The Official Publication of the San Diego Police Officers

The
Informant
The Official Publication of the San Diego Police Officers Association
Volume XXXI, No. 7
July 2011
San Diego Police Officers Association
858.573.1199 (Office)
8388 Vickers Street
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San Diego, CA 92111
www.sdpoa.org
Brian Marvel
President
Woody DuBois
Director
Jeff Jordon
Vice President
Mike Fender
Director
Paul Hubka
Director
Tom Bostedt
Secretary
Randy Levitt
Treasurer
Rob Lewis
Director
Paul Paxton
Director
Committees and Committee Chairs
Editorial and Advertising Information
Legal Committee.....................................Lewis (Chair), Bostedt, Levitt
Editor, Emily Cox
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[email protected]
Political Action Committee.................. DuBois (Chair), Bostedt, Fender
• SCALE/CCLEA/Big 11/PORAC
Retirement..................................................................................... Levitt
Business & Governance.................... Jordon (Chair), DuBois, Paxton
• Bylaws & Policy
• Administration
• Parliamentarian
Member Relations.................................Bostedt (Chair), Hubka, Lewis
• Member Services
• Member Communication
Public Relations................................... Paxton (Chair), Bostedt, Lewis
• Informant
• Website
• Charity
Special Events/Scholarship................Hubka (Chair), DuBois, Paxton
Budget & Finance..................................Levitt (Chair), Jordon, DuBois
Labor Management....................Fender (Chair), Lewis, Hubka, Levitt
• FIT / Safety
Litigation (Ad Hoc Committee).......................... Chairs: Marvel/Jordon
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President’s Message
In This Issue
Member Spotlight....................................................... 4
SDPD SWAT Sniper Team........................................... 5
Chaplain’s Corner....................................................... 6
The Crime Files........................................................... 7
SDPOA Summer Picnic............................................... 9
2011 Law Enforcement Memorial Activities..........10
California Peace Officers’ Memorial........................12
San Diego County Law Enforcement Memorial......13
What About Us?!.......................................................14
STAR/PAL’s Heineken with a Heart.........................15
SDPOA Discount Tickets..........................................16
Code 4 Chronicles.................................................... 17
PERT Perspective.....................................................18
UC-7...........................................................................19
Officer of the Shift....................................................20
RF&PA Update..........................................................22
In Remembrance......................................................23
SDPOA Office Closure...............................................23
SDPHA 9/11 Memorial Badges..............................23
Organized Labor at the Brink..................................24
Office Manager’s Report..........................................25
Classified Ads...........................................................25
Stranger than Fiction...............................................26
On the Road..............................................................27
At a Glance Calendar...............................................28
Board Minutes..........................................................29
On the Cover: Photo taken by Paul Keffer at the Candlelight
Vigil during the National Law Enforcement Memorial
Ceremonies in Washington, D.C.
Since this month’s issue of The Informant
has the re-cap of the Law Enforcement Memorial trips, I’d like to take this opportunity to
say thanks to the Chief’s office for all of their
support in the County, State and National
Law Enforcement Memorial efforts this year.
Without their support, this would not have
come to fruition and we are so grateful for
the chance to honor, respect and pay tribute
to those who made the ultimate sacrifice. I would like to personally thank Chief Kanaski for leading the contingent to the National ceremony prior to his retirement in the coming months.
We are also very appreciative to all who donated to the fund,
bought raffle tickets and attended the fundraisers to pull this all
together. Sergeant Mike Pidgeon and Officer Bob Van Wulven
did a wonderful job of taking the lead with the Memorial Committee and many thanks to POA Office Manager Khristina Smith
for all of her time that went into organizing the trip. Without their
dedication and support, we wouldn’t have had the success we
did. The Memorial Committee will continue on in a smaller scale
in the future, so please continue to attend our fundraisers and
think of the Memorial Committee for future donations. One of
the longer term goals of the Memorial Committee is to have the
Department Memorial moved from the side of the building to
the main entrance so those who made the ultimate sacrifice are
recognized by everyone who enters the building.
As many of you are aware at this point, the SDPOA reached a tentative agreement with the City of San Diego concerning retiree health
care. We had membership meetings at the end of June after The
Informant’s print date, so I can’t share the exact outcome of the
vote, but we anticipate that the member’s will have ratified it.
We realize that not everyone will be happy with the agreement,
but the POA can’t continue on a course of litigation. We are fully
aware that the courts over the past five years have not ruled favorably for us. We do not believe that there would be any change
in the courts’ opinions in the future, at least in San Diego.
The POA would still like to continue to explore a move to CalPERS
Health for better health care options than what is provided through
the City. As everyone can see, the City has failed us numerous
times on keeping health care costs down and providing quality
health care. CalPERS has a proven track record of high quality
levels of care at competitive costs. We know that this task is
extremely difficult due to the complex nature of an agreement
like this. Most of all, it is unfortunate that all of the work that was
done in San Diego last year to put this bill through the legislature
won’t be benefiting us at all, while three counties in Northern
California will be able to ride the coattails of our efforts.
We’ll keep you posted on any updates. As always, personal
email addresses are the quickest way for us to send out timely
information to you. If you are an active SDPOA member and
haven’t been receiving the eblasts, please make sure that we
have your correct email address on file.
Be safe,
July 2011 | 3
Member Spotlight:
Sergeant Carlos Medina
Sergeant Carlos Medina grew up in the Chicago area near the
Indiana border before joining the Marines. He finished first in
his class and was allowed to pick which ship he would serve
on sea duty. In looking at the list of ship names, he saw the
USS Chicago and picked that one. It was a fortunate pick as
he completed two tours in the West Pacific and had the opportunity to see half the world. He went on to serve as sergeant
of the guard and then worked in nuclear and biological warfare at Camp Pendleton.
After completing his time in the Marine Corps, he went back
toward home to attend Indiana University where he joined a
reserve unit for the Army and later joined the Indiana University Police Department.
After graduation, Sergeant Medina came out to San Diego and
applied to a variety of agencies. He was drawn to SDPD’s community policing aspects and joined the SDPD academy in 1984.
His first assignment after training was on Central Division’s Csquad. From there he became one of the early SRT members
and had opportunities to train with German, Israeli and Navy
SEAL teams as SRT worked to figure out the best tactics.
He was later selected to be one of the original team members
for the Gang Suppression Team and had the chance to pick up
gang members, parolees and guns in this exciting assignment.
A few months later, he was promoted to detective in the Gang
Unit and worked mainly in Logan Heights. He was able to collaborate with the FBI and DEA for organized crime cases and
learned much about interviews, interrogations and investigations from fellow SDPD detectives – on-the-job training was key
since there are many things that can’t be learned in books.
He later promoted to sergeant and went to Southern Division
for five years, where he was involved with leading the Border
Crime Intervention Unit, which had started to work more in the
urban areas and port of entry rather than in the fields along the
border. A transfer to Northeastern Division came around the
time of the Columbine school shooting and as the sergeant in
charge of Northeastern’s JST, he worked with the local schools
on active shooter drills. After some time with Northeastern’s
Investigations, he transferred over to the Elder Abuse Unit covering the financial and physical side of abuse for about three
and a half years. He continued to learn from other investigators
and was inspired by the passion for justice and determination
in this unit. In November of last year, he transferred to the 290
unit and now works with the SAFE Task Force.
Sergeant Medina was careful to note that he was not always
a “golden boy” from the Department’s view as his career has
had a few hiccups along the way, but he also noted that it is important to take every negative and turn it into something positive. How you recover from those hiccups sometimes proves
to be more important than the initial problem or incident.
Outside of police work, he developed a love of photography
from helping his dad develop film in a basement darkroom
when he was six years old. He got his first 35mm camera at
age 10 and started up his own photography business about
15 years ago (www.medinaimages.com). He has two elementary school-aged sons with his wife, Nina, who works in Southeastern Investigations.
California Against Slavery
The San Diego Police Officers Association and California
Against Slavery held an “END TO HUMAN TRAFFICKING”
Dinner on June 3, 2011. Human trafficking is a serious international as well as domestic issue. In our country alone,
100,000 to 300,000 American minors and thousands of
foreign nationals are exploited through this vicious crime. Many of them
are being enslaved here in our state. Business and community leaders
were invited to learn how California can lead the fight against this global
human rights atrocity, starting in our own backyard. California Against
Slavery’s goal is to pass a ballot initiative in 2012 to enact just and effective state laws to protect victims and prevent and prosecute the crime of
human trafficking.
4 | The Informant
SDPD SWAT Sniper Team
The SDPD SWAT Sniper Team consists of some of the most skilled
marksmen within SWAT and the
nation. The SWAT team originally
started in 1968 as the Anti-Sniper Platoon (ASP), after the Hub
Loan Company shootout downtown as well as the Watts Riot in
L.A. proved the need for officers
with access to specialized weapons and tactical training. The
original “snipers” on ASP were
a couple of officers who owned
scoped, high-powered hunting rifles. As ASP evolved into the current Special Weapons and Tactics
Team, the Sniper Team became a
specialized unit within SWAT.
