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San Francisco Police Department

Also Known As SFPD
Local and Municipal Police and Sheriff's Departments

The municipal law enforcement agency of the City and County of San Francisco, formed on August 13, 1849 and headquartered at 1245 3rd Street. It was the primary agency investigating the unsolved Zodiac Killer murders and attacks of the late 1960s, marking the case inactive in 2004 and reopening it in 2006; the case remains formally open. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

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Institution TypeSourced to the subject's own account
Municipal police department 1
Founded YearSourced to the subject's own account
1849 1
HeadquartersSourced to the subject's own account
1245 3rd Street, San Francisco, California, United States 1
Institution Type
Institution Type (category)Sourced to the subject's own account
Law Enforcement Agency 1
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Cases Investigated

The SFPD had primary jurisdiction over most of the Zodiac attacks and is the agency whose formal case-status changes (marked inactive in 2004, reopened in 2006) are tracked as the case's official status.

Source Wikipedia: Zodiac Killer
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1. Wikipedia: San Francisco Police Department
WikipediaLead section
Quote, Lead section
The San Francisco Police Department (SFPD) is the municipal law enforcement agency of the City and County of San Francisco, as well as San Francisco International Airport in San Mateo County.
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Wikipedia: Zodiac Killer
Cases Investigated: Zodiac Killer Case, Case status section
Quote, Cases Investigated: Zodiac Killer Case, Case status section
In 2004, the San Francisco Police Department marked the case "inactive", but subsequently re-opened the case in 2006.
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