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VOLUME 47, NUMBER 1 SAN FRANCISCO, JANUARY 2015 www.sfpoa.org We Are Not The Enemy By Martin Halloran SFPOA President I cannot remember a time when there has been more anti law enforce- ment sentiment circulating through our society. It is not surprising coming from the anarchist who hijack legal and lawful 1st amendment demon- strations only to vandalize, loot, and Martin Halloran Paul Kelly Barry Donelan assault officers. What is particularly SFPOA President SJPOA President Elect OPOA President disturbing is the rhetoric being spewed by some media outlets, some elected politicians, and some who claim to be faith based or community leaders. An Open Letter to the Residents of Many of these organizations and these individuals are simply fanning the San Francisco, San Jose and Oakland flames of discord and are attempting As the presidents of the three largest police unions in public safety servants. Demonstrators in New York chanted to drive a wedge between peace officers the Bay Area, our overriding responsibility is to ensure that in unison: “What do we want? Dead cops! When do we want and the communities we serve. each and every police officer we represent makes it home to it? Now!” That was disgraceful. So, too, was witnessing The assassination of two NYPD protest marches in the Bay Area degenerate into violence, uniformed officers along with the his or her family after every shift. Police officers must swear destruction and mob rule. Despite the efforts of organiz- ambushed killings of officers in Florida to uphold our constitution, and we also take seriously our and North Carolina coupled with the responsibility to protect the First Amendment rights of the ers, too often protests were hijacked by shameful cowards attempted ambush killings of LAPD public we serve. Unfortunately, recent events threaten to who take refuge behind the truly law abiding demonstra- officers have shaken our profession to bring these two great responsibilities into conflict. tors while destroying property and injuring our officers. the core. When did those who “serve Our members and their families have been shaken to The overwhelming majority of our members — who and protect” become the enemy and the core by the brutal slayings of two New York City police represent the most diverse police departments in the na- when did it become open season on us officers and a Tarpon Springs, Florida police officer. All of tion — bear such malice in dignified silence. Even follow- simply because we wear the uniform? our members are on heightened alert. In the line of duty ing the murder of three of their own, our officers continue It is the police that are out on the with their duty, answer your calls, respond to your crises, streets answering the calls for help, deaths of police officers are up significantly: 120 police officers have already paid the ultimate price for protecting fulfill their mission, and honor their commitment to the protecting the vulnerable in our soci- people of San Francisco, San Jose, and Oakland. their communities in 2014. ety, and protecting life and property. In short, they will always be there when you need them. This is a never ending assignment, The protests that followed the grand jury decisions in In return, as their “voices” we simply ask that you join 24/7, 365 days a year. We have taken Missouri and New York are a legitimate expression of our them in a cooperative effort to keep our streets safe, and an oath to protect and serve and we First Amendment traditions. The reaction is not unex- to engage in constructive dialogue that calls for a common shall not waiver from it. pected but the vilification of front-line public servants by sense approach to very complex issues. In this edition of the Journal there some politicians and media pundits has been demoralizing are a number of articles related to cur- May we all take this holiday season as a time to reflect and unjust. Public safety in the Bay Area and the nation rent events surrounding law enforce- and pray for one another and search for solutions together ment in Missouri, in New York, and will be a subject of major debate going forward and we will as the law enforcement community honors those who have here in San Francisco. There are some each participate vigorously in that debate. fallen in the line of duty. very relevant positions made in these But what few have acknowledged until now is that too articles with questions that I hope will often the legitimate expression of views has devolved into Martin Halloran Paul Kelly Barry Donelan be answered in the near future. The vilification and violence against this nation’s front-line SFPOA President SJPOA President Elect OPOA President peace officers of this country are not the enemy. To my brothers and sisters in the On average: US police fatality every 3 days SFPD and all of law enforcement I say: stay vigilant, back each other up on the street, stay united, stay safe, but most of all stay strong and proud of your profession. 126 Law Enforcement Officer Slainte! Fatalities Nationwide in 2014 Firearms-related fatalities spiked 56 percent while ambush attacks remained the leading cause of felonious deaths Washington, DC—Law enforce- Forty-nine officers were killed in activities (3), accidental shootings (2), ment fatalities in the U.S. rose 24 per- traffic-related incidents this past year. burglary in progress (2), investigating cent in 2014, reversing what had been Twenty-seven officers died due to other drug-related matters (1), robbery in two years of dramatic declines in line causes in 2014, including 24 who suf- progress (1), and tactical situations (1). of duty deaths, based on preliminary fered from job-related illnesses—such Traffic-related incidents were the data compiled and released today by as heart attacks—while performing second-leading cause of officer fa- the National Law Enforcement Officers their duties. talities in 2014, with 49. Of these 49 Memorial Fund (NLEOMF). Firearms-related incidents were the officers, 35 were killed in automobile According to the NLEOMF report, number one cause of officer deaths in crashes, nine officers were struck and 126 federal, state, local, tribal and 2014, with 50. killed outside their vehicle and five territorial officers were killed in the Ambush attacks resulted in 15 offi- officers were killed in motorcycle line of duty this year, compared to cer deaths, the leading felonious cause crashes. 102 in 2013. The number of officers of deaths among officers in 2014 and killed by firearms in 2014 (50) was 56 for the fifth straight year. The other During the past year, more of- percent higher than the number killed leading categories of felonious deaths ficers were killed in California (14) by gunfire in 2013 (32). Ambush-style in 2014 were traffic stops or pursuits than any other state; followed by attacks were the number one cause of (8), investigating suspicious persons Texas (11); New York (9); Florida (6) Periodicals postage paid at San Francisco, #882-320) (USPS CA felonious officer deaths for the fifth or activities (7), disturbance calls (6), and Georgia (5). year in a row. attempting arrests (4), investigative Visit www.nleomf.org Page 2 POA Journal January 2015 Minutes of the December 10, 2014 SFPOA Board Meeting* 1. Treasurer Joe Valdez called the units with more than 2 members Hdqrt/Admin: Kevin Moylan, John made the motion, and it received meeting to order at 12:00 hours. will require an *election. The online Evans a second from Representative Scott 2. Treasurer Joe Valdez led the board election will be held from January Tactical: Mark Madsen, Brent Bradford Edwards (Mission). It passed unani- in the Pledge of Allegiance. 12 through January 16, 2015. Investigations: Matt Mason, Tom mously by voice vote. 3. Secretary Mike Nevin conducted *Central: Larry Chan, John Van Koll, Harvey 9. President Halloran said the POA roll call. Ed Carew *Airport: Mark Trierweiler, Rey was disappointed in the federal 4. Glenn Sylvester (ret.) made a pre- *Southern: Maris Goldsborough, Dan Serrano, Jimmy Lee trial verdict. Sentencing is sched- sentation to the board regarding Miller, Louis Wong Retired: Ray Allen uled for February 23, 2015. the current state of the SF Police Bayview: Gerald Lyons, Chris Schaffer 7. Representative Raphael Rockwell 10. Supervisor John Avalos has pro- Credit Union. *Mission: Greg Stechshulte, Scott (hdqrt.) made a motion to approve posed a Board of Supervisors reso- 5. President Martin Halloran an- Edwards, Joe Clark the November 2014 minutes. The lution where he is attempting to nounced that Kim Scurr, UCSF Northern: Matt Lobre, Jesus Pena motion received a second from gin up support to attack American Medical Center, would need to Park: Paget Mitchell, Kenyon Bowers Representative Yulanda Williams law enforcement in general and reschedule her presentation. *Richmond: Yulanda Williams, Kevin (Richmond). The motion passed the SFPD in particular. The POA is 6. Rachel Murphy, co-chair of the Lee, Damon Keeve, Phil Busalacchi unanimously by voice vote. developing a strategy to respond to Elections Committee, took nomi- *Ingleside: Jim Trail, Crispin Jones, 8. President’s Message. President Hal- this ill-advised resolution. nations for the board of directors. Rob Walker loran requested a motion that the 11. President Halloran met with city She announced several nomina- Taraval: Jody Kato, Michael Ferraresi meeting be adjourned in memory officials regarding their response tions had been received and any Tenderloin: Kevin Lyons, Joe of Officer Hope Nechuta #124 to Ebola. others would be accepted during McCloskey (Mission) and Judy Saunders Gluck 12. President Halloran explained that the meeting. The following is a list Traffic: Mario Busalacchi, Frank (Butlers/Galls). Representative a POA non-member list will be of those nominations. Only those Pereira Yulanda Williams (Richmond) updated and distributed to board members. 13. President Halloran and the board discussed executive board raises for Board of Directors Meeting Roll Call the new year, excluding the presi- dent. (Montoya, Nevin, Valdez were Wednesday, December 10, 2014 not present for the discussion or Vote Vote vote. The vote was 25 Yes and 3 No.) 1# #1 14. Vice President’s (V.P.) Message. V.P. Tony Montoya addressed a President Martin Halloran P Y Co. G Chris Breen P Y recent meeting between the POA Yulanda Williams P Y Vice President Tony Montoya P and the department in regards to Secretary Michael Nevin P Co. H Crispin Jones P Y demonstrations. Several members James Trail P Y Treasurer Joseph Valdez P had voiced concerns to the POA Co. I Michael Ferraresi P Y Sergeant-At-Arms Val Kirwan E about working conditions. The Jody Kato P Y Board of Directors was sent a follow Editor Ray Shine P Co. J Kevin Lyons P Y up e-mail regarding this meeting Co. A Ed Carew P Y Joe McCloskey P Y and the specific issues that were John Van Koll P Y Co. K Mario Busalacchi P N addressed. Co. B Danny Miller P Y Steve Landi A 15. V.P. Montoya explained DB 14-258 Louis Wong P Y (Physical Fitness). Members had Hdqtr. John Evans P N Co. C Gerald Lyons P Y Raphael Rockwell P N expressed concern over language Chris Schaffer E regarding SP time affecting the Tactical Brent Bradford P Y earning of PE time. The depart- Co. D Scott Edwards P N Mark Madsen P Y Greg Stechschulte P Y ment is using language from a 1993 Invest. Thomas Harvey P Y manual when the program was first Co. E Matt Lobre P Y Matt Mason P Y introduced. Jesus Peña P Y Airport Reynaldo Serrano P Y 16. V.P. Montoya stated that POA At- Co. F Kenyon Bowers P Y Mark Trierweiler P Y torney Gregg Adam has reached out Paget Mitchell E Retired Ray Allen P Y to the city seeking an opinion on DB 14-173 (Timekeeping Respon- continued on next page

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A dis- cussion followed regarding bud- By Gregg Adam, points. They argued that they A good example of how protective get questions from the board. SFPOA Counsel were entitled to be paid for this standard can be involved po- Representative Yulanda Williams this time under federal law. lice officers employed by the City of (Richmond) made a motion to ap- On December 9, 2014, in The case was filed in fed- Madera who were represented in the prove the 2015 budget. The motion Integrity Staffing Solutions v. eral court in Nevada. The 1984 California Supreme Court case by received a second from Representa- Busk, a unanimous United federal district court rejected one of my mentors — and former Car- States Supreme Court ruled tive Mark Trierweiler (Airport). It the claims, ruling that, under roll Burdick partner — Chris Burdick. that employees are not en- the FLSA, the time was “post- passed unanimously by voice vote. (See Madera Police Officers Assn. v. City titled to be compensated for liminary” and uncompen- 18. New Business. Representative Joe of Madera.) time spent undergoing se- sable. But the appellate court McCloskey (Tenderloin) led a discus- The case involved “Code 7” meal curity checks before leaving concluded that postliminary sion about future POA donations. breaks for police officers. During those an employer’s facility. The case turned activities become compensable if 19. Representative Scott Edwards (Mis- breaks, officers could eat a meal, but on an interpretation of the federal Fair they are required and performed for sion) suggested that board rep- they were required to keep their radios Labor Standards Act (“the FLSA”), and the employer’s benefit. The Supreme resentatives get stations to sign on, respond to calls, stay in uniform specifically the Portal-to-Portal Act, Court reversed, holding that the time and be responsive to inquiries from and send cards to members found which is part of the FLSA and exempts spent in security screenings was not guilty in the federal trial. members of the public. In interpreting employers from paying employees for compensable under the FLSA. California law, the California Supreme 20. Secretary Nevin spoke about a pilot activities that are preliminary or post- The Court recited prior decisions Court considered different inquiries program being introduced next liminary to the employees’ “principal that recognize that only “principal than did the United States Supreme year at Metro Division for Nalox- work activity or activities.” activity or activities” are compen- Court in Integral Staffing. The Cali- one Hydrochloride (aka Narcan) The case could have broad implica- sable, including activities that are an fornia court had a two-fold analysis of deployment. Once the proposed tions in many states, as more and more “integral and indispensable part of whether the time was compensable: (1) DB is introduced a copy will be Amazon-type employers spring up. the principal activities.” An activity is whether the restrictions on employees forwarded to the executive board. But California law specifically rejects considered “integral and indispensable are “primarily directed toward the 21. Old Business. Representative John the application of the Portal-to-Portal to the principal activities” if it is an fulfillment of the employer’s require- Evans (Hdqrt.) asked about body Act to California wage and hour laws “intrinsic element of those activities ments and policies,” and (2) whether cameras. President Halloran spoke — meaning that, had the case been and one with which the employee about past meeting the POA has brought under California law, it may cannot dispense if he is to perform employees are “substantially restricted held with the department. The well have gone the other way. his principal activities.” The Supreme during Code 7 time, so as to be unable POA is awaiting the latest version The case involved employees of Court concluded that security screen- to attend to private pursuits.” Taking of the draft proposal. Amazon, the behemoth online retail- ings were not the employees’ principal into account the restrictions placed on the police officers by the employer, the 22. Financial requests. None er. Employers at manufacturing and activity, because (1) they had not been Supreme Court concluded that “con- 23. The meeting was adjourned at retail sales facilities typically set up hired to undergo security screenings, straints placed on the activities and 13:54 hours in memory of Officer security checkpoints before employees and equally (2) could do their actual conduct of the concerned employees Hope Nechuta and Judy Saunders can leave the facilities. The employers jobs without security screenings. during their mealtime are so restrictive Gluck. do not want their employees to steal California law is significantly more that the employees are at work and Submitted by Secretary Nevin merchandise and so will search the protective of employees than is federal employees and their bags and jackets law. It rejects the Portal-to-Portal Act— are thus entitled to … compensation.” * These minutes will not be adopted before allowing the employees to leave meaning the entire rationale of the Turning back to Integral Staffing, by the Board of Directors until the next the facility. The employees in this case Integral Staffing decision would not the reason the Amazon employees General Membership meeting. Corrections retrieved and packaged products in a apply in a case under California law. can be required to be subject to a and amendments might be made prior warehouse to send to Amazon custom- And instead of using the “principal security screening is because they are to a vote to enter the minutes into the ers. In their lawsuit, several former activity” test, California law uses the completely under the control of their permanent record. All corrections and/ employees claimed that they spent “control test,” generally making time employer. Under California law, that or amendments will be published in the up to 25 minutes per day lining up in which employees are subject to the may well be enough to ensure com- succeeding issue of the Journal. and going through the security check- employer’s control compensable. pensability. 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Meeting, Veteran Police Officers Association Pacific Rod & Gun Club Second Tues. of Every Month, 11:00 AM Larry Barsetti 415-566-5985 520 John Muir Drive, SF [email protected]

Meeting, Widows & Orphans Aid Association Hall of Justice, Room 150, Second Tues. of Every Month, 1:45 PM Mark McDonough 415-681-3660 (Traffic Co. Assembly Room) [email protected]

Meeting, American Legion Park Station Community Room Second Tues. of Every Month, 4:00 PM Greg Corrales SF Police-Fire Post 1899 Waller St., SF 415- 759-1076

POA Board of Directors Meeting POA Building Third Wed. of Every Month, Noon POA Office 415-861-5060

Meeting, Retired Employees of CCSF Irish Cultural Center Second Wed. of Every Month, 10:15 AM Reyna Kuuk 415-681-5949

Retiree Range Re-qualification SFPD Pistol Range First Fri. of each Month, 7:30 – 11:30 AM Range Staff 415-587-2274

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Peninsula Retiree Luncheon Basque Cultural Center Wednesday, January 14, 2015 11:30 AM (See notice on page 15) 599 Railroad Ave, S. SF Page 4 POA Journal January 2015 POA Dramatic Defeat of Feinstein Anti-Police Measures in 1985-1986 Mirror December 2014 POA City Hall Fight By Paul Chignell, POA Legal Defense Administrator, From the Archive: The Policeman, August 1985 Former POA President

The power of political action in times of adversity should never be underestimated. In addition, on many occasions in the struggle to protect the membership of the San Francisco Police Officers’ Association, there is only one, often lonely, group of lead- ers who must engage in the political discourse to win. Throughout the years, the POA has risen to those occasions. We have done that despite some of our members de- crying our involvement in politics. We have done that despite the pandering of anti-police zealots who try time and time again to attack the police officers who serve with distinction every day twenty-four hours a day. And we have done that with a focus, with aggres- siveness, and with thanks to the politi- cians who refuse to knuckle under to illegitimate purposes. Over the years, the POA has built relationships with San Francisco legis- lators on the Board of Supervisors. We have asked them to reflect on the at- tacks on our profession and attacks on our character as police officers. Time and time again these clear thinking legislators joined with us to turn back legislation and resolutions that were just tools to wound and weaken rank and file police officers. We must continue to be vigilant in marshalling our resources and values to protect our members.