Although normally deployed as
snipers during SWAT missions,
snipers can be used for any role
on SWAT. Generally, snipers are
called out to all Code 11 (non-active shooter, but SWAT response needed) or Code 12 (active
shooter) incidents.
Participation on the SWAT Sniper Team is collateral duty
and team members are spread throughout the City with only
Northwestern and Southern Divisions lacking representation.
A minimum of two years on SWAT is required before applying
to the Sniper Team. When team openings occur, applicants
complete an interview and are tested on their marksmanship
fundamentals as well as their tactical shooting skills while under physical stress. Those applicants making the top cut (usually six to eight) are invited to attend a Sniper Academy.
Sniper Academies are one week long and involve training with
the team’s primary weapon system, a scoped .308 caliber
bolt action rifle. Training stresses marksmanship fundamentals and tactical shooting skills. Candidates must consistently
pass the team’s minimum standards with the weapon system
in order to be placed on the eligibility list, which is ranked according to individual performance. Once on the team snipers rarely leave, usually due to promotion or retirement. Two
members, Bob Clark and Wayne Doeden, have been on the
Sniper Team since the 1980s.
The Sniper Team currently consists of two sergeants and ten
officers, with an 11th officer on stand-by to fill the next vacancy on the team. Currently, the Sniper Team is staffed by Sergeants Bob Clark and Randy Levitt, and Officers Mike Bland,
Bryon Barmer, Josh Dafoe, Wayne Doeden, Jeff Gross, Rick
Aguilar, Eric Seiter, Troy Brown, Nick Browder, Gordon Leek
and Gordon Campfield. Their on-call schedule requires that
at any given time one sergeant and four officers are on call
with two officers on relief. They spend at least one month on
call at a time.
Besides SWAT call outs, the Sniper Team has assisted U.S.
Secret Service and other U.S., state and foreign government
agencies with VIP (counter-sniper) security since Ronald Reagan was president. They have completed dignitary protection details for presidents, vice presidents, first ladies and
foreign presidents. Recent details include providing security
for President George W. Bush’s visit to San Diego during the
wildfires and First Lady Michelle Obama’s visit to City Heights
earlier this year. The Sniper Team has provided “over-watch
security” for two Super Bowls, MLB World Series, local peace
officer memorial services, line-of-duty funerals and high profile prisoner escorts.
Continued on page 8
July 2011 | 5
Chaplain’s Corner
By Herb Smith, San Diego Police Department Chaplain
“I hate the life of empty vanities; but I trust in the Lord. I will
rejoice and be glad in Your lovingkindness, because You have
seen my affliction; You have known the troubles of my soul,
and You have not given me over into the hand of the enemy;
rather You have set my feet in a large place” (Psalm 31:6-8).
With the 67th anniversary of “D” Day, Memorial Day and July
4th, much comes to mind and heart about how rich and fortunate and blessed we are as a nation and people. The heritage
we live and profit by, the legacy that inspires and defines us
as a people, the freedom and prosperity we thrive under, the
health and well-being that gives vitality to our future and hope,
the faith of our fore-fathers that built our nation’s character
and sustained a sense of trust in American community, didn’t
just happen. Hard-working, sacrificial, persevering and spiritually grounded salt-of-the-earth men and women arose from
humble means to form a nation and culture unparalleled for
its opportunity and strength. Since the Mayflower Compact at
the landing of the Pilgrims in 1620, we’ve seen 400 years of
growth in liberty and justice for all. Not without its missteps
and grievous errors, our faith and freedom nonetheless has
enabled us to endure and learn from consequence and build a
stronger constitution from the principles used to establish this
great land and people. We experience today the fruits of generational blessings and curses, and yet with the wisdom and
discernment that in humility may be ascertained, we stand to
become even better. All this is true corporately because of resolve individually to recognize our separate responsibilities for
family, faith and freedom. Such freedom and goodness does
not grow out of the external control of tyranny or despotism,
but from the mutual trust of a disciplined community that generates a culture of truthfulness, that of being faithful in the
little things, the basic fundamental truths which translate into
being faithful in much.
What has made our brand of democracy so impossible to
translate into other cultures is just this aspect of individual
responsibility and mutual trust. Cultures at war with themselves for millennia do not change. But something different
happened here beginning
in 1620 which, built on
the Truth of Divine Law
morally and spiritually,
produced a new kind of
government, of, by and for
the people. It has withstood legions of test and scourge and
stands vigorous to this day, and will continue to do so as long
as its truths remain grounded in the regard of our Creator God
Who gave us such life, liberty and pursuit of rest. And with
that liberty comes the mutual responsibility to attend the matters which keep and grow and preserve our character. What
we do personally and privately affects all others, our family,
friends, coworkers and community.
This country did not happen by chance. And it has not grown
without commitment and resolve to do what is right and be
found faithful. We are inspired not by selfishness and egotism,
but by sacrifice, humility, and a willingness to consider others as
more important than self. This is what generated our identity
from the beginning, what has enabled us to survive and persevere and emerge ever stronger and truer. We will continue to
grow, but only with the faith, hope and love from our God that
governs our pride, passion and prejudice, and which will evermore preserve us as we respect the stewardship of our trust,
and reinvest its dividends in the resolve of righteous endeavor.
“Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord, the people whom
He has chosen for His own inheritance. The Lord looks from
heaven and sees all the sons of men; from His dwelling place
He looks on all the inhabitants of earth, He Who fashions the
hearts of them all, Who understands all their works. A King is
not saved by a mighty army; a warrior is not delivered by great
strength. A horse is a false hope for victory, nor does it deliver
anyone by its great strength. Behold, the eye of the Lord is on
those who reverence Him, on those who hope for His mercy, to
deliver their soul from death and keep them alive in famine.
Our soul waits for the Lord; He is our help and our shield. Our
heart rejoices in Him because we trust in His Holy Name. Let
Thy loving-kindness, O Lord, be upon us, according as we have
hoped in You” (Psalm 33:12-22).
Choir Boys’ Motorcycle Club Fallen Officer Ride
Saturday, September 17, 2011
This event is to recognize and honor peace officers killed in the line of duty. A roll call of California Peace Officers
killed in 2010 will be made. Proceeds from this event benefit the families of fallen Peace Officers.
Food, drinks, raffle, vendors, poker run and horseshoe competition
$15 for riders; $10 for passengers
Pre-registration applications must be received in the mail by September 1.
Visit www.choirboysca.com or contact Cindy Morrison at Western Division for more information.
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The Crime Files
By Steve Willard
His name was once synonymous with law enforcement and, at
one time, he may have held more power than the President of
the United States. The man was J. Edgar Hoover, the first director of the FBI. His 48 years as director set a tenure record for
top law enforcement executives that may never be broken.
John Edgar Hoover was born on New Year’s Day 1895 in Washington, D.C. The nephew of the Swiss consul general, he obtained a law degree from George Washington University in 1917.
While a law student, Hoover became interested in the career of
U.S. Postal Inspector Anthony Comstock who waged prolonged
campaigns against fraud and vice, including pornography and
information on birth control, a generation earlier.
As a young man, Hoover applied for credit in a Washington, D.C.
hardware store. He was denied. Another man by the name
of John Hoover had stiffed the store on a purchase. Not ever
wanting to be associated with a scofflaw, Hoover immediately
changed his name to J. Edgar and carried it the rest of his life.
During World War I, Hoover began working in the Justice Department and was soon promoted to head the Enemy Aliens
Registration Section. By 1919, he ran the new General Intelligence Division of the Bureau of Investigation. On May 10,
1924, Hoover was appointed by President Calvin Coolidge
to be the sixth director of the Bureau of Investigation. When
Hoover took over the bureau had 650 employees, including
441 Special Agents.
In those days, ideas of science and technology to fight crime
was still in its infancy and the agency was at the mercy of
citizens for information. Often agents were sent off to remote
locales that turned out to be red herrings due to bad information. As a leader, Hoover made incredible changes to the
bureau and formed the foundation for what would eventually
become one of the most preeminent investigative agencies in
the world. But even then he was not without his detractors.
Hoover was sometimes accused of being short tempered, thin
skinned or downright vindictive.
Special Agent Melvin Purvis was one of the most effective
agents in capturing and breaking up 1930s gangs and received substantial public recognition for killing Public Enemies
Pretty Boyd Floyd and John Dillinger. But Hoover didn’t like the
media attention being paid to Purvis and he ruined him.
Hoover used the media to hype Public Enemies of the 1930s.
