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District Attorney Actions Taken on Arrests Presented

Metadata Updated: April 12, 2026

A. SUMMARY

Please note that the "Data Last Updated" date on this page denotes the most recent DataSF update and does not reflect the most recent update to this dataset. To confirm the completeness of this dataset please contact the District Attorney's office at districtattorney@sfgov.org.

This dataset includes information on every arrest that has been presented to the SFDA since 2011 and the “action” decision made by the office on each, based on data from the SFDA’s internal case management system.

After law enforcement has made an arrest for suspected criminal activity, the arresting agency presents its evidence to the District Attorney’s Office to determine what, if any, charges can be proven beyond a reasonable doubt. This prosecutorial decision to file or to reject arrest charges represents the first, and one of the most important, decisions of the District Attorney’s Office. In addition to either filing new charges or declining to file charges (“discharging” the arrest), the prosecutor may also take other actions, such as initiating a motion to revoke probation or parole, referring the case back to the arresting agency for further investigation, or referring the case to another criminal justice agency.

More information about this dataset can be found under the “District Attorney Actions on Arrests Presented” section on the Data Dashboards page

Disclaimer: The San Francisco District Attorney's Office does not guarantee the accuracy, completeness, or timeliness of the information as the data is subject to change as modifications and updates are completed.

B. HOW THE DATASET IS CREATED

When an arrest is presented to the District Attorney’s office, relevant data is manually entered into the District Attorney Office's case management system. Data reports are pulled from this system on a semi-regular basis, cleaned, anonymized, and added to Open Data.

C. UPDATE PROCESS

We strive to update this dataset at the beginning of every week. However, the creation of this dataset requires a manual pull from the Office's case management system and is dependent on staff availability.

D. HOW TO USE THIS DATASET

Please review the “District Attorney Actions on Arrests Presented” section on the Data Dashboards page for more information about this dataset.

E. RELATED DATASETS

District Attorney Cases Prosecuted District Attorney Case Resolutions

Access & Use Information

Public: This dataset is intended for public access and use. Non-Federal: This dataset is covered by different Terms of Use than Data.gov. License: See this page for license information.

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Dates

Metadata Created Date April 28, 2022
Metadata Updated Date April 12, 2026

Metadata Source

Harvested from SFO JSON

Additional Metadata

Resource Type Dataset
Metadata Created Date April 28, 2022
Metadata Updated Date April 12, 2026
Publisher data.sfgov.org
Maintainer
Identifier https://data.sfgov.org/api/views/czsm-3ei3
Data First Published 2022-03-30
Data Last Modified 2026-04-07
Category Public Safety
Public Access Level public
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Metadata Catalog ID https://data.sfgov.org/data.json
Schema Version https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema
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Homepage URL https://data.sfgov.org/d/czsm-3ei3
License http://opendatacommons.org/licenses/pddl/1.0/
Source Datajson Identifier True
Source Hash 5e82edc2baa4e89574109b026da8c8ae1973c226b84a5002e6165063088d886b
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