The 1985-1986 Drama Former Mayor Dianne Feinstein in 1986: “The POA’s power at the Board is extraordinary. The POA says jump and they say how high.” Former Supervisor Richard Hon- gisto in 1986: “This was an extraor- They assembled cogent arguments that to ensure her vic- dinary display of the power of the emphasized due process and civil ser- tory. But two mem- Police Officers’ Association.” vice merit protections. They then as- bers of the Board San Francisco Chronicle in 1986: sembled a lobbying team that included of Supervisors ap- “Stinging Rebuke to Police Chief.” Ron Parenti, Reno Rapagnani, Leanna peared to switch KCBS Reporter in 2014: OA is cer- Dawydiak, Mike Hebel and others to their votes to the tainly powerful.” make the arguments to the individual POA side. In the summer of 1985 and the members of the Board of Supervisors. As the members Spring of 1986, the POA had tough The measures in the summer of 1985 of the Board of Su- fights with former Mayor Dianne Fein- were defeated. Supervisors Nelder, pervisors filed in stein. She wanted to change the City Quentin Kopp, and Willie Kennedy slowly to the or- Charter in two ways. One was to allow were key votes in agreeing with the nate chambers of a police officer of any rank to be ap- POA positions. Long hours of research City Hall to take pointed to command positions such as and lobbying paid off. their seats and Deputy Chief. The other was to change But the Mayor was not to be de- vote the Mayoral the Charter to allow the Police Chief to terred. She came back in March of staffers were at the suspend officers for misconduct from 1986 with the same provision to in- rail talking to the the traditional ten (10) days to thirty crease the Chief’s power to suspend individual elected (30) days, and also allow the Chief and to demote police officers beyond officials. The Barry- to demote police officers to a lower the decades old standard of ten (10) Linehan team were had been rudely defeated in her attack rank. Feinstein was driven to make days. A team of Mayoral aides worked in the chambers as well, and anxiously on our due process rights. these changes. At the time she was a the issue aggressively. Both San Fran- optimistic that six (6) votes were with Over the years, expert political ac- popular centrist Mayor, but had op- cisco newspapers editorialized for the the POA. tion to protect the membership since posed many basic labor incentives for measure, and on March 10, 1986 she One of the Mayor’s top aides was the victories in 1985 and 1986 has police officers. She dispatched a cadre had her six (6) votes. It appeared that smiling and chatting with a member been repeated over and over again. of Deputy Mayors and bureaucrats to the POA had lost. of the Board of Supervisors who he Chief amongst those actions was convince the eleven (11) members of But the measure required a second thought was with the Mayor. Yours the defeat of Public Defender Jeff Ada- the Board of Supervisors to place these reading at the Board of Supervisors be- truly looked across the Hall and gave chi’s attempt to dismantle our pension charter amendments on the respective fore it went to the City ballot. The POA a cupped wave of the hand to the protections. ballots. leaders established a war room at our aide with a smile on my face. The Past President Gary Delagnes was It did not look good for the POA. old building, 510 7th Street. Intense aide hurried over to speak with one of instrumental in assembling a POA Former Supervisor Wendy Nelder, who lobbying began with political friends the Police Chief’s staff and their look team that linked up with labor groups was a friend of the POA, sponsored one of the Board members contacted to of aghast was priceless. The vote was and community leaders to quash Ada- of the amendments. Many Supervisors express their opinions that the Fein- taken and six (6) members, Supervi- chi’s attempt to limit our hard fought needed the Mayor’s support for their stein measure to give more power to sors Harry Britt, Wendy Nelder, Jack pension benefits. pet projects, and were reluctant to op- the Chief was wrong. POA strategists Molinari, Nancy Walker, Willie Ken- pose a popular sitting Mayor. performed an analysis of prior punish- nedy, and Doris Ward voted to kill the December 2014 Fight But the POA sprung into action. A ments of police officers that showed charter amendment. Against Ideologues core group of POA Board members, led disparate treatment. The POA learned This was political action in the fin- The struggle to fend off political by President Bob Barry and Executive that the Mayor was insistent that her est hour. The membership had been opportunists occurred again with Board member Dan Linehan, con- cadre of staffers keep the six (6) votes protected and an anti-police Mayor structed a strategy to defeat Feinstein. continued on next page January 2015 POA Journal Page 5 continued from previous page remarkable distinction in December of 2014. In the wake of the Ferguson and New York controversies, members of the Board of Supervisors, led by Supervisor John Avalos, attempted to fan the flames of anti-police senti- ment with a Resolution that was filled with innuendos and false assertions about San Francisco Police contacts with persons of color. The Resolution contained language that appeared to paint law enforcement officers as racist and military occupiers. Just as Bob Barry and Dan Linehan did in 1985-1986, President Marty Halloran and Past President Gary Delagnes assembled a team of POA Board members and supporters to construct a strategy to defeat this di- visive and unwarranted attack on all members of the San Francisco Police Department. They contacted our allies on the Board and professionally described why the Resolution was inaccurate and not reflective of how we as police officers serve the many communities of San Francisco. President Halloran sent a letter to Supervisor Avalos with copies to every member of the Board of Supervisors including some of the values and ini- tiatives of the SFPOA. Below are some of those concepts: • The SFPD is diverse, culturally enlightened, well trained and well educated. • Our outreach to the community is legendary in the law enforcement profession. • Our dialog with all San Francisco communities is proactive. • The SFPOA contributes almost $200,000 annually to city non- profits that assist the needy, the hungry, and terminally ill. • The POA is a major sponsor for Operation Dream, which gives toys to poor youth during the holidays. • The SFPOA sponsored a trip to Af- Free Initial Consultation for SFPOA/SFPD Family & Friends rica to expose inner city youth to Specializing the areas of: African heritage. Behavioral Criminal Defense • Personal Injury • Civil Litigation • The SFPOA has contributed huge resources to inner city sports pro- Science Unit FRANK PASSAGLIA, attorney at law grams. 33 years experience • Our sponsorship of the SFPD Wil- (BSU) 2171 Junipero Serra Blvd., Suite 600 Tel: 650-991-2001 derness Program for at risk and low- Daly City, California 94014 Fax: 650-991-2010 income youth goes back decades. BSU: (415) 837-0875 E-mail: [email protected] • We sponsor resources to the Omega Fax: (415) 392-6273 Former San Francisco Police Officer Former San Francisco Assistant District Attorney (1979–1997) Boys Club, which provides opportu- Confidential e-mail: nities for young African-American [email protected] men. • The SFPOA has working subcom- OIC Sgt. Mary Dunnigan mittees to address issues of female (415) 806-6865 MÔNACO Watch & Jewelry and LGBT members. 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We have had that leadership in the (company code SFPD) past and have it today. We are blessed. Tell them you saw their ad in the POA Journal. Page 6 POA Journal January 2015 [Affirming the Board of Supervisors Commitment to Equal Justice and the Right to Protest and Urging Reforms in National Policing and Judicial Practices] Resolution affirming the San Francisco Board of Supervisors commitment to equal justice under the law and the First Amendment right to protest, recognizing the United States’ broken and racially biased police and justice systems, and urging the Department of Justice, Congress, and President Obama to review national policing and judicial practices to truly bring equal justice under the law. WHEREAS, The Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution between communities and the police; and states that no state shall “deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal WHEREAS, The Anti-Eviction Mapping Project has identified the race of 90 protection of the laws;” and of the 94 people killed by SFPD since 1985, and found that 71% of those killed WHEREAS, The report, Operation Ghetto Storm, authored by the Malcolm were people of color, and 41% were black; and X Grassroots Movement, documents 313 Black people in the United States who WHEREAS, All ten victims of officer-involved shootings in Northern Cali- were killed by “police, security guards, and vigilantes” in 2012, or one every fornia this year have been people of color; and 28 hours; and WHEREAS, Activists in Ferguson, Missouri have asked protesters across the WHEREAS, A recent analysis by the news organization ProPublica found that nation to connect the killing of Michael Brown to local police killings, result- the risk of young Black males being shot and killed by police is twenty-one ing in many Bay Area protesters focusing on the killings of Oscar Grant and times greater than the risk for young white males; and Alex Nieto in addition to that of Michael Brown; and WHEREAS, The recent incidents of officer involved killings of people of WHEREAS, Alex Nieto was killed by SFPD officers on March 21, 2014 when color, overwhelmingly impacting young Black and Brown men, has led to he was shot at least ten times, and nearly nine months after the shooting, none sustained, large-scale protests across the country and underscored the United of the names of the officers involved in his killing have been released, seriously States’ centuries old, failed promise of racial equality; and undermining trust between some members of the community and police, and WHEREAS, Despite strong and overwhelming evidence, recent grand juries leading to nearly nine months of peaceful protests about racial profiling, the in St. Louis, Missouri and Staten Island, New York have failed to indict officers police’s use of force, lack of transparency and accountability in police investi- Darren Wilson and Daniel Pantaleo in the killings of Michael Brown and Eric gations, and demands for justice; and Garner, respectively, two unarmed Black men, showing that even the most egre- WHEREAS, The police killings of Michael Brown, Eric Garner, Oscar Grant, gious acts of police brutality are afforded impunity by our justice system; and and Alex Nieto, and far too many other young people of color have generated WHEREAS, Effective public safety efforts rely on good community-police protests across the country from community members frustrated by police relations based on mutual trust, transparency, and accountability; and brutality, impunity, and lack of transparency; and WHEREAS, At times San Francisco has shown a stronger commitment to WHEREAS, Many local and state law enforcement agencies, but not the SFPD, community-police relations, as evidenced in our Sanctuary City and Due Process have responded to the protests with an overwhelming show of force, including for All ordinances; however, San Francisco is not immune to tensions between military-grade weapons and equipment; and communities and police after incidents involving the use of force, including WHEREAS, These military tactics have deepened the divided between protest- officer-involved killings; and ers and police, but have not quelled the powerful voices calling for fundamental WHEREAS, In May of 2014, the San Francisco Examiner reported that since change and social justice in our police and judicial systems; now, therefore, be it 2000, 97 San Francisco Police Department (SFPD) officer-involved shootings RESOLved, That the Board of Supervisors extends its deepest condolences to have occurred, resulting in 33 deaths and 35 people being injured, and the families of victims of police killings; and, be it WHEREAS, The Examiner reports that in every case where someone was FURTHER RESOLVED, That the Board of Supervisors affirms its commit- killed in an SFPD office-involved shooting, the officers were found to have acted ment to equal justice under the law and pledges to work with the community within policy; however, a number of cases created controversy and tensions and public safety departments to review local ordinances, officer training, and policies to address racial profiling and the use of excessive force and to ensure transparency and accountability within public safety departments; and MARTIN HALLORAN President FURTHER RESOLVED, That the Board of Supervisors affirms the First Amend- TONY MONTOYA ment right of the public to engage in nonviolent peaceful protest, free from Vice President excessive use of force and intimidation through military tactics and equip- SAN FRANCISCO POLICE OFFICERS ASSOCIATION ment; and 800 Bryant Street, Second Floor MICHAEL NEVIN San Francisco, CA 94103 Secretary FURTHER RESOLVED, That the Board of Supervisors commends the SFPD 415.861.5060 tel JOE VALDEZ for not deploying military-grade equipment in response to recent protest; and 415.552.5741 fax Treasurer FURTHER RESOLVED, That the Board of Supervisors endorses the national www.sfpoa.org VAL KIRWAN demands of the Ferguson Action coalition, including: Sergeant At Arms – Urging the Department of Justice to conduct a comprehensive review Editor — of local policing practices to develop standards for community involve- Every police officer in America has been or soon will be affected by re- ment and oversight strategies, use of force standards, and standards for cent events in Ferguson, Missouri, Staten Island, New York, and elsewhere independent investigatory/disciplinary mechanisms; around the country. The national debate and media focus will result in – Urging the Department of Justice to create grants to implement com- wholesale changes in police recruitment, training, community relations, munity oversight mechanisms and to withhold federal funds for police and accountability. No agency in this country will be immune from the departments that engage in discriminatory policing practices or fail to impact or the subsequent fallout that the death of Michael Brown has had, implement standards for community involvement and oversight strate- and will continue to have, in our communities and cities. gies, use of force standards, and standards for independent investigatory/ That said, the notion that there exists in this nation’s law enforcement disciplinary mechanisms; community a pervasive culture of antagonistic racism is pure fiction. Never before in the history of the United States of America has there been – Urging San Francisco’s representatives in Congress to pass the “Stop such progressive strides made in the professionalism, diversity, scrutiny, Militarizing Law Enforcement Act” and the “Stop Racial Profiling Act;” and accountability of the men and women who serve and protect our com- – Urging San Francisco’s representatives in Congress to hold hearings munities. to investigate racial profiling and police use of force, particularly in com- We can listen all day long to the analysts and pundits talking about all munities of color; types of changes in law enforcement, but the truth of the matter is this: 24 – Urging President Barack Obama to enact a National Plan of Action hours a day, 365 days a year, men and women of all colors, and ages, and for Racial Justice that sets concrete targets for reducing racial disparities; backgrounds, from coast to coast, are donning bullet-proof vests, first-aid kits, and duty belts to walk our sidewalks, patrol our alleys, and climb our and, be it darkest stairways to respond to our call, to this nation’s need, to our follies FURTHER RESOLVED, That the Board of Supervisors directs the Clerk of the and to our desperations, and they are doing so unsung and without hesita- Board to transmit copies of this resolution to the San Francisco Police Commis- tion. None of those persons desires to harm anyone. None expects ever sion, San Francisco’s representatives in Congress and the United States Senate, to do so. But, it will happen, because it is the unexpected that engenders to Attorney General Eric Holder, and to President Barack Obama. harm, and it is that unexpected harm for which it is most difficult to avoid by training, by practice, through dialog, or by federal mandate. Campos and Halloran Spar at Board of We can assure you that the last thing any police officer desires is to take Supes over Inflammatory Resolution the life of another human being. The violent demonstrations and protests Visit the links below, or scan the QR codes, to watch the videos. that have followed, resulting in serious injuries to many police officers and then culminated by the grandstanding of some politicians has fur- ther fanned the flames of discord and further increased tensions between police officers and the communities we serve. We would hope that all of us could take a deep breath and confront the many factors involved in in- cidents such as those that occurred in elsewhere. No good comes from the destruction of property and further violence. We all hope for a constructive debate in this country regarding policing and race, and the mutual understanding, and mutual appreciation of each.

Martin Halloran President http://sfpoa. http://sfpoa. San Francisco Police Officers Association org/Campos_ org/Halloran_ Remarks_12_16_14 Remarks_12_16_14 January 2015 POA Journal Page 7

MARTIN HALLORAN President TONY MONTOYA The Big Lie Vice President By Michael Nevin he described “centuries of racism” in SAN FRANCISCO POLICE OFFICERS ASSOCIATION SFPOA Secretary America following a grand jury deci- 800 Bryant Street, Second Floor MICHAEL NEVIN San Francisco, CA 94103 Secretary sion not to indict police officers. He 415.861.5060 tel JOE VALDEZ “There is no greater responsibility also shared a personal story when he 415.552.5741 fax Treasurer placed on members of law enforcement felt the need to warn his bi-racial son www.sfpoa.org VAL KIRWAN than the authority to use lethal force in about potentially violent interactions Sergeant At Arms the line of duty.” with cops in his own police depart- December 12, 2014 — S.F. Assistant Chief Morris Tabak ment. As the mayor walked through Supervisor John Avalos the hospital corridors where the two San Francisco Board of Supervisors City Hall, Room 244 This quote, taken from a 2009 study NYPD lay dead, officers let it be known 1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place San Francisco, CA 94102-4689 examining S.F.P.D. officer-involved they felt betrayed and turned their shootings, is a responsibility and backs on the mayor. The NYPD union Supervisor Avalos: weight every officer carries with them made it quite clear that it was Mayor It was with great dismay and deep disappointment that I learned of when they go to work. Every time a de Blasio who first turned his back on the Commitment to Equal Justice resolution that you proposed before the San Francisco police officer confronts the NYPD and the city of New York at Board of Supervisors . I am also outraged. You are usurping the legitimate a suspect and uses deadly force, or a time when they desperately needed debate developing in this country about law enforcement and race relations the suspect dies in the course of the leadership and a calming voice. in order to inflame a local issue that you have deliberately obscured with interaction, multiple internal units Not to be left out of the national innuendos and false assertions. and outside agencies immediately ini- “movement,” San Francisco Super- The San Francisco Police Officers Association (SFPOA) understands that tiate investigations into the incident. visor John Avalos authored a truly it is a legitimate function of an elected body to express concerns about per- These investigations are thorough and reprehensible resolution condemning ceived inequality. Our organization agrees that debate on sensitive issues is independent of one another. No officer police officers all around the country, a vital facet of a democratic society. finding themselves in the middle of including San Francisco. The stream of Nonetheless, you are seeking to derail this process before it has earnestly one of these deadly force encounters consciousness manifesto was nothing begun. Dissatisfied with simply condemning the Ferguson and Staten is given a free ride, as every such inci- more than a radical diatribe intended Island incidents, you have instead used a very broad brush to paint all of dent is examined in close detail. The to fan the flames of divisiveness and America’s law enforcement professionals as racist, militaristic occupiers. public demands and deserves account- conflict. In stark contrast, POA Presi- That is particularly unfair to the dedicated men and women of the San ability. It is truly the only way for law dent Marty Halloran recently met with Francisco Police Department, of whom all but a dozen are also members of the SFPOA. You used specious facts and exaggerated rhetoric in an effort to enforcement to gain the trust of those San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee and an make your flimsy case. they serve. anonymous benefactor who offered to I cannot allow your inflammatory rhetoric to go unchallenged. The good people of this city deserve to know truth and should expect balance from their elected officials and public servants. It will be, after all, their “Instead, the nationwide civil strife has shops, their streets that suddenly erupt into the predictable violence that your language will likely instigate. been constructed upon a false narrative, Accordingly , I challenge you and those who would lend a voice to your maligned message to instead promulgate to the people of San Francisco and suggesting that officers use deadly force this nation the following truths: as a matter of racial animus.” • That there is no more diverse, culturally enlightened, better trained, and better educated urban law enforcement agency than is the SFPD. • That not a single law enforcement agency in this nation has done more outreach to the community it serves than has the SFPD. Yet, in the din of recent months, help offset the personal cost any SFPD • That there is no more proactive police association than the SFPOA that has you have hardly heard a word about officer incurred while attending the done more to seek fair and relevant dialog with the communities served the process or the level of scrutiny to NYPD funerals. by its members. which officers using deadly force are The right to protest and peace- • That the SFPOA annually contributes between $150,000 to $200 ,000 of subjected. Instead, the nationwide fully assemble is constitutionally its resources to the communities and non-profits of this city, and through civil strife has been constructed upon guaranteed. In fact, San Francisco • them to many of this city’s most needy, hungriest, shelter less, and termi- a false narrative, suggesting that of- has seen more peace and less rioting nally ill residents. ficers use deadly force as a matter of than neighboring jurisdictions. And • That the SFPOA is a major sponsor of Operation Dream, which provides a racial animus. Although not a shred members of all police departments Christmas toy drive for young residents of the city’s public housing. of evidence has been produced in the have a duty to defend the rights of • That the SFPOA has sponsored a trip to the continent of Africa to expose spotlighted cases in Missouri (Michael those whom wish to voice their griev- inner city youth, with San Francisco police officers from their neighbor- Brown) and New York (Eric Garner) to ances. But it is quite unfortunate that hoods, to the core of their cultural heritage. support such a pernicious accusation, police officers, most born after the • That the SFPOA has donated much to youth sports in San Francisco, and this mythology is pushed forward by launch of the civil rights movement, that its members active and retired have given much of themselves to the the reckless media, profiteering activ- suddenly find themselves the target counseling and coaching of those kids. ists, and exploitative politicians. The of anti-cop activists set on promoting • That the SFPOA is a major sponsor of the SFPD Wilderness Program, bring- first clue that things are not what they a storyline that benefits their miscon- ing San Francisco’s at-risk and low-income city youth together with police officers to guide trust and positive relationships. seem should be when the likes of an ceived agenda. • That the SFPOA that has provided continuous sponsorship to Dr. Joe Mar- Al Sharpton is called upon to lead Most of the professional protest- shall’s Omega Boys Club, which provides opportunities for predominately a “national conversation” on race. ers—and the politicians who support African-Ameri can young men. Unfortunately as Winston Churchill them—claim to be defending the • That the SFPOA that has established working sub-committees to address famously said, “A lie gets halfway rights of young urban minorities. Yet the issues of its women and LGBT members. around the world before the truth has very few of them are willing to walk • That the SFPOA that has proactively sought accord with other employee a chance to get its pants on.” alone on those same streets after groups in the SFPD in an effort to ensure that each employee is treated The culmination of this troubling dark. It’s the ultimate irony that it is equitably, regardless of ethnicity or belief. discord occurred on December 20 the young cop and seasoned veteran, Supervisor Avalos you have chosen a path of divisiveness and confron- when a lone assassin killed NYPD Of- still looking to make a positive differ- tation, rather than seeking understanding and harmony. By using any ficers Rafael Ramos and Wenjian Liu ence in the world, who are the ones reference to the dedicated, benevolent, and empathetic men and women of while they were parked in a patrol patrolling those dangerous streets and the San Francisco Police Department, and the SFPOA, in a resolution decry- car in Brooklyn. Instagram postings housing projects. And I would wage a ing unresolved incidents still under investigation, and denouncing police the day of the murders suggested the hefty bet that the average urban street tactics, culture, institutionalism, racism, and affinity for violence against assailant’s depraved motivation came cop has done more good for society in any group of Americans, you demean them all, and disrespect them each. from the Brown and Garner officer- a single 40-hour work week than any As the elected president of the San Francisco Police Officers Association, involved deaths as he planned to put of their critics have done in an entire a proud member of the SFPD, and a native resident of this city, I have the “wings on pigs.” New York Mayor lifetime. Let’s hope one day soon that utmost respect for and faith in the commitment of the members of the Bill de Blasio quickly learned that he true narrative takes shape, and the big SFPD to all the people of San Francisco, regardless of ethnicity or sexual could not escape his own offensive lie gets put to rest. preference. My members are among the most scrutinized law enforcement and racially charged rhetoric after professionals in the world. With all due respect but forthright determination, I request that you amend the current language of this irresponsible and cynical resolution, especially any and all reference to the SFPD, and/or the SFPOA. Sincerely, San Francisco Police Officers