Criminals were highlighted – often elevated to almost super
criminal status – only to be arrested or killed by Hoover’s men.
It made for great press and the media rarely looked past the
headline. One such example was in 1933 when George Kelly
Barnes, a hapless small time bootlegger who never even fired
his gun in anger, found himself labeled “Machine-Gun” Kelly,
Public Enemy Number 1. Kelly wound up on the Bureau’s radar
when his wife talked him into kidnapping a wealthy man and
his friend. The victims eventually escaped and the chase was
on. It culminated 56 days later in Memphis when Bureau men
kicked in the door of his hotel room. Legend has it Kelly threw
up his arms and shouted “don’t shoot G-men, don’t shoot.” Official reports paint a different story. Agents state Kelly came
to the door, dropped his pistol and said, “I’ve been waiting for
you all night.” In a 1933, a newspaper interview with one of
the agents at the arrest commented Kathryn Kelly put her arms
around George and said, “These G-men will never leave us
alone.” Regardless of the truth, the FBI press machine generated the G-Man story to build its own reputation.
One Public Enemy that did deserve his status was Alvin
“Creepy” Karpis, a violent two bit crook with associates to the
Barker family. When newspapers reported Hoover referred to
Karpis as a filthy rat, Karpis set out to personally embarrass
the FBI director by robbing a train of $27,000 – a crime that
had not occurred since the days of the old west. Hoover was
humiliated. Eradicated crimes were not supposed to come
back. The subsequent press led to Congressional hearings.
The personal low-point for Hoover came at an April 1936 Senate hearing when Tennessee Senator Kenneth D. McKellar
lambasted the director for allowing a train robbery and having
never personally arrested anyone.
After the hearing, a determined Hoover vowed he would capture Karpis personally. Hoover didn’t have to wait long. On
May 1, 1936, FBI agents located Karpis in New Orleans and
Hoover flew in to make the collar. As a dozen agents swarmed
Karpis’s car, Hoover announced he was under arrest.
There are two versions as to what happened next. Karpis
claims Hoover came out only after all the other agents had
him safely surrounded. The FBI reported Hoover reached into
the car and grabbed Karpis before he could reach a rifle in
the back seat. Karpis countered the claim by stating his car, a
Plymouth coupe, did not have a backseat. One thing both men
agreed on was that when Hoover told his men to “put the handcuffs on him” they discovered none of the agents had cuffs.
Karpis had to be tied up with a necktie.
The capture of Creepy Karpis essentially ended the age of the
big-name Public Enemies. Most of the other high profile criminals such as Legs Diamond, Mad Dog Coll, Jelly Nash, Dutch
Schultz and John Dillinger were all dead. Even Al Capone was
in Alcatraz slowly going insane with syphilis.
By 1939, Hoover had expanded the Identification Division
to compile the largest collection of fingerprints in the world.
Hoover also helped expand the FBI’s recruitment and created
a world class crime laboratory.
The end of the 1930s also saw the FBI as the pre-eminent
agency in the field of domestic intelligence. Under Hoover, the
FBI spied upon tens of thousands of suspected subversives
and radicals. According to critics however, Hoover tended to
exaggerate the dangers of the subversives and many times
overstepped his bounds in his pursuit of eliminating that perceived threat.
Next Month. Homeland Security, WWII Style.
July 2011 | 7
Sniper Team - Continued from page 5
Unfortunately, SWAT Snipers have been called upon to “terminate” some of the most tragic incidents in the Department’s
and the City’s history. On June 6, 1981, Officers Ronald
Ebeltoft and Keith Tiffany responded to a call about a fight between two neighbors over the location of a rosebush between
the properties. The suspect assaulted the victim and went
inside his house. As the two officers walked onto the suspect’s front lawn he ambushed them with a high-powered rifle,
murdering both officers. As other officers responded to the
scene the suspect pinned them down with high-powered rifle
fire from a barricaded position for over one hour, until SWAT
Sniper Gary Evans fatally shot the suspect when he momentarily exposed his head.
In 1984, James Huberty, a disgruntled, unemployed security
guard opened fire on a crowded McDonald’s Restaurant in
San Ysidro. In the ensuing massacre, Huberty shot 40 people,
killing 21. Huberty barricaded himself inside the restaurant
and responding officers were pinned down with a high volume
of fire from the suspect’s Uzi carbine, 12 gauge shotgun and
9mm pistol. SWAT Sniper Chuck Foster fatally shot the suspect when he momentarily exposed himself in front of the restaurant’s entrance.
Members of the Sniper Team regularly participate in and have
won law enforcement and military sniper competitions nation
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caliber Bolt Action Rifle with a Leupold 4.5-14X50 tactical rifle
scope. Snipers can use their own .308 caliber rifle and optic
as long as it is capable of shooting four-round groups under
one inch at 100 yards.
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2011 Law Enforcement Memorial Activities
Written by Sergeant Michael Pidgeon. Washington D.C. photos by Officer Paul Keffer, Officer Travis Whipple and Saramay
Shirazi. California photos by Sergeant Michael Shiraishi
In the days following the funeral of
the belief that attending Police Week in
of the SDPOA group and the SDDSA
Chris Wilson, I was invited to be a
Washington, DC is a pilgrimage that all
group retired to a nearby restaurant for
member of the newly established Meof us serving as law enforcement offisnacks and refreshments. All pretense
morial Committee of San Diego Police
cers should make at least once. This
and Police/Sheriff rivalry was set aside
Officers Association (SDPOA), with the
feeling was solidified following Chris’
as we talked, laughed and remembered
intent of facilitating the attendance of
death.
our fallen comrades. The highlight of
San Diego Police Officers at both the
the evening was a visit from the Pipe &
California Peace Officer’s Memorial in
This year’s journey began for several
Drum Corps of the Chicago Police DeSacramento and the National Law Enof us by taking a red-eye flight arriving
partment that was gracious enough to
forcement Officer’s Memorial (NLEOM)
in Washington, D.C. on the morning of
stay and play for us.
in Washington, DC in May 2011. It was
Thursday, May 12. Our first sight upon
important for the SDPD to be in attenwalking out of the airport was a group
Saturday morning, we visited Arlington
dance not only to support the Wilson
of police motorcycle officers, including
National Cemetery where our Honor
family, but to offer a sense of closure
SDPD’s Bob Van Wulven and Bryan
Guard assisted the Wilson family in
and healing following the death of our
Young, escorting the surviving family
laying a wreath at the Tomb of the Uncomrade-in-arms.
members of officers killed in the line-ofknowns in Chris’ honor. During any
duty in 2010. It may seem phony, but
visit to Arlington and the Tomb of the
Over the intervening months, meetings
seeing them made me proud of my DeUnknowns, you can’t help but to be
were held, arrangements were made
partment and the people I have worked
moved and humbled by the sacrifice
and officers were selected to attend
with for the past 17 years.
others have made in the service of our
each of these memorial events. The
country. Having a wreath presented in
San Diego Deputy Sheriff’s Association
We joined several San Diego Deputy
honor of one of our own is especially
(SDDSA), who had suffered the death
Sheriffs on Thursday evening and vismoving.
of Deputy Ken Collier in February, was
ited the United States Capitol for a reextremely gracious in allowing the SDception hosted by Congressman Brian
Saturday evening, we were joined by the
POA to join in the arrangements they
Bilbray and his staff. Congressman
Collier and Wilson families and treated
had already made.
Bob Filner and Supervisor Dianne Jato a private tour of the U.S. Capitol by
cob were also in attendance and it was
Congressman Bilbray and his staff.
My first journey to the NLEOM was in
certainly a unique experience to talk to
The Congressman was very gracious
May 2004 when the names of San Dithese elected officials in such an inforwith his time and shared stories of his
ego Police Officers Terry Bennett and
mal environment.
experiences representing residents of
Gerry Griffin were added to the MemoSan Diego County. At the conclusion of
rial wall. Since that time, I have held
the tour, he presented the Collier and
Wilson families American flags that had
flown over the Capitol in honor of Deputy Ken Collier and Officer Chris Wilson.
Our first visit at the Memorial itself was
Friday night for the Candlelight Vigil. To
be in the presence of thousands of fellow law enforcement officers, with 100s
of uniformed Honor Guard, all in attendance to honor the sacrifice of others
was simply awe-inspiring. The San Diego Police Department Honor Guard
was in attendance and represented the
Department extremely well throughout
the week. Following the vigil, most
10 | The Informant
Official Police Week activities for our
group concluded on Sunday with the
Memorial Ceremony on the west lawn
of the Capitol. Despite a forecast of
rain, the skies were mostly clear for
thousands of uniformed officers from
around the United States and several
other countries. The speakers included
Attorney General Eric Holder and Secretary of the Department of Homeland
Security Janet Napolitano. The most
significant moments of the ceremony
were having the names of each of the
officers killed in the line-of-duty last
year were read off and their families
recognized. At the conclusion of the
ceremony at the Capitol, we were in at-
tendance as the Memorial Wreath was
returned to the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial.
