§ 10B.1. REQUEST FOR POLICE SERVICES.

(a) Definitions. For purposes of Sections 10B.1 through 10B.5, the following definitions shall apply:

" ABC Application " shall mean a California Department of Alcohol Beverage Control Daily License Application Form or any successor form.

" Approval " shall mean the Chief's signature.

" Chief " shall mean the Chief of the Police Department or the Chief's designee.

" Department " shall mean the Police Department.

" Event Organizer " shall mean the person, firm, corporation, or organization hosting a cultural, recreational, entertainment, arts, educational, civic or religious event, including festivals and block parties, and seeking additional personnel, equipment, or materials of the Department, for law enforcement purposes within the City and County of San Francisco.

" Security Plan " shall mean a plan drafted by the Event Organizer that adequately addresses the safety of persons and property associated with the event subject to the request for police services. The definition of Security Plan in this Subsection 10B.1(a) does not limit the discretion of the Department to impose more stringent requirements for a Security Plan as circumstances warrant.

(b) Any person, corporation, firm or organization desiring additional personnel, equipment, or materials of the Department, for law enforcement purposes within the City and County of San Francisco, may request the Department to provide such personnel to perform such services. Any request for police services shall include a Security Plan. Any request for police services for an event that requires a California Department of Alcohol Beverage Control license, shall include a request for Department approval of an ABC Application.

(c) If the Chief approves the request for police services, the Chief may detail such personnel for such services in the number he or she determines to be necessary to perform the services.

(1) If an Event Organizer requests police services and/or approval of an ABC Application at least 125 days before a proposed event, the Department must notify the Event Organizer in writing of approval or denial of the request for police services and/or ABC Application and include a statement of reasons for any denial no later than 90 days before the event.

(2) If an Event Organizer requests police services and/or approval of an ABC application less than 125 days before a proposed event, the Department shall make reasonable efforts to notify the Event Organizer in writing of approval or denial of the request for police services and/or ABC Application and include a statement of reasons for any denial, as soon as practicable and if possible at least 20 days before the proposed event.

(3) If the request for police services is approved, the Chief shall include with the approval a written staffing plan that includes the number of personnel to be detailed in response to the request, the approximate personnel location assignments, the anticipated shifts for all detailed personnel, and the contact information of the person to be assigned to supervise those personnel.

(4) If the Chief determines that the requested police services will require dispatch services from the Department of Emergency Management, the Chief shall notify the Executive Director of the Department of Emergency Management, and the Executive Director may detail such personnel for such services in the number he or she determines to be necessary to perform the dispatch services.

(d) An Event Organizer whose request for police services and/or approval of its ABC Application has been denied may submit a request for reconsideration of either or both denials to the Chief in writing within 10 days of receipt of the denial. An Event Organizer whose request for police services has been approved may submit a request for reconsideration of the written staffing plan to the Chief in writing within 10 days of receipt of the plan.

(e) The Chief must inform the Event Organizer in writing of his or her final decision regarding any request for reconsideration made under subsection (d) within 10 days of receipt of the request for reconsideration.

(f) In enacting and implementing this Section 10B.1, the City is assuming an undertaking only to promote the general welfare. It is not assuming, nor is it imposing on its officers and employees, an obligation tor breach of which it is liable in money damages to any person who claims that such breach proximately caused injury.

(Amended by Ord. 228-78, App. 5/12/78; Ord. 388-88, App. 8/26/88; Ord. 69-10, File No. 100112, App. 4/8/2010; Ord. , File No. 151228, App. 3/11/2016, Eff. 4/10/2016)