Martin Halloran They Work to Make Your Day President, SFPOA P.S.-I’ve included a video of the West Africa trip so you appreciate what see their stories true dedication to improving the lives of our inner-city youth as opposed to the political posturing of Supervisor Avalos . sf c i t y c o ps . c o m Page 8 POA Journal January 2015 President Halloran Denounces SEIU Every Cop in America

MARTIN HALLORAN President Knows One Thing… TONY MONTOYA Forwarded to the Journal for your life and the community’s pro- SAN FRANCISCO POLICE OFFICERS ASSOCIATION Vice President by Rene LaPrevotte tection, nobody has your back. 800 Bryant Street, Second Floor MICHAEL NEVIN Everybody curses your name. San Francisco, CA 94103 Secretary Every cop in America knows one Millions hate you. 415.861.5060 tel JOE VALDEZ thing –It could have been him or her, Much of the nation turns against 415.552.5741 fax Treasurer instead of Darren Wilson, who pulled www.sfpoa.org you. VAL KIRWAN that trigger on Michael Brown. In the matter of some 20 seconds. Sergeant At Arms Or some such similar young man. Damned if you do, dead if you December 12, 2014 Every cop in America knows that, don’t. Every cop in America wakes up Mr. Canham, in return for choosing a career in law every day knowing that that could be enforcement, the rules of the road are his fate. By the happenstance of ran- Your “Call To Action” flyer that was sent to your members on now that, at any minute, it all could dom probability, the unpredictability December 11, 2014 is just another example of how your organization be over and you could become hated of criminality, some wild hare seizing is out of touch with reality and conveniently glosses over the truth and condemned all across the country. upon who knows what thug, and that when it tends to serve the politicalization of your organization. No one would have your back, even could be you. There is in the United States system of justice the “Rule of Law” the president could denounce you. And it wouldn’t matter who you and the concept of “Due Process.” The cases in Missouri and New Because you defended yourself. were, or what good you had done, or York were both subject to theses tenets of law. Each case was heard by In a twist on biting the hand that how many years you had served, or a separate and diverse grand jury. It is interesting that your organiza- feeds you, we are instead tying the what you had made of your life and to tion, and others, seem to know more about the facts of the case than hand that defends us. We are sending what good cause you had dedicated it. the citizens that actually participated in the process, reviewed vol- them out, and waiting for the first Al Sharpton would be yelling your umes of evidence, interviewed dozens of witnesses, and spent many chance to gut them. name, mobs would be burning your hours examining the testimony. It is an incomprehensible act of effigy, and the president would be We are dismayed and disappointed that you have once again de- ingratitude. undercutting your profession. cided to turn your back on your brother and sister union members, All across American law enforce- And who wants that? ment, officers know that the new real- but we are also not surprised as it has become a common occurrence What kind of person, having seen ity facing them when they pull their for your union to shun the Rule of Law and marginalize Due Process. on the nation’s newscasts the destruc- guns is: By defending myself, I could tion of Darren Wilson, wants to risk be condemning myself. that? Take Darren Wilson. Martin Halloran How many law enforcement officers A good cop on routine patrol. He’s President, SFPOA will think of the danger associated coming back from a call and has with their thankless job, see the risk brief contact with two individuals. facing themselves and their family, Nothing comes of it until he moves a recognize that it is completely unfair “On Average, a California police officer ways down the block and gets a radio and wrong, and quit? description of a wanted individual How many will lay down their dies in the line of duty every 28 days.” matching one of the young men he’s badge and their career and walk away? just seen. Probably none. – nleomf.org Rolling back up on the two indi- Because that’s the kind of people viduals, the larger of them – Michael most of them are. They press on. They Brown – lunges into the driver’s do their duty. They don’t quit. window of the squad car and begins That’s who they are. assaulting Darren Wilson. Michael More at issue is: Who are we? Brown then tries to take away the of- Are we the kind of society that ficer’s gun. looks on and does nothing, or are we The officer gets off a round, Michael the kind of society that values law Brown attempts to flee, and then enforcement and what it does, and charges at the officer, twice, before has its back? being shot to death. Are we the kind of society that can In the mind of witnesses and Dar- look at the matter in Ferguson and ren Wilson, Michael Brown was set to push back the anti-cop prejudices attack and was an immediate threat to the life of Officer Wilson. and honestly consider the situation of So, Officer Wilson did what his Darren Wilson? Can we recognize the training taught him to do. He did what injustice of his situation? instinct, morality and the laws of men Not that he wasn’t prosecuted, but command him to do – he defended that he was ever suspected. That an of- himself. ficer of the law, the victim of a violent And his life is ruined. and felonious attack, can be forced His career is over, his family is into a fight for his life, and then be threatened, his name is destroyed, he condemned for winning. has been vilified across the country Would society have preferred he and by the nation’s most prominent die? voices. We all know that if the cop had People have rioted demanding im- died, instead of the guy who attacked prisonment for him, and there have him, that none of us would have ever been countless threats on his life. heard of this. The president wouldn’t His life, as he knew it, is over. have commented, the nation wouldn’t Because he was a cop and he de- have noticed, nobody would have fended himself. given a damn. An entire society has forgotten that Dead cop, no problem. Darren Wilson is not the perpetrator Dead thug, raise holy hell. of a crime, he is the victim of a crime. And every cop knows that. Likewise, it has been forgotten that And carries that sad realization 24 Darren Wilson was an officer of the hours a day. law with a duty to act, and that he The president said we need to train was on patrol that day in the name our police better. Maybe we need to and service of the people. train our society better. And it is dispiriting to see how in- Maybe we should train the Michael stantly the people have turned on him Browns of the world to respect the law, and his profession. and maybe we should train the rest of You get up in the morning and put us to respect the law enforcers. on a uniform that carries with it the And have their backs. obligation to potentially die in the Or at least understand the horrible service of your community, to put risk and reality Ferguson creates for yourself between the good people and them. whatever species of hell pops up, and Because every cop knows today then, when you are literally fighting could be his day. January 2015 POA Journal Page 9 The Cop Mind SFPD Incident David Brooks, cops suffer from post-traumatic stress The New York Times disorder. The effect is especially harsh Forwarded to the Journal on those who have been involved in High Court To Hear by Bob Rogers, Retired SFPD shootings. Two-thirds of the officers who have been involved in shootings Cop-Shooting Appeal Dec. 8, 2014 suffer moderate or severe emotional By Bob Egelko room, Sheehan came at them with a problems. Seventy percent leave the San Francisco Chronicle knife and threatened to kill them, the Like a lot of people in journalism, police force within seven years of the Forwarded to the Journal court said. They left and called for I began my career, briefly, as a police incident. by Michael Nevin, POA Secretary backup, but re-entered shortly before reporter. As the Michael Brown and Most cops know they walk a dan- help arrived, breaking down the door Eric Garner cases have unfolded, I’ve gerous line, between necessary and The U.S. Supreme Court agreed when Sheehan tried to block it. found myself thinking back to those excessive force. According to a 2000 Tuesday to hear San Francisco’s appeal days. Nothing excuses specific acts of National Institute of Justice study, of a ruling allowing a mentally ill, police brutality, especially in the Gar- more than 90 percent of the police knife-wielding woman to sue police “…a case that could ner case, but not enough attention is officers surveyed said that it is wrong for shooting her, a case that could set being paid to the emotional and psy- to respond to verbal abuse with force. standards for police treatment of the set standards for chological challenges of being a cop. Nonetheless, 15 percent of the cops disabled. police treatment of the Early on, I learned that there is an surveyed were aware that officers in The Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Ap- amazing variety of police officers, their own department sometimes or peals in San Francisco ruled in Febru- disabled.” even compared to other professions. often did so. ary that a jury ought to decide whether Most cops are conscientious, and And through the years, depart- two officers should have waited for They tried to subdue her with pep- some, especially among detectives, ments have worked to humanize the backup rather than charging into Te- per spray, and when she still refused are brilliant. profession. Over all, police use of resa Sheehan’s room and shooting her to drop the knife, they shot her five or They spend much of their time in force is on the decline, along with the when she lunged at them. The 2-1 rul- six times, the court said. the chaotic and depressing nether- crime rate generally. According to the ing reinstated Sheehan’s damage suit, Sheehan survived but needed two reaches of society: busting up domestic Department of Justice, the number of which a federal judge had dismissed. hip-replacement operations, a lawyer violence disputes, dealing with drunks incidents in which force was used or The nation’s high court granted said. Prosecutors charged her with as- and drug addicts, coming upon fatal threatened declined from 664,000 in review of the case Tuesday and will sault, but dropped the charges after a car crashes, managing conflicts large 2002 to 574,000 in 2008. Community schedule a hearing for a ruling due by jury deadlocked. and small. policing has helped bind police forces the end of June. In defending against Sheehan’s civil They ride an emotional and bio- closer to the citizenry. The central issue is how the Ameri- suit, Reynolds and Holder said they chemical roller coaster. They experi- A blind spot is race. Only 1 in 20 cans with Disabilities Act, which re- had re-entered her room because they ence moments of intense action and white officers believe that blacks and quires government agencies to make feared she might have access to other alertness, followed by emotional other minorities receive unequal treat- reasonable accommodations for the weapons or might escape. But the ap- crashes marked by exhaustion, and ment from the police. But 57 percent disabled, applies to police conduct peals court, in an opinion by Judge isolation. They become hypervigilant. of black officers are convinced the toward a mentally ill person who may Raymond Fisher, said a reasonable Surrounded by crime all day, some treatment of minorities is unfair. be violent. jury “could find that Sheehan was in a come to perceive that society is more But at the core of profession lies the “Police officers deserve clarity con- confined area and not a threat to oth- threatening than it really is. central problem of political philoso- cerning their obligations under federal ers,” and that the officers had known To cope, they emotionally armor phy. How does the state preserve order law, and public safety demands it,” that a deadly confrontation was likely up. Many of the cops I was around through coercion? When should you City Attorney Dennis Herrera, whose when they entered with guns drawn. developed a cynical, dehumanizing use overwhelming force to master law- office represents the officers, said Tues- In its appeal to the Supreme Court, and hard-edged sense of humor that breaking? When is it wiser to step back day. “We hope the high court reverses San Francisco argued that the federal was an attempt to insulate themselves and use patience and understanding to the Ninth Circuit’s mistaken decision disability law does not require police from the pain of seeing a dead child defuse a situation? How do you make and restores reasonableness to this area to consider the mental health needs of or the extinguished life of a young girl this decision instantaneously, when of the law.” “armed and violent suspects who are they arrived too late to save. testosterone is flowing, when fear is in Ben Nisenbaum, a lawyer for Shee- disabled.” When mental illness causes Many of us see cops as relatively the air, when someone is disrespecting han, said the law must draw distinc- “unpredictable, violent behavior as it invulnerable as they patrol the streets. you and you feel indignation rising in tions between a mentally ill person did in this case,” said Deputy City At- The cops themselves do not perceive the gut? who poses a threat to the public— like torney Peter Keith, “officers must make their situation that way. As criminolo- Racist police brutality has to be “a person running down the street split-second decisions that protect the gist George Kelling wrote in City Jour- punished. But respect has to be paid. with a knife” — and someone con- public and themselves.” nal in 1993, “It is a common myth that Police serve by walking that hazardous fronted by officers while alone in her Only eight Supreme Court justices police officers approach conflicts with line where civilization meets disorder. room, with backup police on their way. will hear the case, as Justice Stephen a feeling of power — after all, they are According to the appeals court, Breyer’s› brother, U.S. District Judge armed, they represent the state, they Sheehan, then 56, suffered from Charles Breyer, was the judge who are specially trained and backed by an schizophrenia and had threatened dismissed Sheehan’s suit. ‘army.’ In reality, an officer’s gun is al- Response to the author by her social worker with a knife before The case is San Francisco vs. Sheehan, most always a liability... because a sus- Retired SFPD Inspector he summoned police to her room in 13-1412. pect may grab it in a scuffle. Officers Bob Rogers: a Mission District group home in Au- Bob Egelko is a San Francisco Chronicle are usually at a disadvantage because “Thank you David Brooks. As gust 2008. staff writer. E-mail: begelko@sfchronicle. they have to intervene in unfamiliar someone who spent nearly 30 years When Sgt. Kimberly Reynolds and com Twitter: @egelko terrain, on someone else’s territory. in the San Francisco Police Depart- Officer Katherine Holder entered the They worry that bystanders might ment, I appreciate your describing become involved, either by helping the “police world” accurately and somebody the officer has to confront with fairness. or, after the fact, by second-guessing There are bad cops. There are an officer’s conduct.” decent cops who mess up. My expe- Even though most situations are not rience was that the overwhelming dangerous, danger is always an out-of- majority of police officers want to be the-blue possibility, often in the back perceived as decent and fair — not of the mind. corrupt and unjust and they do their In many places, a self-supporting job towards that end. I think things and insular police culture develops: are going to be tough for cops for a In this culture no one understands while — given what’s happened. I police work except fellow officers; the would encourage my brothers and training in the academy is useless; to sisters in law enforcement to keep do the job you’ve got to bend the rules keep’n on and every time you have and understand the law of the jungle; the chance, walk into a scene and the world is divided into two sorts of have your presence say, “How can I people — cops and a — holes. help out here?” When I was a young This is a life of both boredom and officer, a training Sergeant told me, stress. Life expectancy for cops is lower “Son, you can say, “A--hole, you’re than for the general population. Cops going to jail,” or you can firmly, Photo courtesy of Insp. Matt Perez suffer disproportionately from peptic but politely say, “Sir, you’re under Duggan’s Serra Mortuary, Daly City ulcers, back disorders and heart dis- arrest.” Just that much makes a 500 Westlake Ave, Daly City 415/587-4500 FD1098 ease. In one study, suicide rates were difference. Each cop always has a three times higher among cops than chance to make a difference. That’s The Duggan Family Serving San Francisco Community Since 1903 among other municipal workers. Oth- why it’s still an honorable job. Arthur J. Sullivan Funeral Home and Driscoll’s Valencia St. Serra Mortuary er studies have found that somewhere between 7 percent and 19 percent of FD228 www.duggansserra.com FD1665 Page 10 POA Journal January 2015 San Francisco Police Officers Association 800 Bryant Street, 2nd Floor (415) 861-5060 Police-Fire Office Hours M/F 9–4 pm ost August 26, 2014 P 456 B TO: All Members #2014-67 News FROM: Martin Halloran, President By Greg Corrales

U SFPOA PRESS RELEASE “My country owes me nothing. It gave me, as it gives every boy and girl, December 5, 2014 a chance. It gave me schooling, indepen- 7-Eleven franchise. “I can think of no L dence of action, opportunity for service one more deserving opportunity to Today, a Federal Jury released its verdict against two mem- and honor. In no other land could a boy win a 7-Eleven franchise than one of bers of the San Francisco Police Department. These two from a country village, without inheri- our military veterans who has given so officers were found guilty of several crimes, including theft tance or influential friends, look forward much for our country,” said 7-Eleven L and fraud. Although these findings are extremely disap- with unbounded hope.” — Herbert Hoover President and CEO Joe DePinto, a pointing to the San Francisco Police Officers’ Association, graduate of the U.S. Military Academy the POA nonetheless respects the judicial process, the E A female Marine brig guard accused at West Point and former Army officer. judge, and the work of the jury.As the U.S. Attorney stated “7-Eleven is a winner, too, because in his Opening Statement during the trial, this three-year of sexually assaulting and mistreating veterans bring top-notch leadership investigation clearly revealed that there is not a systemic a male inmate is serving time at the skills, a can-do attitude and mission- T problem of corruption within the SFPD. very facility she used to guard. Lance Corporal Lacey Kohlman, a former oriented focus to their business. Our We represent more than 2000 members of the San Francis- guard at Naval Consolidated Brig experience has shown that U.S. veter- I co Police Department who every day dedicate themselves Miramar, California, was convicted ans have the desire, ambition and core to protecting the citizens of San Francisco with honor and of dereliction of duty October 29 at a values needed to be successful 7-Eleven compassion. This verdict should, in no way, detract from special court martial aboard Marine franchisees.” Vets can apply at www. the outstanding job these men and women do. Corps Air Station Miramar. VeteransFranchiseGiveaway.com until N Kohlman’s misconduct came to January 25. light when the prisoner, Shane Bardes, The battleship Arizona, one of the came forward last year with a detailed nation’s most hallowed sites, is now statement alleging she had taken ad- the scene of alleged rampant misman- vantage of his status as a prisoner to agement. An internal report from the New Feature for POA Journal National Park Service, which operates Because of the interest expressed, we will be including in the next edi- engage in various acts of sexual mis- a visitor’s center for the memorial at tion of the Journal newborn baby announcements of active members of conduct with him. Bardes alleged that the battleship, said tour companies the Association. Kohlman had groped and performed If you’d like the newest member of your family to be included in our posting, oral sex on him on various occasions. sold tickets, with the knowledge of please send us the information through inter-departmental mail addressed to: Bardes, now 28, was transferred to park officials, even though tickets are SFPOA, Attention: The Journal or via Email to: [email protected] Naval Consolidated Brig Charleston, supposed to be free. Another pointed South Carolina. A spokeswoman for to substandard maintenance, includ- Navy Personnel Command said Bardes ing scuffed museum walls that lan- was given access to victim advocate guished in disrepair. and victim services after his com- The problems are at the visitor’s plaints surfaced. Court documenta- center. The $56 million complex ex- tion also shows he received assistance plains events leading up to and during from the Marine Corps Victims’ Legal the attack. Visitors then board boats Counsel Program. to the white, open-air memorial atop I have read and reread this tale of the Arizona’s hull. There are only woe and outrageous prisoner abuse. 4,350 boat tickets available each day. It is my fervent hope that Mr. Bardes The report, which was obtained under Law Offices of does not suffer from PTSD caused by the Freedom of Information Act by Jones, Clifford, Johnson, Dehner, Wong, all the sex forced upon him! the nonprofit group Public Employ- Morrison, Sheppard & Bell, LLP After fighting side-by-side in com- ees for Environmental Responsibility, bat, corpsmen and Marines have a outlined how park service employees new reminder of the relationship they gave walk-in tickets, intended for in- forged in battle. On December 12, a dependent visitors, to tour companies, 4 Personal Injury new version of the Hospital Corpsman which then sold them. This resulted in Combat Memorial was dedicated at there rarely being enough tickets for 4 Workers’ Comp Naval Hospital Camp Pendleton. The independent visitors. monument includes three corpsmen Thanks to Post 456 members John 4 Disability Retirement cast in bronze, carrying a wounded Ruggeiro Sr. and Tony Ribera who di- Marine on Mount Suribachi during rected my attention to the December 4 Uninsured Motorists the Battle of Iwo Jima in World War II. 5 issue of “Catholic San Francisco.” It The statue should help remind had an excellent article based on a talk 4 Auto Accidents young corpsmen of the unique part- given by Archbishop Salvatore Cordil- nership they have with Marines, said eone in which he expressed his pride 4 Off-Duty Injuries Command Master Chief Christopher in his cousin “Joe” who was awarded Thorne, the top enlisted sailor at the the Silver Star last year for heroism in hospital. “It’s important for us to be battle, 46 years after the fact. Integrity Expertise Results able to express to young corpsmen, Police Post 456 welcomes all veter- including many who have not had ans engaged in law enforcement or fire the opportunity to have their first sea fighting to join the post. Contact me www.JonesClifford.com tour with Marines, that special bond,” at (415) 759-1076 or at gc1207@comcast. Tel. (888) 625-2251 or (415) 431-5310 he said. net. The post meets on the second San Francisco | Sacramento One veteran will be awarded a Tuesday of every month at the Park 7-Eleven franchise worth $190,000 Station community room. Meetings

