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3 All SAN FRANCISCO POLICE OFFICERS' ASSOCIATION To Promote the Ideals, Policies and Accomplishments of the Association and its Members VOLUME 30 SAN FRANCISCO, JANUARY 1998 NUMBER 1 President's SFPD #1 in Combined Charities Ay John Ehrlich, Support Services tor rate of any large unit. This speaks well for our ace detectives who have Message The members of the SFPJ) contrib- not lost touch with the needs in the community. Last year in a different By Chris Cunnie, President uted more money than any other Department in the San Francisco unit Greg Corales had correspond- ingly high totals. swe close the books on 1997, City and County Combined Charity Teresa Valdivia helped include the let me express my extreme Campaign. We raised more than one Airport Bureau in the spirit and they Agratitude to all of you for your third more than the next highest gave over $9,000. They were the num- confidence and support throughout Department. While the final totals ber three unit in dollars donated. another difficult and challenging year are not yet in, over 1,000 people in Judy Hogan at Communications in the live, on-going saga of the San the SFPD gave over $92,000. organized a drive where over 50 of Francisco Police Officers' Associa- We have amazed people in the our dispatchers gave over $4,600. All tion. Charitable Community in that only three watches participated in the I often sit at my desk, telephone two years ago we were raising only a 500% increase in giving from last ringing, calls waiting, members sit- fraction of this amount. Last year year. ting in the lobby waiting to speak Captain Willis Garriott led over 469 Othr units also distinguished with me, and reflect on a favorite people into giving around $32,000. themselves. Sgt. Tom Lee had over saying of my mother: "Never a dull a victory in November. Thanks to This year we built on his foundation. 50 members at Bayview Station do- moment!" your landslide mandate approving Northern Station was the number nate. Lt. Gabe Harp, Captain Greg Never a dull moment indeed! Lead- the much needed dues increase we one unit in dollars given with over 90 Suhr and Mission Station's 80 con- ing this association and managing will be able to fund an absolute first- people donating over $12,500. Sgt. tributors did well. Traffic, Vice, Con- its affairs is pretty much a continu- rate campaign to achieve equitable Bill Darr did a great job in creating sent Decree, Ingleside, and Risk ous Code-33 activity. There are daily retirement benefits for all our mem- the atmosphere of giving. Not only was the total amount large but there Management all had above average emergencies and "hot runs" thatmust bers. totals. be abated as soon as possible. There Of course, I will continue to re- were quite a few people giving gener- Sgt. Joyce Watkins is the number are meet-and-confer sessions and main constantly vigilant to the pres- ous donations. one contributor in the SFPD. She meetings and legal battles enough ervation and/or improvement of the General Investigations under the contributes $75 a pay period to a for a whole platoon of Chris Cunnies. working conditions and employee leadership of Captain Kevin Dillon wide variety of causes. She also orga- I could not handle thisjob alone, and rights that our members deserve. To and with the hard work of Lt. Greg nized the drive at Risk Management. I thank all of you for providing me that end I have expressed to the Corales, had the most contributors We did quite well in the City raffles with a solid and unified team of ex- police administration, the Police with over 151 and the second highest ecutive officers and district/unit rep- Commission, and other employee contribution amount of over $11,000. (See CHARITIES, page 18) resentatives who are so selflessly labor groups my willingness to meet They also had the highest contribu- dedicated to this organization. with them at any time and place to 1998 is already shaping up to be confer over any aspect of the job another exciting and fast-paced year which will directly impact the mem- San Francisco Police Officers' over here at 51.0 7th Street. At the bership of this organization. Like- very top of our, "must do" list is the wise, my door is always open to any Association Mourns Fallen Officer development and implementation of member who has a concern or who a no-holds-barred political campaign has questions about the business of As were all members of the San Francisco Police Department, I was to up-grade Tier II retirement. We their association. saddened to learn of the death of California Highway Patrol Officer Scott have already begun the drive to Have a happy and safe new year, Greenly. Officer Greenly was killed by a suspected drunk driver on achieve that end, and I have put in and please be assured that your in- January 7th while on a traffic stop in the South bay. place ateam of experienced and savvy terests are the business of this office, On behalf of all San Francisco police officers and POA members I people to steer the campaign toward our staff, and the Board. wish to extend our heartfelt sympathy to Officer Greenly's family, and to his fellow officers and co-workers. Just as poet John Donne wrote that "any man's death diminishes me, because I am involved in Northern Station Officers Honored mankind;" so too does the death of any police officer diminish me, and all of us in the family of law enforcement and public service. Notebook Staff Report In his thank you address to the God bless, Scott Greenly. Commission, Officer Watkins self- - Chris Cunnie, President At the January 7th meeting of the lessly touted the good and conscien- San Francisco Police Officers' Association San Francisco Police Commission, tious police work done on a "nightly" Officers Brian Watkins and Joseph basis by hard-working officers as- Cordes received community, May- signed to patrol this city after the sun oral, and Commission commenda- goes down. "They are the ones who IN THIS ISSUE tions for their community policing deserve recognition." Watkins in- activities in the Jefferson Square and sisted. Widows and Orphans Page 2 Policing Old SF Page 10 lower Van Ness Avenue areas. The San Francisco Police Officers' Both officers, who patrol the area Association congratulates these two Vice President's Message Page 2 Letters Pagel5 on bicycles out of Northern Station, dedicated officers. Page 3 PAL Page 19 received presentations by ommnu- Around the Department I We regret that photographs ofBrian nity activist Ron McGlashan, Mayor Retired Members Page 4 Sports Pages 20-23 Brown's Criminal Justice Coordina- and Joe were unavailable at the time tor, Kim Burton, and the Police Com- we went to print. - Editor Cyber News Page 5 Funny But True Page 24 mission.

Page 2 Notebook January 1998 Widows and Orphans Vice Aid Association President's Message - The regular monthly meeting of the aèademy to Portrero for 2 years. The Widows & Orphans Aid Associa- Charlie was then assigned to solo By Gary Delagnes, tion was called to order by President motorcycles. After 2 years there he Vice President Kurpinsky at 2:02 p.m., Wednesday was granted military leave. Upon his December 17, 1997 in Conference return he was once again assigned to would like to take this opportu- Room, Ingleside. the solos. Charlie spent the balance nity to thank the membership for Roll Call of Officers: Vice Presi- of his time in the department on the I their vote of confidence in approv- dent Forencich excused. All others solos until his retirement for service ing the dues increase. It is not easy present with members R. Crosat, L. 'in 1973 at age 61. He was 85 at the for us to come to you and ask for Duffy, J. Riewerts, & J. Sturken. time of his death. more money, and we thank you for Minutes of Last Meeting: Approved Report of Trustees: Bank of believing in what we are doing here, as presented, in writing, to the mem- America reported to Trustees by and for giving us a chance to prove bership. phone - unable to appear at meet- ourselves to you. Believe me when I ance in the desire to vindicate our New Members: From 186th Re- ing. Portfolio still holding, Asian "Flu" say that we do not take this increase members. emit Class - Wendy Bear, Simon has not affected it. No changes at this lightly, and will continue to do every- To those few members who voted Chan, Albern Civad, Britt Elmore, time. thing in our power to stay within the "No" on the dues increase let me say Gordon Gooch, Jesse Heredia, Gre- Unfinished Business: Election of confines of our budget. that we will continue to work hard to gory Latus, Armando Lopez, Frank Officers - There being no contest for I personally guarantee you that we regain your confidence in your asso- Machado, Noah Mallinger, Keita any of the Offices, the Secretary was will run a first class campaign to ciation. It became very apparent to Morinaki, Timothy Nichols, Angela instructed to cast a unanimous bal- upgrade Tier II, and also continue to us that we have to work harder at Reyes-Juarez, Sean Rogers, Walter lot. The following were elected: Presi- provide you with the top legal de- some stations because you are sim- Ware, Gregory Watts. From Airport dent, Frank Forencich; Vice Presi- fense available. ply not getting accurate information Police - Elizabeth Boyle, Calvin dent, William Hardeman; Treasurer, You need to look no further than from your representative. We need to Chow, Richard Cirimele, Thomas William Parenti; Trustees, Thomas the recent court decision exonerat- make a special effort to get out and Cunnane, Brad Dahl, John Dempsey & Mark Hurley. ing two of our members, Carl Payne meet with you in order to ensure that Glischinski, Douglas Groshong, Treasurer Parenti reported that all and Rich Benjamin. The court over- you do get the correct information so Steven Harris, Frank Higa, James notices for 1998 dues had been ruled the Police Commission and re- that you can make informed deci- Lynch, Michael Lynch, Mat Mason, mailed and the response so far has stored their good names and reputa- sions. Bob Massola, Lilly Ng, Beth O'Shea. been good. tions, as well as ordering the City to Again, we assure you that there Communications: Following do- New Business: None on the desk make restitution in the form of full will be no assessments for ballot nations received and acknowledged at this time. back pay and seniority. This was all measures, nor anything else. We can by the Secretary: Commissioners Good of the Association: Presi- made possible because we prevailed now look forward to taking on every Sidney and Edward Petrillo - dent Kurpinsky set regular meeting through the talent and expertise of fight that comes our way because monthly salaries as Police Commis- for 2:00 p.m., Wednesday January one of our outstanding attorneys, you have given us the funds - and sioners. Treasurer Parenti presented 21, 1998. Mr. Bob Moore, and we never let the mandate - to carry on your fight. usual bills-benefits, salaries, audit- Adjournment: There being no fur- cost of legal representation be a de- Thank you, and have a safe and ing etc. - Approved. ther business to come before the terrence to our collective persever- prosperous new year. Treasurer Parenti reported the membership, the meeting was ad- following death: Charles Yeager - journed in memory of departed Born in San Francisco in 1912, he brother Charles Yeager. Editorial Policy worked as a title setter before joining Fraternally, Bob McKee, Secretary The Notebook is the official newspaper of the San Francisco Police the department in 1947, age 35. From A Happy Healthy New Year to All! Officers' Association and is published to express the policies, the ideals and the accomplishments of the Association. 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Around The couraged to join the Veteran POA. .Cabo San Lucas: Nick Torelli who owns Air Cool Auto Dues are $15 per year. Participation The annual January pilgrimage to Service in the Bayview District and in the organization helps (eases) the Cabo San Lucas has taken place. donated to the POA via Roy. Department transition of retirement. If interested Ingelside's Sgt. Bill Dyer reports a to call the POA 861-5060 and leave a great success and is already plan- ...Wouldn't it be nice: message for Gale Wright to send you ning for next year. Start saving your If the CAD system showed which an application... pennies now and maybe you can also officers on duty were accident trained, be awarded a crossed coronas pin. specialists, negotiators, bilingual, • . .Births: Wonder if it qualifies as a battle and/or 11550 trained. It would stop Paul and Evelyn Swiatko, ribbon... those nauseating all requesting one Bayview Station, proudly announce or the other... the birth of their second son. •.. Technology Nightmare: Alexander Earl Swiatko 8 lbs. 12 The new computer system has • ..What does it mean?? ozs., 20 inches, was born November been less than successful. Now comes What does the new Sick Pay provi- 28, 1997 at 0941 hours. Big brother word that the same company Tiburon sion/wellness program of the new Nicholas 4 1/2 years is beaming something or other will be respon- contract mean??? How does it with joy at having a new brother. sible for the new 911 communica- work??? Canwe get some examples?? Retiree Lou Barberini is proud to tions center, an 800 MHz system Please?????? I'm confused are announce that last year he became a when other departments are already you??9..... grandfather of triplets on his 66th using 900 MHz technology. Just birthday March 14, 1997. Amber, doesn't make sense... .Dues increase: .Quality time: Colette, and Louis were a gift from The best argument for the dues his daughter Jeannie and her hus- • . .Younger Officers: increase came out the day after the ission Station's Lt. Henry band Eliot Smith. Besides grandpa The POA is hosting some financial votes were counted. Co. A's Rich Parra points out that too spoiling the li'l ones Uncle Louis seminars. Younger officers should Benjamin and Carl Payne's exon- M many of us lose touch with Barberini, Tenderloin Task Force, is attend and start planning their fu- eration and reinstatement by the each other as the years go by. We also helping. tures today. Learn from the mistakes Superior Court proved why we need tend to gather only at retirements, Proudly announcing the birth of of those who preceded you. Take the best legal support possible the funerals, and, like in Henry's case their first child are Sgt. Bob and advantage of this very worthwhile POA can provide. The job done by Bob you are laying on a gurney at San Joanne Del Torre, Dog Unit. Edwan association service... Attorneys Kathy Mahoney and Francisco General. Your life flashing Joseph 9 lbs. 4 oz. 21 inches was Moore was excellent... past while looking up at familiar born November 3, 1997. Edwan is • . .History: faces. Now that Henry is on the road the namesake of Grandpa Edwan Captain Roy Sullivan of the Traf- • . .Quote: to recovery from an on duty car acci- Del Torre. Uncle is Lt. Tom Del fic Company has an SFPD banner "It's the friends you can call up at Marlene dent, he is encouraging all of us to Torre, Central Station. Already dad from 1908 hanging in his office. What 4 A.M. that matter." spend some quality (fun) time with and uncle are planning Edwan's is the history of this banner????? Dietrich: How true.... each other and each other's fami- sports career. Dad is pushing foot- Why are two of the names outlined in lies... ball, baseball, and bobsledding (he is red???? Do you know. Have a guess. Announcements, notices or tid- a USA team member) while uncle is Well historians drop by and see if you bits can be faxed to 552-5741 or mailed to Around the Department, • . .Club House: planning golf and basketball careers. can solve the mystery. The banner On January 8th, Central Station's Who will mediate this; Godfather Sgt. was discovered in an old trunk by 510 - 7th St., S.F. CA 94103. Rich Benjamin opened Co. ACaffee, Ken Sugrue, Tenderloin Task Force, (Sari Francisco's Finest) located at of course. Congratulations to all and 708 Vallejo Street, one-half block our best wishes for future happiness from the Central Station. The open- and success... ing party was a huge success and an Accepting Most Dental Plans indicator that many active and re- .Home Coming Queen: tired officers recognize that they now Central Station's Jim and Mary JULIA A. HALLISY, D.D.S. have a "club house" where they can Ellen Deignan have been busy at- visit with old friends and make new tending to royalty. Their princess 2411 Ocean Avenue, #101 ones. Rich will be serving coffees and (daughter) dare was elected Home San Francisco, California 9,4127 maintaining a deli style menu. After Coming Queen of St. Vincent's H.S. Office Hours By Appointment he retires later this year he will apply Petaluma, Ca. this past fall. Quite an Telephone: 415/452-0123 for a beer and wine license. So if you honor and a lot of hard work. Congrats are in North Beach stop by the Caffee Clare... Wife of Sgt. John Hallisy - Narcotics Bureau and say hello. Plenty of parking avail- able (at a reasonable price) in the .Trivia Quiz: garage located directly above the Sta- Last month we ran a trivia ques- tion... tion (with hints) to see who could ID. the former Boston Red Sox pitcher .Second Careers: whose nephew is POA General Coun- PACIFIC COAST TITLE COMPANY Several years ago we tried to main- sel, Sean Connolly. Well no one got Our rate schedule is consistently lower. it. The closest guesses came from Co. gv tarn a directory of retirees who were than the industry average in Mann involved in second careers. The in- K/Solo Dennis Russell (former tent was that-we would be able to put Dodger). When told that the name When purchasing or refinancing your home, -. together those who were about to was Bill Monbouquette Dennis pro- open your escrow with a friend. Call for rates. - ceeded to recite statistics and inform retiree with those who already were, Frank Falzon Gary Frugon thus forming a network of business us that Bill's AKA was "THE FIRE- (Bus. Development) Nice President) Retired SFPD San Rafael Mill Valley Novato Retired and services. The effort failed be- MAN" the first official closer in MLB San Rafael P.D. 454-6070 388-8740 892-8744 history... Novato office Son Rafael office cause it occurred in the pre-com- 892-8744 895 Mission Ave. 110 Tiburon Blvd. 1500 Grant Ave. 444-6070 puter age. Well we (me) are going to try it again. If you're interested in being in the directory send your in- formation to the POA office A'lT: Al Happy New Year from the Falzon Family! Casciato or via e-mail to alcasciato ©lycosemail.com. Active members who are involved in business and wish to be listed are encouraged to submit information as well...

