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Drug cases tied to SFPD narcotics officer investigated for inappropriate relationship are dropped

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Amid San Francisco’s struggle to crackdown on drug markets, a scandal in its police department is forcing Bay Area prosecutors to dismiss dozens of drug cases.

Veteran narcotics officer Christina Hayes is being investigated for an alleged inappropriate relationship with a confidential informant—which the San Francisco Public Defender’s office says compromises the integrity of her work, and makes her an unreliable witness.

Hilda Gutierrez has more in the video above.

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