Liberal California city makes dramatic U-turn on police surveillance, poll shows

Source: New York Post

San Francisco police have expanded their use of cameras, drones and other surveillance tech to nab criminals — and most residents of the famously liberal city are good with it, a new poll shows. Seventy-two percent of those surveyed in a poll by GrowSF, a San Francisco political advocacy group, said they somewhat or strongly support the use of cameras and drones after a 911 call to assist in “active investigations. ” A strong majority — 66% of those surveyed — even backed real-time video monitoring of crime hotspots such as Tenderloin drug markets “to help deter crime and hold criminals accountable.