MAKING A FALSE OR FRAUDULENT WORKERS’ COMPENSATION CLAIM IS A FELONY SUBJECT TO UP TO 5 YEARS IN PRISON OR A as part of “Operation: Take Com- start at 4:00 p.m. FINE OF UP TO $50,000, OR DOUBLE THE VALUE OF THE FRAUD, WHICHEVER IS GREATER, OR BY BOTH IMPRISONMENT AND FINE. mand,” the company’s first franchise It is my sad duty to report that Post giveaway contest. The competition is 456 members Marta McDowell and for first-time prospective franchisees George Jeffery have transferred to Post Representing SFPD officers in “on-duty” and – veterans who do not already have a Everlasting. Rest in Peace. R “off-duty“ injuries, workers’ compensation and retirement claims since 1970. Support our advertisers. “One law firm to handle all of your claims.” Tell them you saw their ad in the POA Journal. January 2015 POA Journal Page 11 Chief’s 40th Anniversary of First Corner Women Officers in SFPD I hope everyone had a Happy Ha- POA Feature Report of patrol, they also brought a different nukkah, very Merry Christmas, etc. perspective and new skills, which en- and great Holiday Season with family On July 28, 1975, thirty women riched the department as a whole. As and friends. You definitely earned it. along with forty-one men walked into the saying goes, “The rest is history.” We closed out 2012 with Bayview the Hall of Justice and were sworn in This year, 2015, we celebrate those Officers responding to a call of an as officers of the San Francisco Police women who forty years ago took on abandoned child at 3rd and McKin- Department. They were the 126th Re- a challenge and fought to prove that non only to find a lifeless newborn cruit Class. It would be the first time women are capable of great police wrapped in a jacket. Without a mo- in the history of this department that work. They have enjoyed careers that ment to lose, they sprang into action women were hired for the rank of Q2 in some cases have spanned more and through their efforts and quick (Patrolman) and would be trained to than 35 years, and they have been thinking, they saved the life of the perform the duties of patrolling our represented in all ranks. child! On top of that, officers at Mis- city streets. Today woman officers can be proud This would not be an easy transition of the ones that came before them. sion Station came together for the kids standing up for/by us saying that we for the department. There was much Some of today’s officers were not even of the senior class at St. Peter’s and put are “different” — which, these days, skepticism as to the women’s ability to born when the women of the 126th together $1600 to buy gray sweatshirts, is meant as a compliment. It is “differ- perform this job. The pervasive belief started their first day in the Academy. instead of the blue they had purchased ent” here in many ways and most of was that women were not meant to The women of tomorrow should know with “2013” on them. The officers did you experience it every day when the work as patrol officers. They would not that they can join the SFPD and have this out of kindness and concern for children of this City are still running be able to handle the physical tasks a fulfilling career. the safety of the class while wearing up to us asking for stickers. Someone and their undoubted failure would A celebration later this year will be the graduation gear in the neighbor- famous once said, “Friends in my soon show this to be true. However, held to congratulate and pay tribute to hood they go to school. These were adversity I cherish most. I trust and the department needed to realize that the women of the 126th Recruit Class: just two stories of smart thoughtful count on those most who help and this new breed was not going to go Susan Asaro (Hernandez), Mary caring cops, like you all are, going the support me in the gloom of my dark away. Fortunately, many male officers Christensen (Petrie), Sharon Cordes extra mile to “help people.” hours much more than those who are stepped forward to encourage and (Dutto), Maureen D’Amico, Linda Last year, we helped transform San ready to enjoy with me the sunshine of mentor these women. This was not a Dean, Elizabeth Droher (Loew), Come- Francisco into Gotham City to make my prosperity.” The people, especially popular position to take among the lia Franklin, Lynda Fujimoto, Arlene the wish of a sick child come true. In the children, whom we are committed ranks and these men are still appreci- George (Martin), Judith Hardiman so doing, the world came to know “Bat to serve and protect, are standing by ated today for their sense of fairness (Ryan), Terrye Ivy, Barbara Jackson Kid” and that San Francisco, and her us during these dark hours. Cherish and the ability to think and act inde- (Davis), Gladys Jackson, Jackie Jehl, police officers, are a shining example their help and support and never for- pendently. Dorothy Jorgensen (Shurtleff), Diane of how people from all walks of life get that our “folk” “showed up” for us, Change did not come fast. Training, Mackin, Jeanne McVeigh, Pam Meeds, and of every race, creed, and color can when many communities are sadly, uniforms, safety equipment and locker Paula Norris, JoAnn Oldham-King, come together for the common good. not standing by their cops. Not only rooms all had to be altered. In the end Melinda Pengel, Vicki Quinn, Johnetta TIME magazine made “Batkid” the #1 are we “different” but so are the people the 126th Recruit Class succeeded and Ridout (Daniels), Rebecca Rule, Glenda touching moment of the year…and it who have taken notice that we are not graduated twenty-eight women and Samson, Susan Schumacher, Susanne all started with the constant “sure, we here to harm — we are here to help. forty-one men. Sorge, Joyce Watkins. can do it” refrain from SFPD. We will We need to stay the course together, In November of 1975, the 127th I would also like to personally thank keep doing such good things because community and cops, if we are to get Recruit Class also included women Jenn Emberly, who for the 25th Anni- the only reason good things happen in through this to a better place. officers. The two classes were to be versary celebration created our beauti- this world is because someone makes As you count your blessings this observed for two years to see if the ful logo. Jenn graciously allowed me to them happen. We make things happen Holiday Season, I’d ask you to think women would succeed. They had to use it again for our 40th Anniversary. in San Francisco! about how lucky you are (as the Fa- gain the respect of fellow officers and My wish is that the department will Again this year there were many mous baseball player Joe DiMaggio the citizens of the city. Ultimately adopt this logo and someday in the things that could well have been the thought of how lucky he was to be perseverance and raw determination history of the SFPD a woman will be examples of all the things we do that a New York Yankee), when it comes made for success for the women offi- changing the number of years to 75 are “just so.” Acts of professionalism, to being a San Francisco Police Of- cers. They showed that not only were and then 100. valor, thoughtfulness, selflessness, ficer. We are lucky to have the talent they capable of performing the duties caring, and on and on… but, very (smart, thoughtful, healthy, caring, unfortunately we didn’t close out 2014 classy, etc.), lucky to wear the storied as we did the past two. This past year, uniform of the proudest second oldest law enforcement around the country Police Department in the country, and has had a tough last six weeks of the lucky that we are someone children year as I can ever remember. And then, look to with the expectation that we when we didn’t think it could get any can always make things safe and right. Retirements worse, we suffer the tragedy of two of We really are lucky. No matter how The San Francisco Police Officers As- our law enforcement brethren in New far away quieter times may seem right sociation congratulates the following York City, senselessly murdered. Guilty now — we are very lucky. With that members on his and her recent service of only wearing the blue uniform of a in mind, commit to go out and, as the retirement from the SFPD. These vet- police officer while doing their sworn saying goes: show class, have pride, erans will be difficult to replace, as he duty. If it hadn’t actually happened, I and display character. If you can do and she takes with them decades of experience and job knowledge. The most wouldn’t have believed it could – but these simple things the rest will take recently retired SFPD members are: it did happen. Please look after each care of itself. other out there. If your “spider sense” All the best for the happiest and • Officer Alec Cardenas #477 from Tactical Company gets tingling, get more officers there to healthiest of New Years to you and • Officer Pamela Cunningham #278 from Crime Scene Invest. accomplish whatever the task at hand yours. • Captain Al Pardini #743 from Airport Field Operations is. We all go home at night — all of us! As we move forward through and Take care and Be Safe Out There! All of the above listed on SFPD Personnel Orders #26 (December 3, 2014) and #27 past this difficult time, don’t lose track (December17, 2014) of the support we’ve received from the Greg Suhr people (residents and visitors) of San Chief of Police, Francisco. While many Departments San Francisco Police Department Vince Sheehan has Added the Power of RE/MAX! are being criticized (and we have crit- Oro en Paz, Fierro en Guerra ics too), most folks in our City are Vince Sheehan Real Estate is Now RE/MAX Vision Search San Francisco, Marin and Sonoma County MLS listings at SFsFinest.com MarinsFinest.com SonomasFinest.com Julia A. Hallisy, d.d.s. Accepting Most Dental Plans 595 Buckingham Way, Suite 305 San Francisco, California 94132 Office Hours By Appointment • Telephone: 415.681.1011 Vince Sheehan, Broker Kathy Sullivan, Realtor Wife of Sgt. 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December 9, 2014 Luenow reported a moderate atten- Castro beat, served as a Field Training are the current remaining Trustees. dance and respectful tribute to Ed. Officer, and dyed her hair pink for the New Business: No report this Our regular order of business was Luenow met with Ed’s spouse Belinda, kids in the community. Hope was pas- month. pre-empted for a financial report from and offered our sincerest condolences sionate about her job and was a great Good of the Association: No report our Investment Management Team at from the WOAA. Al, who worked at cop. Hope loved to travel and loved this month. Abbot Downing. Abbot downing is af- the Traffic Solos for many years, and outdoor sports activities such as snow- Adjournment: President Al Luenow filiated with Wells Fargo Bank. Jerome has trained hundreds of new Solos, has boarding, cycling, scuba diving, rock closed our final 2014 meeting with a Paolini of Abbot Downing reported a known the Weavers for many years. climbing, snorkeling, kayaking, wake moment of silence for all of our fallen positive report for 2014. Jerome report- Fallen members John Mackey and Ed boarding, swimming, backpacking, members. President Luenow scheduled ed that the WOAA financial portfolio Weaver were reported in last month’s camping, and dancing. Hope married our next meeting for Tuesday January experienced a 4.91% growth for 2014. article. We received the sad news the love of her life, Ashley on July 11, 13, 2015. Our meeting will be held at Jerome advised us to stay with our later that James Bates, former 14-year 2013 during the storm of her cancer 850 Bryant Street Hall of Justice, room current diversified financial portfolio. veteran of the SFPD, also passed away recurrence. Hope is survived by her #150, at 1:45pm. Ashley Daggs and Jerome Paolini will in November. Earlier this month we wife Ashley, parents Cheryl and Denis, To All Members: Please visit our visit our meeting in the spring of 2015 received two more death notices of her sister Heather, nieces Charmaine website “sfwidowsandorphans.org”. for our first quarter report. Jerome and our membership, Hope Nechuta, and and Kayla, her nephews Nick and Ter- Members can access beneficiary forms Ashley concurred that we need to con- Mike Travis. rance, and her pets. when clicking on the “resources” box tinue our pursuit of Constitution and James H. Bates Jr., age 80: James Mike Travis, age 67: Mike was born which is located on the upper right By-Laws rewrite. The WOAA, under was born on May 15, 1934 to Greek in 1947 in Burlington, Iowa. At age 14, portion of the tool bar. Please use this the direction of Past President Robert parents Antigone Marquis and James he was the youngest Boy Scout in the form for beneficiary changes, and for Mattox, and assisted by POA Journal H. Bates. James was a native San Fran- state to earn the rank of Eagle Scout. any address or contact number updates Editor Ray Shine, completed an un- ciscan. James served proudly in the U.S. Mike went on to serve his country in and changes that we should be made dated rewrite of our Constitution and Coast Guard during the Korean War. the United States Navy during the Viet aware. Beneficiary changes require a By-Laws in the beginning of this year. James is listed as having worked as a Nam War. Mike is listed as an assistant signature of a Notary, OR, the witness Trustee James O’Meara has consulted night manager in a parking lot prior to signalman. Mike joined the ranks of and signature of a WOAA board mem- with an attorney who agreed to review his career in the San Francisco Police the San Francisco Police Department ber. Please mail your forms to: WOAA, our rewrite and give final approval for Department. James joined the SFPD on March 1, 1971 at the age of 23. Mike P.O. Box 880034, San Francisco, Ca. adoption in accordance with ERISA, on January 9, 1961 and was assigned was assigned to star #1971. Mike began 94188. We can be contacted by tele- our governing body. to star #363. James worked in the SFPD his career in the SFPD at Potrero Sta- phone at 415 681-3660. Missed Calls Roll Call: President Al Luenow, Vice for just short of fifteen years having tion where he was assigned from May WITHOUT A MESSAGE will NOT be President John Keane, Treasurer Dean been granted a disability pension on 16, 1971 through May 4, 1972. Mike returned. I can be contacted at avail- Taylor, Secretary Mark McDonough, October 12, 1976. James worked in transferred to Ingleside Station for a able to me by assisting in contacting and Trustees Sally Foster, John Cen- the following units during his career: year and returned to Potrero Police Sta- members who have changed their turioni, and Ray Kane were present. Central Police Station (April 17, 1961), tion on June 17, 1973. Mike remained contact information wimarkmac825@ Trustees Leroy Lindo and James Southern Police Station (February 19, at Potrero until his final assignment to comcast.net. I continue to give thanks O’Meara were excused. 1962), Ingleside Police Station (April CSTF/EOD on January 2, 1980. Mike to Paul Chignell of the POA who is, Approval of the Minutes: Trustee 16, 1963), and Traffic Company K AIB served in the Bomb Squad for the next and has been invaluable to me by as- John Centurioni made a motion to (February 12, 1968). James reportedly 23 years. Mike Travis retired from the sisting in reaching members who have accept the minutes of our last meeting earned many commendations during SFPD on August 22, 2003 with a ser- changed their address and contact in- on November 4, 2014. The motion was his career and a medal of honor. I vice pension. Mike was a veteran of the formation without notifying us. Paul seconded by Trustee Sally Foster and was unable to get information on his Police Olympics as a member of the has been invaluable in reaching these passed without objection. awards. James started North Bay Built Horseshoe Competition Team. During members and asking them to contact Receiving Applications for New in Vacuums in 1980, and established his career Mike received numerous us. I must also recognize and thank Members; Suspensions and Rein- himself as a prominent member of department awards. On March 19, Jon Voong and Lt. Dangerfield of Per- statement: Secretary McDonough the North Bay Contractors in Sonoma 1977, Mike participated in the arrest sonnel and Inspector John Monroe read a letter written by Bill Darr which County. He will be remembered as a of a suspect at 3004 San Bruno Avenue of the Police Commission Office who requested reinstatement. Treasurer man who would sacrifice anything to after a short gun battle. Mike received provide employment information and Taylor reported that Darr paid his back help those close to him, without regard a Bronze Medal of Valor. On Novem- department award information for dues and penalties. Trustee Sally Foster for himself. James is survived by his ber 9, 1978, Mike disarmed a suspect our fallen member obituaries in our made a motion to reinstate Bill Darr. wife Anne, his sister Diane, his sons who was in possession of a firearm column. Trustee John Centurioni seconded James, Tony, and Greg; beloved grand- and received a Silver Medal of Valor. To Current Active SFPD Members: the motion which passed without children Sophie, Elani, and Emma, On March 4, 1984, Mike and other Please understand that your DEPOSIT objection. Jesse and Danielle; stepchildren and officers engaged in a long gun battle DIRECT PAYMENTS TO THE WOAA The next scheduled Academy Class grandchildren Cynthia and Ananda, with a suspect who had fired shots at will change in January of 2015. A signup is scheduled for March 3, 2015 Annika and Tasha. another person. The suspect was shot payment of $72.00 will be made from at 0830 hours. Secretary McDonough Hope Nechuta, age 46: Hope Ne- and killed by officers. Mike received a your January paycheck which covers will present the WOAA to the 245 chuta was born on August 6, 1968 in Silver Medal of Valor. On April 4, 1985, the yearly dues. There will not be the Lateral Recruit Class and accept com- San Jose, California. Hope was raised Mike rendered safe three pipe bombs small amounts on 26 paychecks. Please pleted applications from recruits who in San Jose and was very active in a at San Francisco State College and re- be aware of the once-a-year payment wish to join our organization. wide variety of sports. Hope, a sports ceived a Bronze Medal of Valor. During which will now be consistent with Communications and Bills: Trea- lover, finally settled on concentrating his career, Mike received numerous retired members. Please be aware that surer Taylor presented the regular in basketball, for which she had a spe- Police Commission Commendations Direct Deposits expire upon retire- monthly bills. Taylor stated we did cial talent. Hope took her basketball for various acts of professionalism and ment from the City. Please reinstitute a not pay out any death benefits last talent to a collegiate level. Hope had bravery, including the arrest of gang Direct Deposit with the financial insti- month. Office supplies were purchased an adventurous spirit and a passion terrorists, capturing escapees from jail, tution of your choice after separating to update our needs for WOAA man- for increased knowledge throughout defusing and rendering safe numerous from service in the SFPD. If you retired agement. Floral arrangements sent to her life’s journey. Hope, wanting to explosives, and the arrest of members during the year, please send us $6 for families of our fallen members in the help and serve others, joined the San of a drug ring, and bank robbers. Mike every month remaining for the year. last 30 days totaled $640.62. Trustee Francisco Police Department on June once defused and rendered safe 204 Any member who does not pay their John Centurioni made a motion to 24, 1996. Hope was assigned to star sticks of very live dynamite. Mike was dues for a six month period is subject pay the monthly bills. The motion #124 and was assigned to Northern a big man with an even bigger heart, to suspension per our Constitution was seconded by Trustee Ray Kane and Police Station on December 21, 1996. as he was always the first person to and By-Laws. Any member who fails passed without objection. Hope was transferred to Southern help another. to pay their dues for more than one Report of Visiting Committee: Police Station on April 26, 1997, and Report of Special Committee: No year is subject to being dropped from Trustee John Keane reported his atten- to Mission Police Station on January Special Committees at this time. membership. dance at the Officer Jim Guelff Memo- 17, 1998. Hope found a home at Mis- Unfinished Business: Nominations Summary Annual Report: I re- rial Service. Trustee Keane reported an sion Station where she served the City for WOAA Board positions were closed ceived a “handful” of calls from retired impressive attendance, and stated the of San Francisco until 2009. Hope at the end of our November meeting. members who stated they were not Officer Guelff’s brother gave an emo- bounced to and from Mission Police We announced at our December meet- “mailed” their copy of the Summary tional and moving speech in tribute to Station, to Traffic Company, to Park ing that the following board members Annual Report for 2013. I did not re- Jim who was murdered by an armed Police Station, and back to Mission will represent new positions in 2015. ceive any complaints or calls for the assailant at Pine and Franklin Streets, Police Station within a year and a half. President John Keane, Vice President 2012 Summary Annual Report, yet I twenty years ago. The Memorial Ser- Hope transferred to COMPSTAT on Sally Foster, Mark McDonough will re- had calls and complaints during this vice took place at Pine and Franklin September 30, 2011 for two months, main as Secretary, and outgoing Presi- year. A few callers called to complain Street location. and again, went back to Mission Police dent Al Luenow agreed to come back and stated they have always received President Luenow reported his at- Station on November 26, 2011. During as a Trustee. Dean Taylor is our current copies of this report in the mail. When tendance at the service for fallen mem- her years in the Mission Police District, Treasurer, and John Centurioni, Leroy ber and retired Traffic Solo Ed Weaver. Hope organized a toy drive, walked the Lindo, Ray Kane, and James O’Meara continued on next page January 2015 POA Journal Page 13 In Memoriam… The following San Francisco Police Officers were killed or died in prisoner. the line of duty in the month of January of … 1932: Officer William E. Manning, shot while arresting robbery suspect. 2000: Inspector Kirk B. Brookbush, killed in SFPD helicopter crash. 1931: Officer Elmer Thoney, killed in a motorcycle collision. 2000: Officer James F. Dougherty, killed in SFPD helicopter crash. 1921: Officer Thomas Hanna, killed in shootout with residential burglars. 1972: Officer Code Beverly, shot by sniper. 1918: Officer John Hurd, struck by a streetcar. 1970: Officer Eric A. Zelms, jumped and shot by commercial burglars. 1955: Officer Thomas J. Guzzetti, shot by gunman in a bar. 1916: Officer Thomas Deasy, shot while investigating suspicious person. 1948: Officer William L. Bowman, killed in a motorcycle collision. 1909: Sergeant Antone J. F. Nolting, shot by drunken soldier on leave. 1939: Officer Walter Salisbury, shot by a gunman attempting to lynch a 1902: Officer Eugene C. Robinson, shot by suspicious persons.