It was humbling to share the experiences of Police Week with so many San
Diego Police Officers and to show our
support for the Wilson family during the
Memorial events. Hopefully someday
there will no longer be a need to hold a
Memorial Ceremony, but until that time,
it is comforting to know that despite the
different uniforms, the law enforcement
family is strong and will always be there
to support us.
I would like to express my thanks to
the Board and staff of the SDPOA, Assistant Chief Kanaski, Sergeant Shawn
Takeuchi and the officers of the Honor
Guard, Motor Officers Bob Van Wulven
and Bryan Young and all of the officers
who were able to participate in this
year’s Memorial ceremony. Please support the future fundraisers that will enable officers to attend and participate
in future years. Be safe!
July 2011 | 11
California Peace Officers’ Memorial
The California Peace Officers’ Memorial was attended on May 2, 2011,
by a delegation of SDPOA members.
Eleven California peace officers were
recognized for their ultimate sacrifice
in 2010 and an additional three officers from previous years were honored in this year’s ceremony.
12 | The Informant
SD County Law Enforcement Memorial
The 27th annual Law Enforcement Memorial Ceremony was recently held at the
County Administration Center on May 4,
2011. The ceremony was attended by
numerous members of the law enforcement community, elected officials and
members of the public to pay respect to
fallen law enforcement officers.
The memorial ceremony, and the establishment of a permanent memorial, was
organized by the San Diego County Law
Enforcement Memorial Foundation. The
U.S. Marine Corps Band provided the
music and the Combined Law Enforcement Choir sang the national anthem.
Assistant Chief Bob Clark of the California Highway Patrol spoke of Officer Daniel Nava Benavides’ sacrifice and San
Diego Police Department Chief William
Lansdowne spoke of Officer Christopher
A. Wilson’s. La Mesa Police Department
Chief Alan Lanning and Escondido Police Sergeant Paul Woodward presented
the Roll of Honor, reading 84 names of
officers killed in the line of duty across
San Diego County.
The San Diego County
Law Enforcement Memorial Foundation is
made up of law enforcement
professionals,
concerned citizens and
family survivors of law
enforcement
officers
killed in the line of duty.
(www.sdmemorial.org)
Fallen officers were further honored with
the rifle salute and playing of Taps. An
aerial fly-by and salute from the law enforcement boats lining the harbor preceded the reveal of the two names added
to the monument by their survivors.
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What About Us?!
By Woody DuBois, SDPOA Director
As I move through my third year as a director here at the POA,
I feel compelled to reach out to a group of people who seem
to have sort of faded of into the fringes of the constant battles
we have been fighting over the last few years. I am talking
about the “new people.” For the purposes of this article, I am
referring the group hired after July 2005.
Although this group now constitutes almost half of our members, I see much smaller numbers of these folks coming to
POA meetings or speaking out on the forum. I can’t say this
is much of a surprise for a couple of reasons. First, I am not
so old that I can’t remember my first five years as a cop. I was
having so much fun doing the job I did not have time to think
about things like retirement benefits. Hell, I am sure the exclaHauser,myAttorney
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more than one occasion. Second, almost all of the work the
SDPOA has been doing in the last three years involves defending benefits these “new people” don’t even have.
When I was new – yes, a time when some of our newest recruits were only a gleam in their daddy’s eye – our retirement
was not 3@50. We had no DROP. When
anyone
tried to talk
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to me about being prepared for retirement,
I
did
not
listen. I
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remember Staff Sergeant Ed Becker grabbing me and pulling
me into his office at Western Division. I thought I had committed yet another “rookie mistake,” but I was wrong. Becker
wanted to know if I had a 401k or Deferred Comp plan. Well,
the guy might as well have been speaking Chinese to me. He
went on to tell me that my retirement would not be enough to
sustain me and my family when I left the department. Geez,
what a depressing old guy! Like any good newbie while the
Sarge talked I smiled, nodded my head and thought about the
next arrest I was going to make. Because he insisted, I took
the paperwork from both plans when I left his office. In the
end, I did start a Deferred Comp plan, but I never contributed
the amounts to it I should have. Fortunately for me, I was employed in the “Golden Age of Benefits” for the San Diego Police
Department. With a good economy, hard work from the SDPOA and a generous City government, I eventually was given
3@50, the DROP and for now have a defined benefit retiree
medical plan. In short, I will do fine in retirement.
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Unfortunately, we have come full circle back and are back to
the times Becker was warning me about and now it is my job to
be the depressing old geezer. With no retiree medical and the
lack of a DROP program to generate last minute cash, all you
“new guys” should be laying out plans on how you are going to
survive when you retire. If you were lucky and came on early
enough, your 90% pension will be a good base to start with.
Unfortunately, the average person retires at closer to 70% and
that will not get it done if you have to pay for health care out
of pocket. In a 2009 study, the Social Security Administration
stated they expected health cost to go up as much as 100% in
the next ten years. So, if it doubles in ten years, it is scary to
think about where health care will be in 20. I personally think
$2,000 a month per person premiums for the cheapest plan
Law
is well within the realm of possibility.
One the few advantages all of the newer people have is Medicare. At this point, you can collect at those benefits 65. The
way things are going I think it is likely the Medicare entry age
will be pushed to 70 before too long. That will give all of you
“new people” 15 years in which you have to pay full price for
your health insurance. Today Kaiser costs over $700 a month
for a retiree another $700 for your spouse.
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Southeastern Division loses 350 pounds!
Southeastern Division premiered their first
season of “Southeastern’s Biggest Loser”
in August 2010. The contest covered a
two month period and measured each person’s percentage
of weight loss. Each individual competed vigorously, working
out daily, and watching the scale. Competitors enticed their
competition with donuts, french fries, tacos and burritos.
The big prize was $520 so the competition was fierce. Southeastern Division biggest loser’s line up consisted of Captain
Tony McElroy, Lieutenant Bill Stetson, Lieutenant Debbie Farrar, Sergeant Jay Moser and Officers Amelia Mitcalf, Gerardo
Serrano, Marcus Ramsey, Robert Hawkins, Dan Brinkerhoff,
Brian French, Al Ambito, Paul Choi, John Gonzalez, Marisela
Hernandez and Kim Brown, Detective Gary Lawrence and City
Attorney John Dwyer. In the end, the group lost a total of 200
pounds. The grand prize winner was Dan Brinkerhoff. He lost
27.5 pounds which was 14.2% of his starting weight. A new Dan
Brinkerhoff walked the red carpet into Southeastern Division on
October 5, 2010 with new designer clothes fit for the Oscars!
Our second contest was in January 2011. This challenge was
for three months and we paid $240 for first place, $144 for
second place and $96 for third place. With the summer creeping up on us, our contestants were determined to look good
and have their hands on the money! Our contestants included
Captain Tony McElroy, Lieutenant Debbie Farrar, Lieutenant
Bill Stetson, Sergeant Jay Moser, Sergeant Louie Valenzuela,
Officers Amelia Mitcalf, Gerardo Serrano, Elias Estrada, David Tos, Marcus Ramsey, Monica Laird and Melissa Matthias,
Detective Gary Lawrence and City Attorney John Dwyer. Total
weight loss for this challenge was 150 pounds. Gary Lawrence took first place with a weight loss of 27 pounds followed
by Melissa Matthias and then Marcus Ramsey in third place.
To celebrate our success, Southeastern Division came up with
another challenge. Yes, the famous “Daddy O’s Challenge.”
Daddy O’s is a burger joint in Point Loma. If you can eat the
burger they call “The Big One” along with cheese fries and a
shake in 45 minutes you get a t-shirt that says, “I ate the big
one.” Officers Paul Galante and Richard Fortuna were put to
the challenge. Here was their mission: Paul was tasked with
eating a 2 pound burger with all the fixing, cheese fries, and a
chocolate shake. Rich was presented with the ultimate 2 pound
veggie burger loaded with all the fixings except bacon to meet
his vegetarian guidelines, cheese fries, and a vanilla shake.
They had 45 minutes to complete this food eating competition.
If they succeeded, they would be featured on the Wall of Fame.
Unfortunately, this was not to be. As a result, they were paraded
in the restaurant and faced the consequences for their failure.
Wearing the “Princess Tiara,” these two brave men were paraded around the
restaurant while
having to dodge
pink napkins being thrown at
them. However,
in the end the
spirit of Southeastern Division
was uplifted once
again.
