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San Francisco police who work with a federal counterterrorism unit would be subjected to increased civilian scrutiny to help avoid racial, ethnic and religious profiling under legislation proposed Tuesday by Supervisor Jane Kim.
At issue are the rules governing San Francisco police officers who participate in the FBI's Joint Terrorism Task Force.
"I just want to make clear that we support counterterrorism efforts here in San Francisco. We know how important this is to stability in this country. But we really just want to respect local privacy laws that our city long has valued," Kim said.