Learn more about San Francisco’s Finest who died in the line of duty: Visit the Officer Down Memorial Page at www.odmp.org/agency/3445-san-francisco-police-department-california Read Men of Courage, by Captain Thomas G. Dempsey (retired)

Deaths The POA Journal was notified* of the recent deaths of the following SFPD members, Submitting Obituaries non-sworn employees (n/s), or affiliated persons: and Memorial Tributes Name of Deceased Date of Death Age Status Notification by Any member may submit a separate memorial tribute to a deceased member. Any such piece will Jamie Estrada December 14, 2014 64 Retired SFDA Inve J. Fazio not appear in the matrix, but will be placed in the George Jeffrey December 26, 2014 Unk Retired SFPD R. LaPrevotte Mail section, or, with prior approval of the editor, as a Marta McDowell December 17, 2014 59 Retired SFPD R. LaPrevotte sidebar piece. The Journal will also accept and publish in the Mail section short letters about a deceased Hope Nechuta November 30 2014 46 Active SFPD M. Halloran member written by a person in the immediate fam- Michael Travis November 27, 2014 67 Retired SFPD R. LaPrevotte ily. However, the Journal will not reprint obituaries or photos that were published in any other print *Notifications are made by a POA member, family member, or other reliable source. media, web site, or Internet blog. The POA Journal believes the information to be true and correct, however the staff or employees of the SFPOA make no official confirmation.

POA Mourns Loss of Hope Nechuta By Martin Halloran, President Taxes! Taxes! Taxes! San Francisco Police Officers Association Tax law changes happen every year. Are you sure you are getting the maximum benefit from your tax returns?We can help! On November 30, 2014, the SFPD lost one of its most promising and dedicated police officers. u Individuals u Divorce Financial Planning Following a long and valiant struggle against u Small businesses u Out-of-State Returns cancer, Officer Hope Nechuta #124 succumbed to u Partnerships/LLC’s u Audit Representation the disease at the young age of 46. At the time of her death, Hope was serving at Mission Station. u Small Corporations u Year Round Service Hope joined our SFPD family in 1996, and u Estates/Trusts u Payroll & Bookkeeping Services served with much distinction at Co. D. She served as a Field Training Officer, Permit Officer, NED TOTAH, EA, retired SFPD and was outstanding on other beats and patrol (Enrolled Agent, Certified Divorce Financial Analyst) assignments. The men and women of the San Francisco Totah’s Tax Service Police Officers Association extend sympathy and condolences to Hope’s Professional Service Since 1985 family and friends, and to the officers of Mission Station who will surely 4180 Treat Blvd., Suite C2, Concord CA 94518 miss her smiling, helpful presence. Phone 925-676-8349 • Fax 925-676-8348 E-mail: [email protected] www.totahstaxservice.com Widows and Orphans continued from previous page which is listed above. The 2014 Sum- mary Annual Report should appear on I received the position of WOAA Sec- our website no earlier than February, retary, my list of duties did not show and hopefully no later than March this as a responsibility. I was not 2015. The 2013 report has been on our provided with any list of names who website for most of this year. Please request annual copies of this report. To refer to our website listed above. If my knowledge, we have not sent out you have decided to forgo owning or a copy of this report to our member- using a computer, please contact me ship which totals approximately 3000. at the above telephone number. I am It may have been mailed to certain happy to serve our membership and specific members upon request each provide any necessary assistance or year, however, I am unaware of any information. regularly scheduled mailing of the Mark McDonough, #976466 Summary Annual Report. We make WOAA Secretary this report available on our website

Like Us www.facebook.com/SFPOA Page 14 POA Journal January 2015 35th consecutive reunion gathering 133rd SFPD Class Celebrates #35 By Stephen Morimoto the SFPD, many others who promoted, Frank Lee SFPD retired and some who chose not to take that Jane Wong course. But on November 13, there is Glen Allen The SFPD 133rd Class celebrated no rank, no egos. Just friends getting its class reunion dinner on November together and enjoying each other’s We tipped our glass to members who 13, 2014 at Broadway Prime in Burl- company. are no longer with us: ingame. We’re not done yet. As long as two Pat Yick What makes this reunion not so are standing, there will be another Tom Flippin unique is that it is the 34th consecu- class dinner. Dave Gunner tive class reunion dinner. As far as we Woody Tennant can tell, there has been no other class Those in attendance were: Mike Smela that has met every single year since Tony Casillas being sworn into the SFPD. Leon Loew Also to Off. James Guelff who was It has always been on November Stephen Morimoto tragically killed in the line of duty, 13th, no matter what day of the week. Tony Fotinos which also happened on this date in This one, however, is the first meet- John Goldberg 1994. ing where all of the members are re- Kevin Phipps tired. Some of the youngsters had to Andrew Blackwell work a couple of extra years to meet Steve Mroz their full pension. Louis Shonborn Nineteen “old timers” showed up to Sylvia Harper be with each other and celebrate the Barbara Campagnoli old times, to tell new tales, and relive Lois Kwan old ones. Mel Cardenas The 133rd has some very successful Mel Bautista members who rose to high ranks in Bill Canning

Andy Blackwell, Leon Loew, John Goldberg

Tony Fotinos, Frank Lee, Steve Morimoto, Bill Canning, Sylvia Harper, Lois Kwan

L to R: Sylvia Harper, Barbara Campagnoli, Lois Kwan

L to R: Steve Mroz, Mel Cardenas, Mel Bautista USO Appreciates Support Sergeant Sean O’Brien LeAnn Thornton, family support spe- SFPD AFOB cialist for the USO Bay Area. LeAnn was one of two winners for the world On December 15, 2014, I dropped wide USO volunteer of the year. LeAnn off 100 shower vouchers to the USO. is also part of our extended police fam- When I gave them to the USO Bay Area ily. She works in the chief’s office at Center Operations Supervisor, Jim the Hillsborough Police Department. Pollock, he expressed his gratitude on Congrats LeAnn! behalf of all the service members and Thank you to everyone who has families. Jim said that when he offers contributed to the USO. I am always showers to the weary travelers, they accepting donations on their behalf. are extremely happy and return from Feel free to send them to me at SFPD the shower as new people. AFOB. Congratulations to USO Volunteer

On December 22, 2014, Officers Irene Michaud and Officer Brian Michaud from Tenderloin Station delivered a trunk-load of turkeys to St. Anthony’s Din- ing Room, courtesy of the SFPOA. From L-R: Volunteer Christine, Supervisor Jim Pollock, Sgt. O’Brien, & Volunteer Susan January 2015 POA Journal Page 15 2014 SFPD Challenge Delivers… By Ray Padmore, Chief’s Office

It was a cold overcast day at Aquatic Park with the water temperature about 56 degrees! That would deter most, but not for many members of the De- partment and supporters of this very worthy cause. This year’s event was an overwhelming success, with the Department raising over $129, 000 to grant wishes to children with life threatening illnesses. For those who are unfamiliar with this event and were not able to attend, hopefully the following synopsis will motivate you to come out next year and participate. The SFPD Challenge is an event sponsored by the Depart- ment to raise much needed funds for the Make-A-Wish Foundation. It con- sists of three elements: the 5K Run/ Walk, a Santa Plunge into the frigid San Francisco Bay, and lastly, the face- off of numerous teams pulling against help in such a meaningful way. each other to see who can pull a cable The Opening Ceremonies began car the fastest across a designated fin- with another amazing rendition of the ish line. It should be noted that this National Anthem by our own: Briana year we had a record number of teams Oakley (daughter of Inspector Nelly from numerous District Stations, Gordon) and the presentation of colors neighboring Law Enforcement Agen- by the SFPD Mounted Unit. This mo- cies, and several Corporate sponsored ment was a sight to behold, a memory teams. to cherish, and the embodiment of a If this sounds like fun, well it cer- great organization (The SFPD) doing tainly was! While all of these events what we do best---Shinning! Following were taking place at Aquatic Park, this memorable opening, Chief Suhr several cops donned seasonal aprons took the opportunity to thank the of- and went to work at the Buena Vista ficers who attended and participated, eryone positioned themselves to take the honor of being crowned “Top Café, just up the hill. At the café we the Corporate Teams, and the family went to work, serving up water and the ultimate plunge---and then with a Team”. In 2014, Top honors went to members and spectators. loud and thunderous voice came “Let’s Park Station, with Bayview Station fol- soft drinks, busing tables, and seating After participants returned from patrons. Although the work was hard, go”! Seconds later we were all united lowing with a close second place, and the 5K Run/Walk and the amazing by a common bond---the frigid waters Contra Costa SWAT taking the Third I believe the highlight for the Officers opening ceremonies, I challenged and Cadets who volunteered, was talk- of the San Francisco Bay! Place position. Honorable mention everyone, including members of the The final element of the SFPD Chal- to Northern Station, which took first ing to SF residents and visitors from 243d Recruit Class, to march together around the world. “We never see our lenge was the much awaited, Cable Car place honors for their female team. with Chief Suhr, down to the water’s Pull. This event challenges the ability In closing, I would like to express police doing great things like this for edge. Within a few minutes following the community” stated a gentleman of a six person team to pull the massive my deepest and sincere appreciation our short stroll, we were finally at the tonnage of a stationary cable car over to all the members of the SFPD, the from Norway. In addition to meeting water’s edge, under the watchful eyes many natives and foreigners, it gave us 100 feet, as quickly as possible. As each volunteers, and sponsors and partici- of the SFPD Marine Unit and SFFD team laid their hands on the rope, it pants for your incredible support. In the opportunity to share with them, Fireboat. You could feel the intensity why SF’s Finest were volunteering to was apparent that they had planned the words of the founder of the SFPD and the anticipation in the air, as ev- and prepared a strategy to take home Challenge, Sergeant Bob Guinan (re- tired): “you are truly the heart and soul of the San Francisco Po- lice Department and the City and County of San Francisco!” On behalf of the planning committee, I ex- tend best wish- es for a Happy, healthy and pros- perous New Year. I look forward to seeing you all for the 2015 SFPD Challenge.

PHOTO CREDIT: SFPD AND TORY PUTNAM, MAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION. Page 16 POA Journal January 2015

POA Mail

Thank you SFPD Re: John Mackey - The November 13, 2014, James “Jim” 277 swimmers entered the water Bates Jr., passed away peacefully in near the Golden Gate Bridge and Dear Chief Suhr – Singing Cop Petaluma. Jim served proudly in the headed to Yacht Harbor Beach at I want to take a moment to com- Editor — U.S.Coast Guard during the Korean Little Marina Green. The day was a mend you and the Department on In the December issue of the POA War. He also served in the San bit overcast, but the air was balmy the handling of the recent “demon- Journal, that hard working Mark Mc- Francisco Police Department for 18 and the water was warm: about 65 strations.” Donough of Widows and Orphans years earning many commendations degrees. With a flotilla of motorized Officers were subjected to outra- paid tribute to SFPD’s John Mackey as well as the Medal of Valor. He will craft, kayaks, row boats and paddle geous abuse and threat of physi- who passed away at the age of 94. be remembered as a man who would boards, all of the swimmers were cal confrontation by people whose John, “The Singing Cop”, was sacrifice anything to help those close escorted to shore where an enthusi- intent seemed more about provoking truly the Department’s premier Irish to him without regard for himself.” astic group of land volunteers, family a violent response than condemning tenor-and I am proud to say that my Sincerely, and friends met them with smiles, violence. dad was his professional theatrical Anne Bates towels, T-shirts and an early lunch. The officers’ demeanor and re- agent! My dad, Saul Bronfeld, ran Warm Regards, straint in the face of these provoca- “American Artists Theatrical Agen- Susan Heimrich & Anthony W. Dear SFPOA — tions were nothing short of heroic. cy” in the ‘Old Graystone Building at DuComb Co-Event Directors On behalf of Swim Across America The citizens of San Francisco 948 Market Street. At the time, a lo- Swim Across America - San Francisco (SAA)-SF Bay Area, we want to ex- should be proud of the work per- cal Jewish girl named Barbara Huff- press again our sincere appreciation formed by SFPD last week. man got her first job as dad’s secre- for your generous donation. As you Dear SFPOA — Many thanks to you, your staff, tary -and later went on to become know, our program funds valuable, We sure appreciate your generous and the many officers and support Barbara Eden of “I Dream of Genie cutting-edge cancer research at both support for Bay Area Women’s and personnel for your efforts. (Jeannie)” fame. Our family received the UCSF Benioff Children’s Cancer Children’s Center. Thank you so Kindest personal regards, a nice email from Barbara Eden’s Survivorship Program and the Cen- much! Hanford – Freund & Company secretary in September of this year ter for Cancer Research at Children’s Diane & Midge J. Timothy Falvey, President stating, “Barbara remembers working Hospital Oakland Research Institute. Bay Area Women’s & Children’s Center for Saul in his office answering the On September 21, 2014, a record office telephone. She has wonderful Dear Chief Suhr – memories of that time in her life.” I was watching the news the other John Mackey would often visit night and I watched someone throw Saul’s office on weekday afternoons, SFPOA Keeps Holiday Dreams Alive a barricade on the back of one of where my dad would find him week- your officers. It bothered me quite a end singing contract opportunities. lot. “The Singing Cop” performed with Dear SFPOA — I spend time in San Francisco and bands, not only at Golden Gate Park When I joined SFPD in June of 1978 I had some great mentors and it got me thinking. I am guessing not as mentioned by McDonough, but coworkers who made sure that we smiled and always found a reason to very many people write you to thank also other local places such as the laugh every day. I worked in high profile units such as narcotics and you for all you and your officers do Elks Club grand theater at 450Post the housing task force where we lead the department in felony arrests to keep us out of harms way. Street and the well attended annual and dealt with the seedier side of the job. Yet, by the end of watch we So, I want to thank you very much Policeman’s Ball, for which Saul always found a way to enjoy what we do. for all you and your officers do to booked the entertainment on a num- In 1994, our Housing Task Force officers formed a non-profit Opera- keep us safe! I find your officers to be ber of occasions. tion DREAM that allowed our officers to show random acts of kindness very polite, respectful, and helpful. As a kid I frequently saw Officer to kids and families in the areas that they patrolled. Our officers orga- Sincerely, Mackey at Saul’s Agency office in nized job fairs to get young adults off the streets and employed. They Dennis McBride the 1950’s and 60’s. He would take escorted numerous children on various educational and recreational Redwood City, CA me for rides down Market Street and field trips. around the block in his black and Last but not least, our officers started a toy drive after drug addicts burglarized a community center and stole 300 toys earmarked for Hi Marty [Halloran] — white with the Accident Prevention Bureau green cross on the door. children. Officer Tim Gipson contacted Redwood City Fire Department A quick note of thanks for the who donated 1200 toys to our cause, while Officers Danny Cunning- complimentary POA article that you I have had the pleasure of meet- ing John’s son Tom Mackey, an ham and Kim Reynolds conducted a food drive to feed families in wrote about the [SFPD] Marine Unit. need. This relationship with the residents allowed us to conduct high We have it prominently posted in executive with St. Francis Winery in Sonoma, on several occasions. Today profile law enforcement operations and reduce crime with minimal our assembly room. Thank you for complaints or drama from the community. spreading the word that we are not the Department has been proud to feature our fine Tenors Jerry D’Arcy The SFPOA has supported our philanthropic efforts for twenty long just a “pleasure boat” unit, but rather years and Operation Dream wants to thank them for their continued a true tactical maritime operation. It and Kelly Carroll, but SFPD’s John Mackey,The Singing Cop,certainly support of our program. is a privilege to work with these fine This Christmas season was a struggle with tough economic times mariners. led the way. Submitted by, and the loss of our main public fundraiser. Once again President Marty I’ve also attached a few well- Halloran and the POA board made a rather large financial contribution earned Captain’s Complimentary Semi-retired Inspector Lou Bronfeld that enabled us to purchase thousands of toys to ensure that many dis- Reports by the unit for your consid- advantaged families would know the joys of the holiday season. Ladies eration. I hope it can make the cut and gentleman I implore you to follow the board’s example and strive for the Close Encounters feature. Editor — to maintain the humanity and humor in your vocation by spreading Happy holidays to you and yours, Thank you for your condolences goodwill. Lieutenant Kirk Yin #4109 as well as the attachment announc- God Bless You, San Francisco Police Department - ing my husband’s passing. Following Happy Holidays Homeland Security Unit is an excerpt from the Life tribute Sincerely published in the S.F. Chronicle and Ret. Lt. Michael B. Slade Press Democrat. “On Thursday, President

