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VOLUME 44, NUMBER 3
SAN FRANCISCO, MARCH 2012
www.sfpoa.org
President’s Message
Not Just Drumbeating; Personnel Crisis is Real
By Gary Delagnes,
SFPOA President
For quite some time, I have been
warning the Mayor’s office, the Board
of Supervisors, and the Police Commission of the impending personnel shortage that will detrimentally
impact the SFPD rank-and-file if the
city does not very soon recommit to
full staffing. While we are all very
aware of the economic meltdown and
appreciate fiscal challenges that are
ham-stringing most cities and states,
one need look no further than to our
neighbor across the Bay Bridge to see
the effects that understaffing has had
on the beleaguered Oakland Police
Department.
There continues to be a direct correlation between staffing and crime
statistics in major metropolitan police
departments, and the city would do
well not to forget the lessons of the
past. A 1994 Charter Amendment
mandated that San Francisco have
1971 full duty officers to fully staff
our department. This was prior to our
taking over SFO which has sucked up
about 160 of our active officers. Our
current records at the POA show that
we currently have a little over 2100
officers in our department. When you
back out the 160 or so from the airport
that puts the number of officers patrolling our streets at about 2040, When
you back out our light-duty personnel
and officers currently on disability we
are down to approximately 1900.
“This scenario will
lead to the loss of at
least 350 officers over
the next 2 years.”
While we are currently slightly under the charter mandated number of
1971 sworn officers, the real problems
will begin if academy classes are not
hired soon, and are not numerous and
consistently scheduled. There are currently about 270 officers in the DROP
program. All of those officers must
leave by June 1, 2014. The majority will
leave far sooner. The city estimates at
least another 80 or so will retire over
the next 2 years through natural attrition. This scenario will lead to the
loss of at least 350 officers over the
next 2 years.
To replace these experienced men
and women and stay at our current
number of 1900 full duty officers, we
will need to hire 450 officers over the
next 2 years. (There is generally about
a 30% non-completion rate through
the academy and FTO program.) This
equates to about 11 academy classes
of 40 recruits per class. We have been
unable to get assurances of even one
academy class for fiscal year 2012, but
obviously a single academy class is a
mere drop in the bucket. If the City
of San Francisco and the SFPD do not
address this problem in the very near
future we will have a department operating at about 75% of the publiclymandated.
It is also important to note that in
1994 we had about 100,000 less people
residing in San Francisco, and we had
not yet taken over the law enforcement
responsibilities for Treasure Island
SFPOA President Gary Delagnes
or the newly developed Mission Bay
complex. While I have tremendous
confidence in the leadership of our
city and our department, I hope they
realize the seriousness of this impending crisis.
SFPD Holds Special Ceremony for Honorary Member
On Wednesday, February 22, 2012,
at 2pm, the San Francisco Police Department held a special ceremony at
the Hall of Justice, 850 Bryant Street
Room 551, acknowledging the fine
work of the men and women in the Investigations Bureau for the year 2011.
There were specific cases highlighted
for their particular notoriety.
During the ceremony, Chief Greg
Suhr presented a Department star to
a member of the Department who has
been instrumental in the fight against
narcotics trafficking. The member is a
3 year-old Springer Spaniel imported
from England named Mac and was
provided to the Department by HIDTA
Director Ronald Brooks in July 2010.
Mac is trained to detect marijuana,
cocaine (HCL and Base),
met ha mpheta mine,
MDMA and heroin. Mac
is involved in the interdiction of both parcel
and luggage, warrant
searches, traffic stops,
Federal takedowns, and
narcotics and gang suppression operations.
Since joining the Department, Mac has assisted in the seizure of
over $3,750,000.00 in US
currency determined to
be illegal proceeds from
narcotics trafficking. This US currency
was seized through search warrants,
parcels, airport passenger encounters,
large take downs in both narcotics and
gang related operations.
Mac has also assisted in the seizure
of over 500 lbs of illegally controlled
substances, including multiple pounds
of cocaine HCL, crack cocaine, methamphetamine, MDMA and heroin.
Mac has provided assistance to
SFPD, San Mateo Sheriff’s Office, San
Mateo Narcotics Task Force, Millbrae
PD, San Jose PD, Oakland PD, Bureau
of Narcotics Enforcement, Southern
Alameda Major Crimes Task Force,
US Postal Service, Drug Enforcement
Administration, Federal Bureau of
Investigations, Department of Homeland Security and Alcohol Tobacco
and Firearms.
Mac’s handler is Officer Britt Elmore
assigned to the Narcotics Federal Task
Force.
St. Patrick’s Day Parade
When: Saturday 03-17-12 All S.F.P.D. members are invited and encouraged to participate in the St Paddy’s Day Parade.
This is the 161st Anniversary of the St Patrick’s
Day Parade in San Francisco. Let’s continue this
fine tradition with a good showing of members.
Where: Market St/2nd St @ 1100 Hours
Class A uniform for all non-commissioned
officers and Class AA uniform for all commissioned officers. Gore-Tex jackets if rain is imminent.
The San Francisco Bay Area Law Enforcement
Emerald Society will host a reception following
the parade for all uniformed participants and
their immediate family members.
Contact Marty Halloran for tickets to the reception. (POA) 861-5060 #14 or [email protected]
No Ticket, No Entry, No Exception!
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POA Journal
March 2012
Minutes of the February 15, 2012 SFPOA Board Meeting*
1. Sergeant-at-Arms Valdez called the
meeting to order at 1205 hours and
led the Pledge of Allegiance.
2. Secretary Montoya conducted the
roll of the Board of Directors and
Executive Board.
3. Sgt. Glenn Sylvester (Ret.) presented the POA with a POA banner that
was made in the Phillipines. Glenn
then talked about the FALEO Nick
Birco and Bryan Tuvera Scholarships.
4. Catherine Gardner of Miller, Kaplan, Arase and Co, LLP talked
about the audit that covers 12-3109 through 12-31-10. Ms. Gardner
said that the POA received the
highest rating possible. Ms. Gardner then fielded questions from
Board Members.
5. Rep. Sorgie (Co G) made a motion to accept the January 2012
minutes. Motion was seconded by
Rep. Rodgers (Co. D) and passed
by voice vote without opposition.
6. President Delagnes provided each
Board Member with the departments master seniority list for
Sergeants and Inspectors.
7. President Delagnes then reminded
Board Members that single rank
Inspectors who are currently serving in FOB under the pilot program
do not have Inspector seniority
rights. These Inspectors are treated
as probationary Sergeants with new
seniority. Once returned to their
investigative assignments, these
Inspectors will have their Inspectors seniority.
8. President Delagnes announced
the POA is waiting for the revised
draft on the Career Development
General Order.
9. Board Members turned in the list
of their members who wished to
participate in the PolicePrivacy.
Net program. Members who signed
up with their representatives will
receive the agreed rate of $15.00
for four years with the POA paying
the balance.
10.The POA is currently holding
meetings with the department
to discuss staffing concerns for
Americas Cup.
11.The POA is currently holding
meetings with the department to
discuss the Department Bulletin
identifying discretionary days off
for 2012.
12.Rep. Gordon (Co I) continues to
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explore fund raising ideas that
would replace the annual POA Golf
Tournament.
13.Rep. Evans (HQ) briefly talked
about assignments and POA representation.
14.President Delagnes made a motion
to reimburse Rep. Dorgan (Co. C)
for a POA sponsorship ad that was
placed in the San Francisco Celtics
(Soccer Club) program. Motion was
seconded by Vice President Martin
and passed by voice vote without
opposition.
15.Rep. Browne (Co A) made a motion
to donate $2000.00 to FALEO with
$1000.00 being ear marked for
the Nick Birco Scholarship Fund
and the other $1000.00 being ear
marked for the Bryan Tuvera Scholarship Fund. Motion was seconded
by Rep. Pena (Co E) and passed by
voice vote without opposition.
16.Treasurer Halloran provided each
Board Member with the monthly
expense recap report.
Respectfully Submitted,
Tony Montoya
POA Secretary
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Board of Directors Meeting Roll Call
Wednesday, February 15, 2012
President
Gary Delagnes
P
Vice President Kevin Martin
P
Secretary
Tony Montoya
P
Treasurer
Marty Halloran P
Co. H
Maris Goldsborough P
James Trail
P
Co. I
Russ Gordon
Jody Kato
P
P
Kevin Lyons
Brian Philpott
P
E
Sergeant-At-Arms
Joseph Valdez
P
Co. J
Editor
P
Co. K
Matt Gardner
P
Co. A
Ed Browne
P
Steve Landi
P
Co. B
Larry Bertrand
E
Hdqtr.
Kim D’Arcy
John Evans
P
P
Danny Miller
P
Co. C
Dermot Dorgan P
Chris Schaffer
P
Co. D
Kevin Healy
Matt Rodgers
E
P
Co. E
Tim Flaherty
Jesus Peña
P
P
Co. F
Peter Dacre
Rob Imbellino
P
P
Co. G
Chris Breen
Dean Sorgie
P
P
Ray Shine
Narcotics Frank Hagan
P
Tactical
Mark Madsen
Pete Schlegle
E
P
Invest.
Pierre Martinez
Dean Taylor
E
P
Airport
Joe Finigan
Reynaldo Serrano
P
P
Retired
Ray Allen
P
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PRESIDENT ............................................. Gary Delagnes
Co. G........................................Chris Breen, Dean Sorgie
VICE PRESIDENT . .................................... Kevin Martin
Co. H.......................... Maris Goldsborough, James Trail
SECRETARY ..............................................Tony Montoya
Co. I............................................ Russ Gordon, Jody Kato
TREASURER .........................................Martin Halloran
Co. J­....................................Kevin Lyons, Brian Philpott
SERGEANT-AT-ARMS ............................... Joseph Valdez
Co. K...................................... Matt Gardner, Steve Landi
Co. A................................................................Ed Browne
Tac...........................................Dan Laval, Mark Madsen
Co. B............................Larry Bertrand, Jayme Campbell
INVESTIGATIONS............Pierre Martinez, Dean Taylor
Co. C............................. Dermot Dorgan, Chris Schaffer
HEADQUARTERS......................Kim D’Arcy, John Evans
Co. D..................................... Kevin Healy, Matt Rodgers NarcOTICS.................................................Frank Hagan
Co. E..........................................Tim Flaherty, Jesus Peña
AIRPORT BUREAU.........Joe Finigan, Reynaldo Serrano
Co. F..................................... Peter Dacre, Rob Imbellino
RETIRED............................................................Ray Allen
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​Retirees’ Planned Lawsuit Against Supplemental COLA Change Is Misguided
In the January ’12 issue of the
SFPOA Journal, Retired SFPD Lieutenant Larry Barsetti wrote an opinion
piece describing how he and the Protect Our Benefits (POB) political action
committee intend to sue the City of
San Francisco over changes made by
Proposition C to the Supplemental
COLA retirement benefit. Such a
lawsuit, we believe, is wrong and misguided, not just legally but morally:
It cuts against the spirit of solidarity
which all of the City unions brought
forward in their support and championing of Proposition C, including the
changes to the Supplemental COLA.
That solidarity necessarily included
both active employees and retirees
working together to ensure that the
San Francisco Employees’ Retirement
System (SFERS) remains on sure economic footing for years to come, so
that all may rest confident that they
will enjoy retirement benefits in their
golden years.
POB’s intended lawsuit pits retiree
against active worker: Reduce the savings produced by the modest changes
to the Supplemental COLA that we negotiated with the City as part of Prop
C and you necessarily increase the
amount of monies that active employees will have to pay into the SFERS to
maintain its financial health. Indeed,
active workers are already seeing their
retirement contributions increasing by
several percent as a result of Proposition C – which, of course, means lower
wages. In working with the City and
philanthropist Warren Hellmann to
craft Prop C, we recognized that both
active worker and retiree must help
address the problem, so long as vested
rights are not violated, if we were
not to witness even more draconian
takeaways imposed as a result of Jeff
Adachi’s “pension reform” measure.
Through hard work, we prevailed, as
Prop C was passed, handily defeating
Adachi’s competing initiative. Yet to
read Barsetti’s article, you wouldn’t
even know that labor unequivocally
supported and brought Prop C to
victory, including its extremely reasonable change to the Supplemental
COLA
Moreover, reducing the savings
that result from the modest change
to the Supplemental COLA ultimately
serves to hurt retirees themselves who
are in Tier 1, insofar as they will not
see increases in their pension checks
if the City cannot afford to give
raises to active employees because of
ever-increasing amounts of money
that must be paid to sustain SFERS’s
solvency. We suppose that a Tier 1 retiree might respond, “Well, what do I
care, so long as I get the Supplemental
COLA?” Such a response would ignore
the fact that such person’s active employee counterpart is then shouldering the burden alone to shore up the
health of the pension system. This
is fundamentally unfair, especially
when retirees continue to get COLA
increases, even when SFERS isn’t 100%
funded, while active employees receive
the equivalent of pay cuts as they have
to pay more of their salaries as pension
contributions to SFERS.
Sadly, the proponents of this misguided lawsuit against the Supplemental COLA are contemptuous of this
unpleasant truth. When confronted
with the fact that an active worker
might have to contribute up to 13%
of his/her salary if the Supplemental
COLA portion of Prop C is undone,
a POB representative responded, “I
don’t care if it’s 50% you have to pay.”
When pressed further that such a
move could have the ultimate effect of
lessening the funding status of SFERS
to something below its current levels,
this same representative responded,
“I don’t care if it goes down to 2%
funded.” Such a position is obviously
absurd, for if SFERS was ever that severely underfunded, there would be no
pension benefits for anyone, period.
The change that we included to the
Supplemental COLA was in conformity with the voters’ original intent behind enacting the Supplemental COLA
in the first place which goes as follows:
when SFERS is performing well, share
the wealth of the Fund with retirees in
the form of an additional cost-of-living
increase. Unfortunately, flaws in the
language initially passed by the voters
allowed for the Supplemental COLA
to be paid out even when the Fund
was declining overall but happened
to beat its investment assumption in
a lucky year. That makes no sense: to
pay out when the Fund beats the trend
one year but overall is tanking. We are
confident that the Courts will uphold
the propriety of the correction that we
and the voters made.
Moreover, no one should labor
under the false assumption that ALL
retirees will continue to receive the
COLA even if POB were to prevail
in court, which we believe they will
not. It is undisputed that if any rights
to a Supplemental COLA are vested,
they are vested only with regard to
those who retired AFTER the COLA
was passed by the voters and became
effective (an initial version of the
Supplemental COLA went into effect
in 1997, but the “Cadillac” version that
most think of when they speak of the
COLA did not take effect till 2009).
As California’s Third District Court of
Appeal held in rejecting PERS retirees’
challenge to a statute which repealed
a supplemental COLA benefit: Vested
rights do “not extend to PERS members who retired prior to the effective
dates of the [Supplemental COLA]
because they did not exchange their
labors for the benefits created after
retirement and for that reason gained
no vested contractual rights to them.”
Claypool v. Wilson (1992), 4 Cal.App.4th
646, 660. Sadly, again, the POB representative that met with representatives
of the SFPOA maintained that ALL
retirees would benefit if POB succeeds
in its lawsuit, which even in the bestcase scenario for POB, is clearly not
the case.
And, of course, this is the tragic
irony of POB’s intended lawsuit. The
people who might stand most to
benefit from a Supplemental COLA
are those that retired many years ago,
long before the Supplemental COLA
was ever enacted. POB’s lawsuit will do
nothing for them, because they are not
vested. Conversely, the changes that
we brought about with Proposition C
will ensure that such retirees continue
to receive a Supplemental COLA once
SFERS is back up and performing at its
previous, overfunded levels. Without
the changes we have helped make with
Proposition C, getting back to that
happy state of affairs will be a dubious
proposition, indeed.
In Solidarity,
Gary Delagnes, President
San Francisco Police Officers
Association
Tom O’Connor, President
San Francisco Firefighters Local 798
SFPD Employee Appreciation Event
March 14 (800 Bryant St) 8-2pm in the Lobby
March 15 (SF POA) 11-1pm in the Conference Room
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Calendar of Events
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ark your calendars for the following meetings and events by the POA and its friends and supporters. All dates and times are subject to last minute
changes, so always contact the event coordinator to confirm dates and times. If you have an event you would like posted on our calendar, contact
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Regularly Scheduled Meetings or Events
Event
Meeting,
Veteran Police Officers Association
Meeting,
Widows & Orphans Aid Association
Location
Date & Time
Coordinator
Pacific Rod & Gun Club
Second Tues. of Every Month, 11:00 AM
520 John Muir Drive, SF
Larry Barsetti (415) 566-5985
[email protected]
Hall of Justice, Room 150,
Second Tues. of Every Month, 2:00 PM
(Traffic Co. Assembly Room)
Joe Reilly (415) 681-3660
[email protected]
Meeting, American Legion
SF Police-Fire Post
War Memorial Building
Second Tues. of Every Month, 6:00 PM
410 Van Ness Ave., SF
Greg Corrales
(415) 759-1076
POA Board of Directors Meeting
POA Building
Third Wed. of Every Month, Noon
POA Office (415) 861-5060
Meeting, Retired Employees of CCSF
Irish Cultural Center
Second Wed. of Every Month, 11:00 AM
Reyna Kuk (415) 681-5949
Retiree Range Re-qualification
SFPD Pistol Range
First Fri. of each Month, 0730 – 1130
Range Staff (415) 587-2274
Retirement Ceremony honoring
Kevin Phipps.
Irish Cultural Center.
2700 45th Ave, SF
Friday, March 9, 2012. 5:30 pm.
Brian Philpott (415) 793-4558
Application Deadline
Academy of Arts University
SFPOA Office.
Thursday March 14, 2012.
K. Martin (415) 861-5060
St. Patrick’s Day Parade & Celebration
Market at 2nd Streets, SF
Saturday, March 17, 2012, 11:30 am
Marty Halloran (415) 861-5060
FALEO 2nd Annual Scholarship &
Awards Dinner
Greenhills Country Club
500 Ludeman Lane, Millbrae
Saturday April 7, 2012, 7:00 pm.
Glenn Sylvester (415) 559-8486
Retirement Celebration honoring.
Kevin Dempsey.
SF Elks Club.
450 Post Street, SF
Saturday April 21, 2012, 6:00 pm.
Alicia Castillo (415) 439-3034
Retirement Celebration honoring
Al Casciato
AAU Car Museum.
Van Ness at Washington, SF
Friday, June 22, 2012
Alexis Casciato (650) 821-7098
SF Giants Law Enforcement
Appreciation Night
AT&T Park, SF.
Tuesday, July 31, 2012
POA Office (415) 861-5060
Specially Scheduled Events
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March 2012
Widows’ and Orphans’ Aid Association
PO Box 880034, San Francisco, CA 94188-0034 u Established 1878 u Telephone 415.681.3660
February 14, 2012
The monthly meeting of the Widows and Orphans Aid Association
was called to order by President Mark
McDonough on Tuesday, Feb 14, 2012
at 1:51 p.m. in Room 150 at the Hall
of Justice. (Proceedings tape-recorded)
President McDonough opened
the meåeting with the Pledge of Allegiance.
Roll Call of Officers:
President Mark McDonough, VicePresident Robert Mattox, Treasurer
Dean Taylor, Trustees John Centurioni
Sally Foster, John Keane, Al Luenow
and Harold Vance were present. Secretary Joe Reilly was excused.
Approval of the minutes
of the January meeting:
A motion made by Vance, seconded
by Centurioni to approve the December minutes passed without objection.
Receiving applications for
new members, suspensions
and reinstatements:
Reinstatement to membership:
James Escobar, after payment of all
back dues and penalties, pursuant
to Article III, Section #6, upon recommendation of the Trustees, was
readmitted to the membership of the
Association.
A discussion followed regarding
Association members from the 227th
Academy Class who applied for membership in the Widows and Orphans
but did not arrange to pay their dues
through payroll deduction. Consequently there was no follow-up and
final approval for membership on a
number of applications. An audit of
227th Academy Class members will be
completed to determine who those applicants are and give them the opportunity to complete their applications
and be accepted as members.
Meritorious in October, 1958 for his
role in the pursuit and capture of an
armed fugitive whom the officer had
seen driving on the freeway.
Communications and Bills:
Routine correspondence and the
normal monthly bills were received
in January.
Treasurer Taylor presented the
monthly expenses of the Association
and requested approval for their payment. A motion by Luenow, seconded
by Centurioni to approve payment
passed without objection.
Unfinished Business:
Treasurer Dean Taylor reported that
he submitted the necessary paperwork
to the Postal Service for nonprofit organization mail status. He met with
a Postal Service representative who
expects that the Association will be
granted nonprofit status which will
save us significant mailing costs and
is awaiting final approval.
Treasurer Taylor also asked for approval of the Trustees to have the
Association’s ERISA status reviewed
by an attorney for an opinion of the
Association’s obligations under the
authority of the Employee Retirement
Income Security Act of 1974. Copies
of the Association’s Constitution, byLaws, audits and tax returns have been
submitted to the law firm of Trucker
and Huss which specializes in labor
and ERISA matters. Pending receipt
of a more specific quote for the legal
review work, the Trustees were asked
to approve an expenditure of no more
than $2000.00. A motion by Mark
McDonough seconded by John Keane
to approve the expenditure passed
without objection.