• . .Retirees: Correction; Mike Truman, Larry MacKenzie, and Rich Oakes have Donna Falzon not retired. All three have pulled "I sell Novato" their papers and will remain until July to take advantage of the Post certificate pay. Central Station will 898-0484 honor 5 new retirees - John Brandt, ext. 138 Frank Machi, Art Orrante, Dave Berti, and Rich Ramon, on Febru- ary 19, at the Italian Athletic Club. Tickets are $32 per person, contact Mike Kangrga or John Schmolke at Kevin & Stephanie are quoted as saying Co. A 553-1532 - Active members "We love Novato" ME who are nearing retirement are en-

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by Mike Sugrue Pre-Retirement Seminar

ere we are again, a brand New • It can help you relax and sleep Year and many brand new better. H resolutions. I found a small Activities shouldn't have to hurt to article in the "Total Wellness" bulle- do your heart good! Try simple activi- tin from the City and County Health ties that are good for you. You might Participants in the first two-day retirement planning seminar held Last plan that I thought was interesting. walk, jog, ride a bike, or swim. You November in Burlingame. It's about "Why should we be more might rake leaves, mow your lawn, active?" trim your hedges, pull weeds, sweep Physical activity means usingyour your floor, wash windows, or vacuum. Retirement Planning Seminar muscles to move your body around. Use this checklist to make sure Following are a few of the benefits of activities are good for you: physical activity: • Is it fun and easy? • It's good for your heart, lungs, • Can you begin slowly and dress Two Days In Burlingame bones, and muscles. comfortably for it? • It can lower your risk of heart • Does it allow you time to warm up, By Mike Hebel, Welfare Officer in attendance Inspector Marty attack. cool down, and stretch? Bastiani, the department's senior • It can help you control your weight • Are you willing to stick with it? The Embassy Suites Hotel in member. Marty and his wife were the and blood pressure. • Does it help you meet your goals? Burlingame hosted the SFPD-POA source of much information about • It can give you more daily energy. semi annual pre-retirement semi- the department's history and how to nar. For the first time since its incep- successfully survive, as a family, all tion in 1984 the seminar lasted two the occupational stressors. Marty's AUTO BODY AND PAINTING EXPERTS days (November 17 & 18), members partner, Bob Huegle, was also in and their spouses/partners stayed attendance keeping Marty's stories r at the Embassy Suites, and the pro- in check. HAPPY NEW YEAR! Paintless Dent Repair Check out our New Web Site at I gram was expanded to include a dis- Assistant Chief Earl Sanders, at- www.citysearch.com/sfo/chavez Special cussion of social security and medi- tending with his wife, provided the care benefits, deferred compensa- I $6000 Department's perspective on the im- -VISA * I For Notebook Readers tion benefits, health service system portance of retirement planning and cRank c/ja'ez L ------benefits, and critical psychological retirement enjoyment. L INCORPORATED issues presented by retirement. Also attending with their spouses • (415) 896-BODY 981 Howard Street (Between 5th & 6th Sts.) • San Francisco, CA 94103 Special thanks to Chief Fred Lau, were Ed Geeter, Al Mould, Ed St. GET IT DONE RIGHT THE FIRST TIME Assistant Chief Earl Sanders, and Andre. William S. Taylor served as Captain Dan Lawson for providing our color coordinator and historian the necessary funding to expand this on the origin of retirement systems seminar's subjects and to allow mem- (1870's, Germany, Otto von Bis- bers and their spouses/partners to marck). reside at the Embassy Suites. It was a most informative and en- 1-800-570-5111 Fifty participants (members and tertaining two day experience. The spouses/partners) attended the lively seminar presenters kept their com- FAX ORDERS TO: 415 -285 -2188 and informative seminar which was mitment that no question would go coordinated by retired officer Mike unanswered. Sugrue and his wife Cass. The next two day retirement PLACE YOUR ORDERS ONUNE AT The presence of Officer Bob Geary planning seminar is tentatively http://www.rnrpizzaman.com kept the class in a humorous state. scheduled forApril 20 and 21,1998. Bob's question about a perspective The seminar will be available to marriage, when he had attained the the first 50 people, members and SMALL MEDIUM LARGE X-LARGE age of 100, to an 18 year old lady • I Sauce & Cheese 7.51 8.94 11,15 12.70 spouses/partners, who contact the 1 lopping 8.51 10.10 12.51 14.22 resulted in many participants offer- POA after the announcement is I Buy any extra-large 5 ,tem pizza and get any ,malt one Item pizza ERCO 2 Toppings 9.51 11.25 13,88 1574 ing Bob both marital and financial sent to all members with 20 or 3 Toppings 1051 12.40 15.25 17.26 advice. more years of service. This semi- 4Toppings 11.51 13.55 1661 18.78 IP2B"bbZl,g. The seminar was honored to have nar fills up quickly so don't delay. 5 Toppings 12,51 14.70 1798 20.30 6 Toppings 13.51 15.85 19.34 21.82 I I Extra Toppings .95 1.10 1.30 1.45 o °' Topp,,g

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January 1998 Notebook Page 5 Cyber News Get On Our The Redmond By Glenn R. Sylvester E-Mail List Family Fund

Happy New Year everyone! Why wait for the Notebook to get A terrible fire at 132 Westpoint the scoop? Receive POA bulletins Road in the early morning of Decem- hose who took the time to send and updates within minutes of their ber 13 quickly took the lives of six me Holiday E-mail cards last occurrence or release. We are amass- members of the Redmond family - T month as a result of my article, ing e-mail addresses for any active or five children, ranging in age from picked up another lesson as to the retired POA member who wants to eight months to 14 years, and their versatility of the Internet. Thanks receive POA news as soon as it hap- grandmother. Pauline MacKenzie (FOB) and Al pens. Officer Steve Ford of the San Fran- Wong (Co. I). Of course there were We are also compiling an e-mail cisco Police Department, in conjunc- others, but Pauline and Al are rela- subscribe to an ISP, have written list for non-members and POA sup- tion with Hificrest Elementary School, tively new to the Internet. mail in a newsgroup, obtained an porters. Persons on this list may not has spearheaded a drive to help the Are you being charged a surcharge anonymous e-mail address, are listed be privy to or receive the same bulle- family with its funeral expenses and for the use of your SF Police Credit in a telephone directory and more. tins and news as that of the active/ to establish a family fund. Members Union ATM card at a non-participat- retired members. of the public are encouraged to join ingATM? Try visiting this site (http: / Try these sites: You may get on one of our lists by these two organizations by sending a /www.theco.op.org) for a quick http://www.databaseamerica. com/ sending us your e-mail address. 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Only Presi- Officer Steve Ford San Francisco the Credit Union newsletter and never As I mentioned before, this is the dent Cunrile, Webmaster Tom Feledy, Police Department Backgrounds Unit taken the time to visit, what a re- age of technology and information. Notebook editor Ray Shine, and one 553-1282. source. Thanks Mike Williams (ret.) You can not go about your daily life trusted office staffer will have access For passing this information on to today without the use of some type of to the lists. Register in one of the me. computer interaction, whether aVCR, following formats: Ran into a member at C0mpUSA coffee pot, automobile or the store We Need (my regular hang-out, right!) just you shop at. How much information For active and current POA Cartoonists this week who was buying a com- about you is out there? Don't become members: puter (PC) for his son. He asked if he too paranoid, because the informa- Send us your name, star number, Are you a cartoonist who was getting a deal. 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In November 1997 long time 0CC POA: Is morale suffering among that they can bring forward addi- There are times when I have two investigator Pam Moy resigned after the 0CC employees? tional allegations on behalf of the cases that are almost identical, and spending over nine years investigat- MOY: I would say that the morale citizens. That should be true in the in one case it is not sustained, and in ing complaints lodged against SFPD problem shifts and changes from time sense where the average citizen does the other case there is some particu- officers. But, to nearly every POA rep to time. It has never been good. I have not see where a policy is not appro- lar reason they see that I don't to who has dealt with her one-on-one, never, in nine years, had an atmo- priate, or the training is missing. The change it to a sustained, or some- Pam was always considered to be sphere where everything was just average citizen may not see where thing else. one of the most respected and trusted really good for all the employees in- there is an opportunity to make policy investigators in the history of the POA Are certain types of cases agency. What has set Pam apartfrom assigned to particular investigators her less respected former coworkers 0CC investigators are not the only people and likewise, are certain investiga- was her innate sense offair play and tors kept away from complaints be- objectivity. Although always busi- who determine the outcome of an investi- cause supervisors want or expect a ness-like and professional, Pam was, certain outcome in the investigation? at the same time, accommodating gation. There is a lot of input from admin- MOY: That was not true until more and approachable and, most impor- istration and supervisors... recently, and then for various rea- tantly, FAIR. sons. Maybe perhaps the style of an Pam's sudden departure from the investigator on how they write up a 0CC has diminished the already fail- volved. There have been a number of a little more clear cut where there is report or perhaps the philosophy or ing confidence that the POA has in the things that have come into play. Origi- no regulation to cover a situation. something like that, a case has been 06C and its current administration. nally when I got on board it was lack So, investigators should be able to shifted to somebody else. Seeking answers to many questions of funds and personnel. We had a work that kind of an additional alle- about the secretive inner workings of serious deficiency in personnel. I gation into the complaint. POA: Are there written policies the Second Street enclave, the POA think there were six of us. There were and guidelines that 0CC investiga- approached Pam and requested the no funds coming in. They didn't have POA: I'm talking about simple tors are expected to adhere to, and if interview that follows. The only con- any equipment, like cars and such. things like filling out a form improp- so, are they available for review by ditions agreed to were that individu- They didn't have procedures then. erly. anyone who requests to see them? als would not be named, and there They are still formulating procedures MOY: Well, it has to do overall with MOY: The procedures at 0CC are would be no reference to specific now, so that's never changed. There accuracy, but it depends upon the in the state of flux, and they have cases. were too many things keeping you Director and his or her philosophy. never been finalized between the So what follows is an inside peek from doing the job effectively. There is more inclination to add alle- people that are trying to implement at the what makes the 0CC tick, as gations to a complaint now than in the procedures, and the people who well as some valuable advice on how POA: How much emphasis is the past. The way allegations are are working with them. to prepare for your next 0CC inter- placed upon the sustained complaint established has changed. Some have view. - Editor rate? Is that seen as the moving force viewed it as a supervisory problem POA: Are investigators encouraged of the 0CC mission? within the department. You know, to solicit complaints from the public? POA: Is the overriding 0CC phi- MOY: Now, that's a very interest- you should be looking at the accu- For instance, at a special event? losophy established by the director, ing question because the 0CC sus- racy of your officers because if they or it is more formal, and structured tained complaint rate has always go to court and their case gets thrown MOY: In the over nine years I was by charter language? been an underlying issue, but that's out on a technicality, it is a waste of with the 0CC, I have not had any- MOY: It is not structured by lan- not the primary focus. It's taken a time, so you need to fine tune that. body say to me, "go out and touch guage. We have had maybe five di- back seat to the problem of back- But I don't know that past adminis- base with those people." The only rectors - something like that - and logged cases. It's never been an issue trators at 0CC were particularly in- one that I can think of is like YGC the philosophy has changed with of the quality of the sustained cases. terested in emphasizing that as an sends us an abuse report. What they each director. I think the philosophy Now, the sustained case really has allegation to be sustained. view is an abuse report from a medi- is formulating as we go along. two parts. It's your investigation, and cal examination and we will contact it's your corning to a conclusion. But POA The seasoned investigators the people involved and say it ap- POA During your tenure at the you also should be formulating the at 0CC know a legitimate complaint pears that something may have hap- 0CC, you witnessed some fairly dra- sustained case in a way that the from a bogus one. Despite that ex- pened which you may wish to pur- matic changes in leadership and di- person who is bringing it forward to pertise and their informed judgment, sue. If you are interested in an inves- rection. Why do you believe the 0CC argue it is able to argue it like a are 0CC investigators expected to tigation, please contact us. And we cannot retain competent leadership? prosecuting attorney. They have to put as much effort into such cases as have done that, I think, with other MOY: The 0CC I think, from the base it on solid evidence and good they do into the legitimate ones? issues too, but not very frequently. inception, has never quite gotten on analysis of the regulations and facts MOY: 0CC investigators are ex- track as to how the agency was to of the case. Those issues are not pected to put the same emphasis on POA. The City charter mandates operate, so it keeps changing and always clear cut, so it is a difflcultjob all allegations. 0CC investigators are that 0(C accept all complaints. modifying, and no one set down in for the attorney and the investigator not the only people who determine Should the charter be amended to writing what the expectations and to bring forward something that is the outcome of an investigation. There allow more 0CC discretion as to procedures were. Right now it is the only an opinion without corroborat- is a lot of input from administration which complaints receive an investi- homeless problem. San Francisco is ing evidence. There is a need to pros- and supervisors and the legal advi- gation? unique. It's got its own problems ecute effectively. sors. with its political correctness and all. MOY: I think that last line is very I'm simply saying that their empha- POA: More and more we find 0CC POA Are conclusions of an inves- valid. I think there should be some sis keeps changing. investigators adding their own viola- tigator very often overruled or over- way that you could look at a com- tions or complaints to that of the turned by either a supervisor or one plaint and assess some validity to original complainant. These are of- of the 0CC attorneys? the complaint. As far as complaints ten allegations that the investigator MOY: Sometimes, and more often coming forward, you have to under- uncovers and are not things about than you might expect. stand that you are dealing with the which the citizen has complained. Is public. That's a real variable. There that philosophy and practice encour- POA For clear cut reasons, or are citizens who believe that some- aged or expected by the current Di- politically generated ones? thing is wrong because, 1) they don't rector? MOY: Both, in all honesty. Some- know any better; 2) they have no MOY: That philosophy has ebbed times I have absolutely no under- familiarity with the law: 3) it is all and flowed over the years. It has standing of why they decide that a emotional. And you do have your always been the philosophy of 0CC finding should go a particular way. 800's and 5150's that come in. And,

