On Thursday, Derrick Lew was officially introduced to San Francisco as the city’s next chief of police. Lew currently serves as a Deputy Chief with the San Francisco Police Department. He was selected by Mayor Daniel Lurie to take the helm of the department following months of work by the San Francisco Police Commission developing a final list of candidates for the job.

Lew was born and raised in San Francisco, and city leaders note he is well-respected within the department. He will officially take over as chief on December 22.

In Lew’s opening remarks to the press on Thursday, he noted that the department is currently ramping up the tools it uses to fight crime.

“We’re using technology to take this department into the future, and to solve some of the city’s most challenging crimes,” L

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