President McDonough and Treasurer Taylor informed the Trustees that
the method by which the Association
receives monthly deposits of member
dues was being reviewed for potential
modification in the future.
Report of the Trustees:
One member was reported deceased
during January.
William F. Flynn, 94 years, San
Francisco native, 31st Academy Class,
Star #891. William received an emergency appointment to the Department
in 1942 as World War II began but was
inducted into the Army himself shortly afterward. After being discharged
from military service, he returned to
SFPD in January, 1946. His first assignment was to Southern Station followed
by a brief transfer to Park in 1947. He
was transferred to Mission later that
same year where he would serve the
remainder of his career, retiring in
1971. William received the following
Medals of Valor: 1st Grade Meritorious
(Gold) in December, 1947 for his role
in a gun battle with an armed suspect
in a taxi cab who had fired on the
officer, wounding him. The suspect
was fatally wounded by the officer’s
return fire; a 2nd Grade Meritorious
in August, 1958 for his role in the
capture of an armed suspect who had
fatally wounded Officer Robert J. Morey and engaged his partner in a gun
battle (August 3, 1958); a 2nd Grade
The S.F.P.D. Honda Unit 5th Squad
Congratulates Ric Schiff "4Tl05" on
His Promotion to Lieutenant.
Good Luck And Best Wishes!
New Business
Treasurer Dean Taylor recommended that the Trustees consider adopting
a requirement that members who
change their beneficiary after they
first join must submit a notarized beneficiary designation form. Although
Association beneficiary designations
are required to be witnessed, notarization is a best practice protecting
the member and his or her intended
beneficiary. After discussion this matter was tabled for further discussion at
the next meeting.
A brief discussion followed regarding setting a date for the annual
President’s Dinner. This matter was
also tabled for further discussion at
the next meeting.
Good of the Association:
If you are a Widows and Orphans
member whose dues are deducted from
your paycheck and are retiring soon,
or if you have retired in the last year,
please remember that payroll deductions for dues stop once you are retired.
Dues payments are not deducted from
retirement checks. (Automatic payment through the credit union is not
affected) Please contact the Association for instructions on maintaining
your membership. Members can contact the Association at woaasfpolice@
gmail.com in addition to the Association’s voice mail phone number (415)
681-3660, or speak to any one of the
Association officers.
Adjournment:
President McDonough set the next
meeting for Tuesday, March 13, 2012
at 1:45 p.m. in Room 150 at the Hall
of Justice. A moment of silence was
observed for all our deceased members. The meeting was adjourned at
2:23 p.m.
Fraternally,
Joe Reilly,
Secretary
Retirements
The San Francisco Police Officers Association congratulates the following
members on his or her recent retirement
from the SFPD. These veterans will be difficult to replace, as each takes with them
decades of experience and job knowledge.
The most recently retired SFPD members are:
• Officer Nikolaus Borthne #2089 from Northern Station
• Officer Edbert Dare #625 from Taraval Station, Solo Motorcycle
• Sergeant Mark Gallegos #1620 from Richmond Station SIT Team
• Officer John Lanfranchi #1628 from Airport Field Operations
• Sergeant Glenn Mori #2091 from Airport Bureau
• Captain Richard Parry #434 from Homeland Security Unit
• Sergeant Kevin Phipps #446 from Tenderloin Station
• Lieutenant Victor Sang #878 from Mission Station
• Inspector Alvin Wong #1413 from Richmond Station, SIT Team
Deaths
The POA Journal was notified* of the recent deaths of the following SFPD members,
non-sworn employees (n/s), or affiliated persons:
Name of Deceased
Date of Death
Age
Richard Carrillo
Marie Dobleman
Thomas Magnani
Keith Vines
January 26, 2012
February 4, 2012
January 28,2012
February 9, 2012
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Status
Retired SFPD
Retired SFPD
Retired SFPD
Retired SFDA
Notification by
M. Ortelle
M. Ortelle
R. LaPrevotte
M. Ortelle
*Notifications are made by a POA member, family member, or other reliable source.
The POA Journal believes the information to be true and correct, however the staff or employees of the
SFPOA make no official confirmation.
Submitting Obituaries
and Memorial Tributes
Any member may submit a separate memorial tribute to a deceased member. Any such
piece will not appear in the matrix, but will be
placed in the Mail section, or, with prior approval
of the editor, as a sidebar piece. The Journal will
also accept and publish in the Mail section
short letters about a deceased member written
by a person in the immediate family. However,
the Journal will not reprint obituaries or photos
that were published in any other print media,
web site, or Internet blog.
March 2012
POA Journal
Around The
Department
By Al Casciato
…Honorable:
On November 17th, 2011 Vallejo
Officer Jim Capoot was killed in the
line of duty. In the ensuing days the
SFPD’s Bomb, Tactical and Specialist
Teams assisted Vallejo PD with various, details, services and memorials.
The SFPD Officers on OT donated their
overtime to the Capoot family while
the on-duty officers contributed $100.
Very classy…
…Honored:
This past month SFPD’s 4-legged
narcotics ace was honored and presented a star for all his good work
in seizing millions of dollars worth
of narcotics. Great PR. What went
unmentioned was all the hard work
that went in to securing Mac for the
department. Handler Brett Elmore
deserves a meritorious for tenacity
and dedication in securing Mac. Director Ron Brooks at the HIDTA was
thanked in the media for funding Mac.
Ron actually offered to fund 3 Macs;
unfortunately, we were only able to accept one. I know firsthand how much
effort went into Mac because I was in
Narcotics at the time…
…Author:
Retired Sgt Jim Pera has authored a
book titled The Rampage of Ryan O’Hara
about a Green Beret who searches for
answers about the on duty murder of
his SFPD grandfather 4 decades earlier
which destroyed the O’Hara family.
Jim’s book was inspired by several incidents that occurred while he was a San
Francisco Officer. The book is a very
good read and is available on line at
Amazon, Barnes and Noble and www.
createspace.com/3689945. If interested
Google search the title for a review.
Good job Jim…
…MMOC:
The Annual MMOC Crab feed will
be held this year on March 31st in San
Jose at the SJPOA building. For detailed
information contact the Municipal
Motorcycle Officers of California at
www.mmoc.org. Do so as soon as this
event sells out yearly…
…Retirement:
Department of Corrections Office
of Correctional Safety Fugitive Unit
Special Agent Leo Perini has retired.
A celebration will be held March 31st
at the Italian Club in North Beach. For
tickets contact Angela May-Erbele at
(510) 231-7851…
…Birth:
Jim and Roberta Cunningham
of the Airport Bureau proudly announce the birth of their first child
daughter Ashlyn Anna Cunningham 7 pounds, 11 ounces, 20 inches
in length, born December 15, 2011
at Kaiser Hospital in San Francisco;
Congratulations to all we wish you
all the best…
…Doing more with less:
It looks like the department will
only be able to hire one class of 35
officers this year. Retirements are far
out pacing any foreseeable hiring and
personnel shortages are only going
to get worse before any relief comes
our way maybe in fiscal year 2015/16.
Several strategies will be discussed and
changes will have to be made on how
we do business. In this changing environment there are a number of issues
that must be kept in mind. — People
will embrace change if change is
understood — Rumor Control is
huge — empowering all levels of the
organization is important — mentoring of all levels of command is critical
— preventative vs. reactive discipline
and positive reinforcement are a must
– and the most critical component of
the entire City structure is TRUST. No
Trust = no credibility = low morale =
poor productivity. A good way to test
whether or not things are going well
is to walk into a staff meeting. If it
feels like a funeral there is a problem
if it still feels like a funeral at the end
of the meeting then there is a huge
problem…
...She’s Gone:
After having served generations of
members of the uniformed services,
Gall’s Judy Saunders has retired due to
staff reductions; albeit not voluntarily
since 5 of the staff were downsized as a
result of Gall’s ownership change. Judy
is letting all sink-in and will shortly
be looking for a new (part-time) challenge. She wishes to keep in touch
and can be reached at (650) 784-6888.
Thank You Judy for all the years of
loyal service. We wish her all the best...
...Crime Buster:
While having coffee in North
Beach’s Cafe Trieste, NBC Producer Joe
Rosato, Jr. witnessed a thief snatch a
cell phone and flee on to Columbus
Ave. After all the ensuing hoopla and
the arrival of of the reporting officers
Joe quipped to the staff, “I think I’ll
go out and find the guy”. Not really
thinking that he would find the miscreant Joe headed home. While walking past Mr. Bing’s Lounge on the unit
block of Columbus he glanced into
the window and lo-and-behold the
suspect was sitting at the bar leisurely
having a drink. A quick call to the PD
and within minutes the suspect was
in custody and even confessed. Good
work Joe...
...Red Envelopes:
Asian Peace Officers Association’s
President Paul Yep gave me a supply of
the Association’s Chinese New Year’s
red envelopes at the beginning of the
2 week celebration. My wife, Maritza,
got the biggest thrill distributing them
to her friends at Skyline College. Also;
the final count is in for the number
of persons who attended the Parade:
888,888. Big thanks to the SFPD Lion
Dance Team for another great performance...
…Tow Hearings:
As of February 1, 2012, MTA will
now hear all tow hearings except for
12500 and 14601 tows. Do not refer
persons towed after February 1, 2012
for parking issues to Co. K. Send to #1
South Van Ness.
Page 5
Announcements, notices or tidbits can be e-mailed to alfrmsf@ aol.
com, faxed to 552-5741, or mailed to
Around the Department, 800 Bryant
St., 2nd Floor, SF, CA 94103.
Chief’s
Corner
I want to start out this newsletter with a “thank you’ to the
Officers for Justice who put on
another very successful scholarship fund raiser for the youth of
our City at their Annual Black
History Month Luncheon Mixer.
I attended many events over the
course of the month and none
was more well attended/enjoyed
by members of the SFPD than this
one. Nicely done!
Performance: Many officers feel our internal Performance Appraisal
System needs work….it does and I’m working on it. That said, our most
important Performance Appraisal is how the people who live, work, and
visit San Francisco feel about the job we’re doing to keep this City safe.
Well, the results are in. According to the 2012 SF Chamber of Commerce
“CityBeat” survey, 72% of the people surveyed who live, work, and/or visit
San Francisco hold a favorable view of the San Francisco Police Department.
Wow! Congratulations on a job well done…now we just need to keep doing
what we’re doing to maintain this level of confidence, or better. Having
the support/trust of our Community means everything. The task at hand
going forward really is doing everything we can to show how much we
appreciate the support/trust of our Community and our commitment to
doing everything in our power to maintain it.
“According to the 2012 SF Chamber of
Commerce 'CityBeat' survey, 72% of the
people surveyed who live, work, and/or visit
San Francisco hold a favorable view of the
San Francisco Police Department.”
Earlier in February, the SFPD became the first Department in the country to release an “It Get’s Better” video. This anti-bullying project came
to fruition after being suggested by Commander Lea Millitello, coordinated by Sergeant Mike Andraychak and Officer Albie Esparza, produced
by Shawn Northcutt, and starred in by members of the Department and
the Department of Emergency Management willing to tell their stories.
To all the members of the Department and DEM, whether on camera or
behind the scenes, that made this video happen — and especially Shawn
Northcutt, I can’t thank you enough for shining the light on a “wrong”
(bullying) that, unfortunately, touches every demographic, and especially
impacts LGBT youth. We’ve received “God Bless the SFPD” calls from all
across the country…once again, SF’s Finest at work!
We also shared a special moment in February with our newest (and
smallest) officer, Mac, when he received his star. Mac is a 3 year old Springer
Spaniel assigned to Narcotics. Like every other member of our Department,
Mac pulls his weight (actually a lot more than his weight). Mac and his
partner Officer Brit Elmore has assisted in the seizure of over $3.75M in US
currency determined to be illegal proceeds from narcotics trafficking and
over 500 pounds of illegal controlled substances, including crack, meth,
and heroin. Way to go Mac!
My deepest appreciation goes out to all of the brave souls who participated in the Annual Polar Plunge for Special Olympics at Aquatic Park
on Saturday, February 25th. “Polar” indeed it was. Our Department was
instrumental in making this a highly successful event for the over 1000
participants who attended and most importantly, the Special Olympics
athletes who will benefit from the nearly $300,000 in funds raised at this
event
In closing, I want to tell the “72%” that we appreciate the vote of
confidence and that we promise to work hard going forward to show you
that your confidence has not been misplaced. To those of the remaining
“28%” that believe we have further to go before we have your support,
please know that we are committed to doing everything we can to make
“believers” out of you too.
Oro en Paz, Fierro en Guerra!
Take Care and Be Safe Out There,
Greg Suhr
Chief of Police, San Francisco Police Department
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POA Journal
This and That…
By Kevin Martin
SFPOA Vice President
Against the odds:
another UCSF success story…
A big “Tip of the Hat” to Angel
Lozano and Jimmy Arnswald of Traffic Company, Co. K. Solos, and Dave
Brandt and Steve Hogan of the fantastic SFPD Marine Unit for their trek
up to UCSF Hospital on Wednesday,
February 8, 2012 as we made our
second visit of the year to some very
sick children. We all had a great time,
and the kids were as happy as always
to see us. We all took turns spending
time with the youngsters in the school
room and making some bed visits to
some very special children who were
unable to get out of bed but wanted
to participate in the afternoon’s activities.
Bedside visits are indeed very special because it brings a real sense of the
vulnerability of these youngsters who
are going through some real medical
difficulties. Talking to their parents
also lends itself to the realities of the
heartbreak and fear they go through
on a constant basis.
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Indeed, we have seen members of
our own SFPD Family endure some
real heart wrenching experiences with
their own children.
But faith, hope, prayer and the
incredible advances of medical and
other sciences often see the children
and their families to recovery and
good health.
It is in this sense that a former
patient at UCSF (and other hospitals)
has blessed us all with an incredible
recovery against some might big odds.
I am so very pleased to see Frankie
Shouldice (son of Inspector Ronan
Shouldice, Crime Scene Investigations)
is out of the hospital bed and back
into the classroom where every boy
Frankie’s age should be!
Frankie’s journey has been the
amazing perseverance of a very young
boy who had the courage and strength
of a thousand men to muster the fortitude and incredible fight to prevail
over a dreaded disease.
Frankie’s family was in this fight
and in his corner from the very beginning. They were inspirational beyond
words and the brightest beacons of
light for us all throughout all their
battles.
Congratulations, Frankie! We are all
so very proud of you. Keep up the great
work and always keep up the fight to
stay healthy! God bless you, your truly
beautiful and wonderful sister and of
course, your loving parents…
Thanks so much again to Angel,
Jimmy, Dave and Steve for their
kindness and generosity. You guy’s
really brightened up the days of some
wonderful youngsters. You guys are
the best!
RBI: more than just a stat…
I was very fortunate to have been
able to attend a wonderful kick-off
event on Saturday, February 25th. It
was held at the local community park
just next to Bessie Carmichael School,
for this year’s first day of spring baseball. The “Great” Carl T of Central Station and North Beach fame was joined
by an equally outstanding group of
officers from our department to lend
their cumulative baseball knowledge
and coaching talents to local neighborhood youngsters as part of a wonderful program called “R.B.I,” which
is an acronym for Reviving Baseball in
the Inner city.
Reviving Baseball in the Inner city
has been an ongoing program in the
United States in the past few years,
and San Francisco has been blessed to
be involved.
Through the tireless efforts of Mr.
Jim Messemer, Founder and Executive
Director of San Francisco RBI, many
boys and girls will have the opportunity to play organized baseball and
softball on teams complete with uniforms, coaches and good equipment.
I had the pleasure to meet Jim Messemer and we hit it off right away. We
were delighted to learn that we love
baseball, love the Yankees (I love the
Giants too!) and despise the Red Sox!
As much as Jim loves baseball, he
also strives to lead young boys and
girls to succeed and grow into responsible young adults. Jim is equally
concerned about education and the
fundamentals of reading and writing
as he is the “hit and run” and “hitting
the cut off man.” Jim is a big proponent of literacy through baseball and
has taken his program from out in the
field to inside the classroom. Jim is also
very big on parental participation and
encouragement.
As many of us have learned through
our own little league and athletic experiences, sports is also an integral part
of our life experience. We learn a lot
about ourselves as individuals, but we
also learn a lot about interaction with
others and team building.
What kind of team players are we?
As cops, we all know the incredible
importance of team work. It is as vital
as our own self reliance. For many of
us, the camaraderie and “Esprit de
Corps” is one of the biggest draws to
this profession.
Jim has been very impressed with
the level of commitment from the
members of our department starting
at the top with Chief Suhr.
“Without the level of commitment
and support of Chief Suhr and Carl T’s
unrelenting dedication in recruiting
San Francisco’s FINEST,” Jim declared,
“we would not be able to meet the
coaching needs our program must
have to be successful!”
Jim also told me that “We [RBI/SF]
are absolutely committed as an organization to the safety of our children.
After observing the officers first-hand
at the Marucci Sports Event with our
children, I know the children are in
safe hands!”
“The officers also exemplify the
type of positive mentoring we insist
upon.” Jim continued to say, “I look
forward to building on this founding
group of officers that have stepped up
to support RBI/SF and the children
who are the future of this city. Words
simply cannot capture how thankful
I am for this incredible partnership!”
Joining Carl T in coaching roles
is an all-star cast of great guys who
personify outstanding level of commitment and dedication to our youth
and community.
Doug Tennenbaum ( Nor ther n
Station) will begin his coaching and
managerial career with a local group
of aspiring Hall of Fame youngsters
before setting his sights on the Big
Show and taking over for Bochy and
leading the Giants to a string of eight
World Series championships.
Joe Fischer (Central station) will be
so successful with his team that he
will go straight from taking his little
league team to an undefeated season
to taking over the New York Yankees
at the midway point of the season,
12 games behind the Red Sox only to
guide the Bronx Bombers to a Division
Championship after beating the lowly
Red Sox in eight straight games to end
the season! Joe is the toast of New York
while the entire Red Sox team is traded
for Joe’s former little league team…
Nelson Ramos (Southern Station)
will win the highly coveted “Coach/
Manager of the Year” award and will
be instantly named as interim manag-
March 2012
er of the Chicago Cubs. Nelson sweeps
the Windy City with a charm that only
Leo Durocher could have ever mustered. Against all odds, Nelson leads
the cubbies to their first World Series
Championship since 1908 and indeed,
“hell freezes over”! Nelson becomes
a national icon and is immediately
inducted into the Hall of Fame.
Jimmy Arsnwald (Co. K, Solos) has
a tough year and is soon traded by his
team to the Los Angeles Dodgers where
he leads the “Bums” to their worst
record ever. In an exhibition game,
Jimmy’s former little league team
trounces the Dodgers on national TV
and Jimmy goes into hiding only to
emerge from the shadows as the next
Oakland Raiders coach!…Alas Jimmy’s
luck doesn’t change much as the Raiders don’t win a game all season…ever
think about hoops, Jim?
Matt Sullivan (Central Station) becomes Time Magazine’s “Man of the
Year” as Matt leads his little league
team to 30 straight victories and
watches proudly as all his players graduate with high academic honors and
one of his players is eventually elected
President of the United States. The
newly elected Republican President
says to the country that, “…I couldn’t
have done it without Coach Matt and
names Matt as his Vice-President!
Ryan Jones (Central Station) is the
manager/coach of a team which plays
flawless defense and doesn’t make an
error all season. All of Ryan’s players
are .300 hitters and average 14 runs
a game. Both the Dodgers and Red
Sox are desperate for some kind of
successful leadership but Ryan turns
both teams down to stay with a real
baseball team, his team! Because of
his inspiring level of commitment to
children and youth, Ryan receives the
Nobel Peace Prize. What a guy!
Roley Canales (Tactical/K9) In his
first stint as a manger/coach of a little
league baseball team, Roley’s team will
lead the league with a team high 125
homeruns! Roley shows off his team’s
offense power by also stealing 85 bases
and only getting caught once. (The
ump was blind!) His team goes on to
win their first of several Little League
World Series Championships in South
Williamsport, Pennsylvania. Seven of
Roley’s players go to Harvard and three
go to Yale! His star catcher goes on to
become a Supreme Court Justice.
Chris Olson (Investigations/Mission) does an outstanding job as Manager/Coach and mentor to some outstanding ballplayers. Eight of Chris’s
players go on to major league careers.
Six of the eight are also doctors while
the two others are astronauts. The
two astronauts voyage to the moon
in the off season and plant their Little
League Championship Flag on the
moon! A statue to “Coach Olson” is
also unveiled in front of the Baseball
Hall of Fame.
In all seriousness, a sincere thanks
to all the above named coaches for
their heartfelt dedication to youth and
their love of the greatest game known
to man, baseball. I know that these
youngsters will learn so much about
the fundamentals of baseball from
these great guys, and they will also
get some positive and fundamental
life experience.
