Public Protection
Service area · 9 departments · $1.2B adopted (FY2012)
In fiscal year 2012, the 9 departments grouped under Public Protection account for $1.2B, 17.0% of San Francisco's spending. Source: San Francisco adopted budget (Controller open data), data as of 13 July 2026.
Adopted (FY2012)
$1.2B
Share of city spending
17.0%
Departments
9
Side
Spending
Departments in this service area — FY2012
Police38.0% of the area$447.7MFire Department25.2% of the area$297.3MSheriff13.0% of the area$153.4MSuperior Court10.6% of the area$124.7MDepartment of Emergency Management3.6% of the area$42.8MDistrict Attorney3.3% of the area$39.3MJuvenile Probation2.9% of the area$33.6MPublic Defender2.2% of the area$25.9M
+ 1 smaller departments
What kind of money — FY2012
Negative lines
Transfer Adjustments-Uses−$45.9M
Source
Adopted budget lines for the “Public Protection” service area, fiscal year 2012, from the SF Controller’s budget dataset: Budget (xdgd-c79v) ↗