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PERT Perspective
By Dr. Kathy Rose, PERT Team Leader and Eastern PERT clinician
How will I know which hospital is appropriate? Someone on
The newly revised SDPD policy 6.20 represents a monumental
a 5150 must be transported to an LPS facility unless a mediadvance for San Diego police officers dealing with individuals
cal emergency supersedes the mental health crisis. Considerwith mental illness. After years of having only one hospital opation should be given to such factors as insurance, age, medition for adults and one for minors, SDPD officers now can transcal issues (including medically frail or unstable) and continuity
port to hospitals other than CMH and ESU (“Juvenile CMH”).
of care. A list of LPS hospitals can be found in the Resource
What is the new policy? SDPD policy 6.20 allows officers to
Library under “User Resource Guides.”
take persons with mental illness to any LPS-designated hosWhat is the new policy regarding transportation? Patients will
pital (those which are specifically authorized to provide inpatient mental health services) in the county. In the past, if you
now be transported with a second officer or PERT clinician in the
came across an individual with insurance who was requesting
vehicle. The passenger will monitor the patient throughout the
to go to a specific hospital, you might have called for a PERT
transport. If a PERT unit is transporting, a second unit will follow.
team to assist. Now you can bypass this step and transport
What is the procedure for utilizing hospitals other than
the person directly.
CMH? Sometimes family members will have confirmed that
Why can’t I just take everybody to CMH? The primary reason
a hospital has bed availability. While desirable, it is not necfor lengthy waits at CMH is that the system is bogged down
essary for officers to call ahead. Weapons must be removed
with funded clients who could and should be going to private
prior to taking a patient into a locked unit. A verbal report as
hospitals. County Mental Health was intended to serve the
well as the completed 5150 form should be given to staff, and
unfunded – those with no health insurance. While taking evonce the safe and orderly transfer has been completed the
eryone to CMH has been the protocol for years, the revised
officer will be released.
policy benefits everyone – patients can be taken to the most
What about Transport Forms? Transport Forms should be filled
appropriate facilities, officers will have more available options,
out for every person taken to a hospital on a 5150 hold. These
and CMH will be less congested with funded patients needing
forms are available in the Report Room and on the F:Drive/
to be transferred to other facilities.
Templates/Patrol Based Forms. Be sure to check the box for
Will I still be utilizing CMH? Officers will still take unfunded,
which hospital the person was taken. When going to CMH the
medically stable patients to CMH, as well as those whose inTransport Form stays at the hospital, but all others should be
surance status is unknown. Jail clearance will also continue
turned into the Report Room at EOS or faxed to the Sheriff’s
to be provided by County Mental Health prior to booking prisDepartment (fax number can be found on the form).
oners into County Jail.
This is just an overview of the revisions in SDPD Policy 6.20;
How does the new policy pertain to juveniles? Juveniles with
please see the entire document for further details.
insurance can now be taken directly to the appropriate hospital.
Dr. Kathy Rose is the PERT Team Leader and Eastern
Currently there are only three freestanding hospitals that treat
PERT clinician. Please feel free to email any questions, or
juveniles: Aurora, Mesa Vista, and UCSD-CAPS. ESU is still the
appropriate disposition for juveniles with no insurance.
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is limited street parking and a small parking lot adjacent to
the restaurant. Their menu consists of several dishes that
are served combination-style: tortillas, rice, and boiled pinto
beans, with two items of your choice. I visited Super Cocina on
two occasions for this review, but I have been a loyal customer
for several years.
Last week I stopped in for a hearty breakfast of Chilaquiles,
served with two eggs, topped with tomatillo sauce and fresh
cheese. The tortillas were savory and cooked perfectly (not
greasy). The tomatillo sauce was wonderfully tangy and provided the perfect balance for the fresh cheese. The generous
portion of rice and beans with a side of tortillas made this
satisfying and delicious breakfast well worth the $8.00.
I visited Super Cocina again the next day, this time for lunch.
I had the Chile Relleno and the Mole Poblano. Oh my. Super
Cocina uses flavorful Poblano chiles for their Chile Relleno. If
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prepared wrong, Chile Relleno is an overfried soggy mess, but
Super Cocina has the magic. Every flavor and texture from
the Chile to the delicate egg batter and cheese stuffing comes
through. The Mole Poblano was excellent. Served with chicken, the star of this dish is the Mole. It is made with chocolate
and chile, and had a richness that left me weak and infected
my brain with thoughts of more…more…more. This combination was also $8.00, and well worth every penny.
Super Cocina is a fantastic choice for the hungry cop on the
go, and I am giving it 4 badges.
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Officer of the Shift
In appreciation of outstanding officers
from the January - April 2011 shift, the
Officer of the Shift breakfast ceremonies were held on Tuesday, May 24
and Thursday, May 26 in the POA Hall.
Members of the SDPD Command Staff,
POA Directors, the award winners and
family members gathered to recognize
the award recipients.
Officer Luke Johnson (Central) – nominated for his work on Narcotics Team 8
and Central investigations, he carried
open cases with him upon his return to
patrol. In a burglary case, he studied
the evidence, interviewed witnesses,
wrote, and served a search warrant. As
a result, stolen property was recovered
from three separate burglaries and the
suspect was charged and convicted. He
was tasked with Acting Sergeant responsibilities for several weeks and he did an
outstanding job supervising his squad.
His investigative and narcotics expertise
were a valuable resource and he was
often tasked by Investigative Sergeants
with taking the lead on ‘in custody’ investigations during the graveyard shift.
He set an excellent positive example
for officers, readily volunteering for the
most difficult assignments.
Officer Samuel Cote (Northwestern) –
nominated for making several notable
arrests this shift. He contacted three
subjects and conducted field interviews
after noticing suspicious activity in an
area that had recent burglaries. Officer
Cote ran a license check on the vehicles
in the parking lot and found one to be
a stolen vehicle. One subject was arrested for the outstanding warrant and
possession of one of the stolen vehicles.
From this incident, two stolen vehicles
were recovered, prescription drugs and
controlled substances were located and
numerous stolen items were recovered
from unreported thefts from throughout
the city. He also made several narcotics
and alcohol related arrests during this
period while still being beat responsible
and ready to serve his community. Acting Detective Chris Velovich (Traffic) – nominated for being assigned
95 cases for follow-up investigation.
These included six felony prosecutions,
12 misdemeanor prosecutions, 55 hitand-run investigations and four “special
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investigations.” He was the lead investigator on a collision involving a taxicab driver who struck 35 pedestrians
outside the Stingaree nightclub. He
reviewed volumes of medical records,
coordinated the analysis of the taxicab,
obtained and reviewed surveillance videotape, facilitated the interviews of over
50 victims and witnesses and assisted
with several crash analysis studies, ensured the taxicab was analyzed for any
mechanical defects. This incident was
without a doubt the most exhaustive
and complex investigation conducted
by this command in recent memory.
Detective Bill Puente (Investigations
I) – nominated for his excellent work
ethic and tenacious pursuit of suspects
while handling a large caseload. This
past shift, he was assigned over 110
cases. He displayed a level of dedication and follow up that went above
and beyond, resulting in the arrest and
prosecution of violent DV offenders. He
handled two notable and complex cases in early 2011, one involving a US Marine who attempted to kill his girlfriend
by strangling her in a hotel parking lot
and one case that started as a DV case,
but developed into a child molestation case as well. He has developed a
strong relationship with the community
partners at the Family Justice Center
and routinely assists them with meeting victim’s needs both during and after the criminal investigation.
Detective Rena Hernandez (Northeastern) – nominated for performing all of
January - April 2011
her assigned duties in an exemplary
manner. Rena was very enthusiastic,
motivated and focused in all aspects of
her investigative work. Following a commercial burglary in January 2011, Detective Hernandez reviewed surveillance
footage, prepared a “Wanted” flyer and
notified surrounding commands who
were experiencing similar burglaries.
The suspect was ultimately arrested in
Eastern Division fleeing the scene of a
commercial burglary in a white minivan.
Andrade was identified and pleaded
guilty to several commercial burglaries
and sentenced to several years in prison. This was just one example of many
which highlight the hard work, dedication
to duty and the tireless effort to solve
crime that Detective Hernandez brings
to Northeastern Division every day.
Sergeant Timothy Underwood (Eastern) – nominated for being an excellent supervisor who works well with his
peers, subordinates and supervisors.
He makes it a point to get to know his
officers strengths and weaknesses and
works to make each of his officers improve all their skills. His SWAT background and his experience with critical
incidents are evident by the way he
handles active scenes. He also is the
sergeant in charge of the Eastern Division Riverbed Team. The team’s mission is to combat crime and quality of
life issues along the riverbed. His team
conducts regular sweeps of the riverbed, documenting who is living there
and making arrests when appropriate.
He is commended for his leadership,
initiative and supervisory skills.