On behalf of the department and
the association, thanks to you guys
and ALL the guys and gals in this
department who dedicate their time
and talents to our youth.
Each one of you sets a fine example
for what young folks should aspire to.
Each one of you has a profound influence on these youth. Congratulations
and Thank You!
March 2012
POA Journal
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Community Service Committee
By Marty Halloran, Chairman
In an ongoing effort to keep the membership advised of activities at the
POA I will make every attempt to provide the minutes of the Community
Service Committee. The committee meets approximately every six weeks and
as always we discuss and vote on requests for donations submitted to the POA.
The majority of the requests are submitted from non-profit organizations in
and around San Francisco. Many of these organizations depend greatly on
associations like ours so that they may provide assistance to the sick, elderly,
and the youth of our community.
The Community Service Committee Fund has been designated as a federal
tax exempt 501© 3 account at the S.F.P.O.A. The majority of the funds in this
account are raised through our annual “Parade of Stars” show held in December each year.
The Community Service Committee met on December 1, 2011 & February
10, 2012 and although many requests are submitted only the below listed organizations were approved for donations.
December Meeting
• Westmoor High School Soccer Program (Officer Rob Vernengo)..... $500.00
• Community Partners United (Sergeant Luke Martin)...................... $500.00
• American Diabetes Association Tour to Cure
(Officer Justin Madden)..................................................................... $250.00
• California Peace Officers Memorial Ride
(Sergeant Malcolm Anderson)........................................................... $500.00
• Institute on Aging (Officer Fred Crisp)............................................. $500.00
• Curry Senior Center (Captain Joe Garrity)....................................... $750.00
• FALEO (Ret. Inspector Glen Sylvester)............................................$2,000.00
• St. Robert’s Church Woman’s Guild.................................................. $250.00
• AYSO Concord (Officer Rene Guerrero)............................................ $250.00
• St. Thomas Moore Athletic Department........................................... $500.00
• Project Open Hand............................................................................ $500.00
• San Francisco Soccer Football League............................................... $250.00
• OMI Christmas Party...................................................................... $1,500.00
• San Francisco Senior Center.............................................................. $500.00
• Wounded Warrior Project.................................................................. $250.00
• Bay Area Woman & Children’s Center.............................................. $250.00
• Kidstock Inc. Starlight Celebration................................................... $500.00
• San Marin Boys Basketball................................................................ $750.00
San Francisco Police Officers Association
800 Bryant Street, 2nd Floor (415) 861-5060
Office Hours M/F 9–4 pm
#2012-17
February 24, 2012
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To:
All Members
From: Kevin Martin, Vice-President
Interested in a
Bachelors Degree in Art?
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Two (2) Scholarships for
SFPOA Members at the
Academy of Art are now available
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This is an Undergraduate Program for Fall 2012
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If selected, you will receive a
Full Four Year Scholarship
**Winners will be selected in part based on an
essay titled, “Why I Want to Attend the AAU of SF”**
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No later than Thursday, March 14, 2012
Applications can be picked up at the POA
Application fees have been waived
If you have any questions, contact
Kevin Martin at 415.861.5060
** If you have applied before and still want
to be considered, please contact Kevin Martin
at the POA as your essay should still be on file.**
February Meeting
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Please return written/hard copy of Essays to
Kevin Martin at the POA
Highlander’s Rugby Club (Sergeant Joe McCloskey)...................... $1,000.00
St Cecilia’s Athletics (Officer Frank Hagan)...................................... $500.00
Sacramento State Speech Language (Inspector Pierre Martinez)...... $250.00
S.F. Community School/Mzuri (Officer Mary Godfrey)................... $750.00
3rd St Youth center & Clinic (Sergeant Gerald Newbeck).............. $1,000.00
Police Unity Tour
(Sergeant Ron Banta & Officer Mike Amoroso)..............................$6,000.00
Joanne Pang Foundation................................................................... $100.00
Community Youth Center................................................................ $250.00
Ohloff Recovery Center..................................................................... $250.00
MLK Jr Pool/Blue Dolphin Swim Team............................................. $500.00
S.F. Suicide Prevention Center (Officer Kevin Martin)..................$5,000.00
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News
Helping Our Own
The following members of our law
enforcement family need our help:
By Greg Corrales
“I walk slowly, but I never walk
backward.”
— Abraham Lincoln
“The Army ain’t what it used to be.”
Said John H. Cushman Jr. in The New
York Times. Soldiers have been saying
that for decades, and it’s truer than
ever, now that the Pentagon has unveiled a new policy that allows female
members of the Army to take support
roles alongside combat infantrymen
on the front lines, jobs such as tank
mechanic, combat medic, or radio operator. The policy stops short of placing women in direct, ground-combat
roles, even though women serving in
Afghanistan and Iraq have sometimes
come under fire and shot back.
Female officers and staff noncommissioned officers soon will join some
of the Marine Corps’ ground combat
battalions, a historic institutional shift
brought about by the newly approved
exception to the longtime Pentagon
policy banning women from serving
in such a capacity. Beginning in May
of this year, female captains, gunnery
sergeants, and staff sergeants will be
assigned for the first time to a host of
billets within these type of battalions:
amphibious assault vehicle, artillery,
combat assault, combat engineer, low
altitude air defense, and tank.
The change will open 371 billets to
women, a small step for the Marine
Corps compared to the Army, which
will open more than 14,000 positions
formerly closed to female soldiers.
However, this limited introduction for
the Corps could lead to more substantial change, officials said. Combat in
Afghanistan and Iraq has shown that,
with the disappearance of traditional
battle lines, all troops face the threat
of danger and women have proved
themselves a capable, integral part of
mission success at all levels, officials
acknowledged.
Advocates for female troops welcomed the change as a step in the
right direction, but criticized the
Pentagon for not opening infantry
careers to women. That will perpetuate
the “brass ceiling” that keeps women
from top military jobs, said Anu Bhagwati, executive director of the Service
Women’s Action Network.
Elizabeth Reintjes De Angelo stated
to The Washington Post, “As a former
Navy officer, I can tell you that most
military women do not want to fight
on the front lines. We prefer to serve
in essential support roles away from
the theater of war, where our skills are
often superior to men’s.”
“Why deny men and women their
differences? Front-line combat isn’t
just any job,” said Elaine Donnelly in
National Review.com, and the military
is not “just another civilian equal opportunity employer. Direct combat
missions demand a level of aggres-
March 2012
sion and physical strength beyond
the capability of almost all women.
Pretending otherwise, for the sake of
gender equality, will put lives at risk.”
Combat awards earned by female
Marines in Iraq and Afghanistan since
2002:
10 Air Medals with combat “v”
42 Bronze Stars
282 Combat Action Ribbons
16 Navy & Marine Corps Achievement Medals with combat “v”
1 Navy and Marine Corps Medal
46 Purple Hearts
During World War II women served
in many positions in direct support of
military efforts. Military women were
excluded from combat positions, but
that didn’t keep them from being in
harm’s way, nurses in or near combat
zones or on ships. Others served in
military nursing units. During World
War II, 140,000 women served in the
Army, 100,000 served in the Navy,
74,000 served in the Army and Navy
Nurse Corps, 23,000 served in the
Marine Corps, and 13,000 served in
the Coast Guard.
A Marine who survived the Japanese
attack on Pearl Harbor was recently
interred at the battleship USS Arizona. Pfc. Frank Cabiness’ ashes were
placed inside the hull of the Arizona
on December 23, 2011 by Navy divers.
Cabiness was on the Arizona as part
of a flag raising detail when the first
Japanese aircraft flew over the harbor,
the Marine Corps reported. He was
blown from the deck of the ship when
the magazine exploded. He’s only the
second Marine to be interred there.
The Selective Service System has
survived the 2012 budget process, but
draft registration may not be around
much longer. The Government Accountability Office has been looking
into the possibility of putting the
agency into “deep standby,” where it
has only a few token employees keeping a database of youths who have registered, or having some other federal or
state agency maintain such a database.
You seem to be in some distress,”
said the kindly judge to the witness.
“Is anything the matter?” “Well, your
Honor,” said the witness, “I swore to
tell the truth, the whole truth and
nothing but the truth, but every time
I try, some lawyer objects.”
Police-Fire Post 456 invites every
veteran to join the post. We are particularly anxious to recruit female
veterans, who are very under-represented. Contact me at Airport Bureau,
Patrol Division, (650) 821-7026, or at
[email protected]. The post meets
on the second Tuesday of every month
at 1800 hours. Meetings are at the
Veteran’s War Memorial Building, 401
Van Ness Avenue, room 212. Refreshments are served at the conclusion of
business. God Bless America!
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Malcolm A. Norris Trust Fund
Officer Micah Norris (Bayview Station) and his fiancée Cindy
Cardoza tragically lost their two year old son Malcolm in a
terrible accident. A relief fund has been established at the SF
Police Credit Union, by the POA, to assist the family with their
financial needs. That fund is SF POA Community ServiceMalcolm A. Norris Trust Fund with the account #1352553.
Family of Vallejo Officer James Capoot
Officer Capoot was slain in the line of duty and leaves his wife
and three daughters. A trust has been established. Donations
can be made to:
Officer James Capoot Family Trust
c/o Sgt. Mark Nicol of the Vallejo POA
P.O. Box 4218
Vallejo, Ca 94590
Officer Todd Kettwig, CHP
Some have expressed the desire for a contact for the fundraiser
for CHP Officer Todd Kettwig who has incurable cancer and
a young family in need. Support can be sent to the following
— Rene LaPrevotte
person/address. Lt. John Arrabit
Gold Run CHP Office
50 Canyon Creek Road
Gold Run 95717-0008
530-389-2205 Rene’s
Amanda Amoroso
Amanda Amoroso, daughter of Officer Mike Amoroso of Co.
E, Northern Station, is battling cancer. Officer Mike Amoroso
has been accepted into the Catastrophic Illness Program FM.
He is in need of hours. Only vacation hours can be donated
in 8-hour increments on CIP-FM donation form, his number
is 001705. Please contact the Behavioral Science Unit at (415)
837-0875 or the POA at (415) 861-5060 for donation forms.
Financial donations can be made directly to The Amanda
Amoroso Relief Fund at the SF Police Credit Union, Acct
#1378496
— Kevin Martin
Frankie Shouldice
Frankie is the 12-year old son of Inspector Ronan Shouldice
of CSI. Frankie is battling leukemia. A “Friends of Frankie
Shouldice” account has been established at the SFPCU
#1373520
— Marty Halloran
Madeline Cashion
Dear SFPOA —
I am five years old and I have cancer. It’s called embrynal rhabdomyosarcoma. I had a surgery to take out a big owie from my
tummy. Now, I am taking medicine through my tubbies to get
the rest of the owie out of my tummy. The medicine is called
chemotherapy and it makes my hair fall out. I am in treatment
for 46 weeks to get rid of my cancer. I will kick the owie’s booty!
Thanks for caring! — Madeline Claire Cashion
Mail checks to “Cashion Family Fund.”
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POA Journal
Page 9
Cities Can’t Conceal Names
Of Police In Shootings
By John Wildermuth
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shootings, despite a variety of strict
California rules limiting disclosure for
law enforcement, a Los Angeles state
appeals court ruled Tuesday.
“An officer’s name is typically not
private and is available to the public
when an officer wears a badge depicting his or her name or signs a police
report,” state Court of Appeal Justice
Kathryn Doi Todd wrote for the unanimous three-justice panel in upholding
a 2011 trial court decision.
“We’re very happy that the court
recognized the strong public interest
in the names of officers involved in
shootings,” said Jeff Glasser, an attorney representing the Los Angeles
Times, which had requested the names
of Long Beach police officers involved
in the Dec. 12, 2010, shooting death of
an unarmed, 35-year-old man.
But officials of the Long Beach Police Officers Association, which filed
suit to block release of the names,
argued that the court’s decision puts
officers’ lives in danger.
“This decision is bad for officers’
safety,” said association President Steve
James. “There’s lots of emotion in
the community after a shooting, and
when an officer’s name is out there,
other information is easy to find,”
either on the Internet or elsewhere.
While Long Beach originally agreed
to release the names of the officers,
the city changed its position after
complaints from the association. Not
only could revealing names endanger officers, said Christina Checel, a
senior deputy city attorney, but since
all police shootings result in a formal
investigation, officers’ names become
part of that record, which by state law
does not have to be released.
Both the trial and appellate courts
dismissed those arguments, saying
that because of the overriding public
interest, the city had to produce evidence of a specific threat against an officer to keep his or her identity private.
As for the investigation argument,
law enforcement agencies “cannot
transform an officer’s identity into
confidential information by asserting that the officer’s involvement has
resulted in an appraisal or discipline,”
the justice said in her opinion.
Tuesday’s ruling “clarifies California law for police agencies across the
state,” Glasser said.
John Wildermuth is a San Francisco
Chronicle staff writer. jwildermuth@
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March 2012
FBI Releases 2010 Statistics on Law
Enforcement Officers Killed and Assaulted
Forwarded to The Journal
by Michael Nevin
According to information released
today by the FBI, 56 law enforcement
officers were feloniously killed in the
line of duty last year; 72 officers died
in accidents while performing their
duties; and 53,469 officers were assaulted in the line of duty. The 2010
edition of Law Enforcement Officers
Killed and Assaulted released today
provides comprehensive tabular data
about these incidents and brief narratives describing the fatal attacks.
Felonious Deaths
The 56 felonious deaths occurred in
22 states and Puerto Rico. The number
of officers feloniously killed in 2010
increased by 8 compared with the
2009 figure (48 officers). The 5- and
10-year comparisons show an increase
of 8 felonious deaths compared with
the 2006 figure (48 officers) and a
decrease of 14 deaths compared with
data from 2001 (70 officers).
Officer Profiles
• Among the officers who were feloniously killed, the average age was
38 years.
• The victim officers had served in
law enforcement for an average
of 10 years at the time of the fatal
incidents.
• Fifty-four of the victim officers were
male and 2 were female.
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Of the 56 officers feloniously killed:
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• 14 of the slain officers were involved
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• 8 were investigating suspicious persons/circumstances;
• 7 were performing traffic stops/
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• 6 were answering disturbance calls;
• 3 were involved in tactical situations (e.g., high-risk entry);
• 2 were conducting investigative activity such as surveillance, searches,
or interviews;
• 1 officer was killed while transporting or maintaining custody of
prisoners.
Weapons
Offenders used firearms to kill 55
of the 56 victim officers. Of these 55
officers, 38 were slain with handguns,
15 with rifles, and 2 with shotguns.
One officer was killed with a vehicle
used as a weapon.
Regions
• Twenty-two of the felonious deaths
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• 3 in the Northeast.
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accidental line-of-duty deaths was up
24 from the 2009 total (48 officers).
Assaults
In 2010, 53,469 law enforcement officers were assaulted while performing
their duties. Of the officers assaulted,
26.1 percent suffered injuries. The largest percentage of victim officers (33.0
percent) were assaulted while responding to disturbance calls (family quarrels, bar fights, etc.). Assailants used
personal weapons (hands, fists, feet,
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Long-Term Investing
Campaign 2012: Investing in America’s Future — Our Youth
When all else is lost, the future still
remains. — Bovee
In youth we learn; in age we understand. — Marie Ebner-Eschenbach
Is the United States jeopardizing
the future of its most populous group,
young people under the age of 30 by
squandering resources, rather than
investing in young people?
Answer: Yes. The Census Bureau
projects a U.S. population of 439
million in 2050, which is a 46%
increase from 2007 (301.3 million).
Currently, population growth is fastest among minorities as a whole, and
according to the Census Bureau’s estimation for 2005, 45% of American
children under the age of 5 belonged
to minority groups. In 2011, the
United States had a total resident
population of 312,833,000, making
it the third most populous country
in the world. People under 20 years
of age make up over a quarter of the
United States population (27.3%),
and people age 65 and over make
up one-eighth (12.8%) in 2009. The
national median age was 36.8 years.
SFPOA’s
Community Services Committee
The San Francisco Police Officers Association and its members invest their
time, money and they volunteer many
man hours working with local youth
organizations. The SPFPOA’s Community Services Committee donates
money to many of the youth groups
and organizations.
On 1/20/12, I interviewed Chairman Martin “Marty” Halloran of the
San Francisco Police Officers Association’s Community Services Committee. Chairman Halloran is also a board
member and Treasurer of the San Francisco Police Officers Association. Sergeant Halloran is a 22-year veteran of
the San Francisco Police Department.
Marty Halloran told me that the
San Francisco Police Officers Association Community Services Committee
was created in 1994 as a Federal Tax
Exempt 501 © 3 organization. The
Community Services Committee has
twelve board members from district
stations and from investigative units.
Gary Delagnes, President of the San
Francisco Police Officers Association
and Kevin Martin, Vice President of
the SFPOA in addition to Chairman
Martin Halloran are the only members
of the Community Services Committee who also serve on the San Francisco
Police Officers Association board of
directors.
The purpose of the Community
Services Committee is to provide
funding to youth and social service
organizations that its officer members
are actively participating. Community
programs such as the Police Athletic
League (PAL) and the Wilderness
Program receive regular and substantial financial support from the Community Services Committee Fund.
For many years, the Police Athletic
League (PAL) has funded many youth
programs from football, baseball, basketball, softball and an array of other
youth sports and recreational activities
throughout San Francisco.
In the early 1970’s, this writer
was a youth participant in the PAL
Raiders football team at Portola Park
Playground in the Inner Silver District
neighborhood. The recreation center
and sports field have since been renamed Palega Playground. It is the
money from the Community Services
Committee fund that has made it
possible for San Francisco youths to
engage in extra-curricular activities
that teach responsibility, cooperation,
build team work, and develop character by learning fair play and a sense of
community.
Chairman Halloran told me that
the Community Services Committee
receives its funding from approximately three sources. First, people
make charitable donations to the CSC
fund. Second, police members contribute by choosing automatic payroll deductions for the Community Services
Committee fund. And, finally TBS Productions is an independent contractor
that raises money for the Community
Services Committee fund. Marty Halloran said that TBS Productions is a
commercial fundraiser that is located
in the East Bay and it gives 20% of the
money that it raises to the Community
Services Committee fund.
In December 1999, Attorney General Bill Lockyer of the State of California produced a report entitled, “Attorney General’s Summary of Results
of Charitable Solicitation by Commercial Fundraisers.” In that report
it was noted the term “commercial
fundraiser” refers generally to a person or corporation that is a for-profit
business who contracts with charities
for compensation, to raise money in
the charity’s name. The commercial
fundraiser usually makes a profit by
charging a flat fee or a percentage
of the contributions collected in the
charity’s name. However, it is important that in 1998 most of the 80,000
charities registered with the Attorney
General in California do not use commercial fundraisers to raise funds.
I asked Chairman Halloran how
do you go about to distribute money
to youth groups from the Commu-
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nity Services Committee fund. Does
a youth or service organization have
to be a 501 © 3 charitable organization to receive funding? The short
answer is no. Marty told me that the
twelve member Community Services
Committee board prefers that a party
requesting funds be an existing 501 ©
3 organization. And, that the organization is providing outreach services
to San Francisco youths. The Community Services Committee looks
very favorably on donating money to
youth organizations where its police
members are involved in and working
with kids.
The Community Services Committee will accept a letter, e-mails or other
methods of communication to its
board for smaller funding requests. If a
larger amount is requested, say $1,000
or more, the person and/or the organization must make a presentation
before the full San Francisco Police
Officers Association and Community
Services Committee board of directors.
This writer did make a presentation
on behalf of his 501 © 3 Girls 2000/
Hunters Point Family non-profit foundation to the SFPOA and CSC board on
December 14, 2011 for our Children’s
Christmas Party fundraiser. The board
was very generous and donated $2,500
to our organization. We were able to
purchase fifty $50.00 gift certificates
for our children to give as Christmas
gifts. Please see our web site www.
HuntersPointFamily.org.
The IRS and
Charitable Organizations
Publication 526 Charitable Contributions is the Department of the
Treasury or the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) information bulletin that
explains how to claim a tax deduction
for your charitable contributions.
The writer of this article is not a
tax-expert or a tax preparer. So, any
information provided on charitable
contributions should be corroborated
and reviewed by your professional
CPA or tax preparer. The Internal Revenue Service noted that “To deduct a
charitable contribution, you must file
Form 1040 and itemize deductions
on Schedule A. The amount of your
deduction may be limited if certain
rules and limits explained in Publication 526 apply to you.” I am providing
lists for a quick check of contributions
that you can or cannot deduct.