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Harrison/Folsom, SF, CA 94103 L - - SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94123 (415) 885-2530 - - Page 7 January 1998 Notebook some of them have their own agenda. fleer give me a bad time one time and are dealing with is going to create a You know, there is a reason some- I said to him, well unless the doctor complaint. Whether it be a simple body told them they should go in and POA Do you feel more officers smacked you on the fanny and knew encounter in asking and answering a file a report. Their attorney, perhaps. would suffer discipline if they were you were going to be a cop when you question, to something where they Perhaps they are at risk in losing not vigorously represented by the were born, you must have been a are going to effect an arrest. If it's their housing or something and they POA? civilian at one time or the other. Now, hairy, do something to note it down. go in there and file a complaint. MOY: No, I don't think that is a somewhere in the process you learned I mean, if there is anything that was Some people psychologically want to factor. I don't think the POA is a to be a police officer. Anybody can frazzled out there, note it down as upset the officer who they encoun- factor in the disciplining of the offic- put their mind to learning a particu- soon as you can sit down and just tered and they will use the complaint ers. lar job, whether they hold the title of think it through. It's like seeing an process to effect that end. Just throw accident. You are not going to re- a complaint at him and shake him POA: How about in the sustaining law enforcement officer or not. Doesn't mean that they can't work member the details unless you write up. of the complaint? down your time and all those basic I don't think that is true with the principles. MOY: things. They are little reminders of POA: Many feel that a fair and either. I think it is just - there is a How can an officer best pre- what you have to put down for your- unbiased investigation of a citizen mix there. POA: pare for an 0CC interview? What are self. If there was some lady scream- complaint is, in the end, the best way the crucial things that he or she ing at the top of her lungs, if you do to give credibility to the officer and POA: So if the officer went in non- needs to do in order to walk into an nothing else except note the fact that the department. Would you agree or represented, his rights would be as interview prepared? she was wearing a pink dress, that's disagree with that? protected as if he went in with a POA MOY: Well, I find that sometimes going to trigger that vision in your MOY: I agree wholeheartedly, and rep. an officer fouls up because when head of the screaming woman and it would enhance the credibility of MOY: No, I wouldn't say that ei- they first get the notification of the what she was screaming at you. And the 0CC as well. ther. complaint, their first reaction or their it is like, pay attention because they emotion takes over. If the emotion are the ones that sneak up on you POA Conversely, biased investi- POA: That is sort of what I meant overrides everything, they tend to and throw all these curves later on gations tend to corrupt the ideal of by the question. push it aside and not deal with it and you are saying, I don't remember citizen review. Would you agree or MOY: Okay. He is not punished that happening or maybe it did hap- for having the POA there, but he's not until the last minute. That is a very disagree? dangerous factor. Get the emotion pen and you are so confused by that I believe it diminishes the necessarily protected either. If he MOY: out. Get angry. Throw it against the time. And also sometimes officers whole process. didn't have a representative, there is will remember something subcon- always an outside chance that an wall, pick it up and look at it seri- ously and determine what your be- sciously and they will give me enough Many citizen complaints are advantage might be taken. POA ing interviewed for. Secondly, if you information for me to pursue it. Well, generated because of an ignorance of have to get your reports or something they have got to do that for them- policy and procedure - not neces- POA: Do you feel that the POA is Lo re r- h our m emory I nr------ota- selves. sarily of officer misconduct. How can an undue political force at the Hall of y Justice, as well as at City Hall, and tions, get them together. Put them in the public be made more aware of POA: So, basically it is true that do others in the 0CC feel way? an envelope and be prepared for it. our policy and procedure, and who Look them over. If you have to, go the more information the officer can No, I think the POA is there has the responsibility to educate the MOY: look at the site. Anything to make provide the investigator, the better public? for the specific purpose that they you remember what happened at the officer will fair in the investiga- I think the education should were created, and they are doing MOY: that particular time because, except tion. be from whoever they encounter. For what they are suppose to be doing. example, I find too many people watch too much television, like the cop POA: Is there a general belief at Ifind too many people watch too much shows; the ride along cop shows, and the 0CC that police officers have too they have a preconceived conception much due process afforded to them? television, like the cop shows; the ride of what's going to happen to them MOY: I think there might be a when they run into a law officer, and tendency to want to regulate more along cop shows, and they have a pre- that colors their perception of what the individual decision making. I conceived conception of what's going to happens in reality. I mean, every- think there is a control factor there thing happens so quickly on televi- which comes into play which varies, happen to them when they run into a law sion. They think the process is going depending upon the issues. to be quick and if they are delayed officer... more than five minutes, they go bal- POA Without naming individu- listic on you because you have kept als, do you believe there are blatant for the one officer I know in San MOY: Absolutely. And it is better them out there for 20 minutes—you cop haters working as investigators Francisco whose memory loss goes to be straight forward and say, "you know, writing a citation. Officers can at the 0CC, and that the obvious know, I don't have a real recollection bias is tolerated, if not even encour- from two minutes before the inter- off-set this misconception with a brief view to a year ago and he never of that particular thing you [the in- aged, by the management? explanation of what they are doing, remembers anything, the rest of the vestigator] are saying." And that's MOY: I can't say that I have per- and why. officers try to struggle through it. The fine, because you are not expected to sonal knowledge of that. struggle is that they are not pre- be superhuman. POA During your tenure, did you Do you think that the 0CC is pared. I have officers who are heaven find the role of the POA to be over- POA: POA: How often does the officer's effective for what it was intended to to interview because they not only zealous and an impediment to the looked at the complaint, they under- attitude affect the demeanor of the investigatory process? Is there a gen- do? Can civilian oversight of police investigator and possibly the conclu- ever be a legitimate forum for airing stand what the complaint is about. eral mistrust - or even an outright They go after those issues furiously sion of the investigator? complaints and policy failures? I think the officer's attitude dislike - of the POA by those inside and they are prepared with the infor- MOY: the 0CC? MOY: I think it could be a legiti- has a great bearing on how he will be mate forum. I think that 0CC is mation that is pertinent to make a MOY: That varies with the investi- decision. This is their opportunity to perceived by the investigator. We do gator and circumstances. I have been constantly working, trying to get to go through a behavioral analysis that point and, like I said, with all of defend themselves, but to some of in an environment outside of the them it is procrastination at its fin- class. There are things that are al- 0CC where the union and manage- the variables as far as directors and ways a dead give away when an of- philosophies and procedures, who est. And when they finally have to ment were constant adversaries. It deal with it, they are struggling, like ficer is trying to fly by the seat of his can say if it will ever come to exactly pants or he is trying to cover up was a reality, and Ihave been on both they are in the wrong end of the pool. sides of the fence. I have been a what the public meant for it to do. As something, and it is physical. manager and dealt with the union a concept, there is nothing wrong POA: In the field, at the scene of an and took labor relation courses to with the concept. I know when I POA: And you are trained to spot initially went in there it was per- incident, are there tell tale signs that prepare myself for that. Thejob of the a complaint is likely to be generated that? union is to represent their members. ceived by a lot of law enforcement MOY: Sometimes you are sitting officers - not necessarily San Fran- and if so, what can the officers do to Disruption? I did not experience that, protect their interest and prepare for at the table and you are thinking, oh, but I may have been one of the fortu- cisco but when I go to training I run my God... into other groups too that say, "why the inevitable 0CC inquiry? nate few that didn't. But I think that There are officers who in- should a civilian be able to make a MOY: you would have to realistically say, in stinctively know when whatever they (See 0CC, page 14) some cases, yes. police decision?" And, I had one of-

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He did this several times. from the bookTrue Stories That Cops The owner of the car was telling To Ingleside Giveaway Tell To One Another by retired SFPD everyone what a great car it was and Tom Dempsey. that he was getting more than 80 The author provides a "hint" to miles to the gallon. help identify who the tale is about: After a time, the partner reversed Owner of the vehicle is a retired the situation and began siphoning driver/ bodyguard of several mayors; gas from the tank until the owner of the jokester is a retired Captain of the car was getting only 3 or 4 miles Police. to the gallon. The identities of the two officers in The owner of the car took it to the the story titled. The Tomato Juice shop where he hoped they would Cure which was excerpted in the correct the problem of the varied gas December issue of the POA Notebook consumption. are KevinDempsey and Mike Norman. After many trips to the shop, and - Editor to no avail, the partner finally told his buddy what he had been doing. Two uniformed officers worked "You did that to me and my new Santa Rich Pate is assisted by elves together for many years in their radio from Ti Couz Restaurant car?" He fumed and snorted but didn't Santa Mario Delgadillo and friends car and were continually pulling get any further than, "Why, you son tricks on each other. This time, one of a b - - - _," when he broke down in By Ethel Newlin, SFPOA Supporter of the officers purchased a new car explosive laughter. By Ethel Newlin, SFPOA Supporter and was bragging how great it was— Hint: Owner ofvehicle - Ret. Insp., The Fourth Annual Toy Giveaway running quietly, great mileage it gets. Driver of Several Mayors, Jokester, There is a persistent rumor that at Mission Station was a huge suc- Unbeknownst to him, the partner Capt. of Police Sergeant Mario Delgadillo (Ingleside cess. Kids began lining up at 7 a.m. had a key to the car. When the owner Station) may actuallybe Santa Claus. to wait for the doors to open at 10 of the vehicle wasn't around, he drove YGRA AKOCKW On December 20 he got into the red a.m. By the time the doors closed at the car to a gas pump and filled it NOJH RBUNRE suit and hosted a party for a very 2 p.m. approximately two thousand special group of kids. kids had received an arm load of toys Over the past few months Mario and a picture with Santa. This great Retirement Dinner and the officers at Ingleside collected event was the brainchild of Com- the names of youngsters caught in mander Joaquin Santos when he February 19, 1998 the middle of domestic violence cases, was captain at Mission and he was were victims of crimes, or were hav- there to enjoy the good feelings. Italian Athletic Club * 1644 Stockton Street ing a tough time of it in some way. The Toy Giveaway has become so * John Brandt * Frank Machi With permission from their families, popular that it takes two shifts of a Polaroid picture of each child was Santas to handle the crowd. Once * Art Orrante * Dave Berti * Rich Ramon placed on the "Kris Kringle Tree", to again Santa (Sgt.) Mario Delgadillo be adopted for Christmas by one of and Santa (Sgt.) Rich Pate returned Cocktails at 6:00 p.m. * Dinner at 7:30 p.m. the officers. The officers agreed to from their regular gigs at Ingleside to $32.00 per person buy presents for their "special" child play the largej oily guy in the red suit. Dinner Menu: Choice of Chicken or Cross Ribs and to invite them to a party with They were ably assisted by a pair of Salad and Antipasta * Pasta with meat sauce * Mixed vegetables Santa and his helpers. pointy-eared elves from Ti Couz Res- Wine with dinner * Coffee with Dessert Seeing the kids receiving their gifts taurant and a small army of elf vol- and picture with Santa, eating hot unteers who kept the traffic moving For Tickets See: dogs and having a great time made it smoothly. John Krance Traffic Bruce Merovich, TAC Kyle Ching, Co. I very hard to imagine the traumatic The man behind the scenes in Jimmy Acedevo, Co. B Dave Brandt, Co. D Mike Krangrga, Co. A events of their lives. Times like these Santa's Workshop, Sgt. Larry Ratti, John Schmolke, Co. A remind us what community policing made sure that the volunteer officers is all about. and PAL cadets kept the toys rolling Sergeant Mario Delgadillo will con- out to the anxious kids. 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Officers fully vindicated What Do You Superior Court Judge Rebukes Discipline Believe??? By Steve Christie, Southern Station

Action Of Former Commission I think it is time to stand by your personal beliefs. The issue I am re- ferring to is promotional exams. Notebook Staff Report

Central Station Officers Rich Ben- Opinion jamin and Carl Payne started the New Year off right when a Superior Court judge overturned their sus- Many years ago if a member took pension by the Police Commission an out of rank appointment they last spring. were ostracized big time and widely Judge Raymond Williamson found considered animal excrement. My that the officers had not violated any recent belief has been that I hold no Department policies or rules when ill will toward anyone who takes an out of rank appointment because they booked a man for 647(f) in Feb- ruary of 1995. The man had an esti- there really is no rhyme or reason to mated blood alcohol level of three our promotional tests. Take what- times the legal limit and no outward ever you can get, whenever you can signs of trauma when Officer Payne get it. I must admit that my attitude and Officer Anthony Gomez picked is now wavering. Being passed over a him up at the Fairmont Hotel. They few times is no big deal. The thing brought him to Central Station, where Rich Benjamin and Carl Payne celebrate their victory in Superior Court at the that is bothersome is watching as Officer Benjamin was the station Grand Opening of Rich's latest restaurant venture. others that I regard as being many keeper, and where they intended to times the cop that I am are passed hold him for four hours and release testimony presented, and found "in- The court also noted the amend- over time and time again. If we be- him when he was sober. Unbe- sufficient evidence" to uphold the ments, revisions and changes the lieve solidly in the testing process it knownst to the officers, the man had Commission's decision. In a written Department has made since this in- should be rank order all the way. If apparently suffered internal head in- opinion, the judge said discipline cident regarding the handling of in- you think that the examinations test juries earlier in the night. He eventu- was "inappropriate in this case." toxicated persons, saying it was "im- only your acting skills and are a huge ally died from those internal injures. The court cited as the basis for its pressed" with such changes. But the joke, then out of rank appointments In an extensive two-day hearing decision the testimony of Sgt. Garrett court also recognized what the Com- would be the order of the day. Either before former Commissioner Doug Tom, Officer Michael Norman and mission refused to acknowledge, de- you have faith in the testing process Wong, the officers represented by Deputy ChiefJohnWfflett, all ofwhom spite the overwhelming evidence pre- and go in rank order, or you admit former POA in-house counsel Kathy testified in behalf of the officers. sented in the hearing. that the test is not worth the paper it Mahoney, showed that they had acted Deputy Chief Willett was the com- "If the previous policies, proce- is written on, and choose by any in accordance with Department train- manding officer of Central Station dures and training were so clear to other imaginary criteria that is popu- ing, policies and procedures at the when the incident occurred. every line-officer on the street, such lar on that day. How have we, or time. The officers also showed that The court was "favorably im- massive reworking of those policies, worse how has our city, accepted a the Department's training for the pressed" with the testimony of all procedures and training would be process that is so contradicting to handling of intoxicated persons at three witnesses, according to the neither necessary nor appropriate," itself? Funny thing is... our adminis- the time was woefully inadequate, opinion. The court cited from the Judge Williamson wrote. tration wonders why we sometimes and in fact fell below state stan- hearing transcript Deputy Chief In addition to overturning the sus- have trouble with the line between dards. The evidence before the Com- Wfflett's conclusion that "it appeared pensions, Judge Williamson ordered right and wrong. Somewhat like chil- mission showed that the Department to me that the officers did not only that both officers be reimbursed with dren in a family, we are a product of had completely revamped its train- use the proper conduct but what I interest for all of the back pay and our environment. Is it time to take a ing and policies regarding the han- would have done in the same situa- benefits they lost from their suspen- stand? What do you believe??? dling of intoxicated persons since tion." sions. this incident. Despite overwhelming evidence in favor of the officers, the Commission voted to suspend Officer Benjamin INSPECTORS ORALS TRAINING SEMINAR for 30 days and Officer Payne for 15 Presented by Menlo Institute Training Center (MITC) days. The Commission did not sus- IMPROVE YOUR PRESENTATION AND COMMUNICATION SKILLS tain charges against Officer Gomez. MITC has been helping officers score higher on promotional orals for ten years. 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Page 10 Notebook January 1998 Policing Old San Francisco: The Frank Egan Case,. 1932