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Editor — Farewell, SFPD… One of the young officers at Ingleside is quitting to pursue another career (Rob By Rob Pedersen when you come upstairs,” only to find Pedersen), he posted this farewell on social media and many at Ingleside and Formerly of Co. H the guy still asleep on the ground - his friends liked the read. Bobby Toomey (Airport) suggested it be posted in the who proceeded to fight us. Journal. If it’s not too late to get it in for January, here it is. I spent the past six and a half years I remember the hilarious moments. Happy New Year! — Larry Chan as a police officer for the City and I remember the crazy people in need of serious mental health support. I County of San Francisco. Yesterday Larry – remember being a 20-something bach- was my last day employed as such. I Thank you for forwarding the post. I did contact Rob to get his approval to elor suddenly forced to parent a child came across a very great opportunity reprint the text. He asked that a couple of changes be made. I wished him the because the actual parents refused. to continue as an emergency respond- best in the next chapter of his life, but reminded him that many others have left I arrested bad parents/children/hus- er through emergency planning and the SFPD over the years, then returned. It was my way of suggesting that he keep bands/wives/girlfriends/boyfriends. I incident command with a local federal that door open just in case. He would be a good one to get back someday. — Ed. contractor. remember a lady who abandoned her I will tell non-police friends that infant in a parking lot at night, only policing is a great career with infinite to get the child back from foster care a gang violence and the dead bodies, but just realize that some truly do. It challenges associated with it - both year later. She also interjected herself the blood and guts, the brain matter is not that police hate people, but it internal and external. I did not grow into a traffic stop I conducted one resulting from it. I really remember is more that police must be paranoid up wanting to become a police officer, night years later only to claim that she the moments in which I thought I about everyone because everyone is so I can say that my 20-something year never did that and had no clue what I might meet my Maker around the a potential threat. Over 850 officers old eyes opened up very wide upon was talking about. next corner. died while on-duty since I began this becoming one, especially coming I remember the officer-involved I will never understand how people job in mid-May 2008. Some of these from a suburban neighborhood with shootings and not physically being on are OK with living in public housing were heart attacks, a lot of them were essentially no contact with the nastier the other end of the radio transmis- for multiple generations. It seems that vehicle-related, others were felonious side of life. sion to help out. I will never forget some people have truly given up on attacks during an officer’s response upward mobility. I believe in the need to an incident, but an unfortunate for welfare, but I honestly don’t think amount of them were officers simply “I will miss this job. Especially the incredible that the majority of Americans realize minding their own business at the people who do it everyday…” just how much our current welfare moment. The immediate situation that state contributes to its perpetuity. Or comes to mind are four officers shot maybe they do and just avoid the proj- to death while eating breakfast at a ects. And people truly don’t realize just coffee shop in Lakewood, Washington Here is a summary of my thoughts: responding to a man who got stabbed how many investigations into crimes back in 2009. Two NYPD officers much Never in my life had I expected with an ax (he was alive and it was lead investigators to suspects living in more recently while simply sitting that I would have to physically fight still in his back). I remember my first public housing or Section 8 housing. in their car. In 2009, a wanted man, teenagers refusing to leave a store or DUI arrest who blew a .26 over an hour Police work is nothing but scruti- Lovelle Mixon, killed four Oakland wrestle a naked man high on drugs after she parked her car into the side nized in the media and popular cul- police officers because he didn’t want who broke into an apartment to watch of two other cars. I remember pulling ture by people who haven’t the faintest to go back to prison upon being pulled his pornography. I never thought that somebody out of a burning car after idea about the professional standards over in his car for a traffic violation. I would be the one responding to a call driving drunk and slamming into a car or realities of the dangers facing offi- Police always have to be “on” because of a crying sexual assault victim who and a traffic signal. I remember chas- cers. Real-life situations are analyzed these things do happen. It is not a fic- whispered to Dispatch, “He broke in ing after a guy running away from me, in theoretical terms, neglecting to re- tion or a joke. through my window and held a knife only to see a very large gun fly out of member that “if” is the longest word in I will never unlearn this job. I will to my throat. He’s asleep on the floor his waistband after I pushed him up the English language (“If this happens, always have the sense of paranoia that right now. Don’t make a lot of noise against a parked car. I remember the then what is the appropriate response? comes with it. However, this job has But if that happens, then what??”). A made me more aware of the human person who has not walked a mile in potential to do terrible things to one a cop’s shoes truly lacks any standing another. A sense of paranoia can’t be to say how police should respond other too bad when one realizes something than thoughts based on what that like this. particular person expects from the Parents: Do not automatically take police. Sometimes these expectations the side of your child in an argument are reasonable, but by and large they when stopped by police because the are out of touch with reality. police stopped them for a reason. Why International Police Association — United States Those who would cry foul for un- not be upset that they are in a situation lawful search and seizure upon being where the police contacted them in Section Region 9 — San Francisco Bay Area detained would just as soon demand the first place? Why is it the officer’s By Michelangelo Apodaca Each region operates independently. police unlawfully search another’s fault your kid had to be detained or Airport Bureau Region 9 holds a brunch/meeting with property in order to get their lost arrested? guest speakers at different eateries in property back because he or she simply Also, we need more prisons. Restor- The International Police Association the Bay Area. We also hold occasional suspects the other person has it. Those ative justice might eventually work, (IPA) is dedicated to promoting friend- get together such as our annual BBQ, who make the police out to be vil- but I don’t want my car broken into ship and cultural exchange among law small group trips to member countries, lains due to improper procedure will overnight while we wait. enforcement officers and professionals brewery and winery tours. then demand special treatment when In any event, I know that I have worldwide. With membership comes The NEC created an Associate it comes to their case. These are not even more thoughts that haven’t come the opportunity to meet police offi- Memberships for those who are not generalizations I am making, either. to mind yet, but hopefully these help cers, instructors, specialists, and sup- sworn law enforcement officers and Hollywood, CSI and other ridiculous paint a picture to those not in policing port staff from member countries and are affiliated in some way with law television shows have warped society’s of what the world looks like. the United States regardless of rank, enforcement: Auxiliary, Cadet, CSO, understanding of current technologies I will miss this job. Especially the sex, race, or religion. The IPA can also Dispatcher, Police Service Aide, Re- and the Bill of Rights. incredible people who do it everyday connect you with others who share serves and family members. Associate The majority of people don’t want around the entire country. their culture, assist you with your members do not have voting rights; police to get hurt in the line of duty, travel to their country or city, hobby will not be eligible for the scholar- interests, ham radio operators, RV ships, the active officer exchange travel, and internet pen pal contacts program, and the IYG. Associates can with members worldwide. participate in everything else and can Retired San Francisco The IPA offers two annual training attend all other regional events. Police Officers’ Lunch scholarships for working police of- There is a free trial for first time Peninsula Retired San Francisco Police Officers’ lunch ficers, a college scholarship for their new members and it’s $25 per year if to be held on Wednesday, January 14, 2015 (11:30 children, a yearly international youth you renew for the following year. This AM) at the Basque Cultural Center located at 599 – gathering (IYG) for teenage children offer begins January 1st and ends June Railroad Avenue, South San Francisco. of members, and an active officer 30th.Scan the code to go to the IPA Please join us for a lunch of Salmon with Champagne Sauce or Breast exchange program with participat- USA website and of Chicken Chasseur with rice, or Roast New York Strip with scalloped ing member countries. The IPA U.S. join online. potatoes. All entrees served with vegetables, house salad, bread/butter, Section also offers a yearly photo and and a dessert of ice cream or sorbet. short story contest with cash prizes For more info The cost per person will be $25, which includes tax and tip, collected for winners. email: at the door. The IPA consists of 65 member ipa.usa.r9@gmail. There will also be a non-hosted bar available for beverages. countries. Each country is called a com Please RSVP by January 5th with your entrée choice to John Tursi at “Section”. Each section is divided (415) 850-6862 or John Bisordi at (415) 699-4445 or by email at SFP- into regions. The San Francisco Bay Website: [email protected]. Area is Region 9 of the U.S. Section. http://www.ipa-us-region9.com Page 18 POA Journal January 2015

A Look Back – Incorporation of the VPOA From the Archive:

The San Francisco Veteran Police Officers’ Associa- The Policeman, October 1985 tion was incorporated in 1939, some 5 years before the ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION OF THE The Policeman once regularly SFPOA. Ray Allen, retired SFPD and current Retiree Rep- SAN FRANCISCO VETERAN POLICE CLUB featured the VPOA minutes. resentative on the SFPOA Board of Directors, submitted the following excerpts taken from a copy of the original KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS: Constitution and Bylaws of the VPOA. These excerpts present an interesting look back more than 7 decades That we, the undersigned, in order to form to the earliest days of a respected and long-tenured em- a non-profit corporation under Title XII, Part ployee/retiree organization – Ed. IV of Division One, of the Civil Code of the State of California, hereby certify as follows: ORIGIN OF THE ASSOCIATION The first meeting was called in the Banquet Room ARTICLE I of the Bellevue Hotel, Geary and Taylor Streets, at That the name of this corporation shall 6:00 p.m., May 18, 1939. Ted Collins, local manager be the SAN FRANCISCO VETERAN POLICE of the Western Life Insurance Col, was hos t to the CLUB. following: Arthur W. Hextrum, resigned S.F. Police Officer, Charles Ute, active Police Officer, James J. ARTICLE II Farrell, Joseph J. McCarte and William Issacs , retired That it is a corporation which does not Police Officers, Chester C. Stutt, U.S. manager of the contemplate pecuniary gain of profit to the New Zealand Fire Insurance Co., Robert Laing, editor members thereof. of the “Police Signal”, George J. McLaughlin, printer, Harold C. Br own, J. Francis Shirley, attorneys-at- ARTICLE III law. The above named banded themselves together That the county in this State where the to obtain a State Charter for a legally incorporated principal office for the transaction of the Association . business of the corporation is to be located is the City and County of San Francisco, State DID NOT VIOLATE THE BOOK OF RULES of California. For thirty or forty years prior to the forming of the San Francisco Veteran Police Officers’ Associa- STATE OF CALIFORNIA, CITY AND tion, the members of the Police Department have COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO wanted an organization. They have watched the firemen institute and build the Scannell Club into On this 20th day of May, in the year one a strong association. They have wanted to emulate thousand nine hundred and thirty-nine, the firemen, but the Police Book of Rules stated that before me LOUIS WEINER, a Notary Public such an organization could not be started within in and for the City and County of San Fran- the Department. cisco, State of California, residing therein, duly commissioned and sworn, personally RETIRED MEMBERS ASKED TO JOIN FIRST appeared A. W. Hextrum, Ted Collins and The efforts of the committee resulted in en- James J. Farrell, know to me to be the persons thusiastic response from the retired officers and a whose names are subscribed to the within meeting was called in the conference room of the instrument, and they duly acknowledged to Grant Building. James J. Farrell was elected President, me that they executed the same. Charles Ute, Joseph J. McCarte and William Issacs, Vice-Presidents, Arthur W. Hextrum, Secretary, Louis Weiner Robert B. Laing acted as Secretary (Rextrum having Notary Public in and for the City and been in an auto accident ), Ted Collins, Treasurer, County of San Francisco, State of California. and Harold C. Brown and J. Francis Shirley as legal advisors. NOTE: On September 5th, 1939, the Articles of Incorporation were amended The name selected for the new group was the to provide for the change of name to SAN San Francisco Veteran Police Officers’ Association. FRANCISCO VETERAN POLICE OFFICERS’ Its purposes were to provide an organization for ASSOCIATION, INC. the active and retired officers, for the exchange of ideas and for the betterment of conditions of active CONSTITUTION ARTICLE I members, betterment for retired members retire- ment conditions and to aid in the efficiency of police Section l work for this city. This organization shall be known as the The charter of the San Francisco Veteran Police San Francisco Veteran Police Officers’ As- San Francisco Police Department. Officers’ Association was closed on September 15, sociation. Incorporated (hereinafter referred to as 1939. The Association was duly incorporated under the Association). Section 1-C Honorary membership: the laws of the State of California as a charitable Honorary memberships, without voting rights, non-profit association and the charter was granted Section 2 fees or dues, may be conferred by a majority vote by the Secretary of State on May 26, 1939. That the objects and purposes for which this As- cast at any regular meeting of this Association. sociation is formed are: CONSTITUTION AND BY-LAWS OF THE Section 2 SAN FRANCISCO VETERAN POLICE OFFICERS’ (a) To promote sociability and friendship All applications for membership shall be made ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED among the members. in writing on the application form approved by (b) To promote united action in all matters af- ORGANIZED MAY 18, 1939 — this Association and shall be accompanied by the fecting the welfare of the active and retired members INCORPORATED MAY 26, 1939 initiation fee of one (1) year’s dues to the Secretary- of the San Francisco Police Department and their Treasurer over the signature of the applicant and APPROVED AUGUST 9, 1956 dependents. shall be submitted to a vote of the members of the (c) The Association shall not endorse or oppose AMENDED JUNE 10, 1975 Association at the next regular meeting following any person seeking election to any public office. the date of such application. If the application is (d) To promote and conduct entertainments CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION accepted, the applicant shall become a member of and meetings for the education and welfare of its STATE OF CALIFORNIA, DEPARTMENT OF STATE the Association. Should the application be denied, members. all payment of the initiation fee shall be refunded. (e) To promote the ideals of the principle and I, Frank Jordan, Secretary of State of the State of the Constitution of the American government. California, do hereby certify that I have carefully Section 3 compared the transcript, to which this certificate Whenever candidates are accepted as active ARTICLE II MEMBERSHIP is attached, with the record on file in my office of members, the President shall have the following which it purports to be a copy, and the same is a obligation administered at a regular meeting of the Section I -A Qualification for membership: full, true and correct copy thereof. Association: Present members are all persons who were mem- bers at the time of the incorporation of this Associa- In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand “I, (repeat member’s name), do solemnly pledge tion and who have since that time duly qualified for and have caused the Great Seal of the my word of honor that I will, to the best of my and are now members of this Association. ability, assist in carrying out the objects and pur- State of California to be affixed hereto this 26th posed of the San Francisco Veteran Police Officers’ Section 1-B Active membership: day of May 1939 Association, Inc. and that I will work in peace and That further membership in this Association shall harmony for the members’ welfare, and support the be those persons who have been or who are now or Frank J. Jordan Secretary of State Constitution and By-Laws of the Association hereafter duly appointed and sworn members of the January 2015 POA Journal Page 19 No jail for drug offenders Mortgage Interest Tax Write Offs By Keith Rockmael their mortgage interest and don’t know or ignore the $1.1 million dol- Prop 47 is a Disaster First responders maintain interest in lar limit.” all sorts of things. They have interest What about homeowners who in protecting people, their families own a second or vacation home? Tom or even in the NFL. Who has an in- McCartney, a Menlo Park based CPA Waiting to Happen: terest in interest? Homeowners do if states, “The same rules as above pretty they have a mortgage for a primary much apply as second homes fall into First to be impacted by “enlightened home, vacation home or investment the $1 million and $100k debt limits. property. Interest paid on any home beyond a approach” will be the state’s How much interest property own- second home is non-deductible per- ers pay in interest each month or year sonal interest.” looms as a big expense. But what about The situation gets even more com- law enforcement officers deducting the interest payments when plex for people who own income prop- By Gary Delagnes, burglaries, and strong-arm robberies. it comes to tax time? erties. “There are no interest deduction Retired SFPOA President Let me describe a scenario that will What are some common mistakes limits for income producing properties Formerly assigned to SFPD Narcotics likely play out under Proposition 47. that homeowners make in terms of unless the taxpayer uses the property for personal purposes, adds McCart- A neighborhood grocer calls the interest deduction tax write offs? ney. According to McCartney the In an ideal world, the new statewide police because there is a man selling The overall term in question is property will be treated as a qualified legislation decriminalizing certain drugs in front of his store. The police qualified residence interest which residence if the number of personal drug and theft offenses is sensible and consists of two types of loans: respond and pat down the suspect for days used exceeds the greater of: pragmatic. When Proposition 47, ini- drugs and weapons. In his right front 1. acquisition indebtedness which is used to buy or improve the house (1) 14 days, or tially proposed by San Diego Chief of pocket police discover 20 “rocks” of (2) 10% of the number of days the 2. the other is a HELOC (Home Equity Police, William Landsdowne and San crack cocaine, which the suspect tells unit was rented at market rates. Line of Credit) which is used to Francisco District Attorney, George officers is for his personal use. They If the personal use is less than the Gascon, won in last November’s elec- then find a handgun in his waist- improve the house above, the property is considered a Qualified residence interest is only tion, most Californians believed that band with a value of $600. They then rental property and all expenses are deductible on acquisition indebted- it was a good law that will save money discover a personal check in his left allocated between rental use and per- ness up to $1 million ($500k if married and educate, treat, and rehabilitate pocket belonging to a John Smith for sonal use. filing separately) plus home equity recidivist petty criminals. which the suspect offers no explana- In looking to 2015 and beyond no (HELOC) indebtedness up to $100k one can predict the future. Starting ($50k if married filing separately). this year mortgage insurance premi- Both types need to be secured on the ums can no longer be included as What is an annoyance now will devolve house be deductible. Not all loans are an interest itemized deduction. That into a plague of opportunistic street crimes, secured such as when a family member makes just another reason not to get a makes a loan. loan (e.g. FHA loan) that has mortgage burglaries, and strong-arm robberies. insurance tied to it. $1.1 million dollar McCartney adds, “The House Ways represents the magic number and Means Committee Chair Dave Many people do not realize that if Camp released a provision in his tax you borrow more than $1.1M against However, police officers — particu- tion. Twenty “rocks” of crack cocaine, reform discussion draft that would a personal residence than all of it may larly the front-line street cops — see a handgun, and a stolen check and lower the indebtedness limit to $500k not be deductible. Robert Caplan a things differently. It’s true that the this guy receives a citation with a on new mortgages. The Obama Ad- Foster City based CPA advises, “It’s ministration has proposed to cap the pressures of running jails and prisons promise to appear in court in 30 days. will decrease, and criminal court pro- important to keep that if you use a line mortgage interest deduction and other Does this sound right to you, the of credit or you re-finance and take ceedings will diminish, but the rise itemized deductions at 28 cents on the taxpayer? I guarantee you it sounds money out that you trace the money in service calls and complaints will dollar. Neither plan has advanced and great to habitual criminals. I also going into improvements on the increase many times for the average the gridlock on tax policy in Congress know that Jeff Adachi and the ACLU house. I tell people to put the money officer on patrol. doesn’t appear to change anytime will love it. Who suffers? The shop in a separate bank account used to soon. By lowering the crime status for owner, the tourist, the car owner who pay the contractor like that, so that it Even if Congress lets things stand, possession of serious drugs such as finds his window smashed and be- doesn’t go into some general account the myriad of options and deductions Heroin, methamphetamine, and crack longings taken, every San Franciscan or gets commingled.” can create uncertainty in any property cocaine to misdemeanor offenses the trying to get from point A to point B Just because you buy a house with a owner. Especially when investment message has been sent that we do not who will be preyed upon by even more $2M loan doesn’t mean that you can properties come into play, a CPA well take those crimes seriously. The San homeless. Drug burnouts and margin- write off $2M. versed in real estate can guide property Francisco District Attorney’s office ally mentally ill users will roam the “A lot of people just think that owners through the Byzantine world took this position long ago as few, if streets with impunity. they can automatically deduct all of of interest deductions. any, drug possession and theft cases their mortgage interest but that is not Police officers can also tell you from After all, who doesn’t have interest are brought to trial as felonies. the case. If you exceed that amount in saving money? first hand experience that mental According to various polls, the ($1.1M) you will have a portion of your health programs, and rehabilitation number one issue for those who live interest non deductible. That happens Editor’s Note: Keith Rockmael is a programs, will not work for long time here, not to mention visit here on va- to be an extremely high audit risk in POA and real estate advocate and agent. cation, is homelessness, panhandling, drug users who must willingly enter San Mateo County. Because auditors He can be reached by email at Keith@ and dirty streets. I can assure you treatment. The success rate for the know that a lot of people take all of Resourcerock.com that releasing up to 10,000 additional mentally ill and habitual drug user inmates under Proposition 47 will will be about 0% unless they are man- most certainly create an epidemic of dated to seek treatment or “Laura’s quality of life crimes in this city and Law” which unfortunately has only this state as habitual criminals learn been enacted in 2 out of 58 counties there is little or no consequence for in California requires face prison as. their actions. Mentally ill people will also reject With the escalating homeless prob- treatment if the program is voluntary lem, alarming rise of vehicle theft and there are no consequences to re- and break-ins, and a myriad of other fusing that help. annoyances and petty infractions, it Many criminals are like children. If is left up to the man and woman in there are no consequences for their be- uniform patrolling these neighbor- havior nothing will change. Without hoods and communities to deal with having a “handle” on these criminals the problems. Those problems will be that mandates prison for a drug pos- a never-ending cycle of theft, followed session crime upon failure to enter Officer Maria Alvarado and Officer Oscar Barcena, both of CSI, delivering a little holiday cheer to the very deserving kindergarten, 1st grade and 2nd grade by the drug purchase, followed by and complete rehabilitation programs, classes of Saint Peters Catholic School located in the inner Mission on Tuesday, more theft, followed by more drugs. there is no amount of money will fix December 16, 2014. The school is comprised of mostly lower income families. Cops on the front lines will be the the problem. When the prisons are With two-thirds of them who come from families who live below the poverty ones forced to explain to home and emptied through legislation, when line it was no surprise that the children had smiles from ear to ear when Santa crimes such as possession of heroin small business owners why recidivist and his helper, a SFPD uniformed Police Officer passed out toys to all the little criminals are never punished, and are downgraded to misdemeanors, the ones. A big thank you to the San Francisco Fire Department’s annual toy drive likely to never go away. What is an ultimate victims are the law-abiding that donated the toys to this wonderful moment in not only the children’s lives annoyance now will devolve into a citizens of our state. Proposition 47 is but the officers involved as well. plague of opportunistic street crimes, a disaster waiting to happen! Page 20 POA Journal January 2015 Ask Mike…the Retirees’ Corner By Mike Hebel Coaker for bringing forward a plan to failures, some anti-public employee POA Welfare Officer amend the Trust Fund’s current asset activity, and consistent poor perfor- allocation. In my opinion, the real mance. Yet they are widely used by Retirement Board’s Use risk to the Fund and its beneficiaries public sector pension funds as well Of Hedge Funds lies in not making needed changes public and private endowments. The to respond to the current economic second largest public pension fund in Mike, SF Chronicle’s business environment. the United States, CALSTRS with $185 reporter Kathleen Pender The investment staff and executive billion, began to invest in hedge funds Q.wrote an article on December director’s recommendation, as I un- 4 years ago to reduce its trust fund 3 entitled “SF pension board postpones derstand it, will let all 3 major stake- volatility. Many public employee pen- vote on hedge fund plan.” Her article holders achieve, albeit gradually, their sion funds invest with 10% of more in noted that about 30 active and retired desires for lower contribution rates hedge funds including: Arizona Fire city employees spoke at the Board’s (taxpayers & active city employees) and Police, Colorado Fire and Police, special meeting, but only one spoke and a supplemental COLA (retirees). Houston Police, Missouri Employees in favor of the use of hedge funds and While the recommendation changes Retirement, Ohio School Employees ment benefit plans through Charter that was you! Her article stated: “Mike the current asset allocation for global Retirement, Pennsylvania Schools Em- amendments the Board members Hebel said the system needs an asset equity, private equity, real assets, and ployee Retirement, Sacramento Coun- developed sound financial strategies allocation makeover to prevent an- fixed income, it also introduces a new ty Employees Retirement System, and — including adding asset classes — other hit like it took in the 2008-2009 asset class — hedge funds with either the Texas District County Retirement to fund the improved benefit plans. market crash and hedge funds should a 15%, 12% or 10% weighting. It is System. There are also many public And as the Board’s financial strategies be part of that. The value of its invest- only this new asset class, hedge funds, and private endowments with 20% improved fund performance, more ments fell by about $6.3 billion or 36 which has caused discord and contro- or more in hedge funds including: monies became available to reduce, percent during that period.” Why do versy among many active and retired Bowdoin College, CalTech, Dartmouth and for many years eliminate, the con- you support the use of hedge funds by members. College, Princeton University, Stanford tributions required of the taxpayers. the Retirement System’s Trust Fund? University, University of California, But this arrangement came crashing The Comments University of Notre Dame, University down during the 2008/2009 Great Note: The below graph shows what Against Hedge Funds of Pennsylvania, and Yale University. Recession when the Trust Fund lost happened to the Trust Fund during Why the controversy? As I listen to Use of hedge funds by the CCSF Retire- $6.6 billion (33% of its assets) and the economic downturns of 2000- public comment, past and present, I ment System comes decades after their its funded status dropped from over 2002 and 2007-2009. The Fund is now have heard it said that hedge funds are introduction in other public pension 125% to 72% — amongst its lowest at about 93% market value funding. too risky — too much a gamble, that funds and endowments. perhaps since the Great Depression of Under Proposition C (Nov. 2012), the some hedge funds (especially short the 1930’s. The damage done, by the fund must be at or above 100% mar- only strategy) helped precipitate or SF Retirement Board Has Long recent Great Recession, to our Trust ket value funding in order to pay the aggravate the 2008 financial collapse, History of Adding Asset Classes Fund and its stakeholders was devas- supplemental COLA. that the use of hedge funds is similar I am or have been in all 3 stake- tating. While thankfully, no benefits holders’ shoes — as a long-time SF to retirees were affected, nevertheless Change in SFERS Funded Status (Market Value/Liabilities) resident and taxpayer, as a 28-year the pillage resulted in the passage 200% active member, and now a 20-year Proposition C in November 2012 — retired member of the System. I can which placed a cap on taxpayer con- 180% ■ remember entering the Retirement tributions and placed active members’ 160% System on June 23, 1966 having contributions on a sliding scale up to just been employed by the SF Police 13% while placing an added burden ■ 140% Department. I remember the then on the Funds’ ability to pay its retirees ■ 120% executive director Dan Mattrocce and a supplemental COLA. ■ the Trust Funds’ almost exclusive use 100% ■ of government bills, notes and bonds 80% as well as high grade corporate bonds. ■ There was but one asset class – fixed For me, the addition 60% income. When Granville DeMerritt 40% next assumed leadership, there was of hedge funds is but still one asset class. It was only dur- 20% another asset class ing the multi-decade tenure of Clare 0% Murphy that the Retirement Board addition … 1995 2000 2005 2010 2015 expanded its investment horizon – slowly and deliberately - first into do- Here is what I said at the Retire- to military leaders planning a strat- mestic equities, and then international A.ment Board meeting. egy suitable for the last war and not equities — followed by investments in Recommended Trust Fund for future combat, that many hedge real estate, private equity, and venture Asset Allocation Change Mike Hebel’s Public Comment fund strategies like systematic futures, capital. As asset classes were added, so The investment staff and the Sys- CCSF Retirement Board, global macro, multi-strategy or volatil- were the number of external manag- tem’s executive director have now December 3, 2014 ity are too opaque, too exotic, and just ers hired, as well as the number of recommended a change in the Trust too hard to understand, that hedge in-house managers and analysts. After Fund’s asset allocation. Lowering fixed Asset Allocation Recommendations funds are too expensive with their 2% Ms. Murphy’s deserved retirement, income from 25% to 15% recogniz- assets under management and 20% of Gary Emilio served briefly making ing that, with the end of the 30-year My name is Mike Hebel. I am the profits compensation schedule, that some small tweaks to the investment great bond bull market of 1981 - 2012, Welfare Officer of the San Francisco they lack of transparency, and that portfolio. And now, executive direc- fixed income could produce no more Police Officers’ Association. I am also there are more appropriate investment tor Jay Huish is recommending the than 3.5% going forward; reducing a retired member of the Retirement alternatives available to accomplish addition of hedge funds as the new- global equity from 47% to 35% while System and speak today solely in that more consistent returns for the Trust est asset class. In my nearly 5 decades increasing private equity — the Fund’s capacity. Fund. I hear it said – why begin the use of Retirement System membership, I strongest performing asset class from Today’s only action item (adopting hedge funds at the same time that the have watched our Trust Fund grow in 16% to 18% and real assets from 12% the recommended Trust Fund’s asset country’s largest public pension fund assets (now nearly $20 billion), grow to 17% to better diversity the Trust allocation) is of keen importance to CALPERS, with about $300 billion in in asset class development, and grow Fund. And the recommendation calls three major stakeholders, namely, (1) assets, is divesting all its hedge funds. in peer recognition as one of the best boldly for another asset class — hedge the San Francisco tax payers who want Active and retired members know the funded public pension funds in the funds — with a weight of 15% (two al- a reduction in their rates of contribu- essential importance of their Retire- United States. For me, the addition ternative proposals would have hedge tion and want no impairment in the ment System to deliver promised ben- of hedge funds is but another asset funds at 12% or 10%) to improve the City’s bond ratings, (2) active city efits and to allow those benefits, when class addition — a process our Fund’s Fund performance in down markets employees who want a reduction in paid, to grow so as to protect purchas- trustees have used for several decades and to achieve more consistent returns their rates of contribution from the ing power. Many active/retired System to improve performance, diversity risk, while increasing the overall expected current 11% to 12% to their historic members now have risen up objecting and insure the integrity of the Fund to Trust Fund annual return from the rate of 7.5%, (3) and lastly retired city to the introduction of hedge funds meet its obligation to secure, protect current 8.16% to 8.49%. employees who want restoration of the into their Trust Fund. I do not object. and prudently invest the Trust’s assets. So, why should the Retirement supplemental COLA. Until the financial collapse and Board approve investing in hedge Public Pension Funds and Great Recession of 2008–2009, I funds? The best performing hedge Jay Huish and William Endowments Successfully observed a reciprocal dance by and fund managers can help our Trust Coaker Commended Use Hedge Funds between the System’s members (active Fund achieve better risk adjusted re- I applaud the Retirement System’s Hedge Funds seem to be a magnet and retired) and the Fund’s trustees turns, achieve higher alpha (excess executive director Jay Huish and for criticism, in many cases deserv- (the Retirement Board members). As returns over benchmarks) better the chief investment officer William edly so because there have been many the members’ improved their retire- continued on next page January 2015 POA Journal Page 21 Ask Mike… continued from previous page Note: at the December 3 meeting a Should Our Pension stabilize the market value funded fourth proposed asset allocation plan status — currently at 93%, achieve was introduced. See below graph. Invest in Hedge Funds By Lou Barberini ary 2013, they were hemorrhaging a more consistent rate of return, and The Retirement Board will again take Mission Station clients and employees. And of course, improve performance in down mar- up the issue of the Trust Fund’s asset kets. And to do all this heavy lifting, FX Concepts was in the business of allocation at its meeting of February the hedge fund allocation must be Changing the mix of our $20 bil- hedging securities. If it looks like a capable of having a meaningful effect 11, 2015. lion pension plan to invest $3 billion duck, swims like a duck, and quacks on the Trust Fund — at or above 10% While the use of hedge funds is an in hedge funds has been a contentious like a duck…….. it will accomplish its jobs. But can important issue, the more important issue for the past year. Recently, some At the May 8, 2013 Retirement our Trustees identify, hire and retain issue is the asset allocation structure of our POA employees have attended Board meeting, despite negative Retirement Board meetings and have evidence that a simple Google search this quality of hedge fund manager — of the Trust Fund. It is truly the asset those consistently in the top quartile? voiced support for directing our assets would have provided, our general con- allocation decision that will determine into hedge funds. This view seems sultant, Angeles Consulting, recom- I believe they can, you can, following when and if active employee retire- to go against common sense and the mended we add $250 million to the FX the Mr. Coaker’s recommendation of ment contributions return to 7.5% recent hedge fund stumbles of our Concepts hedge fund because Black- “resources in place” before any invest- or lower, when and if the taxpayer’s pension plan. rock, another manager, decided to exit Last September, CALPERS, the gold the business. SFFD trustee Joe Driscoll, SFERS proposed asset allocation (#4) standard of pension funds, decided to who championed the program, ap- 40 divest itself of hedge funds. Warren proved the recommendation, while Buffett, the smartest, most successful trustee Brian Stansbury was absent, investor of our time, has not only ex- and retired trustee Herb Meiberger 30 pressed opposition to hedge funds, he was the lone dissenting vote. SFERS has placed a million dollar bet that no was one of FX Concepts last clients. hedge fund can beat a generic index Staff and Angeles failed to notify the 20 fund. Mr. Buffett is currently winning Board that FX Concepts suffered from his bet by over 30 percentage points. a major exodus of their employees, and The proponents of hedge funds lost most of their clients. (A simple 10 argue that our consultants and staff Google search would have revealed will only select the best, upper quar- this.) In October, 2013, staff and An- 0 tile of pension funds. Yet, when one geles recommended termination of examines our recent investment his- FX Concepts due to an “emergency”. Global equity Real assets Hedge funds Infrastructure tory with its hedge fund managers, FX Concepts subsequently declared Private equity Fixed income SF Bay Area core real estate Natural resources particularly FX Concepts, that does bankruptcy. not appear to be the case. Based upon this strikeout with our Since 2005, our pension plan start- first venture into hedge funds, I believe ments in hedge funds is made. That contribution returns to its historic ed making investments in currency that it is a false assumption to believe means to manage execution risk, first rate of about 10%, and when and if hedging programs. One of the compa- that general consultants or SFERS staff hirings specialty consultant for hedge retirees receive an annual supplemen- nies we invested in was FX Concepts. have the resources and ability to hire funds, a managing director and a tal COLA. If you Google FX Concepts, you will and to retain only the successful hedge security analyst. And only then after find: 1) it is almost always referred to fund managers in the future. This view the Trustees have adopted policy and Mike Hebel has been the POA’s Welfare as a “hedge fund,” 2) they are very is aligned with CALPERS’ and Warren guidelines execute a phased in fund- Officer since January 1974. He is an at- secretive about their fee structure, 3) Buffett’s actions. The total loss of the ing of a hedge fund strategy. And yes, torney and a certified financial planner. their SEC filings indicate they have currency overlay program was over this will require culling out about 300 implemented a traditional hedge fund $60 million. Your pension fund has or so suitable institutional quality He has received awards/recognition as a fee structure — a management fee plus about 50,000 members, so this experi- managers from the 10,000 or so ex- Northern California “super lawyer” and 20% of their profits, and 4) in Febru- ment cost each of us about $1,200. tant hedge funds. And then to reduce included amongst “America’s top financial this list to the best 15 for investment planners.” He represents POA members at purposes. Yes, they can. the City’s Retirement Board and at the I do support the use of hedge funds Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board. as a part of the Trust Fund’s asset al- He also advises on investment matters location. pertaining to the City’s deferred com- I will be monitoring the hedge pensation plan. He is currently the vice- fund performance (total return and volatility) of the Trust Fund against president of the SF Police Credit Union’s that of: (1) BarclayHedge Hedge Fund Board of Directors. Mike served with the Index, (2) HFN Hedge Fund Aggre- Police Activities League (PAL) as president gate Index, (3) HFR Fund Weighted and long-term Board member. Mike retired Composite Index, and (4) Vanguard’s from the SFPD in 1994 with the rank of S& P 500 Index Fund (Mr. Buffett’s captain after a distinguished 28 year ca- recommendation). I will also l look reer. He served as the POA’s Secretary and for periodic verification provided to on its Board of Directors for 19 years. Mike the Retirement Board to insure that the Trust Fund has invested with the is a frequent and long-time contributor to best (top quartile) performing hedge the POA Journal. If you have a question fund managers. for Mike, send an e-mail to mike@sfpoa. org or call him at 861-0211.