Deductible
As Charitable Contributions
Money or property you give to:
• Churches, synagogues, temples,
mosques, and other religious organizations
• Federal, state, and local governments, if your contribution is solely
for public purposes (for example, a
gift to reduce public debt)
• Nonprofit schools and hospitals
• Public parks and recreation facilities
• Salvation Army, Red Cross, CARE,
Goodwill Industries, United Way,
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Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts, Boys and
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War veterans’ groups
Charitable organizations listed in
Publication 78
Expenses paid for a student living
with you, sponsored by a qualified
organization
Out-of-pocket expenses when you
serve a qualified organization as a
volunteer
Not Deductible
As Charitable Contributions
Money or property you give to:
• Civic leagues, social and sports
clubs, labor unions, and chambers
of commerce
• Foreign organizations (except certain Canadian, Israeli, and Mexican
charities)
• Groups that run for personal profit
• Groups whose purpose is to lobby
for law changes
• Homeowners’ associations
• Individuals
• Political groups or candidates for
public office
• Cost of raffle, bingo, or lottery
tickets
• Dues, fees, or bills paid to country
clubs, lodges, fraternal orders, or
similar groups
• Tuition
• Value of your time of services
• Value of blood given to a blood
bank
Police Officers and
Charitable Non-Profits
Police Officers and law enforcement
officials have a long history of public
service and working with various
charitable non-profits and community
organizations. At the core of the mission of these charitable non-profits is
to improve the lives of individuals,
families, communities and society.
In 2011, the San Francisco Police
and San Francisco Firefighter’s “Toys
for Tots” program gave over 10,000
toys to children in need for Christmas. It is this writer’s hope that the
police and law enforcement personnel
will continue to work with charitable
non-profits and other community organizations to forge a better working
relationship with these groups for the
betterment of society. And, conversely,
these charitable non-profits will also
be more cooperative in working with
the local police.
I salute our dedicated police and
firefighters for their personal commitment to serve the public and act
in a benevolent capacity beyond their
prescribed job duties. It is clear that
Police Officers whose motto is to “serve
and protect” its citizens also extends
to investing in America’s future, our
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POA Journal
March 2012
Book Reviews
The Hunter
By John Lescroart
Reviewed by Dennis Bianchi
It has been awhile since I read or
reviewed a John Lescroart book. Like
many of his readers, I preferred his
Dismas Hardy and Abe Glitsky stories
from past years. I have been somewhat
slow warming up to his newer protagonist, Wyatt Hunt, but with this new
release, Mr. Lescroart has brought Private Detective Hunt to life for me. And
while doing so, the author brought
back some vivid memories of the San
Francisco of the 1970s. The events of
that era, nettlesome as they may have
been, had long-lasting effects on The
City and police officers of that time.
Wyatt Hunt has known that his
parents adopted him at an early age
but knew very little about his birth
parents. He unexpectedly receives a
very eerie text message, “How did ur
mother die?” Such is how the hunt
begins. Wyatt makes polite inquiries
with his adoptive parents, which
leads him to a Catholic priest, Father
Bernard. Father Bernard knew Hunt’s
biological parents and had been entrusted with a sealed statement from
Hunt’s father, claiming his innocence
in the murder of Wyatt’s mother, in
spite of being arrested and tried twice
for the crime. Now Wyatt knows his
mother was murdered, his father is
in hiding and that the two shared a
rather drug-related relationship in San
Francisco during the 1970s. He is also
in search of whom it may be that sent
him the initial text, and continues to
do so throughout his investigation.
As a child, Hunt was taken into custody by Child Protective Services, an
agency that employed Hunt before he
became a private investigator. A few of
his connections are still in place and
somewhat helpful but the information
is insufficient to find the truth. As the
hunt escalates, and Wyatt plows forward, it becomes clearly possible that
whoever killed his mother is still alive
and dangerous. And definitely doesn’t
desire to be caught.
Violence visits the investigation
when an employee of Mr. Hunt is
murdered outside Original Joe’s in the
Tenderloin (All right, OJ’s has moved
to North Beach, but suspend your critical disbelief and enjoy the story. It is
fiction, after all). When informed of
the tragedy by Hunt, Father Bernard
has a bit of unusual theology for the
reader. “You know Wyatt, it may be
How It All Began
blasphemous to say this, but the longer I live, the more I understand how
people can lose belief in God. What
I don’t see as clearly is how people
can doubt the existence of the devil.”
He adds that the reason he himself is
not an atheist is he is sure there is a
devil, “So, then, given that, it’s not
unreasonable to assume there must
be God. Or at least the existence of a
spiritual realm...” Wyatt responds, “I
don’t know if I’ve ever heard anyone
put it like that.”
Mr. Lescroart knows what he’s
doing with this theological chat as
the story reveals a direct connection
of Wyatt’s parents and The People’s
Temple, led by Jim Jones. Perhaps the
devil was at work, perhaps not, but
it was certainly evil, and no one can
question that evil persists in the world.
Wyatt plows forward, knowing that
his mother was murdered 40 years
earlier, but not in Jonestown. So, the
questions, who did it and how, need
to be answered. The investigation
takes him to the Midwest of America
and even Mexico. There is no clear
early clue how the book will end, and
I found the climax rather clever. Mr.
Lescroart is a New York Times bestselling author for good reason.
He can turn a phrase with the best
of them. As Wyatt parks his motorcycle at an Ocean Beach space, on a rare
San Francisco warm day, we are treated
with, “... he could see the familiar bank
of nimbostratus cloud beginning to
reclaim its customary place several
hundred yards off the coast. Any day
now, the cloud would roll in low over
the water, kiss the world’s surface as
fog, and pushed along by westerly
gusts of wind, launch its assault again
upon the land, and the balmy stretch
the city had enjoyed for the last couple
of days would fade into memory.” I
find it is Mr. Lescroart’s attachment
and fondness for San Francisco and
the Bay Area that pulls me to his stories, but it is his writing that makes
the books such a national success. If
I had a criticism it would be that the
story ran quite long — 400 pages —
and could possibly have been cut in
spots. And I appreciated the lack of
gratuitous sexual scenes, although the
dialogue in those few romantic moments was unfortunately a bit stilted.
It was good getting back to a polished
pro who knows how to write crime,
justice and the San Francisco scene.
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The many layers of a criminal act
are seldom completely examined in
print. Newspapers give the reader a
quick summation of the event. Defense lawyers and social workers give
the reader explanations of what propelled the person to commit the crime.
If the incident is of a grand enough
nature there may be some reporting
about the trial, should there be one.
But seldom do we learn about the
pinball effect of a crime within the
family and friends of a victim. This
book tries to do exactly that.
The author of How It All Began,
Penelope Lively, has written that the
plot of this story was Chaos Theory.
Quoting Wikipedia we learn: “Chaos
theory studies the behavior of dynamical systems that are highly sensitive to
initial conditions, an effect which is
popularly referred to as the butterfly
effect. Small differences in initial conditions (such as those due to rounding
errors in numerical computation) yield
widely diverging outcomes for chaotic
systems, rendering long-term prediction impossible in general.”
Charlotte Rainsford, a 78-year old
retired school teacher and widow, is
mugged on a London street. Her hip
is broken and she is forced to move in
with her daughter and son-in-law, Rose
and Gerry. Rose had been working for
a snobbish retired historian, Henry
Peters, who rubbed elbows with several
high-ranking politicians in the 60’s.
Because Rose must now spend more
time assisting with Charlotte, she cuts
back on work, forcing Henry to ask his
niece Marion to fill in as his assistant
in Rose’s stead. Marion has been having an affair with a married fellow
named Jeremy Dalton, whose wife
Stella discovers a text from Marion to
Jeremy, revealing their affair. Jeremy
is quickly out of the house.
As the healing process is slower
than Charlotte would like she seeks
some respite from feeling trapped in
her daughter’s home and volunteers
to teach English to Anton, an adult
student immigrant. Another turn of
events finds Rose becoming infatuated with Anton. The set of situations
begins to look like a huge Los Angeles
freeway accident about to happen.
Or, as Ms. Lively puts it, “Thus have
various lives collided... the human
version of a motorway shunt, and the
rogue white van that slammed on the
brakes is miles away now, impervious,
off-stage, enjoying a fry-up at the next
service. Just as our mugger does not
come into this story, not now, anyway
— job done, damage complete, he (or
she) is now superfluous.”
In trying to sum up the story and its
cast it seems difficult or, perhaps, trite.
But in the hands of a very polished
and accomplished writer the story
flows along like a beautiful wide river.
Perhaps because of Ms. Lively’s age, she
is 79, she has Charlotte philosophizing
frequently about how life unfolds at its
own pace and direction. “You are on
the edge of things now, clinging on to
life’s outer rim,” she tells herself. “You
have this comet trail of your own lived
life, sparks from which arrive in the
head all the time, whether you want
them or not.” As she thinks of who
she is and how she got there, she notes
that “The past is our ultimate privacy;
we pile it up, year by year, decade by
decade...without it you would not be
yourself. “
Ms. Lively puts on quite an impressive display of writing dialogue. As she
moves from one character to another,
and the characters are vastly different, they speak and think in a most
authentic manner, whether it be the
effete snob Henry rattling away, the
immigrant Anton struggling to master
a new language or younger women,
Rose, Stella and Marion all deciding
what next to do with their lives.
Not to belabor a point for my regular readers, but any writer who tries
to convey the importance of reading,
is bound to be a favorite of mine. Ms.
Lively puts it very well in describing
Charlotte’s musing: “Her life has been
informed by reading. She has read
not just for distraction, sustenance,
to pass the time, but she has read in a
state of primal innocence, reading for
enlightenment, for instruction, even
…she has read to find out if things are
the same for others as they are for herthen, discovering that frequently they
are not, she has read to find out what
it is that other people experience that
she is missing.” Ms. Lively, Charlotte
and I are operating on the same literary principles. This was the first book
of Ms. Lively’s that I had read, but I’m
already looking for more, and there is
much to select from.
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SFPD Plunges for Special Olympics
By Ray Padmore
Plunging in the San Francisco Bay
may not be appealing to most, but for
several members of our department, it
was an opportunity to raise funds for
Special Olympics Northern California.
On Saturday, February 25, 2012 at
11:30 am, Chief Suhr and members of
the Department took the plunge into
the Bay at Aquatic Park to raise much
needed funds for Special Olympics
Northern California. This annual
event consists of several teams of Law
Enforcement Officers and participants
from around the Bay Area, coming
together for a very worthy cause, “Special Olympics”
Ofc Ray Padmore, Chief Suhr, Lt. Ed Santos, and Sgt. Keith Matthews
(on Marine 5 Jet Ski).
The funds raised at this event will
allow Special Olympic Athletes around
Northern California to attend yearround sports training and competition
programs for children and adults with
intellectual disabilities.
A special thank you goes out to
members of our department who participated in this event. Through our
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March 2012
The Hebel Economic Forecast For 2012
By Mike Hebel, Financial Correspondent
Certified Financial Planner
The Great Recession has ended! The recovery, though slow and
shallow, continues! No double dip recession!
Biggest unknown – Israel & Iran!
• Dow Jones Industrial Average range: 13,400 to 13,900 —
with upward momentum
• Inflation (CPI): about 2%
• Real growth of domestic production (GDP): growing to 2.3%
• Price of barrel of crude oil: $110 (average price)
• Average yield on money market funds: continuing below 0.5%
• Unemployment: edging downward to 8.4% at year end
• 30 year fixed rate mortgage: 3.9% to 4.4 % (on conforming loans)
• 10 year treasury note yield: 2.0%
• Interest rate trend: minimal upward adjustments
• Increase in S&P 500 corporate earnings: 12%
• Expected average real, total return on equities:
6.5 % to 8.5 % over next 5 years
Doubt it not: the US economy is shifting into higher gear with GDP still
on course to grow around 2.3% in 2012 up from its slow pace of about 1.8%
in 2011. But this remains short of the pace needed to significantly lower the
unemployment rate.
Stock markets are up. On March 9, 2009 the Dow Jones Industrial reached it
nadir closing at 6,547.05. On February 24, 2012 the DJI topped 12,983, but still
9% below its all time high of 14,164.53 reached on October 7, 2007. Witness the
S&P 500: it has now doubled from its generational-low reading of 666 on March
9, 2009 closing at 1,366 on February 24, 2012; this is the quickest doubling since
1936, though also still below its all time high of 1565.15 reached on October
9, 2007. The equity markets are looking past the immediate economic outlook,
as they often do, and are counting on continued growth rather than a relapse
into recession. The markets are also counting on interest rates and inflation
to stay very low and corporate profits to outstrip the rate of economic growth.
In my Economic Forecast for 2009 (POA Journal, March 2009) I concluded
with the following paragraph which bears repeating for its prescience. I
am a long-term student of the investing techniques of Warren Buffett, chair person
of the Berkshire Hathaway Company and wealthiest person in the United States. It
is an old cliché that they don’t ring a bell at the tops and bottoms of markets, but it
is not entirely true. Occasionally someone climbs up in the belfry and does just that,
as a public service, but knowing that few are likely to heed the bell. That someone is
Warren Buffett, and the reason he is one of the richest men in the world is that he
understands asset values and human behavior as it relates to those values better than
anyone. In 1974, which prior to now was the worst bear market since the 1930’s and
the best buying opportunity since then, he recognized that the values were compelling
and advised that the time was right to start investing. In 1999, he warned that prices
were very high and future rates of return likely to be far below normal. Sure enough,
the trailing 10 year return on stocks is now negative, something seen only a few times
in history, and an event that has historically heralded strong returns over the next 10
years. Mr. Buffett has returned to the belfry to ring the bell again, with his October
17, 2008 New York Times op-ed piece saying to buy American stocks, that the values
are once again exceptional. The stage is being set for a 10 or 15 year bull market.
Once again, few are paying heed. I am!
While I can certainly provide no guarantees regarding future returns, I do
firmly believe that for those looking back five-to-ten years from now, even from
the current levels in the market, this will have proven to be an excellent time
to be actively investing.
The Hebel maxim: There is no safe, quick and easy way to build wealth. A firm
commitment to a well conceived long term investment strategy using a well diversified
portfolio is required to accumulate wealth over time. This endeavor is best viewed as
a marathon rather than a 100 yard sprint. Within the context of alternating bull and
bear markets, the main long term forces of the market have historically favored the bull.
Long Term Investing Pays Off:
Great-West’s Net Investing Performance: “Stay The Course”
Average Annualized Total Return as of December 31, 2011
2011
5yr
Asset Allocation
Long Term Portfolio
Mid Term Portfolio
Near Term Portfolio
10yr/
Inception
Total
Expenses
-2.86%
-.94%
2.19%
1.98%
3.09%
5.43%
6.03%
5.92%
6.16%
.72%
.61%
.50%
-13.33%
-1.28%
6.56%
.55%
5.57%
-1.70%
10.99%
.99%
-4.54%
-8.56%
-.48%
1.44%
-.01%
2.60%
4.75%
3.76%
9.42%
.98%
1.19%
.76%
-.06%
-4.61%
-8.02%
3.85%
2.12%
-.41%
9.66%
8.23%
7.55%
.99%
.76%
.80%
-.12%
-2.79%
-.52%
2.09%
-1.48%
.35%
.33%
-2.75%
-.22%
.N/A
5.98%
4.77%
.92%
2.94%
-4.40%
.92%
.55%
.16%
.04%
.49%
4.16%
8.07%
6.80%
.47%
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Annual contribution limit for
2012: $17,000
Age 50 and over in 2012:
additional $5,500
Accumulated lump sum
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Special 3-year catch up
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Small Cap
Small Cap Core Equity Portfolio
Small Cap Growth Equity Portfolio
Small Cap Value Equity Portfolio
Mid Cap
Mid Cap Core Equity Portfolio
Mid Cap Growth Equity Portfolio
Mid Cap Value Equity Portfolio
Large Cap
Large Cap Core Equity-Active
Large Cap Growth Equity
Large Cap Core Social Equity
Large Cap Core Equity-S&P 500
Large Cap Value Equity
Bonds
SFDCP Core Bond Portfolio
Stable Value
Stable Value Portfolio
2.80% annualized crediting rate through 3-31-12
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quoted represents past performance and is not a guarantee or prediction of future results. The investment return and principal value of an
investment will fluctuate so that, when redeemed, shares/units maybe worth more or less than their original cost. Consider the investment
objectives, risk, fees and expenses carefully before investing.”
March 2012
POA Journal
Page 15
Deferred Compensation Program
Retirement Board Approves Target Date Funds
By Mike Hebel, Financial Correspondent
Certified Financial Planner
At its meeting of October 12, 2011
the Retirement Board voted to replace
the 3 deferred compensation portfolios
(long/mid/short term) with 10 Target
Date Funds. The Board selected Russell
Investments to propose the asset class
weights and asset allocations for the
new target date funds. While February
2012 was in initially selected as the
period in which the transition from
the three portfolios (long/mid/short
term) to the newly constructed Target
Date Funds, that date has now been
set for April 2012.
Target Date Funds
Target date funds, which generally
start shifting to a more conservative
mix of investments as participants
approach their retirements, are becoming increasingly prevalent savings
options. According to a recent Charles
Schwab survey, 76% of employers offer
target date funds in their 401(k) plans.
Target date portfolios exploded in
popularity following the introduction
of the Pension Protection Act signed
by President George Bush in August
2006. The big-three no-load mutual
fund families (Fidelity, Vanguard,
and T. Rowe Price) have offered target
date funds to the investing public for
the last several years. In April 2012,
the CCSF deferred compensation 457
plan will join this ever growing group
of employers.
Target date fund strategies shift
participants’ monies away from stocks
in favor of bonds and cash as the
participant approaches a retirement
date. This stock market exposure “derisking” strategy is commonly called
a “glide path”. Russell Investments
has proposed target date fund allocations for participants currently retired
as well as those planning to retire in
2015, 2020, 2025, 2030, 2035, 2040,
2045, 2050, and 2055. Russell Investments will use US stocks (large and
small cap) international stocks, emerging market stocks, global real estate
investment trusts, global commodities, global infrastructure, and global
high yield/emerging market debt for
its growth category. For its capital preservation category it will use US fixed
income, treasury inflation protected
securities, and short duration bonds.
Target date funds help individual
investors with the trade-off between
investing in a portfolio that provides
moderate risk protection on the downside and a portfolio with high upside
potential. While an aggressive (stock
heavy) portfolio generally, over a lifetime investment cycle (20-30 years)
delivers more end-term wealth, it does
so with more volatility. Target date
funds call for higher levels of stocks
at the beginning of a planning period
with the percentage of assets devoted
to stocks diminishing over time. The
sought after objective of these funds
is to achieve higher returns, over the
investment cycle, with less risk. The
use of target date funds may hold
great promise because most investors,
as studies consistently document, are
notoriously bad investors making poor
decisions about asset allocation and
chasing returns which subsequently
underperform.
The 2008 Market Crash
While target date funds are often
touted as a simple and relatively safe
way to invest for retirement, the stock
market crash in 2008 blindsided many
target-date fund investors who were
close to retirement. Many of the funds
suffered losses as high as 50%. An investor outcry forced fund companies
to tinker with their target-date funds’
long term strategies and to take steps to
make them safer. In the last two years
these funds have rebounded.
In my estimation it would be inaccurate to consider target-date funds as
“safe” or “low-risk.” Their long term
growth oriented portfolios can easily suffer double digit annual losses
if there are future market collapses
similar to that experienced in the 2008
“Great Recession.” They are constructed to help manage market risk over a
life-time investment cycle rather than
to avoid risk since a strategy to avoid
risk would likely also produce disappointing long term wealth.
Which Target Date Fund
Should I Choose?
The City’s deferred compensation
plan will provide target date funds
for those now in retirement as well
as those planning to retire between
2015 and 2055 – at 5 year intervals. It
is best to decide what kind of investment portfolio is most appropriate for
your situation and risk tolerance. Then
choose the target-date fund that fits
these needs, regardless of your retirement date.
For example, if you are going to
retire from city employment in 2020,
but plan to undertake post-retirement
employment elsewhere and defer beginning distributions from your deferred compensation plan until 2030,
then a 2030 target date fund may be
most appropriate for you. It will mean
owning more stock for a longer period
of time, but it is likely to reward your
with higher returns.
The deferred compensation plan
will shortly announce meetings for
participants so that these new target
date funds can be fully explained. I
would urge you to attend one of these
meetings for a target date fund could
well be part of your overall investment
portfolio. Information will also be
available on the deferred compensation’s website at www.sfdcp.org.
On a recent trip to Philadelphia
– while in search of a facility to execute a stock trade – Mike and Gityjoon Hebel went to the Merchant’s
Exchange (the oldest stock exchange
building in the United States). Upon
inspection of the stately 1834 Greek
revival style building, it was readily
apparent that its trading days were
long over. Like the nearby 1797 First
Bank of the United States, these
financial institutions, so important
at the founding of our country, were
now mere shadows of their glorious
past.
The Hebel Recommended Reading List
Become Your Own Personal Financial Manager
I have put together a recommended reading list to help deferred compensation participants become more knowledgeable about their investments choices.
I urge you to begin reading some of these books. Take your time. The months
you spend perusing this list will be well spent. Since the list is rather long, I
have placed the recommendations into three categories.
Very, Very Important
Common Sense on Mutual Funds: New Imperatives for the Intelligent Investor
by John Bogle.
Asset Allocation: Balancing Financial Risk (3rd edition) by Roger Gibson.