By Kevin Mullen, SFPD Retired mentioned that she had an insur- Tinnin was not to be found anywhere death. ance policy listing him as the benefi- either. More recently, in February 1932, On Friday evening April 29, 1932, ciary. The case smelled, and the taint another of Egan's clients, Mrs. Flo- Warren and Verna Louw took in "The Egan said further that his client kept leading back to Public Defender rence Cook, was found dead in her Champ" at the El Rey Theater on had been in the habit of going on Frank Egan. On Monday night, it home, also apparently from the ef- Ocean Avenue, starring Wallace Berry night hikes without a hat or coat, a took an odd turn. At 9:00 p.m., Cap- fects of alcohol. According to neigh- and Jackie Coogan. As they walked practice he had warned her about tain Dullea received a telephone call bors, Egan visited her frequently, toward their Kenwood Way home fol- repeatedly. As to his whereabouts at from Egan, who said that he had sometimes in the company of Dr. lowing the movie, about 9:45 p.m., the time of Mrs. Hughes' death, Egan been kidnapped. Yet an hour later Houseman. Cook's divorced husband the couple noticed a suspicious look- volunteered that he had attended the the Public Defender was seen at said he had given his ex-wife $6000 ing automobile slowly circling the fights that night at Dreamland Audi- Powell and Geary streets by a hotel in the preceding year, all of which area. torium in company with Dr. Nathan clerk and a police officer in no obvi- was gone. He was put off by the Thinking the occupants might be Houseman, his physician and friend. ous distress. Egan then dropped from Public Defender when he asked him robbers, the Louws stepped into a Police detectives under Captain of sight as well. about it, he said. recessed doorway and watched as Detectives Charles Dullea went to the auto appeared and reappeared the Lakewood address where they several times before racing off with had were forced to break a window to It was all a frame-up, Attorney Hallinan its lights out. The couple continued gain entry and, once in the house, up Kenwood where they came upon found that all exterior windows and and others charged, engineered to abol- the crumpled body of awoman lying doors were locked and bolted from ish the office Public Defender which on the pavement near the curb in the inside. The house and garage of front of 150. keys were found in Mrs. Hughes' was unpopular in law-and-order circles... At first, the thought was that the purse neatly stowed in the dining victim had been struck by a hit and room sideboard. The woman could run driver, but responding detec- only have left the building through From the start, the case com- These revelations caused the press tives were soon struck by the fact the garage door which had a self- manded front page attention as en- to take another look at Tinnin's con- that, though the night was chilly, the engaging spring lock. Suspicious terprising reforters dug into every viction for attempted murder of a woman wore no coat or other outer looking stains were found on the aspect of Egan's past and police scur- woman in 1918. The victim in that garment. Neither had she been car- garage floor. ried around the state in response to attack was the sister of the woman rying a purse and contrary to the By Monday morning, police lo- reports of sightings of the fugitives. Tinnin was living with in San Fran- universal custom of the time, she cated the death car in a private ga- As in other celebrated cases, once cisco at the time. The two women had wore no hat. rage at Turk and Masonic streets. the story broke, witnesses to un- recently come into a shared inherit- On Saturday morning, aWestwood The blue 1925 Lincoln phaeton be- usual behavior came forward. ance of $100,000, all of which would Park neighbor identified the victim longed to fire lieutenant Oscar Postel, For one thing it soon became evi- have gone to Tinnin's live-in friend if as Jessie Scott Hughes, a 59 year old who said he had lent it on the morn- dent that despite the outward trap- her sister were dead. widow who lived alone at 41 Lake- ing of the killing to a man called pings of affluence, Egan's finances At Tinnin's trial for the 1918 at- wood Street. Public Defender Frank Verne Doran who claimed he wanted were in a sorry state. A bank had tempted murder, Frank Egan had Egan could tell them more, the man to use it take Frank Egan for a ride. started foreclosure proceedings on testified that the defendant was work- said, for he was a close friend of Mrs. Doran, 23, a convicted burglar, the Egan home at 225 Urbano Drive ing as a process server in Egan's San Hughes and managed her financial indebted to Frank Egan for his re- to recover a $9,000 mortgage that Francisco office at the time of the affairs. lease on parole, worked for the Pub- had gone unpaid. crime and thus could not have been The 50 year old Egan was a well lie Defender as a chauffeur. Detec- And Dr. Alexander Keenan who 200 miles away in Tehama County. respected figure in San Francisco's tives went to Doran's sister's home had treated Mrs. Hughes several The Jury evidently didn't believe Egan political and criminal justice circles. where they were told that Doran had months earlier, said that when he and gave Tinnin 10 years to life. A former city police officer who had left a half hour earlier after receiving had presented her bill to Egan for On the Thursday following his dis- passed the bar and established a a telephone call from a man she payment as the patient suggested, appearance, Egan turned up in a private law practice in 1914, he had thought was Frank Egan. the Public Defender told him that her private sanitorium on Steiner Street been appointed the city's first Public The sister thought Doran might be funds had been exhausted. Accord- where, according to his spokesman Defender in 1918 after the office was in the company of a recently ac- ing to Dr. Keenan, Mrs. Hughes and attorney, Vincent Hallinan, he established by the State Legislature. quired friend, Albert Tumin. The 37 seemed surprised when that com- was recovering from a nervous break- Egan was elected to the post in his year old Tinnin was also an ex-con- ment was relayed to her. down. Egan, said Hallinan, couldn't own right at the next election and yet, having spent nine years in Mrs. Hughes was not the only remember anything that had oc- reelected continuously thereafter. Folsom Prison on a conviction for older woman of means connected to curred since the preceding Satur- Later that Saturday morning, Egan attempted murder of a woman in Egan. A decade earlier, about the day. himself showed up at the Coroner's Tehama County. He had been pa- time Egan was married to his wife, The following Monday, it was re- office. In answer to routine question- roled the preceding February, in part Lorraine Kipp, Lorraine came into a vealed that Tiimin had been in police ing he said that he was indeed in through the intercession of San Fran- sizeable inheritance from Margaritha custody since Wednesday, the 4th, charge of Mrs. Hughes' affairs, and cisco Public Defender Frank Egan. Busch, an heiress of the Busch brew- held incommunicado at the ing fortune who she had served as a Whitcomb Hotel where he was ques- companion and nurse. tioned by police. Soon afterwards, as Within 48 hours of Miss Busch's the authorities were closing in on death, a deed of gift was filed with the him, Doran turned himself in to the county recorder transferring a row of police. Both ex-cons were held on COURTESY apartment houses on O'Farrell Street parole violations; Doran was sent to to Egan's bride. When Chicago rela- San Quentin and Thmin was lodged tives sued, Mrs. Egan settled out of at the County Jail. court for one third of the $200,000 As the web of circumstantial evi- OF A FRIEND on the advice of her attorney hus- dence drew around Egan and his two band. suspected accomplices, Egan's de- After Mrs. Catherine Craven died fenders rallied to his cause. It was all in 1929, supposedly from the effects a frame-up, Attorney Hallinan and of alcohol, her nieces examined her others charged, engineered to abol- estate which they estimated to be ish the office of Public Defender which worth about $25,000 and found it to was unpopular in law-and-order consist of real estate plastered with circles for getting criminals off. mortgages and an empty safe deposit The latter charge was lent some box. When they contacted Egan, who credibility by efforts to place a ballot INSPECTOR ORALS. their aunt said she had placed in proposition which would indeed abol- charge of her affairs, he ordered them ish the Public Defender's office. As to Menlo Institute Training Center out of his office. the former, the conviction of radical Another was Mrs. Katie Weber, labor activist Tom Mooney a decade who died in November 1930, leaving earlier, resulting from a frame-up • We can help you score higher - an estate of some $8000 which had engineered by public utility compa- by improving your presentation skills dwindled to $4 under management nies and the District Attorney, with of her fl-lend and counselor, Frank at least the tacit complicity of the Egan. The executor ofWeber's estate Police Department, was still fresh in • We have been doing this for 10 years said the he had been pressing Egan the public mind. for repayment of a loan from the On June 4th, as the grand jury • Call (650) 328-6645 estate at the time of Mrs. Hughes' was about to take up the matter, the January 1998 Notebook Page 11

case broke wide open. Verne Doran, hadalmost$15,000inlife Egan's chauffeur, who faced 15 years insurance with Egan as Bored police inspectors detailed to monitor the on his parole violation, and still more the beneficiary. time if convicted of a recent garage Doran was the star wit- wtre çj!ot an earful when they heard a discus- hold up for which he was charged, ness for the prosecution, decided to make a clean breast of it. repeating in detail the SLOfl between Public Defender Frank Egan and He laid out the whole case for the story of how he and Tinnin authorities in gruesome detail. had killed Mrs. Hughes at Houseman planning the intended murder of He and Thmin had done the kill- Egan's request. There fol- ing, he admitted, at the urging of lowed a string of corrobo- IVIrs Ilug hes Frank Egan. Egan had told him, rative witnesses. One of Doran said, that Mrs. Hughes had Mrs. Hughes' neighbors Hallinan was able to get Egan's ada- been pressing him for money and identified Doran as the man she saw mant denial into the record while became involved in other matters. In the usual speculation following threatening to take him before the sitting in the. Lincoln in front of the denying the prosecution the oppor- Bar Association. Doran went along Lakewood address on the afternoon tunity to cross examine him about any major event, attorney Nate with the plan, he said, because he of the murder. earlier events. Coghlan opined that while he liked Charles Dullea personally, the cap- was afraid that Egan would send him Another woman who lived up the After rebuttal witnesses which re- back to San Quentin on some techni- hill identified Egan as the man she futed Mrs. Egan's testimony and that tain would soon be looking for other work. Earl Warren, of later Supreme cal violation. saw standing in front of her house on of Doran's celimate, the testimony Court fame as a civil libertarian, then Egan had introduced him to Tinnin the afternoon of the murder while, came to an end. Attorney Hallinan Alameda County District Attorney, a week before the killing, he said. On according to Doran, he and Tinnin had mounted his customary spirited was asked would he would have done the day of the killing he had bor- made their exploratory visit to Mrs. defense throughout, and finished off if he were Captain Dullea. He jocu- rowed the automobile from Postel as Hughes house. Still another neigh- by going to jail, not for the last time, Egan requested and later in the af- bor testified that she had seen the on a charge of contempt for inter- larly replied that he would have de- stroyed the transcripts and killed ternoon went with Egan and Tinnin Lincoln back out of the Hughes' ga- rupting Prosecutor Golden during to Mrs. Hughes home where Egan rage about 9:30 p.m. his closing arguments. everyone who knew about them. Members of the grand jury made had Tinnin ring the bell on a ruse, so Police criminologist Frank On September 3, 1932 the case noises about looking into the matter he would recognize her later, while Latulippe tied the physical evidence went to the jury and three days later and the Police Commission did en- Egan waited a block away. together, and Warren Louw described they returned a verdict of guilty of Tinnin and Doran met Egan later what he had seen on the night of the first degree murder against both Egan tertain the issue. In the end, they concluded that the whole affair was in his office where Egan called Mrs. murder. The final and somewhat re- and Tinnin. Their sentence was to be unfortunate and that the police Hughes and told her he was bringing luctant witness was Egan's stenog- life in prison. shouldn't go around bugging people, two friends for dinner, and later that rapher, Marion Lambert, who testi- As the murder case unfolded the evening, Thmin and he went to the fied that Mrs. Hughes had frequently previous May, some had wondered at but that it was really too late to do anything about it. Coghian's predic- house while Egan established his called Egan at his office and that two the ability of the police to move so tion proved wrong. Dullea went on to alibi elsewhere. Expecting Egan, Mrs. days before her death she had come quickly toward a resolution of what an illustrious tenure as Chief of Po- Hughes opened the garage door to in and made a pest of herself. started out as a true "whodunit." them, Doran said, and they drove The defense presented a cohesive After the verdict was in, the explana- lice. At first, there was defense talk directly in. case which pretty much covered the tion was forthcoming. about appeals and a new trial but When the woman questioned them points addressed by the prosecution It seems that in May 1931 aman that soon ended, presumably be- about Egan's whereabouts and re- - if one chose to believe their wit- shot in a beer saloon at 110 Eddy cause now that all was known, a fused to get her hat and coat to join nesses. To counter the charge that Street sought treatment from Dr. second trial might have resulted in a them in going to him, Tinnin struck Egan had milked Mrs. Hughes' ac- Nathan Houseman, who was known death penalty. her several times, according to Doran, counts, the defense brought out that by the police to have treated under- Doran went to prison on a man- knocking her unconscious. Tinnin on many occasions Egan had made world characters in the past. At the slaughter conviction and was pa- then placed her in front of the right payments for her expenses. urging of Captain Dullea, according roled two years later. Tinnin and front wheel and instructed Doran to The main hurdle to overcome for to a bombshell revelation reported Egan were to wait more than 25 drive over her which he did. He then the defense was Dorari's confession. sympathetically in the San Francisco years for their release. In 1957, Tinntn backed over her to make sure the job To do that they put Charles Colonna Examiner on September 9, 1932, finally broke down and admitted that was done. on the stand, a San Quentin convict private investigator Ignatius he had in fact committed the murder They placed her in the car. and who said that he met Doran on Mis- McCarthy had installed a dictaphone with Doran at Egari's bidding. It was drove to the Kenwood location and sion Street a week before the murder in Dr. Houseman's Flood Building Doran who knocked out Mrs. Hughes, threw her out, then went to the and that Doran tried to interest him office with wires running to his he said, otherwise his crime Blackstone Hotel where they played in burglarizing a woman's house out Monadanock building office. companion's story was correct. ping pong until 11:30 p.m. when by Balboa Park. The implication was It was there several months later Shortly afterward, Tinriin was granted Egan showed up and they reported that Doran had done the killing him- - and several months before the that the job had been accomplished. self during a bungled burglary at- deed occurred that bored police parole. Egan never did admit to the crime The Grand Jury indicted all three tempt. Another defense witness, inspectors detailed to monitor the and claimed that Tinnin had con- suspects for murder and their trial Doran's celimate in the County Jail, wire got an earful when they heard a fessed only to expedite his own re- began on August 8 in Superior Court testified that Doran had told him discussion between Public Defender lease. Over the years, Egan had made #12, Judge Frank Dunne presiding. that he was going to give up Egan Frank Egan and Dr. Houseman plan- several futile attempts to seek an Assistant District Attorney Isadore and Tirinin to save his own skin. ning the intended murder of Mrs. executive pardon and was finally pa- Golden appeared for the people; A Mrs. Burton Barton testified that Hughes. roled in October 1957. His object, he Vincent Hallinan represented Egan, Tinnin was with her in her room at The opposition press had a field said in a post-release interview, was and Nate Coghlan, a leading defense the Californian Hotel from 7:30 to day. Their main question was: why, if to clear his name. He died four years attorney of the day, appeared for 10:30 p.m. on the night of the mur- the police had knowledge of the mur- later still protesting his innocence. Tinnin. der. Mrs. Egan testified she had spent der before it happened, they hadn't I had occasion to interview Vince Golden opened the prosecution by the afternoon of the killing with her they prevented it? Captain Dullea Hallinan in the early 1990s, more eliciting testimony from several wit- husband, so he could not have been responded that he had telephoned than half a century after the most nesses describing how Egan had coz- with Tinnin and Doran at that time Mrs. Hughes about the threat but famous San Francisco murder of the ened Mrs. Hughes out of a house on as Doran claimed. she discounted the possibility. He early 1930s, and I asked him about Moultrie Street and used another In a bold move, Hallinan called had also, he said, sent her - for Egan's claim of innocence which some woman to set up a dummy bank Egan himself to the stand as his final reasons never explicitly explained - still claimed to support. Haflinanjust account through which he laundered witness. By cleverly restricting his anonymous notes about the danger smiled and rolled his eyes. Mrs. Weber's money. Other witnesses direct questioning to the day of the from Egan. As the months passed established the fact that Mrs. Hughes murder and the one preceding it, and nothing happened, the police