Detective Maria Estrella (Investigations II) – nominated for handling two
separate robbery series that started in
2010 and culminated during this shift
with several arrests. For example, the
“Southpaw Bandit” which now has a suspect identified with a warrant out for his
arrest and the “Cover My Strap” series
which has a total of 30 cases in multiple jurisdictions in the series. She also
was called out to the scene of a Home
Invasion Robbery in Point Loma. Six suspects forced their way into the house and
robbed the victim. All six suspects were
indicted and arrest warrants were issued
for two outstanding suspects. One suspect is a patch-wearing Hells Angel. Due
to this, she has spent over 200 hours
working on this case with the District Attorney, our Criminal Intelligence Unit and
several other outside agencies.
Officer Marty Reinhold (Mid-City) –
nominated for his passion for police
work. He truly cares about the people
of Mid-City and San Diego and enjoys
making a difference in the community he
works. He will often take the time necessary to explain to subjects he is enacting
with to ensure they understand what is
happening. He recently became a Field
Evidence Technician and educates officers in the field or line-ups on crime
scene preservation and evidence collection. During this last shift, he led Mid-City
Division in citations, all while still being
beat responsible, continuing to take investigations, making arrests, assisting on
crime scenes as a Field Evidence Technician, teaching the Bike Menu Class and
working closely with his peers and area
detectives. He is well-rounded, quick to
cover officers and always has a positive
attitude that spreads among his peers.
Officer Ryan Welch (Northern) – nominated for his involvement with mentoring
at-risk youth. He has taken on several
challenging kids, working with them socially and athletically. These kids were
either from one-parent or no-parent families with no positive male influences. In
the past year alone, he has worked with
more than 10 at-risk kids, either as direct referrals from FSYM or as referrals
from educators, counselors, frustrated
parents or clergy. Many of his now-adult
kids keep in touch and update him on
their successes. He has introduced
many of these kids to other officers and
taken them on several ride-alongs. He
teaches and coaches baseball at the
club and varsity levels. Through his
Major League Baseball connections,
he puts on organized all-comers clinics
twice a year with the cooperation of the
San Dieguito Unified School District.
Officer Gerardo Serrano (Southeastern) – nominated for his dedication and
leadership in developing a Safety Campaign to combat a string of fatal traffic
accidents in Southeast San Diego. Over
a five month period of 2010, members
of the San Diego Police Department
Southeastern and Traffic Division re-
sponded to a series of four tragic fatal
accidents involving children. Members
of Southeastern Division began a series of meetings to develop a strategy
to prevent similar accidents. The Southeastern Safety Coalition was created to
include police and community groups.
The coalition designed a Child Safety
Campaign to educate the public. Officer
Serrano was a driving force in building a
response to these fatalities. There have
been no more fatal accidents involving
children in Southeast San Diego since
September 29, 2010.
Agent Jaime Conti (Southern) – nominated for working on a project directed at
1300-2200 Palm Avenue. He identified
a long-term quality of life issue and determined that nearly all the participants
were local transients who lived in the
Otay River Valley Regional Park (OVRP).
Agent Conti began to work in cooperation
with City and State park rangers to mark
camps where transients were illegal lodging in the OVRP. Nearly all camps were
vacated voluntarily and City park rangers removed several hundred pounds of
debris left behind. His efforts netted 33
arrests, 30 misdemeanor citations, 38
field interviews and 16 stay away orders.
Agent Conti’s efforts have reduced calls
for service by 15%. His teamwork, critical
thinking, use of resources, professionalism and dedication were key to making
the project a success.
Officer Ricky M. Radasa (Western) –
nominated for his work on decreasing
narcotic activity in Ocean Beach. After
coordinating several undercover surveillance operations, Officer Radasa
identified the exact location of where
the narcotics were being sold, as well
as, the identity of the main drug dealer.
He observed several hand-to-hand narcotic transactions. After the customers
purchased their drug of choice, many
of them made traffic infractions, which
quickly turned into felony narcotic arrests. He developed enough probable
cause to write his first historical search
warrant and he completed a comprehensive tactical action plan, briefed a team
of 20 officers, narcotic detectives and
supervisors, and successfully executed
two search warrants. He conducted
himself like a seasoned detective and
went well beyond what is expected.
July 2011 | 21
RF&PA Update
By Bill Farrar, Past President, Retired Fire & Police Association
Retired Fire and Police Association Vice President Garry Collins
has correctly pointed out that retired and active POA members
are failing to make their voices known on important pension
and health care issues. To be sure, the POA Board of Directors
and RFPA Board of Directors are actively involved in monitoring the politics involved and the continuing drumbeat of blaming City employees for all the budget problems. We are but 20
people, nine of which are working full time as police officers.
Our retirees need to step up and get involved. Some of the
pending issues affect retirees and some don’t. We need to be
united. City Council meetings and SDCERS meetings, including a variety of committee meetings, are publicly noticed with
their agendas. Campaigning will be gearing up for some City
Council seats, the Mayor’s office, and equally as important;
The Comprehensive Pension Reform (CPR) Initiative for San
Diego, or the so called 401k initiative.
This proposition is a compromise between Mayor Sanders,
Councilmember Faulconer, Councilmember DeMaio, and various public entities. If passed it would cause all newly hired
City employees, excluding police officers, to participate in a
401k plan and not allowed to be a part of the San Diego City
Employees Retirement System. I have read the specific language of the proposition and it adds or amends ten separate
parts of the City Charter covering several topics.
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California Constitution, California initiatives
must conform to the single-subject rule. The
relevant constitutional passage says, “An initiative measure
embracing more than one subject may not be submitted to
the electors or have any effect.” I haven’t been able to find
similar language in the San Diego Municipal Code on a single
subject rule.
Government Code section 3500, also known as the MeyersMilias-Brown Act, outlines the rules for bargaining between
municipalities and their employees. It requires “good faith
bargaining” and, if unable to agree; a last, best, and final offer
that can only be imposed for one year.
If the 401k proposition survives legal challenges to its language and is passed by the voters it would cause the City to
come to the bargaining table with a restriction on wage increases for five years. The initiative’s language is not exactly
consistent with good faith and one year imposition rules.
The lawyers will certainly get into this. In the meantime we
must all pay attention and participate. This is particularly true
if you live in the City of San Diego. Make sure you vote to
defeat this proposition. If you are not registered to vote, then
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In Remembrance
Oliver S. Hopkins
End of Watch:
2 July 1915
Motorcycle Officer Hopkins was killed
when hit from behind by a disgruntled motorist who had been arrested
the previous night for drunk driving.
The SDPOA office
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On October 1, 2011, all 9/11 badges across the county will be forever retired. This is truly a once in a lifetime opportunity. Don’t miss it. Badges are $108.75
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July 2011 | 23
Organized Labor at the Brink
By John Tennant, SFPOA & SJPOA General Counsel
Almost a quarter of a century ago, in the fall of 1987 on a
rainy Saturday afternoon in Cambridge, Massachusetts, I sat
in a law school classroom as part of a symposium put on by
the Harvard Labor Law Project. The subject was the state of
labor law in the U.S. as the century was drawing to a close.
While the title, “Harvard Labor Law Project,” sounds grand,
in reality it was a rag-tag collection of a handful of idealistic
and idiosyncratic students at Harvard Law School who had
an affinity for labor unions. We were far and away a minority
in a student body of whom the vast majority would go on to
practice corporate law.
One of the speakers was the then-vice president of the United Mineworkers of America, Cecil Roberts. He addressed
us in somber tones about the state of organized labor, and
something he said in particular seared into my then 24-yearold memory. It was this, his advice to any would-be labor lawyers: “I fear you are preparing for a profession that may no
longer exist. There may not be any such thing as ‘labor law’
in the future.” I suppose that at that moment I was hooked.
I now knew what I wanted to do with my life: become a union
labor lawyer. I was a romantic after all, and the old adage
about the “only causes worth fighting for are those that are
already lost” proved irresistible. Just how bad things could
get from there, I did not – I could not – fully comprehend.
In 1987, it didn’t seem possible to imagine organized labor
as being even more on its knees than it was at that time.
President Reagan’s firing of striking air control workers (the
PATCO union members) had set the tone for government and
industry alike: unions were now public enemy number one.
Henceforth, it was to be open warfare on organized workers, and I knew precisely where my loyalties lay. With under
15% of American workers belonging to unions – down from
the historic highpoint of 28.3% in 1954 – how much farther
could we fall?
Fast forward to our present day: the total percentage of unionized workers in America has dropped to less than 12%. If you
subtract public sector workers from that figure, you arrive at
the sobering realization that under 7% of the private-sector
workforce belongs to a union. Without public sector workers, the “folks who brought you the weekend” – aka, the labor movement – would seem to be on life support. And with
Wisconsin’s recent gutting of collective bargaining laws for
the overwhelming majority of the state’s public workers and
other states considering doing the same, Cecil Roberts’s grim
prophecy seems that much closer to becoming a reality.