Stocks for the Long Run: The Definitive Guide to Financial Market Returns and
Long-Term Investment Strategies (4th edition, 2008) by Jeremy Siegel
Winning The Losers Game: Timeless Strategies for Successful Investing (2009 5th
edition) by Charles Ellis
The Millionaire Next Door by Thomas Stanley and William Danko
One up on Wall Street: How to Use What you Already Know to Make Money in the
Market by Peter Lynch
The Four Pillars of Investing by William Bernstein
The Warren Buffet Way (Second Edition) by Robert Hagstrom
The Only Investment Guide You Will Ever Need (2010 updated edition) by
Andrew Tobias
The Intelligent Investor: The Definitive Book on Value Investing with commentary
by Jason Zweig (2003 revised edition) by Benjamin Graham
Very Important
The Future For Investors – Why The Tried And The True Triumph Over The Bold
And The New by Jeremy Siegel
Global Investing by Roger Ibbotson and Gary Brinson
The Intelligent Asset Allocator: How to Build Your Portfolio to Maximize Returns
and Minimize Risk by William Bernstein
Earn More (Sleep Better): The Index Fund Solution by Richard Evans
You’re Retired, Now What? Money Skills for a Comfortable Retirement
by Ronald Yolles
The Dividend Rich Investor (1999 edition) by Joseph Tigue and Joseph Lisanti
Ordinary People, Extraordinary Wealth by Ric Edelman
Winning the Investment Marathon by Bradlee Perry
John Bogle on Investing: The First 50 Years by John Bogle
The Big Secret for the Small Investor by Joel Greenblatt
A Random Walk Down Wall Street (2007, 9th Edition) by Burton Malkiel.
Important
Triumph of the Optimists: 101 Years of Global Investment Returns
by Elroy Dimson, Paul Marsh, and Mike Staunton
Against the Gods: The Remarkable Story of Risk by Peter Bernstein
The Little Book of Common Sense Investing by John Bogle
Capital: The Story of Long-Term Investment Excellence by Charles Ellis
Devil Take the Hindmost: A History of Financial Speculation
by Edward Chancellor
Built to Last: Successful Habits of Visionary Companies by James Collins and
Jerry Porras
Discovering the Laws of Life by John Templeton
The Only Guide to a Winning Investment Strategy You’ll Ever Need (2005 edition)
by Larry Swedroe
Wise Investing Made Simple by Larry Swedroe
The Little Book of Economics by Greg Ip
These 30 books, in my opinion, are amongst the best that have ever been
written on investing and investment related subjects. If I have missed your
favorite, please let me know. In future articles, I will do book reviews on these
important titles.
Page 16
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March 2012
POA Mail
Dear SFPOA —
My family and I want to thank
you for the beautiful plant you sent
to us on behalf of my mother. The
plant is in our kitchen window and
we appreciate it everyday. Moments
like this make me proud to be a San
Francisco Police Officer.
Sincerely,
Steve Collins (Co. E) & Family
Dear POA —
I am the daughter of retired Sgt.
Rey P. Ibay. His mother, Rebecca
Perez Ibay, peacefully passed away
on Jan. 27, 2012. On Feb.7, we
laid her to rest at Cypress Lawn in
Colma. We would like to extend out
gratitude to the Department and
Command Staff who graciously gave
my grandmother a Police escort to
her final resting place. I do know
that Sgt. Cliff Java from the Airport
had a huge part in orchestrating the
motorcade, but I am not sure of the
Officers names...
Respectfully Yours,
Karen Ibay Coloyan
Dear SFPOA —
On behalf of SHCP’s Parent Association, we would like to formally
thank you for your generous donation toward Sacred Heart Cathedral
Prep’s Annual Cioppino Dinner.
Your contribution makes it possible
for us to support student organizations at SHCP.
We are very excited to be a part of
the Annual Cioppino Dinner and it’s
traditions of 13 years. This gathering is extremely beloved within our
SHCP community, as such; it continues to thrive with funding efforts
toward student programs. This is
only possible because of thoughtful
contributions from people like you.
We made sure to let our guests know
of your support throughout the
evening. We made live announcements and we featured you and the
SFPOA on our advertisements at
every table. You will also be presented on our website, www.shcp.edu/
cioppino. Your gift was especially
meaningful to SHCP as many SFPD
families attend our school, including
Lt. Colleen Fatooh and Lt. Gaetano
Caltagirone who are on the Annual
Cioppino Dinner Committee.
Once again, thank you for your
generous donation and we hope
for your continued support in the
future.
Sincerely,
Claudia Arostegui
and Renee Vignoles,
co-Chairs, Annual Cioppino Dinner
Dear SFPOA —
On behalf of our entire family,
thank you for your donation to the
Peter Patrick Madigan Antonini
Foundation. Your involvement in
the tournament helps keep Peter’s
memory alive and enables us to continue supporting the Hypertrophic
Cardiomyopathy Association (4hcm.
org) and other charities exemplifying the spirit with which Peter lived.
We absolutely could not do it without you.
We continue to be so gratified by
the outpouring of support to this
worthy cause and, again, thank you
for your generous contribution.
Sincerely,
The Antonini Family
Dear SFPOA —
We appreciate your generous
donation from San Francisco Police
Officers Association to the Oakland
Military Institute (OMI).
OMI is an effective model that has
helped students develop habits of
good character and academic skills
necessary to enter college. Seventyfive percent of OMI’s 2010 graduating students are attending four-year
colleges; many are going to prestigious schools such as UC Berkeley,
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Two OMI alumni recently graduated
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OMI strives to make a difference
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Thank you for your support of the
2011 Archbishop Riordan Friends &
Family Golf Tournament. This year
we saw increases across the board in
sponsorships, the number golf participants, and the number of people
who gave their time and talents as a
member of the tournament planning
committee. Your support, whether
financial, in-kind, or as a committee
member, helped to make this event a
great success.
As in years past, proceeds from
this event will be used to enhance
our Crusader Athletic Program. In
previous years we have refinished
the gymnasium floor and help fund
a new, state-of-the-art weight room.
Funds raised from this year’s tournament will support the Kevin Restani
Sports Arena project to revamp and
remodel our gymnasium. Without
your help, these improvements to
our campus and facilities would not
be possible.
Again, please accept my heartfelt
thanks for your continued support
of Archbishop Riordan High School
and all Riordan athletes who proudly
wear the Purple and Gold.
Sincerely,
Dan Donovan
Secretary and Athletic Advisory
Committee Member
Chair, ARHS Friends
& Family Golf Tournament
Dear SFPOA —
We would like to thank: you very
much for your donation. It will help
us to feed our poor people in our
Soup-Kitchen located in San Francisco, Tenderloin area and under the
bridge in Bayview district. We really
appreciate.
Thank you so much again and
God bless you!
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Dear SFPOA —
On behalf of the San Francisco Police Department’s Operation Dream,
I would like to express our deepest
gratitude for your generous donation
of $5,000.00 to the SFPD Operation Dream Holiday Toy Patrol. Your
generosity in these difficult times
has helped enable us to provide toys
to families in need throughout San
Francisco. It is through your efforts
that we are able to bridge the communication gap with the youth of
our community. We were able to give
upwards of20,000 toys this holiday
season.
Sincerely,
Operation Dream SFPD Community
Relations Unit and
Operation Dream Executive Director
Retired Lt Michael B. Slade
Dear SFPOA —
On behalf the patients we serve,
thank you for your recent donation
to support The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (LLS). Your contribution
provides the valued resources we
depend on to continue our relentless
mission to cure leukemia, lymphoma, Hodgkin’s disease and myeloma,
and improve the quality of life of
patients and their families.
Since its inception in 1988, Team
In Training (TNT) has prepared more
than 540,000 people to achieve their
dream of completing an endurance
event, including marathons, half
marathons, triathlons, century rides
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and hike adventures. Those participants have raised over one billion
dollars and enabled LLS to impact
survival rates and fund the needed
research to help advance new treatments and provide critical education
and support to cancer patients and
their families.
Thank you, again, for supporting
LLS in the fight to eradicate blood
cancers. We hope that you’ll be able
to join one of our TNT teams in the
future.
Sincerely,
Karen Nelson
Deputy Executive Director
LLS Team in Training
Dear President Delagnes:
On behalf of the officers at Taraval Station, I would like to express
our sincere appreciation for the
generosity the San Francisco Police
Officers Association and you have
shown. Your very generous donation of $1,500 to help support the
Bryan Tuvera Memorial Fund helped
us to honor and remember Bryan at
the last ceremony and will help us
to honor and remember him in the
future.
Vice-President Kevin Martin did
a wonderful job in representing the
SFPOA and gave an excellent speech.
The family members of Bryan have
told me that this ceremony was one
of best. Your assistance was greatly
appreciated by us and even more by
Bryan’s family.
Thank you from all of us.
Sincerely,
Captain Curtis Lum
Taraval Police Station
Dear SFPOA —
Thank you for your contribution
to the California Cougars Youth Ice
Hockey Club. Your support helped
a committed group of nine and ten
year old hockey players compete
in the International Silverstick Ice
Hockey finals in Pelham, Ontario,
this past January, where they placed
4th out of 20 teams from Canada
and the United States, and were the
only American team to advance to
the semi-finals. The kids also had the
opportunity to visit the Hockey Hall
of Fame in Toronto. Again, on behalf
of the kids, thank you. Your help was
much appreciated!
Sincerely,
Sean Connolly
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former POA Atty)
Mike Gonzales, SFPD Retired
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The Vacaville Swim Team and I
would like to thank you for the very
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generous donation to our team. The
funds are greatly appreciated and
will help to continue the development of all of our Age Group and
Master Swimmers.
Thanks again for considering our
team and we wish all the best to the
San Francisco Police Officers and
their Association.
Kind Regards,
Darin Mai
Vacaville Swim Team Head Coac
Dear POA —
Thank you for making a difference in the lives of San Francisco
children in 2011.
Wishing you a Happy New Year in
2012!
From your friends at the SF Police
Activities League,
Lorraine Woodruff-Long,
Joanna Doyle, Anne Crawford,
Jenny Mendoza
(and Sparky & Lexi, too!)
Dear SFPOA
Community Service Committee,
Thank you so much for your
generous donation of $250.00. Your
support of the non-profit National
Student Speech Language and Hearing Association’s (NSSLHA) 8th Annual California State University, Sacramento, conference means a great
deal to us. Your donation helped us
achieve our goal of contributing to
the scholarship fund for members of
the community who would be otherwise unable to attend the Maryjane
Rees Language, Speech and Hearing
Center.
The Center is a non-profit organization that provides to the residents
of the greater Sacramento area and
is preparing students for a career in
the field of Speech Pathology and
Audiology at Sacramento State. More
than 500 clients with a wide range of
disorders are served per year. Every
year the center is forced to turn away
families in need of therapy because
they are unable to meet the financial
requirements; however, your contribution could help these community
members receive the services they
need.
We are proud to recognize your
sponsorship for the 8th Annual California State University, Sacramento,
conference entitled All Voices are
Heard: Promoting an Integrative Approach to SLP. We sincerely appreciate your contribution to our conference and extend a warm, heart-felt
thank you from our organization.
Cordially,
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A dedicated group of officers, including Al Casciato (MTA), Robert Imbellino (Park), Steve Landi (Traffic) and
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would like to announce the formation
of the California Law Enforcement
Columbia Association (CLECA), a
social club that promotes and supports Italian American Peace Officers.
With its root going back to the tragic
events of September 11, 2001, when
officers of Italian heritage in the San
Francisco Police Department carried
the New York Police Department Columbia Association banner in the San
Francisco Columbus Day Parade in a
show of fellowship, efforts finally got
off the ground in 2011 to begin a West
Coast Columbia Association based in
the Bay Area.
It was felt that it was about time for
members of SFPD and the surrounding law enforcement departments of
Italian American heritage (and anyone
who would support their objectives) to
form a group to cherish the spirit of
fellowship amongst those working in
the law enforcement profession that
share in the Italian heritage.
In short, the association meets once
a month for a dinner meeting to “get
together and have fun.” In doing so,
and in time, events will include charitable work and establishing a scholarship fund, while enjoying great food
and good company. The association
has already participated in the Festa
Italiano, and the Columbus Day Parade in San Francisco in 2011.
The California Columbia Association was established as a social club,
to give an opportunity for members
to get together in a safe and secure
atmosphere while accomplishing positive things for its members and others.
It is not the intention of the association to undermine the objectives or
roles of the SFPOA or any other peace
officer association now in existence.
The Mission Statement and By-laws of
the association can be viewed on the
association website.
Following a number of founding
meetings last June, the California
Columbia Association was sanctioned
by the National Council of Columbia
Associations, filed as a non-profit association, and established by-laws by
August and began canvassing for potential members. Membership is open
to everyone, of any ethnicity, who are
sworn or non-sworn members of a law
enforcement agency and to those who
share in the goals of the association.
An Executive Board of Directors was
elected and a base of operation was
established in San Francisco.
The Columbia Association is now
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those interested in joining in its activities and sharing with those of Italian
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this association a success can contact
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association email at [email protected] or at (415) 533-3933. More
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Michigan’s New Emergency Manager Law Spawns
Subcontracting of Police, Fire Services
When the city of Pontiac, Mich., ordered the closing of its fire department
in December, Councilman Kermit Williams found out in the morning paper.
This was just one in a series of radical
realignments for the city, whose elected government has been replaced by
one person with unprecedented power
over nearly every aspect of city policy.
Public Act 4, a law Michigan passed
in March 2011, has cut elected officials
like Williams out of the process. It
allows Gov. Rick Snyder to give emergency managers unilateral powers over
the municipalities and school districts
they run.
“They couldn’t get elected if they
tried,” said Williams.
Appointed managers can nullify
labor contracts, sell public utilities and
dismiss elected officials. Michigan cities Benton Harbor, Ecorse, Flint, Pontiac, and two school districts are under
emergency management. Detroit, the
state’s largest city, is under financial
review by the state.
Update Feb. 15, 1:02pm: A Michigan
judge suspended the state review of
Detroit’s finances, citing violations by
the state-appointed team of the Open
Meetings Act for public officials. The
state’s attorneys are expected to appeal
the decision.
Michigan is one of 23 states where
the GOP has control of both houses
and the governor’s mansion since the
2010 election. With the help of freemarket think tanks, the state legislature used its one-party rule to pass a
flurry of legislation aimed at the state’s
prolonged great recession marked by
auto industry flight and compounded
by the 2007 housing market crash.
The emergency law, an unprecedented austerity measure, is the
centerpiece of their strategy. Gov.
Snyder’s supporters say Public Act 4
allows a more efficient and nimble
response to the budget crisis than
local governments have been able
to muster. Critics have filed suit and
begun a petition campaign to repeal
what they call a power grab that obstructs voting rights. Labor officials say
the law is part of a nationwide effort
by right-wing think tanks and their
corporate backers to break up public
sector unions.
“We haven’t seen anything this
severe anywhere else in the country,”
said Charles Monaco, spokesman
for the Progressive States Network.
“There’s been nothing in other states
where a budget measure overturns the
democratic vote.”
Fallout in the cities
Pontiac’s Emergency Manager Louis
Schimmel privatized city hall, hiring Mayor Leon Jukowski (who had
been fired by a previous emergency
manager) as a consultant at half his
former salary. The City Council was
not so lucky.
Neither were the police and fire departments. Pontiac is now patrolled by
the county Sheriff, and nearby Waterford Township will put out fires. In late
December, Schimmel put hundreds of
city properties, including City Hall,
up for sale.
Schimmel says he can do what
elected officials have been unable to
do: execute a plan for balancing the
books quickly. Still, he has run into
nagging structural roadblocks.
In February, Gov. Snyder celebrated
a rare $457 million surplus in the state
budget. But legislators in the Democratic minority say his administration
has not eased the financial strain on
cities. Changes to the corporate tax
code are expected to reduce business
tax revenue by $1.7 billion this year,
and city governments will see a 10
percent cut to the $1 billion revenuesharing budget.
“One thing we can’t do is print
money,” said Schimmel. “We’re always
chasing the dropping knife, fixing
something here and losing revenue
somewhere else.”
City officials like Williams say
the emergency manager approach
has been tried, unsuccessfully, for
more than a decade. Public Act 4 is
a strengthened version of a 1990 law
that brought state appointees to several cities beginning in 2000.
Appointed managers and elected officials have pointed the finger at each
other for the worsening economic situation in the cities. Neither, however,
has been able to provide more than
short-term fixes to the long-term flow
of jobs, residents and revenue from
the cities.
Pontiac has been under some form
of state-appointed management for
three years, during which time the
city’s credit rating has dropped from
B to Triple-C. The city is projecting a
$9 million deficit for 2012.
“They aren’t creating revenue,” said
Councilman Williams. “You can’t just
cut your way out of a deficit.”
Williams says the emergency manager’s worst cut has been to the
democratic process. With an indefinite
appointment and city-paid salary,
Schimmel doesn’t answer to anyone
but the governor, at whose pleasure
he serves. City Council can no longer
make decisions but still calls meetings,
which Williams says are routinely
packed with angry residents.
Mackinac plan
Louis Schimmel brings to the Pontiac job years of experience as an associate of Michigan’s Mackinac Center
for Public Policy. The center is part of a
national network of free-market think
tanks that draw support from the Heritage Foundation and major corporate
donors. Among the center’s funders
is multi-billionaire Charles Koch, a
champion of conservative movements.
Schimmel has pushed Mackinac’s
gospel of privatization for decades.
He served as the center’s director of
municipal finance and its board of
scholars.
The organization has played an
integral role in the formation of the
emergency law. In 2005, Mackinac
published Schimmel’s essay calling
on Michigan’s legislature to give managers the power to impose contract
changes on public employee unions
and “replace and take on the powers
of the governing body.”
After the GOP won control in
2010, Mackinac reprinted Schimmel’s
article. Two months later, Mackinac
celebrated when the legislature put its
prescriptions into Public Act 4.
Schimmel got those powers when
he was hired to run Pontiac in September. He quickly fired the city’s clerk,
attorney and director of public works.
He contracted out several city services.
“Nearly the whole city has been
privatized,” said Councilman Williams, who now works without a city
salary.
In 1986, Schimmel also privatized
city services when Ecorse, Mich.,
landed in state receivership.
More than twenty years later, the
city is back in debt, and back under
state management. In a December
planning report, new Emergency Manager Joyce Parker said Ecorse would
save $2 million annually by bringing
the city’s Department of Works back
in house, ending costly contracts stemming from the 1980s restructuring.
Schimmel concedes the privatization strategy can backfire, but blames
inept local government. “If you don’t
have an overseer of the contractor,
privatization can be much more expensive than in-house services,” he
said.
Bargain basement
The Mackinac Center has also
pushed state legislators to challenge
public employee unions. Before the
March 2011 emergency bill passed,
Mackinac’s Legislative Analyst Jack
McHugh laid out the center’s agenda.
“Our goal is [to] outlaw government
collective bargaining in Michigan,” he
wrote to state Rep. Tom McMillin in an
email obtained by think tank Progress
Michigan.
In Flint, Emergency Manager Michael Brown promised to restructure
collective bargaining agreements in
his mid-January report to the state.
Flint has hemorrhaged jobs for
decades since General Motors began
closing factories in the 1980s. Brown
is the second state-appointed manager
in a decade.
“We’re on the merry-go-round
again,” said Paul Jordan, a longtime
Flint resident who has joined a legal
effort to overturn the law. “This didn’t
work in 2002.”
International Vice President of the
AFSCME public employees union Larry Roehrig says city workers agreed to
health care concessions in a contract
with the elected government, hoping
to avoid further cuts when Brown arrived.
“We are holding our collective
breath,” said Roehrig. “Sure we’re worried, but what can we do?”
The police and fire unions have no
agreement with the city, and have taken a more defiant approach to Brown,
who can impose contract changes,
and even abolish the entire bargaining
agreement with state approval.
“If you can bust the unions, you’ve
busted the Democratic Party,” said Brit
Satchwell, president of the Ann Arbor
Education Association, the teachers
union.
The Mackinac Center claims that
Michigan could save $5.7 billion if
public employees’ wages and benefits
were made comparable to sinking private sector wages.
Facing charges of greed, the public
employee union leaders say cuts to
public sector jobs have only seeded
the next phase of economic woes in
the state — foreclosures, unemployment, and intensified reliance on state
aid programs in cities like Flint, where
the jobless rate at the end of 2011 was
17.5 percent.
“It’s an acceleration of the downward spiral,” said Satchwell.
Mackinac and ALEC
Another group that may be influencing state legislators in passing
emergency manager type laws is the
American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC).
The group convenes national conferences with state legislators and
corporate representatives to draft
model legislation. Elected officials in
ALEC pay a minimal fee to join the
group, while corporations pay up to
$100,000.
Michigan’s Mackinac Center attends ALEC events, as well. James
Hohman, a center analyst, was one
of 40 private sector representatives at
a December 2010 conference on state
fiscal policy, months before Michigan
passed Public Act 4.
According to minutes from the
closed-door meeting, legislators, corporate representatives and think tanks
including Mackinac hammered out
new model laws to align public and
private sector pay and restructure state
pensions.
Since 2010, ALEC member Rep.