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Page 12 Notebook January 1998 A Look Back... Tax Law Changes (Part 2) THE SAN FRANCISCO POLICE OFFICERS' ASSOCIATION Lou Barbertni Co E $600,000 of assets could be left to and their children without triggering an In addition to the new tax laws on estate tax. Over the next 9 years, the S.F. POLICE CREDIT UNION sellingyour residence, the TAXPAYER new law gradually increases the ex- RELIEF ACT of 1997 provided addi- emption from $600,000 to tional changes that will immediately $1,000,000. If you own more than NOTEBOOK affect us as taxpayers. The following one piece of property or have a siz- are three of the most significant new able deferred compensation plan, you Excerpted from February and March 1961 tax law changes: probably have an estate worth over $600,000. Reduced Capital Gains Tax men. Ted's wrong answer put him into the When you pass away, the first Under prior law, if you sold a piece dollar ofyour estate over the $600,000 The Night's Work bucket. The two men identified themselves of capital property (land, building, exemption amount immediately By Thomas E. McDonald as Inspectors VIC SHORT and GERRY stocks, mutual funds etc.) your gain FLYNN, Pawn Shop Detail. jumps to a 37% estate tax rate (i.e., was assessed a federal 28% capital Advised that three men, one a known $600,001 -$600,000 = $1 x 37% =37 gain tax which was basically the bandit, were casing a Lakeshore Plaza bar, cents). Without estate planning, this Fidel might be a bad guy but the local same income tax rate you paid on two Taraval cars responded and stopped the exemption is available only on a per Cuban Consul is a gentleman. After the re- your wages. To stimulate investment suspect vehicle. Investigation turned up two couple basis. If you plan your tax cent break with that country, a 24 hour, in real estate and stocks, the new tax automatics, a sawed off 12 gauge double affairs correctly, both the husband uniformed, stand up, detail was placed in law decreased the capital gain tax. barrel shotgun, silk stocking masks and "tie- and wife can qualify for this tax ex- front of his Taraval St. home. The weather rate from 28% to 20% for property emption- effectively doubling the ex- up" tape in the car. One of the men, TOM was icy. The Consul, noting the chilled plight BUSBY, was identified as the perpetrator of held for at least 18 months. emption to $1,200,000 and leaving of the men on the detail, provided an electric The new tax on capital gains should more of your hard-earned dollars for an Ocean Ave. liquor store holdup where the heater and hot coffee. clerk was viciously pistol whipped. All three, affect the way you allocate assets your children. arrested by Officers CURT RIDER, FRANK within.your deferred compensation RAY HANSEN, the one man Insanity plan and/or IRA. This is because WILLIAMS, BILL STATHES and TOM Roth IRA Warrant Bureau, was told that Sun might be stock mutual funds held outside a McDONALD, face a Federal shotgun rap. A Roth IRA, named after the Dela- a difficult case as he would probably resist pension plan receive the new capital The car was seized by the Treasury Dept. for ware senator who invented it, is a apprehension. How true! Hansen found his gains tax transportation of gangster weapons. benefit, while those same new personal pension plan. With a man in a China town flat. Sun drew a gun and stock mutual funds held inside a traditional IRA, you receive a tax the fight was on! Ray wrestled the man to the pension plan lose the capital gain deduction for contributions and then It is, indeed, the age of mechanization. floor and relieved him of two .38s; two large benefit. When you eventually take have to pay tax when you withdraw Potrero's DICK GARRILLO nabbed the knives; a hammer and 68 bullets. cash out of your pension plan by the money in retirement (similar to enterprising Lorimor brothers stealing a car *** liquidating stock mutual funds, your the City deferred compensation plan.) at 4:30 A.M. on Evans Ave. They were Detectives JACK WEBB and JIM cash distribution will be taxed at With a Roth IRA, you do not receive a hauling away the auto with a tow truck. HURLEY caught a Pine St., bartender serv- approximately 28%- no capital gain' tax deduction for contributions, but ing liquor to a minor. As the bar keep was tax break. If instead, you held those when you retire and take the money When, at 1:30A.M. at Ellis and Fillmore, about to sign the citation, customer Henry same stock mutual funds outside of out, the distributions are TAX FREE! Bob Hanry, 30, was stopped by Northerners Teschner shouldered in and shouted: "You your pension plan, liquidation of the An important feature of the new WALT BRAUNSCHWEIG and RON don't have to sign anything for these damn stock mutual fund would trigger a Roth IRA provisions is that starting JACKSON, he leaped behind a car, drew his Gestapo men!" Hank was warned to stop more favorable 20% tax rate- be- in 1998, taxpayers can convert their automatic, and was going to shoot it out. interfering but kept it up. He now awaits trial. cause of the capital gains tax break. existing IRA's accounts to Roth IRA's. When he saw that the policemen had maneu- For stock mutual funds held for at To accomplish this, the taxpayer rolls vered him into a cross fire, he dropped the least 5 years, the capital gain rate An auto involved in a 518 had broken a over his current IRA to a Roth IRA gun and gave up. Bobby figures prominently drops to 18% in the year 2005. shop window of Lightstone's Dept. Store at and pays a one-time income tax on in the investigation of recent stick ups. If you are going to diversify your 24th and Mission. Sharp eyed JIM SHAN- this rollover. When the taxpayer re- investment portfolio and invest in NON, Mission, noted a raincoat clad lad tires and takes distributions, the dis- CD's, bond funds or guaranteed con- After stopping the new Cadillac on Great loitering near the broken window. The bulg- tributions will be tax-free! tracts, it is preferable to hold them in Highway, Narcotic men PAUL LAWLER ing stomach of the boy did not seem to match Passage of the Roth IRA, created your deferred compensation plan. and BOB MARTIN nabbed Bob Jorgenson, his otherwise lean appearance. The bulge significant analytical work for ac- These types of interest paying invest- 21, as he was trying to swallow the evidence, turned out to be a shirt stolen from the win- countants on whether it was benefi- a bundle of marijuana cigarettes. The inves- dow. ments, do not receive the reduced cial to cash out your current IRA, pay tigation led to a 46th Avenue "shooting gal- 20% capital gains tax break that the one-time tax, and then rollover lery" where four other junkies and a large stock mutual funds may receive. At the proceeds to a new IRA. One of the Fagins Manuel Tones, 30, and Murial cache of illicit drugs and shooter's equip- the same time, shift your stock mu- best non-analytical comments I have Diaz, 34, had enlisted the aid of three teen age ment were seized. tual fund allocation outside your pen- read addresses Congress's intention girls to assist in an early morning grocery sion plan so that they can benefit with the Roth IRA, "Congress is try- store burglary. The crime class was inter- from the 20% capital gains tax break. Short tempered Wilber Nowling, 52 told ing to raise an ounce of flesh now rupted by Potrero radio car men VERNON The final benefit to holding stock rather than a pound later." Congress the man in the Fell St. appliance store: "Your WARE and RAY KRUTF who drove up and car is parked in front of my house. Move it!" mutual funds outside of your pen- is allowing taxpayers to pay the Roth nabbed the quintet as they were carrying out sion plan is that, if you die holding rollover tax over a four-year period The clerk refused and 01' Wil whipped out boxes of plunder from the store. his knife and attacked him. Bloodshed was the stock mutual funds, your heirs which will paint a misleading, rosey. prevented by the arrival of INOCENTE do not have to pay any income tax on four-year budget picture. Future It was 9:30, Saturday night; Mom and the years of appreciation (asset Congress's budgets will be forced to CISNEROS and GENE MURPHY, North- bill Dad were out and the fifteen Cats and Chicks ern, who disarmed and jailed Nowling. growth) during your lifetime. Those pay the for the Roth act. This may in the Grove Street home were really swingin'. same stock mutual funds held in become a pronounced budget prob- Little Willie had brought along his zip gun your deferred compensation plan will lem when the massive baby-boom Drifter Ted Barras, 35, stopped two men and, for kicks, blasted 17 shots out the back trigger an income tax for your heirs. generation retires and does not have on 3rd St. and offered them a set of gleaming, window. Attracted by the shooting Park's to pay tax on liquidating their Roth initialed, five dollar cuff links for only one CHAPMAN RIESE creamed the bash and Increased Estate Tax Exemption IRA's. Take advantage of the Roth dollar. "Are they hot?" Asked one of the YGCed the whole mob. Under prior law, if a parent died, IRA.

