Public Protection
Service area · 9 departments · $1.4B adopted (FY2015)
In fiscal year 2015, the 9 departments grouped under Public Protection account for $1.4B, 15.3% of San Francisco's spending. Source: San Francisco adopted budget (Controller open data), data as of 13 July 2026.
Adopted (FY2015)
$1.4B
Share of city spending
15.3%
Departments
9
Side
Spending
Departments in this service area — FY2015
Police37.5% of the area$518.9MFire Department24.8% of the area$343.7MSheriff12.7% of the area$176.5MSuperior Court9.0% of the area$124.8MDepartment of Emergency Management5.4% of the area$74.5MDistrict Attorney3.4% of the area$47.6MJuvenile Probation2.8% of the area$38.5MAdult Probation2.2% of the area$30.8M
+ 1 smaller departments
What kind of money — FY2015
Negative lines
Transfer Adjustments-Uses−$31.7M
Source
Adopted budget lines for the “Public Protection” service area, fiscal year 2015, from the SF Controller’s budget dataset: Budget (xdgd-c79v) ↗