McMillin has introduced several bills
taken right from the playbook. One
resolution encouraging privatization
of public services draws directly from
ALEC’s model laws, hundreds of which
were leaked to the Center for Media
and Democracy last summer.
The model bills have matched up
with language found in Arizona’s
immigration law and informed Ohio
and Wisconsin’s collective bargaining
laws.
ALEC’s Tax and Fiscal Policy Director Jonathan Williams did not respond
to requests for comment.
ALEC publishes reports on state fiscal policy including the “State Budget
Reform Toolkit” and the yearly “Rich
States, Poor States” report, written with
Koch foundation money. The reports
encourage legislators to target public
employees, minimize “redistribution
of income” through welfare programs,
identify privatization opportunities,
sell off public holdings like water systems, hospitals, and utilities and slash
corporate taxes.
The reports recommend that states
create a “centralized, independent,
decision-making body to manage
privatization and government efficiency initiatives.” Michigan’s law
grants far more sweeping powers to
one state appointee.
The D.C.-based think tank’s connection with Michigan lawmakers
runs decades deep. John Engler was
Michigan’s governor for three terms,
from 1991 to 2003. ALEC hails him
as an early member in the 1970s and
a “pioneer” in the movement to privatize state holdings.
When Snyder was elected in 2010,
he hired Engler’s former Lieutenant
Gov. Dick Posthumous, also a longtime ALEC member, as his special
legislative adviser.
Pushback
Detroit’s elected leaders, unions and
citizens groups have attracted national
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State PERS to Wade into San Diego Pension Change Dispute
A state board says it will seek a
court injunction to keep the city of
San Diego’s 401(k) initiative off the
June ballot until it makes a final determination on whether Mayor Jerry
Sanders violated labor law by crafting
and advocating for the measure as a
private citizen to avoid negotiations
with employee unions.
In response to a complaint filed
last month by the city’s largest union,
the state Public Employment Relations Board will ask a Superior Court
judge to table the initiative while it
expedites an administrative hearing
to determine if an unfair labor practice occurred. Even if a violation is
confirmed, a judge would still have
to agree.
Les Chisholm, a division chief with
the board, said there were no findings
of fact made, but there was “reasonable
cause” to believe labor law has been
violated in the case.
The board’s move, made late Friday,
opens the possibility that the “Comprehensive Pension Reform” initiative
may not go before city voters although
supporters say the board action is
preliminary and remain confident the
measure will withstand legal scrutiny
and stay on the ballot. The initiative
— crafted by Sanders and City Council members Carl DeMaio and Kevin
Faulconer — would replace guaranteed
pensions for most new hires with a
401(k)-style plan.
Sanders, who was in Washington,
D.C., Monday to tout the city’s recent financial turnaround and the
initiative, called the board’s decision
unfortunate given the nearly 116,000
city voters who signed a petition to put
the measure on the ballot.
“The bottom line is this measure
has rightly qualified for the ballot,”
he said. “The public deserves the opportunity to vote on this. We will
Sacramento Police Union Halts
Labor Talks With City Hall
SACRAMENTO, CA — In the the
wake of the City Council’s 5-4 vote
Tuesday blocking the strong mayor
initiative from going to the November
ballot, police union leaders halted
labor contract discussions with City
Hall.
Mark Tyndale, president of the
Sacramento Police Officers Association told City Manager John Shirey
in an email just hours after the final
council vote that he was “suspending
all discussions between the city and
the SPOA negotiations team.”
After voting down the strong mayor
initiative, council members approved
a ballot measure to create an elected
15-member charter reform commission.
Calling the cost of a charter commission “fiscally irresponsible,” Tyndale said in the email that he “can’t
help but feel this was nothing but a
tactic by some of them to once again
publically (sic) display their contempt
for the Mayor.”
Although the SPOA had engaged
with city labor representatives in a
series of “off the record” discussions,
Tyndale said in the email, the council’s decision to create a charter com-
mission caused him to reevaluate his
position.
“I refuse to consider further concessions that will only be used to fund the
Commission,” Tyndale said.
The cost of a charter commission
is largely unknown, according to the
City Clerk’s office. In a staff report to
council Tuesday, a portion of the cost
– the cost of putting the question to
the voters of rather to create a commission – was estimated at more than
$127,000.
Assistant City Attorney Matt Ruyak
said Tuesday that the additional costs
of staffing and maintaining a commission — beyond the cost of the election
alone Sacramento police union halts
labor talks with city hall
were unknown at this early stage.
Tyndale asked Shirey and City Finance Director Leyne Milstein for a
written estimate of the costs to the
city for an elected charter review commission.
Neither Tyndale nor Shirey were
available for comment at press time for
this story. The Sacramento Press will
give updates on the situation as they
become available.
From The Sacramento Press.
Michigan’s New Law Spawns
Subcontracting of Police, Fire Services
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support in their opposition to the
State Treasurer’s financial review of
city finances in December. Members
of the City Council responded by
demanding that the state repay $220
million owed to the city under a former revenue-sharing agreement.
Michigan’s Democratic Senators
asked Gov. Snyder to back away from
the law, while a ten-person review
board determines whether Detroit is
eligible for a manager.
Detroit’s Mayor Dave Bing acknowledges the city’s budget woes — a $200
million deficit — and has proposed
raising corporate taxes, laying off
1,000 city workers, and altering city
pensions to head off an emergency
manager who would put elected leaders out of a job.
The state’s decision whether to
install a manager will hinge on the
outcome of Bing’s ongoing talks with
city unions. In February, the mayor
announced a tentative agreement on
concessions with public employees.
Meanwhile, Congressman John
Conyers has asked the U.S. Department of Justice to review the federal
constitutionality of the law. And Michigan residents will deliver hundreds of
thousands of signatures to the state on
March 2, attempting to put the law up
for referendum in November.
Detroit’s Sugar Law Center for
Economic and Social Justice has filed
a suit claiming the law violates basic
sections of the state constitution, including the home rule provision that
outlines residents’ rights to elect local
government.
“If we win this case, it will give
other state legislatures pause before
pursuing similar laws,” said Tova
Perlmutter, director of the law center.
From iWatchNews.org.
vigorously fight to give voters the right
to decide this matter.”
Rep. Bob Filner, the lone major
Democrat running to replace Sanders, opposes the initiative and calls it
unfair because it puts the pension fix
on the backs of city workers. He has
promised an alternative plan but has
yet to release it publicly.
“The PERB ruling changes a lot,” he
said. Even if it is deemed legal, Filner
said, “The substance of it and the attempt by the mayor and the proponents of this is exceedingly wrong.”
At issue is whether Sanders acted
properly by pushing for the initiative
as a private citizen.
The complaint filed by the Municipal Employees Association alleged that
Sanders created the so-called citizens
initiative as a “sham device” to avoid
the city’s obligations to meet-andconfer with unions over significant
changes to the pension system.
“As the city’s CEO and chief labor
negotiator, this mayor has used his
city-paid time, resources, power, prestige, visibility and ‘good offices’ to
inspire, write, negotiate, endorse and
sponsor the proposed citizens initiative which he has described as his
legacy as mayor,” the complaint said.
Sanders and City Attorney Jan Goldsmith have maintained that because
the initiative is a citizen initiative
— placed on the ballot via signatures
rather than legislative action — there
is no need to negotiate its terms with
labor.
Jonathan Heller, a spokesman for
Goldsmith, reiterated that the city
doesn’t have the authority to make
changes to the initiative or keep it
from going on the ballot because it
is a citizen initiative. He also noted
that PERB hasn’t made any formal
decision yet.
“PERB has made no findings of fact
and could not do so as there was no
hearing,” Heller said. “PERB simply
took what the labor unions wrote and
repeated it. We were given 48 hours
notice to provide a written response.”
The initiative was created in response to the city’s decade-long fiscal
woes that stemmed from decisions
by past city leaders to increase retirement benefits for workers while also
neglecting to make full pension payments. The ensuing deficit — currently
$2.2 billion — fueled by the recession
crippled city finances and led to cuts
to parks, libraries and public safety.
DeMaio, Sanders and other raised
nearly $1.2 million last year for a sixmonth-long petition drive to gather
enough signatures from registered city
voters to trigger an election.
DeMaio said he remains confident a
judge will dismiss the lawsuit.
“It is outrageous that government
unions and their Sacramento defenders are trying to claim they can veto
the citizens’ constitutional rights in
this matter, but it provides yet another
example of the contempt the government unions have for the taxpayers of
San Diego and the lengths they will go
to in protecting their unsustainable
pension payouts,” he said.
The Municipal Employees Association explained the ruling in a Monday
email to its members.
“Now that PER B — the quasijudicial state agency responsible for
enforcing the law related to bargaining
and public employees — has agreed to
our request to file litigation, the argument has become even more powerful,” it read.
The PERB lawsuit is expected to be
filed later this week.
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Investigation Into Corrections Officers Registering
Inmates to Vote in Sheriff’s Election
TROY, NY – Correction officers
at Rensselaer County Jail pushed to
register inmates to vote in last fall’s
primary and general election as part of
an effort to unseat Sheriff Jack Mahar.
State and federal law enforcement
agencies have launched broad investigations into the activities of the correction officers, including whether their
initiative to garner inmates’ votes violated state or federal laws. The probes
are part of a broader investigation that
began when a group of correction
officers accused their labor leaders
of fraud and looting union dues for
personal use.
The Internal Revenue Service and
U.S. Attorney’s office are involved in
the investigation, according to two
people briefed on the matter. The
investigations follow years of documented civil rights violations inside
the county correctional facility, including systemic beatings of prisoners,
strip-search policies that were declared
unconstitutional by a federal court
and sexual assaults of inmates.
Representatives for the U.S. Attorney’s office and the state attorney
general declined comment.
Mahar won re-election to his third
term as sheriff in November. He was
challenged by Gary Gordon, a former
Troy police sergeant who is an investigator with the Rensselaer County district attorney’s office. Gordon received
strong campaign support, including
cash donations, from Mark A. Piche
and Kevin Rogers, who were the longtime leaders of a labor organization
that represents the jail’s roughly 180
correction officers.
Mahar recently suspended Piche
and Rogers from their jobs for undisclosed reasons. A person familiar with
the matter said the men were removed
from duty because they’re a focus of
the outside criminal investigations.
Last October, Rogers allegedly
dropped off about 140 voter registration forms at the county Board of
Elections, according to an employee
there. Many of the registration forms,
including one filled out and signed by
Rogers, were for people who sought to
register in — or change their enrollment to — the Conservative Party.
Gordon, a Democrat, won the Conservative primary over Mahar by a
narrow margin. Mahar, a Republican,
then won the general election by more
than 4,000 votes. The campaign was
heated, with both sides accusing the
other of misconduct.
Gordon acknowledged that he was
uncomfortable with his campaign’s
effort to enroll inmates to vote.
“There came a point in time during
my campaign that I became aware of
a drive to get Conservative voters, to
get people to register,” Gordon said.
“Shortly after that there was discussion to talk to inmates, to get inmates
to register, and I put a stop to that. … I
don’t even know who was in the room
when we were discussing it. Piche or
Rogers may have been there. The decision was made not to solicit inmates.”
Piche was president and Rogers was
vice president of the jail officers’ labor
group, Sheriffs Employees Association
of Rensselaer County (SEARCO). They
could not be reached for comment.
Correction officers are prohibited
from soliciting votes from inmates or
helping them register to vote. Courts
have held that guards have an inherent power over inmates and strict
policies limit their interaction. Most
correctional facilities use inmate-services’ offices to assist inmates in legal
matters, including requests to vote.
Larry Bugbee, the county’s Republican elections commissioner, said
“at least four” of the 140 registration
forms received from Rogers were for
inmates.
One of the forms is attributed to
Joseph Esposito, 42, who was incarcerated at the county jail from last June
until his release on Jan. 24. The form
bears a signature of Esposito’s name
and is dated Sept. 28, when he was
incarcerated. Like the others, it was a
request to enroll in the Conservative
Party.
Police Shootings: Officers’ Names
Must be Made Public, Court Rules
The names of officers involved in
shootings are public information subject to disclosure by law, a California
appellate court ruled Tuesday, marking
the latest legal opinion in a public records court battle that has embroiled
law enforcement and the media.
The 2nd District Court of Appeal
rejected arguments from the city of
Long Beach and its police union that
officers’ names were protected as investigative and personnel records and
because of officers’ privacy rights.
The decision upheld a Superior
Court judge’s order that the city would
have to release the names in response
to a public records request from The
Times.
The Times had asked the city for
the identities of all Long Beach police
officers involved in shootings over a
five-year period after a December 2010
shooting of an unarmed man holding
a garden hose nozzle. Attorneys for the
newspaper have argued that disclosure
was a matter of vital public interest to
hold police accountable and have criti-
cized unions for delaying the release
through litigation.
The unanimous opinion from the
three-justice panel was written by
Justice Kathryn Doi-Todd, who asked
an attorney representing Long Beach
during oral arguments if the city’s
reading of state law was “expanding
the concept of personnel records.”
In Tuesday’s opinion, the justices
found that officers’ names were not
covered by exceptions built into the
California Public Records Act, and
that disclosure would not be an invasion of privacy because “an officer’s
privacy interest in maintaining the
confidentiality of his or her name does
not outweigh the public’s interest in
disclosure.”
The court also wrote that the
union and the city failed to offer
any evidence of specific threats to
officers’ safety that would result from
disclosure beyond “generalized safety
concerns.”
From The LA Now Blog
of Los Angeles Times.
Another enrollment form, dated
Oct. 10, carries a signature for John
W. Baldauf, 49. Records show Baldauf
was incarcerated at the jail from Sept.
16, 2011, until Feb. 2. Details of the
arrest records for Esposito and Baldauf
were not immediately available over
the weekend.
Bugbee said he does not believe the
inmate registrations were a factor in
the election for sheriff.
“Almost all of them were from
people already registered to vote,”
Bugbee said. “Most were change of
enrollments. It wouldn’t have made
a difference in last year’s primary or
general election. The ones that were
new (voters), they never even voted.”
Bugbee said it’s uncommon for inmates to invoke their voting privileges
from jail.
The sheriff’s race grew heated in its
final days. Less than a week before the
Nov. 8 election, Mahar released recordings of telephone calls that he said
were conversations between Gordon
and correction officers.
The taped conversations included
discussions about the handling of
traffic tickets of friends or relatives of
the correction officers, and Gordon’s
ability to assist in those matters. The
calls were recorded by a jail computer
server that captures audio of incoming
and outgoing telephone calls, even
those not involving inmates.
Piche recently said he believes the
recordings were made illegally. Many
law enforcement agencies have telephone systems that record calls.
Mahar said the conversations centered on whether Gordon could “fix”
tickets in exchange for the continuing
campaign support of the jail officers.
Mahar asked federal authorities and
the state attorney general’s office to
investigate.
“I’m unsure of how the investiga-
tion is going … but I do know it’s going,” Mahar said Saturday.
Gordon said he’s never used his
connections as a district attorney’s
investigator or former police officer to
“fix” a ticket for anyone.
“It was cast that way because that’s
how Jack Mahar needed it to be cast.
He used that as a vehicle to win this
election,” Gordon said, adding that he
may run for sheriff again in four years.
“I have never spoken to a prosecutor
for anybody regarding a ticket, never
in my life. … I’ve never spoken to a
judge. I wouldn’t abuse my position to
do something like that. I don’t commit crimes.”
Gordon said no one from the attorney general’s office has contacted him.
The outside investigations are also
examining the finances of the jail officers’ labor organization. Until a few
weeks ago, Piche and Rogers headed
the organization they helped create
in 2004. Officers said they never held
elections and didn’t keep minutes
of any meetings, nor did they make
their financial expenditures available
for review.
Piche and Rogers were replaced as
leaders recently when a new board of
directors was elected in a vote ordered
by a state Supreme Court judge.
The judicial order was in response
to a civil complaint filed by a group of
corrections officers accusing Piche and
Rogers of fraud and misappropriation
of money.
Banking records obtained by the
Times Union show the organization’s
leaders spent tens of thousands of dollars of employee dues at restaurants,
strip clubs, bars, on parties, cable and
telephone bills, and to make contributions to political campaigns and
organizations in which they had a
personal interest.
From The Times Union.
Cancer Rates Triple Among New York
Police Officers Who Responded to 9/11
Of the 12,000 who attended the
scene of the atrocity at the World Trade
Center 10 years ago, 297 have been
diagnosed with cancer, almost triple
the incidence before the attack.
A report said that 56 who have been
diagnosed had since died.
Residents of lower Manhattan have
long claimed that the dust and ash
clouds triggered by the long-burning
fires at the site of the twin towers were
toxic.
Figures released by the Patrolmen’s
Benevolent Association (PBA) appear
to bear out the theory, with cancer
rates among NYPD officers who attended the disaster running at 16 a
year compared to six before the attacks. The average age they were forced
to leave the force due to their ill-health
was 44.
Lung cancer was the most common
form of the disease among officers,
although there were more rare varieties including cancers of the bile duct,
tongue and nasal passages.
The figures are likely to fuel campaigners who want to include cancers
on the list of ailments which qualify
Ground Zero workers for compensation.
Under the Zadroga Act, named for
Detective James Zadroga who died of
a respiratory disease after taking part
in the recovery operation, sick 9/11
workers are entitled to health screening and financial benefits.
New York’s City Hall has always
refused to release cancer rates among
the NYPD, saying that the information
was private.
The office of Mayor Bloomberg
turned down a request for the data
from the Mount Sinai School of Medicine, which is carrying out a study into
whether material released at Ground
Zero was cancerous.
Frank Tramontao, research director at the PBA, said: “It is our sincere
opinion that the City of New York has
done nothing to facilitate any cancer
study and has been actively working to
prevent a comprehensive examination
of the issue.”
Retired NYPD Officer Edwin Rivera,
55, is one of those who blames his
cancer on breathing in dust at Ground
Zero.
He told the New York Post: “We sat
in the pile and ate, drank water, rested
— there was nowhere to go that wasn’t
contaminated. I have cancer that I
should never have gotten.”
From The Telegraph.
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Police Union Head Protests City’s ‘Cowardly Act’ Arising out of Facebook Post
A K RON, OH – The A k ron po lice union president came out firing Wednesday after city attorneys
slapped him with an unfair labor
complaint over comments he made
on Facebook and in emails.
The complaint came one day after
the city and union met to discuss a
potential reorganization of the 400-officer department. Union leaders are
miffed that the city held the talks
Tuesday, shortly after mailing the
complaint.
“This labor complaint changes the
game completely,” said Paul Hlynsky, local Fraternal Order of Police
president. “At this point, I don’t trust
anything that comes out of the Law
Department’s mouth. I don’t trust anything that comes out of the mayor’s
mouth. Period.
“This is nothing but a cowardly act
on the part of the city: Smiling to our
faces one minute and then turning
around the next day and filing a complaint filled with misinformation.”
In a City Hall news release issued
Wednesday afternoon, interim labor
relations director Patricia Ambrose Rubright accused Hlynsky and the union
of spreading misinformation to officers over a temporary shift schedule.
The shift change, embraced overwhelmingly by officers, has been renewed twice since first implemented
last spring after the city extracted
union concessions. The agreement
expires March 4. The union wants it
extended through the end of the year,
but has yet to reach an agreement with
city lawyers.
The union, according to the city’s
labor complaint, is using inflammatory remarks such as “holding officers
ransom” and “using them as pawns”
on the shift schedule issue. Union
leaders contend the city is threatening to take away the shift schedule
unless officers agree to work condition
changes.
City attorneys say the FOP has used
Facebook and emails to tell officers
“that the temporary shift change
agreement previously negotiated by
the city and union is not subject to further negotiation and that the FOP has
tainted its members’ opinions about
the restructuring of the Akron Police
Department prior to even beginning
discussions.”
Rubright contends the union is in
violation of Ohio’s Collective Bargaining Act.
“Both sides have to play by the rules
of the Collective Bargaining Act,” she
said in a statement. “The FOP is using
all means possible to destroy any talk
of change in department operations.”
City attorneys, citing ongoing labor
talks, declined to release details of the
proposed reorganization.
Feeling blindsided
Hlynsky said he was blindsided by
the complaint, which came a day after what he considered to be a cordial
meeting about the planned reorganization Tuesday night between the city
and union lawyers and police Chief
James Nice.
Nice has been working on department changes he said are designed to
Hackers Publish Names, Addresses of
Hundreds of Texas Police Officers
DALLAS, TX – The hacking group
known as ‘Anonymous’ has published
the names, addresses and police departments of more than 700 officers
across the state, including dozens in
North Texas, after stealing the data
from the Texas Police Association’s
web site.
The hacking is apparently in response to a story News 8 broke last
week about a Wylie policeman put on
administrative leave while he’s investigated for child pornography.
In a web site posting with the data
on Wednesday night, ‘Anonymous’
said “administrative leave” should be
reserved for “injured cops,” not what
hackers called a “kiddie porn collecting cop.” The stolen information also
included a link to the WFAA story
about the Wylie officer.
Hackers stole officers names and
addresses (many of them officers’
homes), along with logins and passwords for the Texas Police Association.