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New Pickle Circus is Proud to Support Im the San Francisco Police Officers' Association and its Community Efforts! Page 14 Notebook January 1998 POA: Does the age of the officer or POA: What are the biggest failings citizen any more. They are not a 0CC length of service tend to effect the in the current management of 0CC? neighborhood person. They are not (continued from page 7) number and the kinds of complaints MOY: I think it is the procedure exactly a bureaucrat, but they are generated over the course of that problems. They are constantly chang- not private sector people either. POA: And, it is quite obvious? individual's career? ing. MOY: Yeah, it is like a cartoon MOY: No, I think it is the assign- POA Are they required to be City playing itself out. ments, and I think it's who he is POA: They are not consistent? residents? dealing with. MOY: Well, they are not consis- MOY: No. POA: Are there a number of offic- tent. They change. It is like one day ers who tend to generate the greatest POA: Is the district, sector, or beat this is how you are going to do your POA: Wouldn't you think they proportion of complaints and if so, in which an officer is assigned fac- report, and then two weeks later would be - that would be a neces- what percentage of the complaints tored into his or her complaint ratio? another report comes in so you start sary requirement to judge City offic- are generated by that number of In other words, would an officer work- to do it and you use that one as an ers? officers? Roughly. ing nights in the Bay View district be example. I mean, that makes logical MOY: It would be nice, but I think MOY: It runs in cycles. I found shown a greater leeway by an inves- sense, right? You got that one through it has the same limitations as requir- some strange patterns over the years. tigator than an officer working days the system, let's use that as an ex- ing an officer to live in San Francisco. in the Richmond district? ample and you send it through and There are economic issues, and la- POA: Such as? MOY: No. Definitely not. it's like, no, no, no. We are going to do bor issues, and I don't think we can MOY: Butch Cassidy and the it this way, and it is going to look that narrow the band that much. Sundance Kid. Uh, undercover offic- POA What sort of tracking does way, and we are going to add this ers have worked in pairs. Some of 0CC do on individual officers? information, and delete that infor- POA: Are the 0CC investigators, them play off of each other and they MOY: Well, they have their mul- mation. And, I have no idea who is as an employee organization, are they tend to get into more beefs, simply tiple card, you know, their complaint reading this, or what we need the represented as well as the POA rep- because of the nature of their per- file. We have access to all their per- information in there for. resents its membership? sonalities. It is not necessarily some- sonnel information. We don't track MOY: Absolutely not. thing horrible and evil. It's just - if it, but I will say that there are things POA: How closely does the man- the cookie jar is going to get broken, that are useful when you are an agement of 0CC work with outside POA: And, is that representation it's going to be those two. And, some- investigator trying to identify who interests, such as Cop Watch and deficit something that becomes sort times it is their assignment. Their the officer is and you wish you knew the ACLU? How much influence do of a thorn in the claw of an investiga- assignment is one of those things a little more about what kind of as- those agencies have on the manage- tor? that you get stuck in - it seems to be signments they have had, and that's ment of 0CC? MOY: Oh, yeah. Sometimes it is a perfectly normal assignment and all in the personnel file. Sometimes MOY: I know they are in touch absolutely - it's mind boggling. because of some little quirk —I won't those have to be gotten from several with the 0CC quite frequently. I don't name names, but we had an indi- different sources. But, a lot of times know to what extent they influence POA. In your opinion, how effec- vidual who decided to become an I put together a profile and I'll take a the agency, but I would tend to say tive is the POA as an employee repre- advocate for the homeless and made look and say, well, how long has this that sometimes emphasis appears to sentative? an officer who was assigned to Park, guybeen here. Whywouldn't he know be connected to those communica- MOY: I think they do a good job absolutely nuts. Fourteen complaints that. Questions like that arise. Why tions. with representation. An excellentjob. were filed against the same officer in wouldn't he know that this particu- I encourage officers to utilize their one day. Drove him around the bend, lar area is a problem or this park is a POA: How closely does 0CC work representation. I never did like inter- and that was the purpose. They were problem or how much experience with Management Control? viewing an officer and feeling that he just 14 little, stupid things about has he had with seniors walking MOY: They work with them fairly might be at a disadvantage. It just drinking in public and dogs off leash their dog off leash. Things like that. steadily. I don't know how closely didn't seem fair. but that's what his assignment was. they work. And then sometimes the officers are POA: What role does training play POA. Has there been a systematic told to do certain things like say - in decreasing the complaint ratio? POA: Do politics affect the conclu- purge of 0CC investigators perceived clear those homeless people who are MOY: A lot, I think. A lot. sions and recommendations of 0CC to be too pro-police, or too pro-POA? sleeping in the park. They are told to and if so, to what extent? MOY: I look at it this way: Every do that but then the department POA: Is the SFPD deficient in their MOY: I would tend to say they administration has the option of se- won't back them when push comes training? probably do. I wouldn't have an esti- lecting their cabinet, and I think over to shove and all of a sudden people MOY: I think the SFPD is. I would mate of how often, or to what degree. the years the makeup of the 0CC has are jamming complaints down the like to see them have more training changed because this is utilized more. officer's throat. Every time he turns and utilize more of the available train- POA: As an insider, and a resident around there is another complaint ing. Not reinvent the wheel. They of San Francisco, what is your opin- POA: However, it appears to some and he is just doing what he is sup- don't have to create their own train- ion of the caliber of officer who pa- within the POA that those investiga- pose to be doing. That's another hor- ing in order to really be trained, but trols your city? Is the SFPD a profes- tors who are regarded as the fairest ror story. We've got the warning sys- I think that they have a tendency not sional and effective department, and and most objective have inexplicably tem and he has already got seven to utilize established training because do you feel that the 0CC plays any been nm out the door. Is that a complaints from a week in the park. it is somebody else's opinion. It is part in that perception? correct perception? A week in the park and that's seven networking. Maybe there is an idea MOY: 0CC does have a part in the MOY: I think that it has been too complaints. in there that you can apply to your perception. As a San Francisco tax- short a time to make that an actual environment that hasn't really been payer the quality and caliber of the historical statement, but I think that POA Is there any particular unit brought to your attention and I think police officer is improving over the time will tell. within the department that tends to that they are missing out on some of years. I grew up in this City. I was generate an inordinate percentage of that. If they find there is a really born and raised in this City. My POA: Have any 0CC investigators complaints? interesting training or something that family has always been in contact revealed - in chitchat around the MOY: I have watched it rotate be- pertains to something they are do- with various officers over the years office - that they have been victims tween districts and between depart- ing, they should send at least several and I think that the officers now are of police abuse and if so, was that a ments and it is very strange because officers to try it out and see if it is - I don't know how to put it - they motivating factor for their becoming like this week it's Northern and then worthwhile. Some of the training, I are more professional. They are more an 0CC investigator? next week it's Tenderloin and it will understand, is not that expensive, professional. They are not as neigh- MOY: I don't think we have too go like that for a while and it is like, and it is close by. A well trained borhood friendly. I think there is a many people on board who actually I am not picking on you guys. It is officer makes better decisions. reason for that politically. They are had personal experiences with an just very weird that everybody is not allowed to be. I mean, they don't officer in a negative fashion. I can coming in from that particular area POA Is there a process for track- drop in for a cup of coffee any more. only think of one person off hand. and filing complaints and every time ing the work product of individual People coming into the office though, ZU a person comes in and sits down, the 0CC investigators? If complaints are POA When an investigator is hired may have their own perceptions of moment they give you their address, received about individual investiga- by the 0CC, what characteristics do how the police operate or how they you go, oh God, not another one. You tors, are those complaints reviewed the people who conduct the hiring interface with police in general. can just picture the captain going and their complaint history tracked look for in a candidate? crazy. What are these things on my within the 0CC office? MOY: We change panels each time POA In closing, do you have any desk? MOY: Yeah. Complaints against we do the hiring and the panel is words for the POA membership? 0CC investigators are tracked. made up of a cross section of the MOY: Words for the membership. management and investigators. Sev- Take care, stay well, and be prepared eral interviews are involved as well as for your 0CC investigations. the human resources input. So, they do look for people with more investi- POA And on behalf of the POA, I gative background. When I first went would like to thank you for the fact LA on board, they couldn't do that be- that you have been a fair and objec- cause investigations were kind of tive investigator, and have the repu- limited as far as where you would tation as being so, and certainly we draw from and I think now there are wish you well in your future endeav- more applicants with law back- ors, and we hope you will remain a ground, investigative background. POA supporter. Something more pertinent. They are MOY: Well, I am glad I succeeded. not as much the rim of the mill Thank you. January 1998 Notebook Page 15 co to their training at the Range all In your latest correspondence, more may be accomplished. Please Letters four officers survived! you related that you were advised convey my thanks and apprecia- In the last few years I was by Legislative Counsel Bion M. tion to Mike, the Executive Board December 15, 1997 involved in two separate shootings. Gregory that the proposed legisla- and your membership. In both instances, superior train- tion to prohibit the general public Sincerely, Dear Memorial Supporter: ing enabled me to come out on top. from purchasing official police Tim O'Brien I want you to know that your The no-nonsense approach at uniforms and equipment might be concern and support for the Na- the Range is for one reason. To àviolation of the lstAmdt., U.S. December 18, 1997 tional Law Enforcement Officers ensure that we STAY ALIVE and Const.; Sec 2, Art. I, Cal. Const. Memorial is deeply appreciated. that we'll be back for our next which guarantees freedom of Clare Murphy, General Manager Last year around this time, I was qualification. speech. City & County of San Francisco very pleased to report that the There is absolutely no doubt Sworn peace officers are permit- Employees' Retirement System number of law enforcement fatali- that you are one of the BEST ted by law to carry a concealed 1155 Market Street, 2nd Floor ties for 1996 (116) was the lowest RANGE STAFF'S in the COUNTRY! firearm whether on or off duty San Francisco, CA 94103 in nearly 40 years. Unfortunately, Submitted by Sgt. Bob Del Torre, while this conduct is illegal for the while the final figures will not be CPC/Canine Unit average citizen. In addition, peace RE: 457 Deferred Compensation known for several weeks, the officers are permitted to violate Plan number of line of duty deaths in certain vehicle code sections in the 1997 has skyrocketed. In fact, our Dear Editor, course and scope of their employ- Dear Ms. Murphy: preliminary records indicate that ment that would net an ordinary we had more officers killed during Following my article in the citizen a traffic citation. Police At the meeting of the POA's Board just the first nine months of 1997 November issue of the Notebook officers drive distinctively marked of Directors held on Tuesday, De- (129) than we did through all of regarding the plight of our daugh- vehicles which if copied by a cember 16, 1997, we discussed the 1996. ter Lily I have been the fortunate private citizen would be a violation article contained in the Money Maga- Thanks to your loyal support, recipient of communications from of California Vehicle Code Section zine December 1997 issue entitled though, we will be able to honor numerous individuals throughout 27605 and subject the driver of the "Protect Yourself From America's those men and women by inscrib- the Department. Fifty-two people look-alike police car to arrest. I Flawed Pension Plan." Specifically, ing their names on the National sent checks to me, totaling over don't see any distinction between we discussed the issue of fees, ser- Law Enforcement Officers Memo- $2000, for the Arthritis Foundation the above prohibited conduct and a vice, education, and performance. It rial this coming May. In fact, you research into Juvenile Rheumatoid prohibition against misuse of was brought to our attention by POA have helped to ensure that nearly Arthritis. I am extremely grateful to police uniforms. There is no consti- welfare officer, Michael Hebel, that 1,800 new names could be added each of you who responded so tutional guarantee allowing the the Retirement Board will be consid- to the Memorial since it was dedi- generously and will not forget your deception of the tax payer by ering the awarding of its 457 plan catedin 1991. thoughtfulness. I realize now that pseudo police officers. contract in calendar year 1998 since As you know, this is the time of there was a deal of confusion My colleagues and myself thank the present contract with the Hart- year that we always reach out to between my request for donations you once again for carrying this ford expires on December 31, 1998. our longtime supporters and ask and the efforts of the Combined issue before the Senate on our The Police Officers' Association is that you consider making a dona- Charities Campaign that was behalf. aware that its members constitutes, tion to the Memorial Fund. We underway at the same time. I Sincerely yours: by Department, the largest contin- want to continue our important would have been more specific Sgt. Rene LaPrevotte gent of participants in the deferred Memorial maintenance, research about the goals of my campaign to San Francisco Police Department compensation plan. On behalf of our and education programs and we solicit funds if I had realized that members, the following motion was rely exclusively on private dona- the CCC was imminent, but the passed. "Resolved: That the Police tions to conduct gur work. While end result was impressive nonethe- Sergeant Rene LaPrevotte Officers' Association, on behalf of its you are certainly under no obliga- less. I wish in particular to ac- San Francisco Police Department members, urges and requests the tion to make a contribution, any knowledge the participation by the 850 Bryant Street, Room 150 commissioners of the Retirement amount of support that you can members of Mission Station who San Francisco, CA 94103 System as well as the general man- afford would be greatly appreci- were responsible for pledging over ager to select, on behalf of San ated. A reply form and return $3000 that I know of) to the Arthri- January 5, 1998 Francisco's 24,000 City employees, - envelope are enclosed for your tis Foundation in response to the solely on its merits a deferred com- convenience. Thanks. solicitation. Whether the funds Dear Mr. LaPrevotte: pensation plan which best suits the Sincerely, were sent directly via payroll In accordance with your previ- requirements of city employees." The Craig W. Floyd deduction or through me, the ous suggestion that I introduce a Police Officers' Association urges the Chairman beneficiaries nominated will be the bill to regulate the selling and commissioners and its general man- National Law Enforcement many children who suffer the wearing of police officer uniforms, I ager to consider such criteria as plan Officers Memorial Fund, Inc. hardships of arthritis. On their have drafted legislation that will do sponsor safety, past performance, 605 E Street behalf, and that of the team at so. I enclose a copy of the legisla- fees, education and service. Specifi- N.W., Washington, D.C. 20004 UCSF who work so diligently to tive draft. cally, we urge that no consideration ease their burden, I thank all of The Legislative Counsel of be given to lobbying and solicitation you who took the time to partici- California has advised me that efforts that are not solely and specifi- Brother Cunnie and pate. such legislation, if enacted, may cally directed to the merits of the SFPOA Members, violate the state and federal consti- plan. Your thoughtfulness was appre- Ronan Shouldice #2054 tutional protections accorded This Association will support the ciated. Crime Scene Investigations activities that constitute free commissioners and general manager Sincerely, Pat Ford & Family speech. I enclose a copy of the in selecting the most suitable and opinion for your consideration. appropriate 457 plan on the merits of Quentin L. Kopp Esq. I would appreciate receiving your the sponsors. We also intend to be, to SFPD Range Staff-Simply The Best 2171 Junipero Serra Blvd. views with regard to the enclosed the extent permitted, an active par- To: Sgt. Mickey Griffin Suite 530 legislative draft, and whether you ticipant in the selection process. Officer Rich Barber Daly City, Calif. 94014 believe, as an actual law enforce- The Board of Directors further in- Officer Dennis Bonnel ment officer, it will be feasible of structed Mike Hebel to attend an Officer Charlie Coates January 9, 1998 enforcement. Please write or tele- upcoming meeting of the Retirement Officer Jim Drago phone my office at your earliest Board in order to convey this motion Officer Mike Collins Senator Kopp; convenience to discuss the matter and the support for the commission Officer Mike Furusho I am in receipt of your letter with my aide, Nathan Paxton. and its general manager. Sincerely, Officer Lou Stafferoni dated January 5, 1998 wherein Meanwhile, if there are other Chris Cunnie Officer Ed Reinfeld you informed me that you will issues which concern or interest Officer Gordie Taylor introduce legislation to make it an you, I invite you to give me the President Keeping officers well-trained in offense to sell/wear/possess benefit of your views accordingly, San Francisco Police Officers' Association combat shooting situations is no official police uniforms by person(s) and if I can ever assist you person- easy task. Our Range Staff is not specifically authorized to do so. ally, at the State Capitol or other- responsible for this training. They As you are probably aware, just wise, just notify my staff or me. have done an incredible job of days after my original correspon- Sincerely yours, providing each of us with.excellent dence with your office, a disturbed Quentin L. Kopp training throughout the years. citizen named Mr. Troy Smylie was PAGE STREET Recently, I attended the 40 arrested in this city after several Dear Chris, caliber conversion course and was weeks of impersonating a San Thank you and your members GUEST HOUSE extremely impressed with the Francisco Police officer, having for the plaque and your attendance Licensed Residential Care Home entire staff. We were provided with made traffic stops of unwitting at the testimonial dinner for Jim 1500 Page Street, San Francisco 94117 techniques in officer survival, citizens and even responding as a Ferguson and me. Thank you to Phone 864-9342 officer safety updates and superb "back-up" officer on several police/ Mike Hebel for his fine presenta- criminal confrontations. At this tion. instruction in the conversion Your Hosts Together police officers and course. time, anyone so disposed is free to Ozelious Evans - Georgean Evans firefighters have come a long way In October and November of this purchase official police parapher- Loraine E. Brown year, four officers in two separate nalia at various supply houses and in improving working conditions incidents were ambushed. Thanks carry on in Smylie's absence. over the years. Together much Page 16 Notebook January 1998 Got A Beef With 0CC? The form reprinted below is available at your station or unit. Complete the form and forward to Carl Tennenbaum at the POA Office

SFPOA Complaint Form Types of 0CC Misconduct RE: 0CC Misconduct Section 1-Improper Scheduling 1(a). Insufficient advance notice of interview (please note the number of work days notice). 1(b). Failure to accommodate the Department's work demands. 1(c). Failure to treat my request for rescheduling in a reasonable, respectful Member's Name Date of Incident with 0CC and/or professional manner. 1(d). Failure to reschedule my interview upon reasonable request.

Member's Unity 0CC Investigator(s) Involved 1(e). Failure to accommodate for the POA representative's scheduling conflicts.

Member's Unit or Pager Phone II 0CC Case Number Section 2-Improper Interview Techniques 2(a). Discouraged me from seeking or utilizing my chosen representative. Member's Watch 2(b). Sought to circumvent my representative by speaking and/or writing to me directly, outside the presence of my representative. I, the above noted member, hereby confirm that the 0CC and/or its 2(c). Sought to circumvent my representative of record by failing to give investigator(s) acted inappropriately during the course of the investi- him/her written notice of a scheduled interview and/or copy of the gation in this case as described in my narrative below and/or as 0CC findings in my case. described in the attached, descriptive sections including: section(s): 2(d). Asked one or more significant questions which were confusing in form or otherwise tended to confuse the facts. SECTION: 2(e). Refused to allow either myself or my representative an opportunity to clarify the facts generally and/or clarify misunderstanding as they occurred. 2(f). Was rude, discourteous or unprofessional in his/her treatment of NARRATWE (Optional): either myself or my representative. 2(g). Asked questions that were beyond the scope of the investigation. 2(h). Asked for opinion rather than for factual information. 2(i). Asked for specific information related to Department Rules & Proce- dures without providing me the benefit of referring to the appropriate resources so that I could provide an adequate answer. 20). Never provided me with a copy of the complaint before the interview and ordered me to answer questions without knowing anything about the allegation(s). 2(k). Purposely misled me into believing I was only a Witness Officer rather than a Named Officer and, as such, took advantage of the fact that I did not have a representative of my choice present during the interview. 2(1). Interviewed me as a Witness Officer when the 0CC Investigator (signature) (Date) already knew that I was implicated as a Named Officer. 2(m). Failed to confront or inform officer of evidence against him or her. Return to: SFPOA, 510 - 7th St., San Francisco, CA 94103 Section 3-Failure of Investigation 3(a). Failed to interview either myself or other significant witnesses in a timely fashion when memories were still fresh and/or evidence was CITY & COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN readily available (please note number of months after incident). 3(b). Failed to interview significant witnesses. 3(c). Failed to secure significant documents or other evidence. Saving for retirement 3(d). Failed to document and/or secure exculpatory evidence. Section 4-Improper Findings while reducing current taxes 4(a). Failed to reach a determination in a timely fashion. (Please note the number of months after incident, particularly if two or more months is part of your job. passed.) 4(b). Made credibility resolutions against officer(s) and in favor of persons inherently biased against officer (e.g. a friend of suspect, etc.) 4(c). Failed to give proper consideration to important issues outside the Making it easy for you is ours. complaint, such as public safety, officer's safety, the departmental mission, etc. 4(d). Failed to give proper consideration to the special circumstances surrounding the incident. 4(e). Failed to substantiate findings of "no finding". 4(1). Failed to substantiate findings of "sustained". 4(g). Failed to defer to constitutional law, case law, statutory law or court orders in issues of legality.

