hard to identify the biggest policing issue for the city’s LGBTQ neighborhood. 

“That’s an easy one,” Perdomo, a 43-year-old San Francisco native and straight ally, said after having been asked that question in a sit-down interview at the station September 23. “Quality of life for sure, because fortunately we do not see a lot of violent crime in comparison to the rest of the district west of Guerrero [Street]. … It’s a citywide problem, not as publicized as what you see on Sixth Street, or here at 16th and Mission [streets].”

As the Bay Area Reporter previously reported, former police chief William

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