“This is very serious, not just from
the standpoint of law enforcement, but
for every private citizen out there as far
as their privacy,” said Erwin Ballarta,
Executive Director of the Texas Police
Association.
“I wasn’t surprised, because in the
past, they’ve done similar acts with
the Texas Police Chiefs web site,” said
David Henderson, a suburban policeman in North Texas and expert on
cyber crime with CSG Analysis.
He said leaking personal information on police could threaten their
safety.
“I think that [affected officers]
should be more concerned today than
they were two days ago,” Henderson
continued.
The Texas Police Association told its
member officers that the web site had
been breached.
Ballarta said his organization sent
letters and he even made personal calls
in some cases.
This is the second time the Texas
Police Association’s web site has been
hacked, Ballarta revealed, but the first
time any personal information on officers was revealed.
The FBI was notified, according to
Ballarta.
‘Anonymous’ has become notorious
for cyber crime after hacking and attacking high-profile websites.
From WFAA.com.
make better use of the police ranks,
which have been depleted by about
20 percent in the past decade.
Plusquellic said during a news
conference Tuesday that the plan will
include creating an “anti-violence
operations unit” and going to a zone
command format.
He said the zone command format
will involve dividing the city into
quadrants, with one person in charge
of each quadrant. The necessary personnel will be assigned to address
crime in the quadrants, such as responding to burglaries.
Plusquellic said the goal will be to
make the department more effective,
get crime under control and decrease
the amount of crime.
Union attorney Susannah Muskovitz said she believed the informal talk
with Nice was “one of the best meetings we have ever had with the city”
and that the chief’s proposals “made
a lot of sense.”
However, after receiving the labor
complaint the next morning, she
believes the city harmed talks and
sacrificed Nice’s work by filing what
she called a “bizarre complaint.”
“I can’t understand it. There is no
violation of law. It’s nonsensical. The
president of a local union is free to
speak to members without any limitations at all. The city has no business
judging it or evaluating it.
“I believe the Law Department
threw the police chief under the bus.
He cares about the police department.
He’s trying to work with the union
on restructuring and they tossed a
monkey wrench into those talks with
this action.”
Rubright said the decision to file
the complaint was a “collective” agreement among those in City Hall and
was based on Hlynsky’s conduct. She
said “we could have [but] we did not”
choose to tell the union about the
complaint prior to Tuesday’s meeting.
She said the labor complaint is open
interpretation and it was not the city’s
intention to harm the reorganization
talks. The idea, she said, was to stifle
Hlynsky.
“We want to sit down with the
union. We would like very much to
work out the issues that are before us,
but not do it in the methodology that
Paul has chosen to do,” Rubright said.
“I think it’s more conducive to negotiating, not in emails, Facebook and the
other methods, but rather to do it just
like we did it [Tuesday] night.’’
Schedule talks
While formal contract talks are not
expected to start until later this year,
the police union and City Hall have
been in continued talks of maintaining a four-days-on, two-days-off work
schedule that first went in effect last
summer. Previously, officers worked
three days before receiving one day off.
The union voted 302-46 last year to
approve the schedule in exchange for
the city’s request to move 40 officers
from various division into patrol from
May 23 to Sept. 12. By agreement, the
changes have remained in effect. The
city is threatening to end the shift
change March 4.
In a recent Facebook posting, Hlynsky told FOP members: “I think it is
inexcusable that our patrol officers are
being used as pawns or as ransom, by
taking away a rewarding shift schedule, unless they make concessions.”
Hlynsky said there is no violation
of collective bargaining laws. Rather,
he said, the city is wrong for “lying to
our membership and strong-arming
the union into concessions.”
He accused the city of trying to
divide the union by spreading misinformation with the intent of creating
dissension among the officers.
“Their charges are erroneous, they
don’t make sense and we look forward
to answering the charges,” he said. “I
think all this is because we caught the
city lying to our membership. They
are trying to strong-arm the union
into concession by threatening to take
away a favorable work schedule that
they love.’’
The complaint goes to the State
Employment Relations Board for investigation. The process is expected
to take several months.
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Retired Philly Police Captain Protests in Uniform With Occupy
Group Despite Objections From Chief, Union
PHILADELPHIA, PA — A retired
police captain who was arrested in
uniform during an Occupy Wall Street
protest last year joined demonstrators
on the lawn of Independence Hall on
Monday, saying he isn’t breaking any
law by wearing his old uniform despite
the city police commissioner telling
him to stop.
Ray Lewis, who retired in 2004 after
24 years on the force, joined a group of
Occupy Philadelphia protesters, again
wearing his old uniform — complete
with an Occupy button on it. He said
he wants to speak out against corporate greed and corruption.
“I have not violated any law” by
wearing the uniform, the 60-year-old
Lewis said. “I spent my entire career
devoted to law enforcement, and I was
proud of that.”
Pol ice Com m issioner Cha rles
Ramsey told Lewis in a Nov. 23 letter
to stop wearing the uniform, saying
that retirees had no authority to do
so and that he found Lewis’ conduct
“disrespectful.”
The Fraternal Order of Police also
asked him to stop wearing it, and its
grievance committee is investigating the matter, said John McNesby,
president of the local FOP lodge.
Depending on the outcome of that
investigation, Lewis could lose his FOP
membership, meaning that the organization would no longer represent
him and that he would lose his life
insurance, McNesby said.
“We’re not going to put up with that
here,” McNesby said of Lewis wearing
the uniform while protesting. “He’s
not a cop. He’s a retired cop.… Stop
wearing the uniform.”
A police spokeswoman didn’t immediately respond to a request for
comment.
In November, Lewis became one
of the faces of the Occupy Wall Street
movement when he was arrested in
full-dress uniform after blocking a
street and ignoring police orders to
move while demonstrating near the
New York Stock Exchange. Last month,
he took Manhattan prosecutors’ offer to get the disorderly conduct case
closed without jail time or probation
After Chief’s Post, Police Commission Pulls
Plug On Department’s Facebook Page
PLAINFIELD, CT — The Plainfield
police commission voted unanimously
on Thursday night to deactivate the
department’s Facebook page.
It comes after Chief Robert J. Hoffman used the work “jerks” in a controversial survey that was posted on the
page recently.
Part of the survey, which has since
been removed from the site, read:
“Don’t mention persons by name,
and limit your comments to the service and activities of the department.
It would be of no use to tell us that
‘Officer So and So is a jerk’ without
telling us why he is a jerk, and chances
are we knew that anyway!”
“The police commission felt there
was no need to use Facebook as a tool
in law enforcement,” police commission chairman Bill Holmes said.
Chief Hoffman, through Facebook,
said the sentence that caused concern
does not reflect his true feelings or
beliefs and he will be meeting “face
to face” with every member of the
department.
“I have the utmost respect and
affection for every member of the
department and know how dedicated
they are and how hard they work.
The thought that my words would
cause them any pain is devastating
to me. We have all worked too hard
together to permit my communication
failure to cloud our accomplishments
or detract us from the mission,” Hoffman said. “Unfortunately I find that
the older I get the less the filter works
that weeds out stupid comments or ill
chosen phrases. However I did say it
and hereby unequivocally rescind it.
As a communication tool(,) the last
sentence to that letter was a failure.
In fact it appears if there has been a
jerk in any of this(,) it was I. I humbly apologize for any offense, it was
unintended.”
Some residents are defending the
chief and said you really would have
to know him.
“What he is saying to the public
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Lewis, who moved to upstate New
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Lewis said he wasn’t previously
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Retirement Celebration For
Page 23
Retirement Celebration For
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POA Journal
March 2012
San Francisco RBI and Youth Baseball
By Carl T, Central Station
In 2007, and for several years prior,
the residents of the Russian Hill area
of San Francisco were being terrorized
by a drug addled lunatic who would
stalk and harass the residents as they
walked in the park located in that
area. The task of solving the problem
fell into my lap. I subsequently made
the acquaintance of Jim and Debbie
Messemer, two victims of this local
menace. Jim was instrumental in having the miscreant arrested, and Jim
also testified in court, sending the
individual away to prison.
I tell this story not to recount
another episode of a citizen taking
action to assist the police, but to give
you some background into what has
turned out to be a very rewarding
career long relationship between Jim
Messemer and me.
In July 2011, Jim called me up and
made me a very tantalizing proposi-
tion, or, in the words of Don Vito Corleone, “an offer I couldn’t refuse.” Jim
had become deeply involved with
Major League Baseball’s RBI program
(http://sfrbi.org/). The goal of San
Francisco RBI was to reach out to
at-risk youth and provide them with
team skills through playing the game
of baseball, and also to introduce them
to an in-@depth literacy program.
In 2010, Jim entered into a strategic
alliance with Major League Baseball
and single-handedly created the San
Francisco RBI affiliate. Jim coached a
team of 12 to 14-year-old boys from
Bessie Carmichael School, located in
the South of Market area. Many of
these young men had never held a
baseball prior to Jim’s appearance in
their lives. In July of 2010, Jim’s team
was one of a select few chosen by Major League Baseball to attend the All
Star Game in Phoenix, Arizona.
Jim wanted to increase the scope
and breadth of the San Francisco RBI
program in year two, and that is when
he reached out to me. Jim thought that
the best role models and instructors for
at-risk youth would be San Francisco’s
finest, and the task was offered to
me. Jim couldn’t have found a more
willing victim, err…participant, for
his program. My passion for baseball,
coupled with my passion for the city
and the young people who inhabit it,
were the catalysts that made me say
“yes.” I also had fond memories of participating in the police department’s
wilderness program and I knew that
the possibility existed to be a positive
role model for atrisk youth.
I embarked on an
arduous journey of
recruiting my fellow
officers in what I knew
would be a rewarding adventure. I also
knew that I had my
work cut out for me. I
know that we have a
well established PAL
program that has been
in place for years and
that taps into our best
and out brightest officers. I did not want
to compete with PAL,
I wanted to compliment them.
I arranged to have
a meeting with Jim
and Chief Suhr to see
if we could get the
Chief’s blessing for
our program. Chief
Suhr (my police academy classmate) could
not have been any
more supportive. He
whole-heartedly endorsed the program
and he even attended
a reading event at Bessie Carmichael School
that Jim produced a
week after our meeting with the chief.
I posted event notices on Facebook,
and I sent out fliers to every station
and command in the SFPD seeking
officers to coach. Officer Roly Canales, of the SFPD K9 unit, was the first
officer to step up. I have known Roly
my entire career and I know him to
be a class act and a true gentleman. I
figured that if he was so willing and
eager to participate in this program I
was on the right track.
Within a short period of time, my
son Doug Tennenbaum (Northern
Station), Doug’s high school friend Joe
Jacobitz, Jim Arnswald (Traffic Solos),
Ryan Jones, Matt Sullivan, and Joe
Fischer (Central aka The Big Apple),
Chris Olson (Mission Station), and
Nelson Ramos (Southern Station) completed the sought after dream team of
coaches.
While I was busy recruiting officers, Jim
was busy twisting the
arms of every sporting
goods supplier, vendor,
and entity that he could
find to participate in our
program. I neglected to
mention that Jim is a
former professional athlete and a very successful businessman who
exudes confidence and
relentlessness when it
comes to succeeding,
either on the field or in
the boardroom.
In addition to securing the commitment from our coaches, Jim was able to
secure the services of Positive Coaching Alliance, a nationally renowned
coaching program that will train us to
be effective coaches, and the Marucci
Baseball Bat Company, who donated
150 bats for our teams AND brought
the Marucci mobile road tour to Bessie
Carmichael School.
The logistics and efforts of this
endeavor were at times daunting and
exhausting and it seemed that it was
taking forever to come to fruition. All
of that changed on Saturday, February 25, 2012, when all of us, Jim and
his tireless assistant Maxie McCoy,
our illustrious SFPD coaching team,
approximately 100 young people
from Bessie Carmichael School and
their parents, assembled at the Bessie
Carmichael field for the
Marucci event. It was also
our first opportunity to
get acquainted with each
other and run through
some preliminary practice drills.
All that I can say is
that it was well worth the
wait. David and Mark, the
Marucci representatives,
had two inflatable batting
cages along with several
game bats used by the
likes of Mark Teixeira, Albert Pujols,
David Ortiz, and several other well
known major leaguers.
Just like spring training, we embarked on a fun filled and entertaining
day of basic baseball skills. The chil-
dren, including all of us big kids, had
the times of our lives. It was refreshing and inspiring to take the field (in
my case for the first time in a decade)
and to not only work out the cobwebs
but to get a taste of what lies ahead.
And “what lies ahead” is a season of
Recreation and Park Youth League
Baseball being coached by some of the
finest officers that it is my pleasure to
work with.
It is not often that we as police officers are able to see the fruits of our
labors realized. This is one time that
I have been so rewarded, another reward in an amazing career in the finest
police department in the finest city in
the world. And I don’t say that lightly.
Thank you to the officers who are
coaching this year and to everybody
else who has made this dream a reality.
March 2012
POA Journal
The Hoops Playoff Picture
By Steve Coleman, Property Detail
In the first round of the playoffs,
Daly City will square off against the
Tenderloin Rats in the “play in” game
featuring the 8th and 9th place teams.
The Rats are looking to win their first
playoff basketball game in years. Tenderloin has been able to play teams
evenly for the first half, but seem to
always run into trouble in the second
half. Let’s see if they can put a whole
game together and take down Daly
City in the first round.
The reward for winning that game
will be a 2nd round match-up against
the #1 seed Northern Bulldogs. The
Bulldogs are a pretty confident group
and I’ve had to listen to their “back to
back” talk all season long! The Bulldogs have started off slow in games,
only to come back with a vengeance.
They don’t panic or get down on themselves during games. Getting behind
early in a game could be a recipe for
disaster in the playoffs though.
Can Northern become the first
back-to-back champions in the basketball league since the ’04-’05 and ’05’06 Narcotics squad? Those Narcotics
squads ruled the basketball landscape
for years. The #5 seed Central Diners will take on #4 Ingleside Station.
Ingleside is the hottest team entering
the playoffs. After beating up on the
leagues top two teams in their final
two regular season games, the Bulldogs and Pitbulls, their confidence is
soaring. Despite having a size disadvantage, their speed, teamwork, and
hustle to loose balls are getting them
nice wins.
The Diners have a veteran team
with a ton of size. For some reason,
they have struggled to get wins this
season. Don’t be surprised if they make
some noise in the playoffs. The #6 seed
Mission Diablo’s drew the ever tough
#3 SF CHP. The Diablo’s are playing
strong basketball right now, but late
season injuries are taking their toll.
The CHP has a nice team this year,
and they will challenge for the championship. I don’t think the team is
too happy with me after I ruled their
newly acquired 6’8 320 pound player
from the San Mateo SO ineligible. #7
Task Force will challenge the #2 Bayview Pitbulls in another first round
affair. These teams played a tight game
Nick’s Notes
By Nick Shihadeh,
Journal Sports Editor
SFPD Basketball
Standings
Police Softball League
Final
TEAM
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in the season opener and I know Task
Force believes they can pull off an upset. The Pitbulls are starting to click on
all cylinders and are playing the kind
of defense that wins championships.
Law Enforcement Night Law Enforcement Night is still
scheduled for March 7th at the Oakland Coliseum Arena, where the Golden State Warriors play the Memphis
Grizzlies at 7:30pm. The Warriors have
said there has been a large number of
advance ticket sales. Remember, we
are being offered these tickets at a discounted rate.Flyers should be posted
at all district stations. For further
questions, contact Sgt.Jerry Newbeck
at 671-2302.
Next Month
Look forward to a playoff recap in
the next edition — individual awards
are going to be presented at the basketball dinner banquet, and I look
forward to announcing them. This
season, all of the coaches, referees, and
myself had a vote in the recipients. The
recipients names will be engraved on
our new perpetual plaques for the basketball league, which will hang in the
POA building. These plaques are for
the League Champions, Most Valuable
Player, Rookie of the Year, and Hoops
Legend Award (Lifetime Award).
Thank You
There are many people that are
needed to help out in order to make
our basketball league a success. I want
to thank the POA, especially Sgt.Brian
Canedo and Sgt. Marty Halloran for
their support. You guys brought smiles
to the faces of many players in the
league.
Northern (6-2)
Wed. 2/22 10:15 am
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Mon 2/27 10:15 am
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Ingleside (5-3)
Tues. 2/21 10:15 am
Central (4-4)
Bayview (6-2) Wed. 2/2 9:15 am
Task Force (3-5) HECK IT OUT: With spring
approaching it’s now time to
start thinking about playing
softball — the department league is
set to begin the second week of March
on the 13th and 14th. Commish Kevin
Worrell is finalizing the teams and
getting the schedule done so stay in
contact with your unit softball coach/
manager for details of when and where
your games will be
I’m looking forward to softball starting again as the great weather we’ve
had this winter is conducive to playing
ball. I’ve heard rumors that my name
is already penciled in on at least three
team rosters — the Park Islanders, the
Central Diners, and the Airport Checkers. I’m flattered that there’s a want for
me to play on these particular teams. I
usually play for the Airport Bureau, but
am strongly considering being a “free
agent” and going to the highest bidder.
“Why wouldn’t I?” Any other teams
want to jump into the bidding? Be my
guest. I’ll keep the respective managers
posted of what I decide to do.
Police/Fire Games
This year’s summer police/fire
games are no longer called the “Western States” games, but rather will be
the United States Police & Fire Championships (USPFC). The many sporting
events associated with this event are
going to be held in San Diego from
June 16th-24th with more information
available either from the web site www.
uspfc.org or from their Facebook page.
As far as our department sending
teams to compete, I’ve heard that the
SF Police Soccer Club men’s team will
have their practices on Tuesdays and
Thursdays beginning on March 6th
and 8th out at Crocker Amazon with
warm-ups starting at around 9:30am.
Contact either John “Dynamite”
Sheehan (Tenderloin Station), Sean
“Spider” Frost (Southern Station), or
Kevin “Scrappy” Healy (Mission Station) if interested.
Bob “Dunbar” Duffield (Central
Station) wants to put together an “over
45” men’s softball team but the Police/
Fire games didn’t list that category
since there was lack of interest last
year. Duffield will have no problem
fielding a team from the SFPD, but
he wants to put it out there to other
agencies (SF Sheriffs, CHP, etc.) to do
the same. If there is enough interest,
then the coordinator from San Diego
will add the category. Contact Larry
Collins of the USPFC committee at
209-610-7289 if interested.
As far as the women’s softball
team representing the department is
concerned, they will start organizing
soon and plan for practices. They will
start to prepare to compete for the
gold medal in June like they always do.
Contact Mo Pengel (Southern Station
SIT Team) if interested.
Department Basketball
Note Steve Coleman’s article,
standings and brackets showing how
the regular season ended and how the
teams match up in the playoffs. As of
the printing of this column, the championship game hasn’t been played yet
and the banquet hasn’t taken place as
well. It will all be decided by the time
this Journal reaches you. I do know
that the Northern Bulldogs are playing
the Bayview Pit Bulls for the championship. Those are two tough teams so
it should be a good one. Good luck to
both clubs.
That’s all for now...take good care,
stay safe, and So See Ya next month…
L aw Office of
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The Loons
Nest Report
By Ed Garcia, Central Station
Ching & Kranci Win Two-Man
Championship at Roddy Ranch
On February 1st the Loons Nest
Golf Club opened it 26th season with
the Two-Man, Best Ball Championship at Roddy Ranch in Antioch. This
was the LNGC’s first trip to Roddy
Ranch, which is a demanding links
style course cut out of the foothills of
a working 2,000 acre cattle ranch.We
had 56 players making up 23 teams
heading out to a shotgun start, with
box lunches were provided by Roddy
Ranch.
The day got off to an exciting start
as veteran loon Steve Morimoto made
a HOLE-IN-ONE on the third hole.
Hole number three is a one hundred
and thirty-six yard hole with a step
down hill tee shot. Morimoto’s ace
was witnessed by Ed Anzore, Bruce
Lorin and Glenn Mar. The shouting
could be heard for miles. “Mori”,
being the true gentleman that he is,
was ready to buy drinks for the entire
tournament field. Taking it like a man,
Steve walked up to the bartender at
the end of his round, laid down his
Visa card and said, “open tab.” As the
loons came into the club house and
heard the good news, they enjoyed
drinks and helped celebrate the event.
Mori knew it was time to close the tab
when the gardeners were on the third
round of tequila shots. Roddy Ranch
did give Steve the flag from the third
hole, which all the players signed with
a Sharpie.
This was the third hole-in-one
scored in a Loons Nest event. The
first was by Joe
Allegro at Rancho Canada
West in 1992,
on one of our
early Monterey
adventures. Two
years later while
the Loons were
again playing in
Monterey, Anzore got one of
his four career
hole-in-ones at
the Pacific Grove
Golf Links.
On the front
nine the team
of Lorin &
Mor imoto led
the pack with a
team net score
of twenty-seven.