Much of the current rage against public employee unions
stems, of course, from those beleaguered private sector
workers who aren’t unionized and understandably envy what
they see as the handsome wages and retirement benefits –
handsome in comparison to what they receive – that public
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workers get. But whittling public workers down to size, as
it were, by hobbling their unions will not help private sector
employees and more likely will make things even worse. As
UC Berkeley Professor Harley Shaiken, a labor expert, has
written,
“Organized labor fueled the expansion of the middle
class after World War II. Unions forged a link between
soaring productivity and rising paychecks. [B]reaking
unions today decouples that link tomorrow. Many employers will take their cue from the public sector and
slice private-sector wages and benefits even more.
Even those workers who currently have little could
have a lot less. Moreover, lower wages translate into
reduced purchasing power, slowing the recovery and
reducing revenue for the state.”
To be sure, many will tell you that they really don’t mean to
take away public workers’ collective bargaining rights. They
insist that in fact it’s “pension reform” they’re after, not the
dismantling of labor law. Indeed, the San Jose Mercury
News took pains to emphasize that notwithstanding its support last year for a measure that sorely weakened police and
firefighters’ rights to arbitrate labor contract disputes, its editorial board nonetheless finds Wisconsin’s current behavior
toward public employee unions “reprehensible” and “cynical.” (Mercury News Editorial, Feb. 22, 2011.)
The Mercury News editors have either inadvertently missed or
intentionally ignored the obvious: for unionized workers who
lack the right to strike (like police and firefighters), arbitration
is the means by which some semblance of bargaining parity is
achieved. Without either a right to strike or a right to arbitrate
over an employer’s actions, collective bargaining becomes
little more than collective begging. And that is not anything
approaching what we might think of as a just “labor law.”
While the measure that weakened arbitration for San Jose’s
public safety workers was different in degree from what Wisconsin and other states are seeking to do right now, it was
no different in kind, and the Mercury News – along with all
the other critics of public employee benefits who attempt to
distance themselves from Wisconsin – ought to recognize
precisely whose cause they are championing. It is that of
Wisconsin and the other states who threaten to undo one of
America’s greatest achievements for the betterment of the
working class: union labor law.
This article originally appeared in the April 2011 issue of the
SFPOA Journal and is re-printed with permission. Attorney
John Tennant is General Counsel to the San Francisco
Police Officers Association as well as to the San Jose Police
Officers Association. He can be reached in San Francisco
at [email protected].
Reminder:
POA Office Manager’s Report
is scheduled for
June was a busy month at the SDPOA office, we hosted the Southern California Association
of Law Enforcement (SCALE) meeting and co-hosted the San Diego County Police Officers
Association Coalition meeting with the Probation Officers Association. The meetings are great
opportunities to discuss current issues, learn from what is happening in other jurisdictions
and look for opportunities to help each other out.
POA Board Room
Thanks to everyone who attended and supported our recent Widows & Orphans Fund Golf
Tournament on June 27. We had a great turnout and it was a fun-filled day to benefit a great
cause. We’re still tallying up the total amount raised, but it is easy to say that this is our
biggest fundraiser for the Widows & Orphans Fund. If you missed out this year, please think
about joining us next year for the fourth annual tournament!
The next
Board Meeting
Thursday,
July 14
8:30 am
If you have a specific topic you
would like to address with the
board, please call the POA office
by Thursday, July 7, to be added
to the agenda. If you’d like to sit
in and listen to the discussion,
but do not have a specific topic,
please feel free to drop in.
Our SDPOA Summer Picnic is coming up on Sunday, July 31 and I hope to see you all out
there with your families. It is a fun and casual family-friendly picnic at a discounted cost for
our members. Buy your tickets in advance from the SDPOA office or online through http://
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July 2011 | 25
Stranger than Fiction
A New Hampshire man is accused of scamming his boss and
coworkers by allegedly telling them his wife died from cancer
to get financial assistance. His employer and co-workers came
through with $7,000 in donations to help him through this
difficult time. Except she is alive and does not have cancer.
She was quite surprised to receive a card from the business
when it showed up at the suspect’s previous address, where
the woman still lives. She called the suspect’s boss to let
him know they were scammed and then called police to let
them know that her husband is a terrible person.
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An at-a-glance listing of SDPOA,
law enforcement and local events
July
Dates to Remember
Friday
Saturday
2
Thursday
1
9
Wednesday
8
16
Tuesday
7
15
23
Monday
SDPOA Board 14
Meeting
8:30 am
Board Room
22
30
Sunday
5
Retired SDPD Officers
Monthly Lunch
Meet at 11:00 am
Great Plaza Buffet 1840 Garnet Street
13
STAR/PAL’s
Outback Steakhouse
Fundraiser,
Mission Valley Mall
$20 per person
includes food &
beverages
21
29
4
SDPOA Office
Closed for
Independence Day
12
STAR/PAL’s
Outback Steakhouse
Fundraiser,
Mission Valley Mall
$20 per person
includes food &
beverages
20
28
10
Cops & Rodders
Car Show
Liberty Station
17
6
11
RFPA Quarterly
Luncheon
SDPD Range
19
27
3
18
26
25
RFPA Board
Meeting
SD Firefighters
Credit Union
24/31
7/31 - SDPOA
Summer
Picnic Santee
Sportsplex
11 am - 4 pm
Tickets must be
bought in advance!
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SDPOA
Board
Minutes
April 14, 2011
0830 hours
Directors present: Marvel (excused at 0915hrs, returned 1130hrs),
Fender, Lewis, Bostedt, Hubka, Jordon (excused at 0915hrs, returned
1130hrs), Levitt, DuBois, Paxton
Directors excused: none
MEMBERS IN ATTENDANCE: R.
O’Hanlon, P. Clayton, R. Kanaski
OTHERS PRESENT: J. Clem, B. Fields,
R. Pinckard, K. Smith (recorder)
OPENING OBSERVANCES: President
Marvel called the meeting to order at
0830 hours and Lt. O’Hanlon led all
present in the Pledge of Allegiance.
There was a moment of silence for the
Officers killed in the line of duty in the
past. There were 20 officers killed in the
line of duty Nationwide since the March
Board Meeting. There were four San Diego Police officers killed in the month of
April. Denis Allen (4/2/77) Charles Harris (4/3/27) Michael Anaya 4/10/79)
and Gerald Griffin 4/25/2003).
NON-AGENDA MEMBER COMMENTS:
No Report.
MEMBER PRESENTATIONS:
• Rick O’Hanlon requested $700 for
a sponsorship for this year’s MADD
golf classic. Moved to Charity.
• Patti Clayton requested $350 for a
table at a dinner for the San Diego
Asian Youth program fundraiser.
Moved to Charity
PRESENTATIONS:
No Report.
PAC
Status report:
• DuBois briefed the Board on two items
including cigarette and internet taxes.
DuBois recommended the Board stay
neutral in those endorsements.
PUBLIC RELATIONS COMMITTEE
Charity:
• Request for POA to sponsor Nice Guy’s
Annual Auction and Casino Night
event. M/S Bostedt/Levitt for one
table at $1,250. Unanimous. 7-0-2.
• Request for POA to sponsor the
S.D.D.A.I.A’s Golf Tournament. M/S
Hubka/Levitt for one foursome. Mo-
tion amended by Bostedt seconded
by Levitt to one foursome plus one
tee box sponsorship at $790. Unanimous. 7-0-2.
• Request for POA to sponsor the Burn
Institute’s Annual Banquet. Declined.
• Request for POA to sponsor Crime
Stoppers Enough is Enough Luncheon.
M/S Bostedt/Levitt for a $250 in kind
donation. Unanimous. 7-0-2.
• Request for POA to sponsor the Ontario Western States Police and Fire
games. Declined.
• Request for POA to sponsor the
Buena Park POA’s 14th Annual Bud
Kate-Shane York golf tournament.
Declined.
• Request for POA to sponsor the
SD City Firefighters “Bomberos De
San Diego” golf tournament. M/S
Hubka/DuBois for $150 tee sponsor. Unanimous. 6-0-3. Lewis absent
from vote.
• Request for POA to sponsor the All
American Soap Box Derby. M/S
Fender/DuBois for $100 donation.
Unanimous. 7-0-2.
• Request for POA to sponsor this
years’ MADD Golf Tournament. M/S
Bostedt/Hubka for $700 for a foursome. Unanimous. 7-0-2.
• Request for POA to sponsor the SD
Asian Youth Organizations fundraising dinner. M/S Fender/Levitt for
$350. 5-0-1-3. Bostedt recused
himself, Lewis absent for vote
Informant:
• The Unit Spotlight will be the MultiCultural storefront. The Member
Spotlight will be Vernon Kindred for
the June issue.