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(ON YOUR FIRST 2 cARL5SONLY-CALLMOW) TIYE This presentation must be preceded or accompanied by a currently Pay Phone - $3.15 effective prospectus. Read it carefully before you invest or send money. ' le: 1-800-279-6566 ask for Mailbox. 05001115 AT&T Card - $3.41 01997 The Hartford Group, Inc., Hartford, CT 06115 Hartford Life Internet: www.imall.com/calling-card/centurion Policy #HVL. 14000 1-800-Call-AU - $2.58 Geriy Evans, Retired SFPD . Burglary Detail January 1998 Notebook Page 17 San Francisco Fellowship of Fellowship'of Christian Peace Officers Christian Peace Officers Theme: "The Relevancy of Christian Virtue in Police Work" Turning a New Leaf Special Luncheon: Wednesday, February 11, 1998 Time: 1200 hours By Daniel Hampton immediate family members. This means a substantial investment of Location: Police Officers' Association, 510 - 7th Street, his year flew past us quickly. your time to develop a lasting rela- (7th and Bryant Sts.) Now heading into 1998, we tionship with each member of your Guest Speaker: Fred H. Lau, Chief of Police, S.F.P.D. T should set our eyes on new family. The goal is to raise godly goals for our family, job, and rela- children that will not only be a bless- Chief Lau joined the Department in March 1971. The Chief is an tionship with God. All of us need to ing to you and your spouse but also Alumnus and Adjunct Professor of San Francisco State University, and reassess our priorities regarding for society. has a teaching credential from the State of California. He was born and these three institutions so our com- At the job is another family in raised in San Francisco and attended the City's public school system. munity and society can be a better which we have influence. We work at His career spans the Patrol Force, Community Relations Unit, Police place in which to live. the job for 10 or 8 hours and the Academy, Sergeant and Lieutenant of Patrol, Commanding Officer of Our relationship with God takes persons we work with have expecta- Department Specialists, Night Supervising Captain, Captain of the place in the community of believers tions from us. Those expectations Tactical Company, Commander of Patrol, Deputy Chief of the Field in which we worship and pray. The are: that we handle the assignments Operations and Administration Bureaus, and Chief of Inspectors in ideal of loving God with all of your given to us professionally; that each charge of Criminal Investigations. heart, soul, and strength; and loving of us be a team player for the com- Chief Lau's compassion and concern for his officers is well known. He is approachable, humble and admired by all of us. His philosophy is. "I your neighbor as yourself can be mon good and completion of a goal or have a tremendous responsibility to my three families; my law enforce- fostered first at home and then at the task; that we have respect, care, and ment family, my Community family, and most of all my actual family." place where we have community concern for each other; and finally in Please attend and support Chief Lau at this luncheon. worship. If we practice doing for oth- what ever we perform or do in the name of the Department we will not Reservations: bring discredit upon it. These stan- Cost: The cost for the luncheon is only $10.00 (ten) per person. You must' The ideal of loving dards are achievable when we put pay in advance for this luncheon (Not Tax Deductible). others first and keep in focus the If you pay by check make it payable to: Daniel Hampton and send the God with all of your saying, "It is more blessed to give check to Daniel Hampton, Planning Division, 850 Bryant Street Room than receive." 500, S.F., Ca. 94103. If you pay by cash hand deliver it to Dan. heart, soul, and Dear Heavenly Father, as we enter There are no refunds for this luncheon, the caterer must be paid in this new year I ask that you bless all advance to prepare for the meals. Bar-B-Que Ribs, Beef, and Chicken will be served by Brother-in-Law (a private vendor). strength; and loving the members of the Department. That your neighbor as you will help us set our priorities PLEASE REMIT WITH $10.00 (TEN) DOLLARS. NO REFUNDS. correctly and that we will draw much yourself can be closer to you, our families, and with NAME each other. Keep us from evil and fostered first at losing faith in You and each other. ADDRESS Amen. home and then at At our December luncheon we TELEPHONE NO. enjoyed the festivity of celebrating the place where we Our Lord's birthday. We had Felipa have community Cahill play her accordion as Rever- end Tom Hernandez led us in singing POA Approved worship. Christmas Carols. Reverend Joe Landi shared how God reached out Put your money to work! and touched him in such a way that ers what we would want others to do he dedicated his life to God at the age You've worked hard for your money for us, there will be harmony at home of thirty-five and joined the semi- all your life ... Now it's time to put your and in society. In the Bible it says nary! It was a great testimony how money to work for yi! that real worship is helping widows God transforms a person of worldly Presented for: San Francisco Police Department and orphans in their time of need. Do values to become a child of God. That Americas most popular educational retirement seminar... you know a single mom hurting fi- transformation results in Christian nancially? Let's help them financially service towards God and your fellow "Financial Strategies for Successful Retirement" and invite them and their children to man. our homes for Christian fellowship Chief Fred H. Lau, of the San When: Mondays, January 26th, February 2nd, 9th and 23rd this new year. Let's put the worship Francisco Police Department will be or Wednesdays, January 28th, February 4th, 11th and 25th of God and His Son Jesus Christ at our next guest speaker on Wednes- You receive 4 sessions of classroom instruction the top of our priority list, so God can day, February 11, 1998. Did you Where: San Francisco Police Department Union Hall pour out His blessings on all of us. know that Chief Lau received a plaque 510 Seventh Street, San Francisco Our immediate family is second Time: 5:30 to 8:00 PM Fee: $65 from the Salvation Army for his in- (100% money-back guarantee) on the priority list of importance. volvement in the community. I know How close are you to your spouse? the Chief appreciates the dedication, Learn from the experts how to create the kind of successful retirement most people only dream about... Have you told your spouse that you compassion, kindness, goodness, love him/her every day? Do you tell Reduce your taxes, earn more dollars on your savings, learn about investment basics and risk and self control our officers display management, avoid probate, set realistic goals and develop a plan to meet them your children that you love them in service toward the citizens of our —and much, much more! every day? Do you pray over each city. Watch for the Chiefs flyer re- family member and ask God to bless garding this luncheon. Most of all Session 1 - Foundation for a Successful Retirement Session 2—Your Retirement Income Retirement planning is for Everyone Company Retirement Plans and protect them before you go off to show your support for him by at- Retirement Income: Perception vs Reality Lump Sum Distributions work? Have you helped with the Seven Main Objectives of Retirement Planning Selecting Pension Benefit Options tending the luncheon. The Success Triangle- IRAs household chores every day? Have God Bless You All in 1998! Nine Main Reasons People Fail to Capitalize onlherr Retirement Years Home Equity You Can Put Your Dollars to Work With Compound Interest Working After Retirement you helped your children with their The Impact Inflation Has on Your Income Savings and Cash Reserves homework and taken an active inter- Taxes and Their Impact on Retirement Planning Tax-Deferred Annuities Support American The "Double Whammy of Taxes and Inflation Corporate and Treasury Bonds est in the activities in which they are Social Security Municipal Bonds - Tax-Free Income Nine Steps to Retirement Success involved? Have you taken your spouse Labor-Buy Union Your Personal Retirement plan out on a date so you can discuss the Made Products... Session 3 - Putting Your Dollars to Work - Equity Investments Session 4 - Risk Management family's goals that should be set for Common Stock • Preferred Stock • Mutual Funds Medicare the new year? God has put you on Inflation Proofing Income - Systematic Withdrawal Long-Term Health Care Investing in Mutual Funds on aTax-Deterrsd Basis The Facts About Disability Insurance earth to have close relationships with Direct Participation Programs Objectives of Estate Planning Portfolio Hedging with Tangible Assets Understanding Probate Asset Allocation Advantages of Joint Tenancy LOOK Using Trusts to Reduce Estate Transfer Costs Three Ways to Avoid Estate Shrinkage FOR Session 5 - Counseling Session Charitable Giving Everyone attending is entitled to a personal Retirement Planning consultation after the conclusion of THE the seminar. UNION "The sooner you begin to use the information, the sooner you can retire?' Ole - ^, je?v:^iTMA LABEL To register, or for more information, please call 1-800-353-8333 Urrroe Label and Service Trades Deparirrreiri AFL-CIO

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There is a down side to enhance- Right Here ment bills too. The money must come Bulletin from somewhere, and no politician ...... In River City wants to raise taxes. With each raise in prison cost, there is a reduction in Being charged with directing the Department's preparations for New some other law enforcement program. Year's Eve, 1996, and then witnessing the events of an evening that by Bill Hemby, For instance, if POST wants - and resulted in too many of you being injured only made me more COPS Legislative they really do - to establish state of determined to prevent a reoccurrence on New Year's Eve, 1997 Advocate the art law enforcement emergency With that mission in mind, I asked many more of you to contribute driver training facilities to teach of- to that effort than in years past, and as a group, you responded as I ficers how to drive defensively and expected you would. If a reduction of injuries to officers was our only The Art of Grandstanding possibly prevent accidents, the measure, then your efforts were highly successful. However, though money comes from the same pot. there were only two serious injuries this year, that's still two too many. ach year there are some 2,000 There is only so much money avail- As is the case with similar events, we faced the need to balance our to 3,000 bills introduced in able for police services and because response in light of the lawful expression of an individual's rights. In E Sacramento. Of those, about the enhances are "sexier" they in- this case, it was the public's right to celebrate versus the need to 200 affect law enforcement in some variably win out over training, or manage that celebration to prevent serious injury and other criminal manner. Most of these bills are im- some other needed tool. acts. I expected you to be aggressive and intervene early to prevent portant to increase the effectiveness Nothing is more important to a minor problems from becoming more serious as the evening pro- of law enforcement in the state, es- politician than to get re-elected. So gressed, and the reports I received from the various venue command tablish new programs and new laws the art of "grandstanding" is part of staff members confirmed that we are well on our way to gaining firm and to help reduce the crime rate. the game each year. That is why, for control of this annual event. Many though are simple penalty en- the past few years, I have been very Though I have been able to thank a number of individuals for their hancements. While some are needed selective of the penalty enhancement roles in formulating and then executing plans for specific venues, I to make the threat of incarceration bills COPS supports. One of our prime wanted to express my sincere gratitude to each of you who contributed real, a lot are just "batting average concerns is "where will the money to our efforts. I know that it wasn't easy to have your day off canceled increases". come from to support this penalty or your shift changed, but imagine how much more difficult the job bill A politician will introduce a to enhancement, and is this increased would have been without you! say, increase the penalties for child penalty really needed?" If the bill The Department has already begun to plan for New Year's Eve 1998, molesting another 5 or 10 years. This looks like a grandstander, I move on. with an eye toward even greater improvement. Regardless of what sort is a hot issue, so will gamer public It is extremely difficult for a law of event is held next December 31st, I look forward to working with each support, and media attention. The enforcement organization such as of you again to ensure a safe event for everyone involved. bill author knows the will do little to COPS to not support every crime bill With sincerest thanks, I remain stop child molestation, but it will that comes over the desk. It would be Sincerely yours, raise his "batting average" of law very easy to go along with the flow. Deputy Chief Richard Holder enforcement issues he has supported, Just like the politician, we would when he runs for re-election. look good to our members, but with CHARITIES For every year a penalty is in- a limit on spending, where will the (continued from page 1) Mayor. Jeff Roth of Northern won a creased, so is the cost of imprison- other foot drop? Can we for instance, Pier 39 fun pack and in the early bird ment. At approximately $70,000 per afford a cut in the $100,000,000. winning both grand prizes. Judy Doss raffle a Yerba Buena membership. inmate, per year, if you raise the that goes to law enforcement ser- of Communications won the trip for The Police Department raffle for $130 penalty five years, that is, let's see, vices each year in the special (COPS) two to London. Sgt. Phyllis Ford at contributors will be held later on in $350,000 per enhancement. Lets say program. I doubt it. Northern won 2 round trip airline January. there are 500 suspects convicted each This year being an election year, tickets through Northwest Airlines. I would like to thank Sgt. Watkins, year - well, you can see these pen- you can bet a number of crimes will Patrick Burke of Northern won a Captain Garriott, all of our unit orga- alty enhancements can run into mil- be offered increased penalties. the $125 at the Fairmont Hotel. Lt. Alan nizers, and all of you who contrib- lions. circus just goes on. Mould won a weekend stay and break- uted. You have demonstrated once fast at the Marriott. Ralph Whitten of again the quality of the individuals the Crime Lab won lunch with the who make up the San Francisco. Dramatic Increase In Police Deaths During 1997

Nearly 160 law enforcement offic- to this year, there had been an aver- ers lost their lives in the line of duty age of 151 law enforcement fatalities in 1997, which is almost 40 percent annually during the 1990s. higher than the number of police For the fourth straight year, Cali- deaths recorded in 1996, according fornia was the deadliest state in the to preliminary figures released to- nation for the law enforcement pro- day. Five of those law enforcement fession, with 14 police fatalities. Cali- fatalities occurred in the District of fornia was followed by Texas with 10 Columbia and Maryland. deaths, Illinois with nine, Florida Representing the community for over thirty years. There were 159 federal, state and with eight, and Indiana and Georgia local law enforcement officers killed with seven each. in the line of duty during 1997, com- Of the 159 officers who died in pared to 116 police fatalities during 1997, 70 of the officers were shot to Specializing in 1996, according to ajoint announce- death, 40 died in automobile acci- ment issued by the National Law dents, 17 were struck by vehicles, Workers' Compensation, Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund nine succumbed to job-related ill- (NLEOMF) and the Concerns of Po- nesses, six were killed during falls, Personal Injury, Social Security lice Survivors (COPS). The 1996 death five were knifed to death, five lost total was the lowest since 1959. Prior their lives in aircraft accidents, four Disability, Employment died in motorcycle accidents, one Discrimination, & Retirement was strangled, one officer died in a bomb-related incident, and one of- for Public Employees. ficer was struck and killed by a train. Three of the officers killed during the past year were women. NLEOMF Chairman Craig W. Floyd said the rise in police fatalities was 100 Van Ness Avenue, 19th Floor COURTESY due to "a sharp increase in firearms- San Francisco, CA 94102 • (415) 431-5310 related deaths (70 v. 56 in 1996), an unusually high number of traffic fa- 117 Street #301 NJ" OF A talities (57), and 10 multiple death Sacramento, CA 95814 • (916) 443-2284 incidents resulting in 22 officers killed." "Despite a five-year downward California Labor Code Section 5432 FRIEND trend in violence across this nation, requires that the following warning be gin: this latest news on police deaths reminds us that the price for a safer 'Making a false or fraudulent workers' compensation claim is a felony America is being paid for by the blood subject to up to five years in prison or a fine of up to $50,000.00 or double of our law enforcement officers," ob- the value of the fraud, whichever is greater, or by both imprisonment and fine." served COPS President Sharon Felton.

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week out. It appears to be a good one The Sharks are playing inspired Nick's Notes and is now 30% of the $29.95 asking hockey lately; good for them. The price at that same store that I was at. Warriors? Who cares. The Raiders? By Nick Shihadeh, Sports Editor Another Cool title that I came It doesn't break my heart that they across was Joe Montana's book The ended up the way they did. I don't Check It Out— ArtAnd Magic OfQuarterbacking that think it broke too many other hearts im he did with the help of Richard either. oo bad about those Niners. The Weiner. Montana pretty much dis- When it comes to department loss to the Packers was some cusses how he became the success- hoops, I do know that the Northern T what of a disastrous end to a ful quarterback that he was: items Gnats are doing all right with a 4- good season. It was a bitter pill to such as throwing mechanics, foot- grin, 3-loss record in the very com- swallow for me as I eat through the work, handoffs, sprint-outs, short petitive B Division. The Gnats have mess at "the Stick" with a screaming and long passes, reading defenses, an influx of young blood helping them cheesehead girl two rows behind. In calling audibles, finding the open along. This includes Vinny "Don't fact, there were Packer fans in abun- man, and even how he engineered Call Me Vince" Etcheber, Kirk "The dance throughout the stadium. team toward victory against the Bron- some of his game winning drives. Human Flea" Edison, and Mark Shame on those people who gave up cos despite the fact that he re-in- This is also a hard copy and is run- "Muscle Bound" Williams who all their seats to allow these fans wear- jured himself. tang for about $25.00 these days. complement seasoned vets Chris ing their puke green and yellow col- One glitch in that Denver game Knight, Ben "Hansi" Vigil, and Mark ors to infiltrate our Niner territory in was that capital "K" for Knucklehead "Slim" Ballard very well. The only the stand. I tell you, I was super wet Bill Romanowski spitting in Terrell Shame on those problem is, they can't make lay-ups. on the outside from the constant Owens' face. I was never big on that The Gnats have always had prob- rain; being wet on the inside did not guy even when he was with the Niners; people who gave lems with two-footers over the years, help deal with the frustration of the in fact, I believe he had a lot to do and unfortunately that reputation Niner offense not being able to put with the Niners getting beat by the up their seats to isn't going to be changed anytime points on the board. It was like that NY Giants back in that fateful NFC soon. For more on hoops, check out guy Trestmen (last year's offensive Championship game in Jan. of '91. allow these fans my buddy Eddy Del Carlo's article. coordinator) was back on the side- Alter the Roger Craig fumble, it ap- Speaking of young Ed, he is a good lines. Oh well, we'll get over it. At the peared that Romanowski was a det- wearing their son who goes to lunch with his dad very least it's nice to know that the riment to the defense and helped puke green and (Eugene) at Joe's of Westlake any- Dallas Cowboys didn't get even close allow the Giants to easily move down time he can. to being in the playoffs. On to Super field to kick the game winning field yellow colors to The SFPD Roller Hockey team put Bowl XXXII and let the Broncos some- goal. I was at that game as well and in a good effort despite losing the how prevail. considered it to be one of the most infiltrate our Bladium Championship game in over Going back to the regular season, heart wrenching losses I've ever wit- time 5-4 on Wed. Jan. 7th (see article that Monday night Denver game was nessed. Niner territory by Chris Knight). Apparently the star really one for the ages. I was there More Niners related items: I was of the team Scott "Woody" Kendall and will always cherish being able to recently browsing through books at in the Stand wasn't his usual self that day and witness the retirement of Joe the Borders and Books San Rafael couldn't lead the team to victory. Montana's number at halftime. The store and came across the Bill Walsh Even the very talented Danny "I Hang speech by Bill Walsh, the great ova- title that was discussed inThe Chron Finally moving away from football Out With Sean Penn" Manning tion for and speech by; Eddie on Thurs. Jan. 8th. It's called Find- I'm ready to discuss those Giants couldn't pull the trigger and help the Debartolo, and of course the very ing The Winning Edge and it's a hard now. I'm very happy with some of the club like he usually does. humble speech by Montana when he copy that Walsh did with Brian Bfflick off season moves especially the one Be advised that softball season is eventually got his chance after all the and James Peterson. Silting through acquiring Orel Hershizer (did I spell around the corner. As "Commish" of hoopla. I'm proud to say that I've the pages of the book I was reminded that right?). He might not be able to the department softball league I'm probably seen almost every pro foot- of a college text format. The book win any post season games, but I announcing the managers meeting ball game that Montana has ever basically goes over step by step the believe he can at least get us there. to be on Tues. Feb. 3rd at 11:00a.m. played in either in person or on the way to build a successful football Hershizer is an old salt who can lead at the POA Office. Assistant Commish tube, and obviously it doesn't get any program from hiring a staff and evalu- the staff with his many years of expe- Brian Olcomendy and I have set the better than that. It was also very ating and acquiring talented players rience when it comes to winning and start of the season for Tues. March exciting during that game to watch to designing a winning game plan playing on successful teams. It will 17th (aka: St. Patrick's Day).. .So See the amazing Jerry Rice spark the and motivating the team week in and be interesting to see. Ya...