This included
Morimoto’s ace
and two birdies on the side
by former club
champion Lorin. As the front
nine was comp l e t e d , t he r e
“Ace” Morimoto (Center) Celebrates With Milligan and Carew
were five teams
of Central Station as Leonard the Longhorn Observes.
sitting three strokes behind Lorin &
Morimoto. Kirk Edison & Scott Biggs,
Don Carlson & Roy Sullivan, Wade
Beucler & Greg Lim, Kyle Ching &
Dave Kranci, and Allan Honniball
& Mike Siebert had team scores of
thirty.
As play moved into the back nine
holes, the course started taking more
out of the players. Lorin & Morimoto
slipped to a thirty-four on the back
nine and finished at sixty-one. The
team of Ching & Kranci made a move
as did the team of Marty Barbero &
Greg Buhagiar, as those teams posted
team scores of thirty-one on the back
side. The team of Beucler & Lim was
staying tight in the race until they suffered a team bogey on the seventeenth
hole and finished at sixty-two. Barbero
and Buhagiar were simply ripping up
the back nine, but posted an ugly team
double bogey on the sixteenth hole
and finished at sixty-two. The team
that really came smoking through the
back nine was the team of Ed Carew
and Mark Milligan. They had posted
a front side of thirty-five, then came
around the back with a score of twenty-eight. Carew and Milligan’s back
nine score was the best on the back
side by three strokes. They finished
with a net total of sixty-three. As all
the cards were checked and processed
at the official scoring table, there was
a two-way tie for first between Ching
& Kranci and Lorin & Morimoto at
sixty-one strokes. The tiebreaker went
to Ching & Kranci and second place
to Lorin & Morimoto.
The teams of Barber & Buhagiar and
Beucler & Lim had matching scores of
sixty-two, and the tiebreaker went to
Barbero & Buhagiar(giving them third
place)-- Beucler & Lim took the fourth
spot. The brilliant back side by Carew
& Milligan gave them the fifth place
prizes with their score of sixty-three.
The long drive winner on the day
was Earl “The Pearl” Wismer. Earl
banged one out to a distance of two
hundred and eighty-seven yards with a
slight crosswind. In “close to the hole”
action, nothing could top Morimoto’s
ace; but, Gile Pursley put the ball two
feet and six inches from the cup on
the seventh hole and it looked for a
moment like the Loons might have
a double ace day. The winner on the
thirteenth hole was Bruce Lorin at seventeen feet, three inches. Rob Ziegler
took the prize on the seventeenth hole
with his ball coming to rest nine feet
and five inches from the hole. The
second place finisher on third hole was
Tom Hanacek with a fine shot finishing three feet and seven inches from
the pin. Greg Lim and Steve Balma also
March 2012
Dave Kranci and Kyle Ching, Champions.
had second place awards for shots of
nineteen feet, eight inches and ten feet
even, respectively.
Roddy Ranch is a club that the
Loons most likely will return to in the
future. Our next event is the Spring
Championship at Monterey, April 4th
& 5th, as we will play the Laguna Seca
Golf Ranch and the Del Monte Golf
Club. In May we will be making our
second appearance in the Palm Desert
on the seventh through the eleventh.
Hope to see you at all of these events.
Loons Nest Scoreboard
Two-Man Championship
Roddy Ranch Golf Club
Players
Score
Ching-Kranci
61
Lorin-Morimoto
61
Barbero-Buhgiar
62
Beucler-Lim
62
Carew-Milligan
63
Borromeo-Tapang
64
Honniball-Siebert
64
Fontana-Schmolke 65
Chang-Lum
65
Balma-Savoidi
65
Garcia-Hanacek
66
Williams-Wismer
66
Carlson-Sullivan
66
Fischer-Pursley
67
Hanley-Ziegler
68
Biggs-Edison
68
Marcic-McEachern 68
Anzore-Mar
69
McMillan-Pearson 69
Allegro-Hernandez 69
Clemens-Finnigan 69
Lee-Wong
69
Parry-Watts
71
Burks-Vernengo
71
Johnson-Newlin
74
Flynn-Linehan
75
Gonzales-Harris
80
Crenshaw-Peagler
90
Mark your calendars and join the World Champion San Francisco Giants
On Tuesday Night July 31, 2012
for our Annual Law Enforcement Appreciation Night @ Att Park
Giants vs. the New York Mets
There will be a Pre-game home plate Memorial Tribute to
Northern California Police Officers who have died in the line of duty
Long Drive Winner
TICKETS are $27.00 and can be purchased via the web @ www.sfgiants.com/specialevents under
Law Enforcement Night / via telephone for groups 25 or more call (415) 972-2298
Please mention you are part of the Law Enforcement Group.
Tickets can also be purchased directly from the POA Office located at 800 Bryant St.
Close to the Hole Winners
1st
2nd
Seats are located on the view level starting behind home plate and include a souvenir baseball cap
and a hosted pre-game Tailgate Party at the Mariposa Yacht Club @ 3 pm
For additional information call the SFPOA @ (415) 861-5060
1st
2nd
Proceeds from the ticket sales benefit the California Peace Officers Memorial
and the Bay Area Law Enforcement Assistance Fund
1st
2nd
1st
2nd
This event sold out last year so purchase tickets early.
Earl Wismer 283 yards
Hole #3
Morimoto
Hanacek
Hole #7
Pursley
Tapang
Hole #13
Lorin
Lim
Hole #17
Ziegler
Balma
Ace
3’7”
2’6”
14’5”
17’3”
19’8”
9’5”
10’
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Classified Ads
Automobile For Sale
2008 BMW 128i automatic, black with
light interior, less than 24,000 miles, excellent condition, great luxury commuter
with 28 MPG highway. Full warranty
through 2012, maintenance coverage (oil
changes, wipers and brakes) through 2014,
BMW assist through 2012. $24,500 OBO.
Contact Rob Kobold at (408) 310-0618
1999 PORSCHE 911 CARRERA 4 ALLWHEEL DRIVE 2D COUPE Black exterior/
Black leather interior, 6 Cyl /6-Speed Manual Transmission. Excellent Condition/
77,000 miles. Asking Price: $24,000 OBO
For additional details and info Contact Joe
Filamor at (415) 254-8055
Hunting Trips
Colorado Deer/Elk Hunts. Private
ranches, Tresspass Fee Only. Contact Bob
Brodnik, (415) 320-0628.
Lot for Sale
Pine Mountain Lake, Groveland,
Ca. Half an acre about a minute’s walk to
the lake, main marina and beach. Near
Golf Course and Pine Mountain Lake
country club, swimming pool and tennis
courts. Amenities also include, stables,
airport, lake fishing and fly pond fishing,
Lot is on public sewer system $60k OBO.
E-mail [email protected].
Motorcycle For Sale
2006 Honda CBR 954. 23,000 miles
Black & Silver paint, race exhaust, tank
bag, new slick race tires. Never laid down
$9500. Call Katherine (707) 393-9432
2006 Harley – Iron Horse Outlaw – Must
Sell! 124 Inch Motor; 6-speed right side
drive; 250 rear tire; hydraulic clutch; LED
lighting; digital dash; custom black/red
paint; lots of chrome; less than 2K miles;
reg fees current; negotiable price; sold for
$25K new; asking $16,750 or b/o. Contact
Mitch @ (415) 987-6738
Piano For Sale
BALDWIN HAMILTON UPRIGHT STUDIO PIANO for sale: yr.1967; 46” tall,
Ser.# 234808. $2,100. The Hamilton is
designed to withstand institutional use,
although this piano was not in such an
environment. It has been used in two
private homes (am the 2nd owner). It has
double wheel rubber casters for moving,
with front legs that are structually tied to
the cabinet for additional sturdiness. The
walnut cabinet is in good condition, with
a matching bench that has a storage compartment. The action is very responsive
and easy to play. Contact: 415-298-9686.
Rental Wanted
22 year old son of retired CHP officers (Friends of Rene Laprevotte) looking
for a room/apartment/house in a safe area
of SF. Carrying a full load at SFSU and is
in the hiring process for SFPD. Also works
full time @ the Ferry Building as a Security
Officer. Contact Sean @ 707-291-7215.
Speaker For Sale (auto)
One-12” Super Woofer speaker
(Auto) Case size-13”x14”x18 $200 OBO
(415) 566-6734
Vacation Rental
MAUI — KAPALUA GOLF VILLA RENTAL.1700 sq.ft. 2 bedroom, 2 bathroom
Villa is located on the 10th Fairway of the
famed Kapalua Bay Golf Course! Enjoy
the fabulous sunsets from our lanai, as
well as views of the islands of Lanai and
Molokai. This exclusive resort community
has 4 swimming pools, 2 golf courses, golf
academy, zip lining, 10 lit tennis courts,
and many more amenities, which is associated with the Ritz-Carlton Hotel. Free
shuttle service is available throughout the
resort. Pictures and additional information is available at www.VRBO.COM listing
#276140. SFPD members receive discount
on posted rates. Contact Alan Honniball
at (415) 298-7205.
Vacation Rental
Relax in Carson Valley! Carson Valley Golfers Retreat Vacation Home Rental.
Gorgeous Views of the Sierra Mountains,
4 Bed, 2.5 Baths, 2300 s.f. SFPD/SFFD
Member Rates: $150 night or $900 Week
Call Vince at (415) 302-2500
vacation Rental Home Ocean view
Hot-tub on your deck in the redwoods.
2+ bedrooms /2 bath, large great room
for entertaining eight – minute walk to
Anchor Bay Beach, five- minute walk to
Mariachi Restaurant, bakery and grocery
store. Excellent for diving and fishing,
hiking and relaxing; five-minute drive
to town of Gualala and its great river for
kayaking and canoeing adventures. Enjoy
the Northern California Coastal Banana
Belt’s warm weather. E-mail me for more
info at [email protected]
South Lake Tahoe Cabin. Sleeping
for up to 10, a large living room with 50’
TV and dining area. Located just 4 miles
to the casinos and less to the beaches and
Heavenly Ski Resort. This home features
3 bedroom, 2 baths with 1600 square feet
of room Weekends: $200 a nt, Weekdays:
$100 a nt (except Holidays) website: www.
casadelaketahoe.bravehost.com Maricela
415-260-3484
TUCSON ONLY $125 PER NIGHT. 1,100
sq.ft. 2 bedroom, 2 bath condo newly
renovated and refurbished at 5500 N. Kolb.
Ideal for that family getaway. 2 pools and
workout facility on property. 2 full golf
courses nearby. Unobstructed view of the
Catalina mountains from the patio. Bookings on first come, first served basis. Call
Chris (707) 337-5514
Golf getaway in the redwoods.
This beautiful two bedroom, two bath
home is right on Northwood Golf Course
(the fourth hole is your backyard). The
amenities include complete kitchen, VCR,
cable television, deck and hot tub. There is
a third room with bunk beds unattached
from the house. Call Mike Siebert (415)
342-2241 for more information.
Vacation Rental
Enjoy this 2 bedroom, 2 bath
condo in sunny old town Scottsdale
AZ. Just steps away from the Giants Spring
training stadium. This gated community
offers 2 swimming pools, 2 spas, large
fitness room and is next to the community golf course with bike/walking paths.
ENJOY, NBA, PGA, NASCAR, NFL SUPER
BOWL, NHL. Washer/dryer in unit, with
plenty of storage. Pictures available on
Scottsdalesprings.com. Contact Patti and
Gary (650) 355-7770. SFPD OWNED
Wanted
I am interested in purchasing POA Notebook issues July of 1996, August of 1990,
January, February, May, and June of 1989,
November of 1988 and any issues prior
to January of 1988. Please contact Greg
Corrales at (415) 759-1076 or at gc1207@
comcast.net.
Hotwheels die-cast cars from 60’s-70’s
w/redline tires. Collector (any size collection). Contact Rene (415) 913-9161.
[email protected]
S&W Centennial Series, Model 40,
blue steel; Model 60, Stainless. Contact
retired #1771 (415) 648-4332
“Older” model Colt guns. Contact
Thomas Moore at (415) 648-4332.
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Word Search
Created by Officer Michelangelo Apodaca, Airport Bureau
Enjoy this relaxing and fun-to-solve puzzle! If you’ve never solved a puzzle
like these before, it’s a good idea to read this before you begin.
Each puzzle has a grid of letters that conceals words reading in different
directions — forward, backward, up, down, or diagonally — but always in a
straight line. The words, abbreviations, or phrases one must find and circle are
listed below the grid in capital letters. That’s all you need to know before you
sharpen your pencil and begin your search!
March is coming… Can you say the following words?
LUCK
LEAF
SHAMROCKS
OF THE
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CELTIC
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SAINT
GALWAY
GREEN
PATTY’S
CORK
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By Steve Johnson,
SFPOA
T
here is no doubt that with the
continuing exodus of senior officers there will be a personnel
shortage sooner than later. President
Gary Delagnes estimates that our Department will lose close to 400 officers
with service retirements by 2014. (56
are leaving this July, 2012.) Chief
Greg Suhr is doing everything he can
to plan for new Academy Classes but
even that takes time.
Looks like there will have to be
more of a sharing of resources like the
way Richmond Station accomplished
their mission the other night. Officer
Tobius Moore realized that there was
going to be an appearance by a wellknown gang member at a night club in
the Richmond District and, fully aware
that Richmond had limited resources,
he contacted the Violent Crime Reduction Unit for assistance. Lieutenant
Carl Fabri, Inspector Pat Overstreet,
Officer Scott Biggs, Officer Kirk Edison, Officer Gabriel Rivera, Officer
Sean Padilla, Officer Sean Perdomo,
Officer Thomas Harvey, Officer Raymond Lee, and Officer Roselo Pascua
responded to assist the contingent
of Richmond Station officers already
detailed to the event. During their
6-hour presence, the officers located
and chased a suspect armed with a
fully-loaded, 9mm semi-automatic
weapon, recovered a stolen Bentley out
of Las Vegas, and placed a few more
individuals in custody for outstanding
felony warrants.
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mation was so good it even matched
the brand of potato chips the guy was
eating when they found him. As the
officers approached, the suspect
started to run and, at the same time,
he pulled a gun out while looking
over his shoulder at the officers. Officer McHale and Officer Castro felt he
was going to start shooting at them
but they couldn’t return fire because,
even though it was 4:00 a.m. there
were still lots of people out because it’s
simply the nature of the beast in the
Tenderloin District. Instead, the officers managed to catch up to the armed
suspect and tackled him. The suspect
had multiple convictions throughout
the Bay Area for narcotics, assaults,
and theft. Now he’s got a gun charge…
Officer Paul Ruetti and Officer
James Tacchini saw an individual
who, it appeared, had just conducted
a narcotic transaction and so they decided to contact this subject for further
investigation. As soon as the suspected
narcotics dealer saw the officers approaching he immediately ducked into
a store on Market Street. The officers
found him rifling through sweatshirts
that were hanging on a clothing rack.
Once the detention was made a further
investigation revealed a fully-loaded,
9mm semi-automatic hidden inside a
pouch on one of the sweatshirts, the
same items the suspect was handling…
a group of individuals who suddenly
split up when the officers drove by.
One of the subjects started running
so the officers thought they’d follow.
After about ½ block this individual
pulled out a gun. Officer Dunne and
Officer Hunt were still driving parallel
to the armed suspect yelling at him to
drop his weapon. The suspect turned
down a street where the officers had
to abandon their vehicle and take up
a foot chase. It wasn’t long before both
suspect and his loaded, 9mm semiautomatic were in custody.
The gentleman standing on the
corner of Thorton and Ledyard Streets
was talking on his cell phone when
he was suddenly approached by 2
suspects one of whom placed him in
a headlock while the other pointed
what appeared to be a gun at him in
a threatening manner. Fortunately,
Sergeant Neil Cunningham and Sergeant Sean Griffin were just driving
by when they saw what was taking
place. The Sergeants gave chase as the
suspects tried to get away but they
were shortly taken into custody along
with the stun gun they were going to
use on their victim…
A home invasion robbery took
place on the 500 block of 9th Avenue.
Officer Charlie Lyons was a block
away when the broadcast came out
and saw 2 individuals running across
the street. The subjects matched the
description of the suspects involved.
Officer Lyons saw them getting into
a vehicle with the plates covered and
immediately called for back-up. Arriving about 10 seconds later was Captain
Keith Sanford. It was at that time that
Officer Lyons and Captain Sanford
removed the 2 suspects from their
vehicle at gunpoint. They were still
in possession of the .45 caliber, semiautomatic weapon used in the robbery.
How’s that for response time?!!
March 2012
It appeared to Officer Antonio
Balingit and Officer Vincent Masilang that someone was trying to flag
them down at 17th and Dearborn
Strets by using his flashlight. Turned
out that the individual with the flashlight was actually “communicating”
with his auto boost partner a block
away who was also taken into custody
after the officers’ investigation found
numerous autos boosted and the
suspects unable to explain why their
names didn’t match the names on the
items in their possession…Wow.
Even better, an Ingleside Unit
stopped a vehicle and the driver ran
off. The officer stayed with the passenger and car and gave Dispatch a
description of the runner. Officer
Peterkent DeJesus and Officer Rodrigo Labson found an individual
a few blocks away who matched the
description of the missing driver. Even
better, they figured out why he ran he had a fully-loaded, semi-automatic
concealed on his person. The only
problem was that he really wasn’t the
driver from the earlier incident, he was
just in the wrong place at the wrong
time …
The woman was, obviously, under
the influence of something when she
stole a DPW truck at 9:30 in the morning and drove it the wrong-way on 8th
Street from Harrison and crashed into
a pick-up truck, injuring that driver.
She then tried to escape on foot but
SFPOA Treasurer/off-duty Mission
Station Sergeant Marty Halloran was
with his personal vehicle at a nearby
gas station, saw what happened, and
gave chase. Suspect in custody and, as
Marty would say, “That is all!”
Stay safe.
The unprovoked attack of a citizen
at Davis and Jackson Streets at noon
left him critically injured from stab
wounds inflicted by a suspect who
fled the area. Officer Matthew Elseth
and Officer John Stephens arrived
and started CPR and also managed to
obtain a description of the armed and
challenged individual. It was just a few
blocks away when Officer Catherine
Daly located the suspect and managed
to take him into custody while he was
still armed with the knife he used on
his victim.
Officer Jeffrey McHale and Officer
Carlos Castro received information
about a suspect armed with a gun on
the 300 block of Ellis Street. The infor-
It was only a few weeks later when
Officer Paul Ruetti, this time with Officer Barry Mlaker, decided to engage
a known drug dealer who was not only
violating a court order but was also on
probation. The officers made an initial
contact with this individual who suddenly started to lash out at the officers
refusing to cooperate. The suspect
continued to resist at which time the
fully-loaded, 9mm semi-automatic
he had tucked in his waistband fell
to the floor. Now the suspect was
trying to get to the weapon and the
officers had their hands full until backup arrived and they were able to place
him in custody. This subject, although
only 19 years old, already had prior
convictions for carrying concealed
and loaded weapons.
Officer Christopher Dunne and
Officer Richard Hunt were working
the Bayview District when they saw
Officer Alert: Concealed handcuff key
This braided parachute cord bracelet
is becoming a popular item of wear
with survivalists and certain criminal
elements. The bracelet pictured here
has integrated into a common plastic
pinch clasp a functional handcuff key.
Use caution and inspect thoroughly all
such bracelets.
SFPD Arrests Three
Suspects At Club Concert
Plainclothes officers of the Violence Reduction Team of the San
Francisco Police Department arrested three suspects on Sunday, February 12 and in the early morning of
Monday, February 13 at the Rock-It
Room club, 406 Clement Street,
where Oakland rapper Philip Beasley
(aka Philthy Rich) was appearing.
Taken into custody were Beasley,
29, of Hayward; Samuel Burns III,
33, of Vallejo; and Dennis Walker,
29, of Antioch.
Police arrested Beasley after the
concert on February 13 at approximately 1:30 A.M. on Clement Street
at 5th Avenue after he attempted to
drive away in a 2011 black Bentley
with Nevada plates that had been
reported stolen out of Las Vegas. A
record check revealed that Beasley
was on felony probation for firearms
possession.
Burns was arrested after VRT officers saw him arrive at the club on
February 12 at approximately 10:30
P.M. Burns was the passenger in a car
driven to the event. Police detained
him for not wearing a seatbelt and
requested identification. When he
could not supply ID, officers did a
records check and discovered he had
warrants out of Marin and Contra
Costa counties. Burns is Beasley’s
promoter/producer.
Police arrested Walker on February 12 at approximately 11:15 P.
M. after officers attempted to stop
him in a suspicious vehicle stop.
Walker, a passenger, jumped from
the vehicle and officers engaged the
suspect in a foot pursuit that ended
on 5th Avenue at California. Officers
detained Walker and recovered a
semi-automatic handgun. Simultaneously, a 1991 GMC Yukon fled
the scene at a high rate of speed,
which crashed into a wall at 6th
Avenue and Presidio. The driver and
another passenger, both males, fled
the scene.
After an intensive search, officers
were unable to locate the driver and
remaining passenger.
Beasley was booked on stolen vehicle and receiving stolen property
charges. In addition to the outstanding warrants, Burns was charged
with DUI (warrant), and Walker
was charged with various firearmspossession violations.