• M/S Levitt/Marvel to do a 2012 Annual Report. Unanimous. 9-0
Website: No report
RETIREMENT
• Mark Sullivan reported the newest
SDCERS Board Director will be Tom
Sullivan.
• Mark Sullivan updated the Board
about the DROP rate.
MEMBER RELATIONS
Member Services:
• No report.
LABOR/MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE
Status Report:
• Discussion occurred regarding the
accrual of terminal leave. Kanaski
will look into this issue and told the
Board the issue should be dealt with
on a case by case basis.
• Chief Kanaski gave an update on the
completion of the Range construction.
• Bostedt and the Board thanked Chief
Kanaski for being so quick in getting
the Range surface replaced.
• Hubka informed the Board that the
Range staff wanted to show their appreciation for DuBois and the rest of
the Board for getting the Range construction up and running.
Safety: No report
LEGAL
• Lewis reported on this month’s legal bill
LITIGATION COMMITTEE – Brian Marvel
/ Jeff Jordon, Co-Chairs
• Attorney Conger gave an update regarding POA litigation.
SPECIAL EVENTS / SCHOLARSHIP
COMMITTEE
Status report:
• Cox and Smith gave an update of
POA events coming up. All events
are on schedule.
BUDGET-FINANCE
Status report:
• James Nemec and Levitt gave an update on the treasurer’s report.
• M/S Lewis/Hubka to accept the Treasurer’s report. Unanimous. 7-0-2.
Marvel, Jordon absent.
BUSINESS AND GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE
Administrative:
• No report.
By-Laws:
• No report
Minutes: M/S DuBois/Hubka to accept
the March 2011 Board Meeting Minutes
with no corrections. Unanimous. 6-0-3
MILESTONE REPORT
• No report
LAW ENFORCEMENT MEMORIAL COMMITTEE
• No report
OLD BUSINESS
• M/S Lewis/DuBois to pay the $3,000
to renew the member benefit of 24
Hour Fitness. Unanimous. 7-0-2. Jordon, Paxton absent for vote.
NEW BUSINESS
• No Report.
ADJOURNMENT at 1612 hours.
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SDPOA
Board
Minutes
May 19, 2011
0830 hours
Directors present: Marvel, Fender, Lewis, Bostedt (arrived 0910hrs),
Hubka, Jordon, Levitt, Paxton (excused
1100hrs.)
Directors excused: DuBois
MEMBERS IN ATTENDANCE: G. Lawrence, D. Meyer, C. Medina, J. Jones, M.
Sullivan
OTHERS PRESENT: C. Ellis, B. Dare, B.
Fields, K. Smith (recorder)
OPENING OBSERVANCES: President
Marvel called the meeting to order at
0830 hours and Retiree Bob Dare led
all present in the Pledge of Allegiance.
There was a moment of silence for the
Officers killed in the line of duty in the
past. There were 12 officers killed in
the line of duty Nationwide since the
April Board Meeting. There were no San
Diego Police officers killed in the month
of May.
NON-AGENDA MEMBER COMMENTS:
No Report.
MEMBER PRESENTATIONS:
• Daniel Meyer requested $215 for
the registration fees and refreshments for the LGBT Parade this year.
Moved to Charity.
• Gary Lawrence proposed a plan for
putting together a job fair for the
members at the POA Hall. Lawrence
also proposed a safe ride/DUI prevention service for our members and
SD County law enforcement. Discussion occurred. Moved to Charity.
• Carlos Medina and Jim Jones requested the POA sponsor Operation
Watchdog. Moved to Charity.
PRESENTATIONS:
• Retiree Chris Ellis requested the POA
donate some promotional items for
the welcome bags for the CPOA’s
2011 Annual Leadership Summit.
Moved to Charity.
PAC
• No report.
PUBLIC RELATIONS COMMITTEE
Charity: DuBois absent for voting
• Request for POA to sponsor The Star
6 Foundation 2011 Memorial Run.
Declined.
• Request for POA to sponsor the UPAC
2011 Leadership Awards Gala. Declined.
• Request for POA to sponsor the Cystic
Fibrosis concert fundraiser. Declined.
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• Request for POA to sponsor the Rady
Children’s Hospital fundraiser 2011
Miracle Makers Gala. Declined.
• Request for POA to sponsor the Sacramento POA’s 2011 Race Across
America run. Declined.
• Request for POA to sponsor the
AOCDS 2011 Annual Golf Tournament. Declined.
• Request for POA to sponsor the
2011 Survivor’s Memorial Fund Golf
Tournament. Declined.
• Request for POA to sponsor CNOA’s
3rd Annual Fallen Officers’ Golf Tournament. M/S Hubka/Levitt for $600
for 1- foursome and 1 tee sponsor.
Unanimous. 8-0-1.
• Request for POA to sponsor the SD
LGBT Pride Parade. M/S Levitt/
Fender for a $215 donation for registration fees and refreshments for
POA members. Unanimous. 8-0-1.
• Request for POA to sponsor the
CPOA’s 2011 Annual Leadership
Summit. M/S Levitt/Lewis for 250
SDPOA lapel pins for the gift bags.
Unanimous. 8-0-1.
• Request for POA to sponsor Operation
Watchdog. M/S Levitt/Lewis for $500
for refreshments. Unanimous. 8-0-1.
Informant:
• The Unit Spotlight will be the Sniper
Team. The Member Spotlight will be
Carlos Medina for the July issue0
Website: No report
RETIREMENT
• Mark Sullivan reported on the COLA.
• Sullivan discussed the PSC issue.
• Sullivan reported on the most recent
SDCERS meeting.
MEMBER RELATIONS
Member Services:
• There is one member request
• Bostedt reported that the PAF lost
the use of the Base fields for the
FNGAL softball games. The games
are now being played at the Poway
Sportsplex.
• Bostedt reiterated the Wills and
Trust policy.
LABOR/MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE
Status Report:
• Discussion occurred regarding current issues within the Department
including the Early Warning System.
• The next LMC Meeting is scheduled
for June 6th.
• Chief Kanaski gave a copy of the
Wellness Program to the Board to
look over. Discussion occurred.
Safety: No report
LEGAL
• Lewis reported on this month’s legal
meeting. There was no legal bill this
month
LITIGATION COMMITTEE – Brian Marvel
/ Jeff Jordon, Co-Chairs
• Attorney Conger gave an update regarding POA litigation.
SPECIAL EVENTS / SCHOLARSHIP
COMMITTEE
Status report:
• Smith gave a final report of this
years’ SDPOA Peace Officer of the
Year Awards event. The event went
extremely well.
• Smith gave an update on next week’s
Officer of the Shift Awards event. Everything is on track.
• By direction of the Board, this year’s
Picnic ticket prices are $10 for member/spouse, $20 adult guests, and
$5 kids. There will be no ticket sales
at the door.
BUDGET-FINANCE
Status report:
• James Nemec and Levitt gave an update on the treasurer’s report.
• Randy Levitt and Mike Fender will
Chair the SWAT Association Charity
sub-committee.
• The POA Budget meetings will start
next week.
• M/S Hubka/Fender to accept the
Treasurer’s report. Unanimous. 7-0-2.
Paxton/DuBois absent.
BUSINESS AND GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE
Administrative:
• Smith reported all POA office memorial projects have been completed.
By-Laws:
• No report
Minutes: M/S Lewis/Fender to accept
the April 2011 Board Meeting Minutes
with no corrections. Unanimous. 7-0-2
MILESTONE REPORT
• The crime stats report request has
been terminated by the Board.
• The memorial wall request at the
POA has been completed
LAW ENFORCEMENT MEMORIAL COMMITTEE
• Marvel reported out on the National
Memorial he attended last weekend.
Marvel would like to see some changes
with the way COPS handled the families
of the officers who are being memorialized at this event. Marvel made some
suggestions for the future trips to the
National Memorial event. Discussion
occurred. Lewis also made some suggestions. The Board thanks Mike Pidgeon for all of the hard extensive work
he put in to both Memorials.
OLD BUSINESS
• Bostedt is continuing to work on the Valor awards for the POA Hall.
Non-Members
Alonzo Alexander, Jr.
Bryon J. Barmer
Kerry J. Bauman
Michael W. Brindell
Mark Bua
Christina D. Burhans
Fenella Custer
Thomas R. Gardenhire
Nicolas Gonzales
Scott Greenwood
Eric B. Hays
Henry B. Ingram
James E. MacKay
R. Shane Martin
David J. McAnnally
Vito A. Messineo
Michael A. Moller
Jose Oliveras
Shannon P. Palenschat
Scott Palmer
Heather Petty
Jim Poole
Michael Power
Kenneth E. Rawls, Sr.
Martha G. Sainz
Ryan P. Schultz
Thomas T. Slater
Steven Southerland
Todd N. Turner
Robert Wells
Donald Williams, Jr.
Mark M. Zdunich
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