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December 15th Hoops League Play at Half Court Southern #2 41 F.B.I. 50 Daly City P.D. 36 Southern #1 45 By Ed Delcarlo, Bayview Station The CHP is in first place with a 5- Honniball 18, Ortiz 16 pts in, Jay Broadrick 31 pts, 11-12 ft's 0 record, followed closely by Park at Southern #2 win—what a struggle Lucas w/ 10 pts. Co. B No Big The Basketball season is at the 5-1. Ingleside and Narcotics are tied Kelly. Tong 15 pts, Carl 14 pts in midway point. The "A" League team for third place with 4-1 records. Park Park 44 close loss. to beat at this juncture is the SF Fire has been paced by newcomers Bassey Inspectors 32 Department, last year's runner-up. Obot, Kevin Rector, and Jason Lynch. Rector 15, Lynch 13, Obot 11 pts Airport #1 50 They have only one loss thus far, and Ingleside is manned by the "Pride of as Co. F rolls on in second place. S.F. Fire 49 that was handed to them by the the Sunset", point-man Brian Schafer Big Joe no passes, only 5 pts! Murray leads airport in fires 1st Airport team. Potrero 1 is tied with and veteran Wilfred Williams. loss. 19 pts for Murray, Thomas the SFFD for first place, followed by Narcotics has a good mix of veter- Southern 1, Airport 1, the FBI, and Ingelside 70 12. J. Carey fouls younger bro, ans and first year players, but their Taraval-T.T.F. 61 Carey in last minute. Mission. This year the "A" League is Big Man, Brian Pegler, has yet to No stats - can't read scorebook- stacked with some good talent, and make an appearance. according to book Co H 111, To C.H.P. SF 65 the teams are evenly matched. The The surprise team of the "B" League Taraval/YJ'F 96? D.P.T. 49 36 Sheriffs team has dropped from the is Taraval/TI'F. Eddie Anzore was competition. Bradely 18 pts, J. Kallas & Ruben coaxed out of retirement by hall-of- Here are some of the highlights Narcotics 75 12 pts. C.H.P. rolls on undefeated famer Charlie Mahoney. They are 3- Potrero #2 30 D.P.T. Big Laual 16 pts in loss. from the "A" League chronicles. 2 going into the last half of the sea- Guerrro 25 pts, Alexander 15, + A minor upset occurred when the son. (A little known bit of trivia: Harry "Hat" 11 pts in win. Narco's Southern #2 46 Airport beat SFFD. The Airport team Charlie is the only member of the move up to 4th place. Airport #2 38 was led by Kevin Murray with 19 league who happens to be in the POA points to his credit. Teammate Tho- Honniball 26 pts, Co. B rides the Basketball Hall-Of-Fame as well as mas contributed 12 points. iN Northern Gnats Win Honniball train. Airport, Fracmia the Sacred Heart High School Hall- Central Forfiet 11 pts, Mike Keane 8 pts. In the battle for first place SFFD Of-Fame.) Also on the combo team is beat Potrero 1 by only 3 points. There future Hall-of-Famer Jerry D'arcy. Southern #1 Win was a controversial call made by the S.F. Sheriff Forfiet refs which resulted in a technical foul levied against the Bayview San Francisco homeboys. Potrero was led by Brett Police Basketball League Thorp and the "mad bomber" Darren Standings 12/20 Nocetti. I don't have much information on Wins Losses the "B" League, but I was able to get A League S.F. Fire Dept 5 1 an exclusive interview with Dan Man- Potrero#1 3 1 ning, the player/coach of the Potrero Southern #1 4 2 2 boardsmen. Dan told me that he is Airport #1 3 3 7e øta4e t a little disappointed with his team's F.B.I. 2 2 performance. The over-achieving Mission 1 3 squad is 0-5. He said that injuries S.F. Sheriff Dept 0 5 have devastated the team. Budding superstar Lavante Mitchel has been B Division Wins Losses on the DL all season, and center Jim C.H.P. O'Malley can not score all the points San Francisco 5 0 single-handedly. The "Pride of Fre- Park 5 1 WANTED mont", Steve Blair, has also been Ingleside 4 1 scoring and catching his share of Narcotics 3 1 ARMED and NON ARMED rebounds. Northern Gnats 4 2

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By Chris Knight net with a high slap shot from the The shot got past our goalie and The 0 right slot (top-shelfBaby!). The Plague Plague pulled off a 5-4 overtime vic- The SFPD roller hockey team re- answered quickly with a goal of its tory. cently concluded its Fall/Winter own a couple of minutes later. In the Although it was a heart breaking league season at the Bladium, South final minutes of the first half, loss in the championship, I felt we We Need of Market. The season ended with a Northern's Vinny Etcheber was twice had a great season. Some newcom- 5-4 overtime loss to a team called the able to beat The Plague goalie. The ers to the team that helped contrib- Plague, in the championship game of Plague answered one goal and we ute to our success were; Bayview's Photographers the Wednesday day league. But be- took a 3-2 lead into halftime. "Big" Ed DelCarlo (he's even bigger fore we get into the details, lets recap with skates), and Kevin "Lab" the season. Labanowski (he's our back-up goalie, The Notebook The season began shortly after the Although it was a looking better with every outing). Also California Police Summer Games, in heart breaking loss there is Park's Carl Fabri (soon to be needs interested which we made a string showing. We Mr. Denise Flaherty). He's got prior members to started slow, losing the first two in the champion- experience in ice hockey and will be games. However, in the following a good pick up. That is if he's able to photograph the weeks we were able to regroup and ship, I felt we had pull himself out of bed after working strung together an eight game win- a midnight shift. activities and events ning streak. Our 8-2 record gave us a great season. The Winter/Spring season starts a number one seeding going into the the last week of January. We're look- of the POA playoffs. We opened up against the The second half opened up much ing forward to another shot at The and the Department. SFFD "Jalcies." The Jakies are a new like the first half. After a tension Plague. We're also looking for new team that has improved enormously filled first few minutes. The Plague talent, so don't wait. We would love to Contact Ray Shine, over the last several months. How- scored first to tie the game at 3-3. put together a second team. ever, we are going into our second That's when Cliff Schlink from the Contact Northern's Chris Knight if Editor full year. We were also coming off a Sheriffs Department found himself you'd like to play the coolest game on strong finish to the season. With on a break away. He was easily able earth. everyone skating well we were easily to beat their goalie and we went up 4- able to polish off the Jakies 10-0. 3 late in the second half. The Plague Then came the two week lay off, was able to tie the score when a shot over the holiday season. Finally the from the right side tipped off Steve day came, on Wednesday, January Griffin's glove and trickled in the 7. It was time for the championship goal. Steve is at Northern and has game. SFPD verses The Plague. been a rock in the goalie position. The game opened up as expected, The game was tied at 4 and that's a closely fought battle that was score- the way overtime started. Unfortu- less midway through the first half. nately, two minutes into the over- We broke through first when Muni's time period an errant pass led to an Curtis Wong found the back of the open shot in the cress, forThe Plague. Avoid the nonsense and inconvenience of car shopping. We have 11 new car/truck lines and over 200 used vehicles at fleet prices!

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* ficers relieved him of the pizza and staking out a convenience store next lawsuit against the Lexington (Ky.) Funny placed a pair of handcuffs on him door. Oblivious, that is, until one of Police Department complaining that instead. the car's occupants decided to get rid officers were too nice when they ar- But True of a pistol he was carrying. As the guy rested him in 1996. According to the A San Francisco crook is another pulled the gun out of his pocket it lawsuit, when police found a loaded By Tom Flippin, Park Station candidate for Dumb-Crook-Of-The- discharged. The bullet hit him in the assault rifle in his car and could not Month. Co. F Officers Kane and leg, went through the front seat and figure out how to dismantle it, they Muselman responded to an apart- hit the car's other occupant. Police uncuffed the obviously inebriated ment burglary, and the victim told watched as the goof limped from the Schmitt and had him take it apart. them that the thief had 'stolen some, car and threw the pistol over a fence. Schmitt said he "could have shot cash, credit cards.. .and several items The inadvertent shooter was booked most everyone standing around of clothing. It was avery rainy evening, for illegal possession of a firearm. "could have shot most everyone and the bad guy seems to have gotten standing around watching this esca- wet during the break-in. The victim pade" and thus contends that the told the cops that he found a pile of Kenneth Curtis could give a course police endangered the public. sodden clothing lying on the floor of on how to get away with murder. his apartment that did not belong to Curtis avoided trial in 1987 for the Shawn S. Warren, charged with him. During a search of the dis- murder of his girlfriend because of arson in June in Anderson, Ind., carded apparel Officer Kane found mental incompetence. Ajudge found denied he actually started a fire in a an SFPD booking form and an or- him incompetent because of a brain garage. Instead, according to the ange plastic SF Sheriffs jail wrist injury caused by a failed attempt to town's chief fire investigator, Warren band.. .both in the name of David commit suicide by shooting himself said, "I probably thought about that alciand police arrested a prime Eddy. Park Station officers have re- in the head. Two yars later, another fire, and it just happened." Said the candidate for Dumb-Crook- quested that an arrest warrant for judge released him from a mental investigator, "(Warren) did tell me () Of-The-Month recently. burglary be issued for said David hospital saying he had almost no sometimes he thinks about things George Shaun, a 33-year-old Oak- Eddy. chance of ever regaining his facul- and they happen." land resident was pulled over by ties. An appeals court removed an Officer Dave Cronin for a minor traf- order that he be retested each year. fic violation. Officer Cronin learned Recently, a TV news team discovered that Shaun had a suspended license that Curtis is enrolled in a pre-med and called fora tow. During his search course at Southern Connecticut State of the vehicle, Cronin found some University and maintaining a B aver- evidence that Shaun was dumb age. They also found that a state enough to be carrying around with il* agency had provided Curtis with some him. The evidence was a simple little $1,000 in tuition assistance. note that read, "This is a robbery. Give me stacks of 50s and lOOs." Thank God for the Internet (the Weird Weapons: Investigators found enough similari- following items were gleaned from a On the other side of the coin, Ricky ties between that note and a note left web site called News of the Weird)... Wassenaar could give a course on Frozen chicken legs (woman pelted behind at a bank robbery in October Bank robber Duane Babcock's luck how NOT to conduct a criminal de- her boyfl-iend for carousing, Broward that Shaun was arrested for robbery. was nothing but bad following a Port- fense. Wassenaar was caught by cops County, Fla., September); slow-mov- Shaun also matched the photo of a land, Oregon stick-up. He took a taxi in Tucson, Arizona after a lengthy ing train (robber rubbed victim's head bank robber caught on a surveil- to the bank, robbed it and had the car chase. He was found to be in into to convince him to give up the lance camera in a May robbery. waiting cabbie drive him away. The possession of stolen money, guns, a money, Orlando, Fla., October); red Shaun, who has a prior conviction cabbie didn't know about the holdup ski mask, and a bullet-proof vest. At peppers (Ebensburg, Pa., cook laced for bank robbery, wasn't talking, but until he was questioned by the FBI, his trial, Wassenaar acted as his own the luncheon special of a police of- the cops are hoping to match him to after witnesses identified the taxi. attorney and told jurors that a man ficer who had given her one too many several other bank jobs.. .all because That evening, Duane called the same named Jim slipped a date rape pill parking tickets, July); dildo (one fe- of a little scrap of paper. cab company for a cab and got.. .the into his drink at a bar and then male Pittsburgh student hit another, same driver. This time the cabbie forced him into the vest and put him knocking her unconsciousness, May). Key West cops caught a burglar called the FBI after dropping Babcock into the car. Explaining away the car who jumped off a 55-foot cruiser that off. When the Feebs arrived, unlucky chase, Ricky said he was just trying he was looting.. .but not by telling Duane was still carrying his holdup to get out of the officers' way so they him to "Freeze!" Officers were called note. could chase whomever they were re- to the Ocean Key House marina after ally after. Thejurors found him guilty people reported a boat bashing into Alabama authorities took Carlos of assault and robbery. Tax Time other boats there. As police arrived a Perez into custody following an en- Your POA dues paid man appeared on the boat's bridge, counter with a local sheriff. Perez In September, inmate Michael F. saw the cops and immediately dove wasn't just unlucky; he was Schmitt, 45, serving two years in the in 1997 was into the water. Rather than engage in duuummb! First, Perez parked the Kentucky State Reformatory for $588.64 a watery chase or try to stop him with stolen car he was driving (which had drunken driving, filed a $1.9 million the old "Freeze!" stand-by, the re- no plates) and questioned the first sourceful officers yelled, "Sharks!". person he saw about getting a driver's The burglar rapidly turned around license. That person happened to be and swam for shore.. .into the wait- Sheriff Larry Amnerson, who was in ing arms of the Key West cops. full uniform. When Amerson asked This item was submitted by Jim & him for ID, Perez produced a birth Mary Greely, SFPD Retired since certificate in the name of Matthew 1969. My thanks to the Greelys. Nowaczewski (Perez is a dark-skinned Hispanic). Some of the information "kJr T1 on the birth certificate also had been : erased and rewritten in ballpoint pen.. .inicluding the place of birth: "Mississippi." EN

An army MP, Daniel Bowden, was Is arrested in Virginia after he attempted to deposit $3,000 in cash into his I* credit union account. The luckless Another smooth cop caper was MP was recognized by the teller as pulled off a couple of days ago by the same man who robbed the credit members of the force in Keene, New union two weeks earlier, taking nearly Hampshire. An officer there learned $5,000 from her window. Your stories of nuts, that a convicted felon, well-known to the cops, had gotten hold of a fire- arm. Since this is illegal, they de- weirdos; dumb crooks. Any cided that the bad guy, Eric Witover, should go directly to jail, not passing • funny-but-true stuff! Go or anything else. They knew that Witover worked in a local pizzeria, but they didn't want to* make the * Send to Notebook-FBT, SFPQA arrest there because of the possible danger to customers. So they phoned in an order for a small cheese pizza to Cops in Wichita, Kansas were com- be delivered to the police station. pletely oblivious to a car parked in When Witover made the delivery of- front of a liquor store (they were