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Stock investors have Men in general judge more from appear- wage inequality. The authors focused enjoyed outsize gains. Corporations ances than from reality. All men have primarily on trends since 2007, the are posting strong profits, and CEOs eyes, but few have the gift of penetra- year the Great Recession began. are earning record paydays. tion. —Machiavelli One idea that may receive biparti- This paper’s key findings include; san support is cutting corporate tax Will the 2014 mid-term election • According to every major data rates to stimulate middle class job results encourage the three branches source, the vast majority of U.S. creation. Republicans such as Ohio of government to work together and low. On 11/21/14, Mr. Christopher S. workers—including white-collar Senator Rob Portman note that the move forward to improve the plight Rugaber of the Associate Press noted workers and those with and without top rate of 35 percent exceeds the and economic security of Americans? that unemployment rates fell in two- a college degree — have endured corresponding tax in all other major Answer: I hope so. thirds of the United States. more than a decade of wage stagna- industrial countries. That encourages The Labor Department said that tion. Wage growth has significant- companies to move through mergers USA’s Turning Red and Changing unemployment rates rose in just 5 ly underperformed productivity known as “inversions” to countries the Political Landscape states, the fewest since April 2014. growth regardless of occupation, with lower tax rates — a maneuver Elections do matter. On 11/11/14, Rates were unchanged in 11 states. gender, race/ethnicity, or educa- that keeps corporate profits abroad Mr. Glen Thrush of Politico Magazine Steady economic growth has prompted tion level. that might otherwise be circulating noted that “Just about everything more companies to add jobs, though • During the Great Recession and its through the United States economy. good that happened to Republicans the additional hiring has not yet aftermath (i.e. between 2007 and Democratic Treasury Secretary Jack on Election Day — from the party’s boosted wages. Nationwide, employ- 2012), wages fell for the entire bot- Lew has said that inversions could be historic takeover of state legislatures, ers added 214,000 jobs in October, the tom 70 percent of the wage distribu- stopped through legislation that “low- to the seizing of a super—majority ninth straight month of gains above tion, despite productivity growth of ers the corporate tax rate, broadens the in the House, to the tapping of dark 200,000. That is the longest such 7.7 percent. tax base, closes loopholes, and simpli- money that helped finance their stretch since 1995. • Weak wage growth predates the fies the tax system.” The over lapping Senate takeover — had Ed Gillespie’s On a regional basis, the Midwest Great Recession. Between 2000 interests give economists hope that barely traceable but unmistakable reported the lowest unemployment and 2007, the median worker saw some tweaks to the corporate tax rate fingerprints on it.” rate, at 5.6 percent, followed by the wage growth of just 2.6 percent, are possible. The Obama administra- Ed Gillespie is a cleaver 54-year-old Northeast at 5.9 percent. Unemploy- despite productivity growth of 16.0 tion floated a framework in 2012 for former Bush White House adviser, ment in the South was 6 percent in percent, while the 20th percentile cutting the top rate to 28 percent, just RNC Chairman, lobbyist and back- October, and in the West 6.5 percent. worker saw wage growth of just 1.0 above the 25 percent pushed by many room operative who in 2014 unsuc- Recent data suggest hiring nationwide percent and the 80th percentile Republicans. cessfully ran for the United States should remain healthy in the coming worker saw wage growth of just 4.6 The Obama administration’s Senate seat in Virginia. Ed Gillespie months. The number of people seek- percent. plan would reduce rates through the lost to incumbent Senator Mark War- ing unemployment benefits slipped • The weak wage growth over 2000- elimination of loopholes. It would also ner by 16,761 votes short out of two and remains not far from 14-year lows. 2007, combined with the wage fund investments in roads, bridges and million ballots cast. Mr. Gillespie Mr. Rugaber noted that few companies losses for most workers from 2007 to other infrastructures—another issue said of his Virginia Senate race, “The are laying off workers and are likely 2012, mean that between 2000 and on which Republicans and President commonwealth and the country are, confident enough in the economy to 2012, wages were flat or declined for Obama could find common ground. obviously, increasingly diverse and keep adding jobs. the entire bottom 60 percent of the Mr. Paul Dales, chief U.S. economist you need a positive message you can wage distribution (despite produc- at Capital Economics said, “Republi- take anywhere, into communities that Americans Dissatisfied tivity growing by nearly 25 percent cans would actually help by leaving Republicans have taken for granted.” with Wage Stagnation over this period). the economy on auto-pilot. Let the Ed Gillespie further added, “People The 2014 mid-term election exit Drs. Heidi Shierholz and Lawrence economy heal itself.” Mr. Dales said are hungry to know what we are for, polls revealed that the majority of Mishel concluded that to generate that over the last three years, the bud- and how our policies make their lives American voters are dissatisfied or an- wage growth, we need to rapidly getary brawling in Washington has better, and we have to address that gry with President Barack Obama and lower unemployment, which in the slowed growth. Congress may hurt the beyond being against things. It’s not Congress. Most voters leaving polling current moment can only be reliably economy by engineering policies that all about just mobilizing the base. I places said they did not have much accomplished through expansionary can weaken the recovery. think all of that has been overstated. trust in government, feel the nation is fiscal policy — particularly large-scale Economist Dales said in 2011 to Neither party can win with that base off on the wrong track and believe that ongoing public investments and the increase the government’s borrowing alone. You have to maximize your ap- life will be worse for the next genera- re-establishment of state and local authority, and prevent a default, Presi- peal to voters who swing.” tion. Above all, voters worried about public services that were cut in the dent Obama and Republicans backed Virginia is a deep purple state, as the economy, and that concern also Great Recession and its aftermath. The automatic spending cuts to military close to the American political mid- helped Republicans take control of the priority has be to jobs now, rather than and social programs through 2021. point as any, and Gillespie—a strate- Senate and add to their dominance in any deficit reduction (which under Indeed, those cuts shrank the deficit. gist with experience at the highest lev- the House of Representatives. current conditions will sap demand But, they also caused government els of his party seems to have figured People who said their own financial for goods and services and slow job spending to fall relative to the size of out a fundamental two-step plan that situation grew worse in the past two growth). the economy and curtailed growth. can work in local and national races. years voted for Republican congres- It is the opinion of many economist Mr. Glen Thrush stated that an Ed sional candidates by a 2-1 margin. Political Incentives to that the United States economy would Gillespie ally told him, “First you kill The economy remains the big issue for Create Middle Class Jobs be better off if the politicians did noth- the Tea Party guys with kindness. more than 4 in 10 voters, who rank it On 11/6/14, Mr. Josh Boak, an eco- ing to impede the current growth tra- Then you reach out to a broader elec- ahead of health care, immigration or nomics writer for the Associated Press jectory. Hiring has improved. Employ- torate. That’s when you can change the foreign policy. And economic worries asked what can the now—dominant ers have added an average 227,000 jobs tone, not so angry, not so, you know, played to Republican’s advantage. De- Republicans in Congress and Presi- a month so far in 2014. It is the best Republican.” And despite an increased spite the stock market’s recovery and dent Barack Obama can do together performance in a now 5-year recovery minority, youth and women outreach improvements in hiring, most Ameri- to benefit more Americans? The La- that still has most of the country still effort pushed by Republican National cans say the United States economy is bor Department said that there are worried. Committee Chairman Reince Priebus, stagnating or even getting worse these 139 million jobs in the United States There will always be tension be- the party remains overwhelmingly days. A big reason voters feel glum; economy. tween the Executive, legislative and white and mostly middle-aged and almost half say their own family’s Ms. Penny Korakis, 50, in South judicial branches of government. It old. (Even Gillespie, who made black financial situation has not improved Bend, Indiana said of the politicians, is this writer’s hope that the balance outreach a priority won only 9 percent much over the past two years, and a “They all need to get it together, of political power will be united and of the black vote, about 3 points bet- fourth say it has gotten worse. compromise and start working for the focused to move our economy forward ter than Mitt Romney performed two On 8/21/13, Dr. Heidi Shierholz people and not themselves. Nobody’s and benefit the American people. years earlier.) and Dr. Lawrence Mishel wrote a re- going to win when there’s not a middle Please go to www.StephensGroupBayAr- search paper entitled, “A Decade of Flat class America.” Most Americans want ea.com. For more investment advice visit National and States Wages: The Key Barrier to Shared Pros- bipartisan action that serves Ameri- Edwin Stephens’ web site at www.policeone. Unemployment Rates Fall perity and a Rising Middle Class.” This cans who are not wealthy. com/columnists/Edwin-Stephens/. Securi- The United States Unemployment academic paper was a feature in the Mr. Josh Boak said that wages are at ties transactions through McClurg Capital rate stood at 5.8 percent, a six-year State of Working America which was a standstill for many Americans. The Corporation. Member FINRA and SIPC. January 2015 POA Journal Page 23

Book Reviews — by Dennis Bianchi No Man’s Land: Preparing for War and Peace in Post-9/11 America By Elizabeth D. Samet so unnatural a spot....” She moves on, soldiers I know dwell, and to capture Reviewed by Dennis Bianchi using the words of poets of that gen- my own state of mind. The image of eration, men such as Wilfred Owen no man’s land also reflects the national The author, Ms. Samet, is an English and Ezra Pound, who found that war psyche itself, gripped alternately by professor at West Point Military Acad- so devastating. Then, she takes the paroxysms of sentimentality and by emy. The position is rare. She is not a reader to words she received from one bout of convenient amnesia for more member of the military, but she most of her former students who was at that than a decade of wartime.” certainly has a position much differ- time in Afghanistan: “Freezing rain There are sections of the book that ent than most civilians in the United that shudders your core. Your e-tool prompted me to research other wars Dennis Bianchi States. She is charged with bringing a fights it out with the frozen earth. and warriors. The author gave me a Many of her students remained in different perspective to the Academy’s You dig deep because if you do not, new impression of General Ulysses S. touch with her as they fought the wars Cadets about being a leader in times it might not be enough.” She writes, Grant. He was a man of letters as well being conducted abroad today and of war and peace. Her talent and tools “The captain live in what I’ve come to as the popular vision of him as a hard- continued their communications after are not arms or armor, but words and think of as the no mans’ land of our drinking man who enjoyed his cigars. returning to the United States. Some contemplation. She is the author of new century. His peculiar world, full of He wrote well and often, as I learned. indicated they felt more comfortable Soldier’s Heart: Reading Literature hazard, doubt, and deceit, preoccupies I re-thought more ancient warriors on the battlefield than at “home.” Through Peace and War at West Point, me now. Some days I glimpse it from such as Alexander the Great and Julius Many were restless and sought excite- which won the Los Angeles Times his foxhole; on other days I adopt the Caesar. The author also gave me a new ment or travel to get away from their Book Prize for Current Interest and was bird’s-eye view of a pilot searching for thought: do nations and armies think original home lives. They, too, seemed named one of the 100 Notable Books a safe place to land his helicopter in about how a war should end when to be inhabiting a no man’s land. of 2007 by The New York Times. the inhospitable Afghan mountains, they enter into wars? Have the powers I had one complaint about the book; Ms. Samet presents the reader with which seem to him like the ‘surface that want to send their citizens to fight it seemed to lose focus from time to an historical definition of the term of some alien planet.’ ” She continues and die taken the time to envision how time. I felt the author could have tied “no man’s land,” originating in the that this captain’s message was “… sent this should end? Ms. Samet feels we are the chapters together better, or per- common vernacular during World from one no man’s land, reaches me caught in a place that seems teetering haps make the transitions smoother. War I. She expands upon that idea in another, which for all its physical constantly between war and peace. But I cannot fault her prose or her and makes clear that “No man’s land safety and comfort nevertheless feels The author provides us with the argument. This is a book that deserves was associated with wilderness and treacherous and bewildering.” She and battle that takes place with soldiers your time and consideration. death for centuries before the phrase the captain fear the loss of another returning from today’s battlefields. came to describe the shattered land- generation on the eve of two momen- scape of the western front.” She goes tous events: “2014 marks the long- on, using the words of a member of a projected (if imperfect) end of major British Royal Field Artillery unit, Major U.S. combat operations in Afghanistan News from the Credit Union C.E.L. Lyne, who, describing a scene and the centennial commemoration of in West Flanders thus; “Dante would World War I’s beginning…. I can think By Al Casciato you can see site information, whether never have condemned lost souls to of no better name than no man’s land you are on your computer, phone or wander in so terrible a purgatory… to describe the physical and emotional Question(s) of the Month: tablet. Even the birds and rats have forsaken landscape in which so many of the Q. “SFPCU rewards points expire after 3 2015 Calendars years, on a rotating basis. Just as I am Have received a number of compli- nearing the level I am trying to reach, ments about the about the new 2015 I “lose” about a third of my points. It’s calendar. Glad that you liked it. I was Gray Mountain frustrating and I don’t want the lower happy to have worked with the staff By John Grisham working as an intern for a law firm spe- point value merchandise. Other cards are on the production of the calendar Reviewed by Dennis Bianchi cializing in hardship cases in the small offering reward points that don’t expire – and thank staff for their creativity. Appalachian community of Brady. In why not the SFPCU?” They are already working on the next John Grisham is, and has been for any community that relies on coal calendar so if you happen to have an A. The short answer is cost. The longer some time, one of the best-selling mines and large mining companies, interesting picture in your archives answer is: Un-expiring points repre- authors in the world. He has writ- hardships are plentiful. There are a please send it to me and we’ll see if we sent a contingent liability that will ten more than 30 novels that have few sub-plots involving methamphet- can work it in an upcoming calendar consistently grow, be on our books sold more than 275 million copies amine abusers, domestic violence and or promotion. worldwide. Gray Mountain, his latest other crimes, but the big plot spins indefinitely without any degree of certainty of their usage. Under ac- novel, continues the incredible run of around the ruthless mining companies Current Promotions — counting rules, we will have to reserve sales success. But I’m not sure this one operating without regard for laws or www.sfpcu.org/promos: for the monetary value of each point deserves the attention it has received. rules. It might sound familiar as to be Visit the website because as of this into a contingency fund in perpetu- Mr. Grisham has created some of a cliché. I found it so. columns deadline all the current ity on the points that are not used. the best-written legal thrillers of all The characters are, for the most promotions were set to expire on As a result, the monthly expenses time and, I assume, that is likely why part, not well presented to the reader. 12/31/2014 and the new ones had not will increase impacting net income. he needs only put his name on the They are shallow and unbelievable. At yet been announced. Other card programs that do offer front of the book and people will line one point I found myself thinking the If you have a comment, compli- un-expiring points can be attributed up to buy it. But he has also disap- author was writing a screenplay for an ment, or have a suggestion about any to their program structure that is fee pointed readers on occasion. He has old-fashioned, black and white movie matter at the CU, please visit www. laden and a higher interest rate versus published a book every year without without sound. sfpcu.org and click on Contact Us. If the card program offered by SFPCU fail since his first big hit, A Time to The strongest point Mr. Grisham you have a question you would like to (i.e., we offer a lower interest rate and Kill, in 1984. I have found many to has in this novel is his clear disdain for see in this column, you can contact me lesser number of fees as we do not be outstanding. Mr. Grisham can put strip-mining of coal and the devasta- at [email protected]. together a good mystery to go along tion that results from that enterprise. charge a balance transfer fee or raise the interest rate immediately should with vivid descriptions of clever law- He strongly implies that the govern- Al Casciato is a retired SFPD Captain, the borrower be late on a payment). yers and dramatic courtroom scenes. ment often works hand-in-glove past POA President and Retirement Board Occasionally, however, he fails to meet with “Big Coal” in ruining lives and President who was elected to the Credit Q. When will the next document shred- the standard he has set for himself. I landscapes. Union Board of Directors in February of ding take place? found Gray Mountain lacking. I won’t spoil it for any Grisham fans 2014. He currently serves as The Board The plot features a young woman by telling you how it ends. It seemed A. Our next scheduled shred date is Secretary at SF Police Credit Union and who has recently been “furloughed” to not end. It just stopped. I can only planned for April, hold your docu- can be contacted at alcasciato@stisia. from a huge New York law firm, (it hope his next effort will be an im- ments and bring them in after you com. Credit Union membership is open is 2008 and the nation’s economy is provement. That won’t be difficult. have finished your taxes. to all first responders and selected support “tanking”) and has now found herself personnel in the 9 Bay Area Counties. To Working On: see a full list of eligible memberships visit The credit union is hard at work www.sfpcu.org . on a fully updated Online Banking Suggestion: Cut this column out and Support our advertisers. and Voice banking system. Stay tuned post on station or unit bulletin board; or in the New Year for communication tape inside the home pantry door as refer- Tell them you saw their ad in the POA Journal. about these new services. It will be a ence for the entire household. ‘responsive’ website, which means that Page 24 POA Journal January 2015

Labor Relations Information Systems www.lris.com Police Union Challenge Halts SJPD Body Camera Program SAN JOSE, CA — The failure to word from our Union that the BWC hopes the program will start in “early use, especially with the increasing charge police officers in two separate Pilot is now a ‘meet and confer’ issue. 2015,” but both she and Randol say number of officer-involved shootings. killings of unarmed black men has This came to our office without warn- there is no specific timeline. But as the killing of Eric Garner sparked protests across the country, ing, and I apologize for any inconve- San Jose’s independent police audi- showed, the problem in some cases isn’t and along with them, calls to outfit nience this may cause. We currently tor, LaDoris Cordell, applauded the a lack of evidence. Garner’s death was cops with body cameras. It’s with this have a meeting mid-November with department and Police Chief Larry Es- ruled a homicide by a coroner, after backdrop that the San Jose Police De- the Union to discuss the pilot.” quivel for moving forward on acquiring Staten Island police aggressively took partment received praise last week for San Jose Inside spoke with depart- body-worn cameras, noting that they him to the ground and cut off his air 12 officers volunteering to wear body ment spokesperson Sgt. Heather Randol can help protect citizens from potential supply. But a grand jury handed down cameras as part of a pilot program. and it seems that meeting has still yet abuse as well as officers and the city no indictment against the officer who What several reports failed to men- to take place has not led to an agree- from false claims and lawsuits. But put him in a chokehold. tion, however, is that internal politics ment. (UPDATE: Randol sent an email she called the POA’s attempts to delay Spurred by the shooting of 18-year- has temporarily derailed the program. to San Jose Inside on Tuesday morning implementation “shameful.” old Michael Brown in Ferguson, Mo., SJPD’s Research and Development clarifying her earlier comments about “This is all political,” Cordell said. the White House announced a plan division has acquired three types of the department meeting with the “It has nothing to do with the efficacy to get 50,000 officers in the US to cameras, including one worn on pairs police union. “The POA has met with of cameras. It’s shameful.” wear body cameras. President Obama of glasses. Steps were being taken to the Department to discuss some of the SJPD reportedly acquired two BWC proposed a three-year $263 million begin testing the devices in the field, meet and confer issues,” she wrote. “We systems made by Taser International program to increase the use of wear- but in late October the Police Officers have not had the final meeting to final- and one by Vievu. The latter company able cameras, expand training for Association challenged the process, ize policy issues but there have been 2 supplies cameras to the New York City police and provide resources for law arguing that it should be negotiated as meetings in which the POA brought up Police Department and thousands enforcement reform. The program sets a “meet and confer” issue. their concerns.”) of other agencies, according to news aside $75 million specifically for small On Oct. 22, Sgt. Elle Washburn sent Calls for comment to POA officials reports. lapel-mounted cameras. Local law en- an email to stakeholders in the process were not returned. A change in union Some studies suggest that wearable forcement agencies would match half to test body-worn cameras, or BWC: leadership will begin Jan. 1, when Paul cameras reduce citizen complaints the cost, if they qualify for some of that “Our office learned last week that Kelly takes over the role of president against police officers and reduce the federal money. our BWC Pilot is currently on hold,” from Jim Unland. chance that cops will resort to violence. Washburn wrote. “The Chief received Washburn said in her email that she For years Cordell has lobbied for their From San Jose Inside Social Media Smackdown Roils Chattanooga Police Department CHATTANOOGA, TN — A public records request for all of Puckett’s text 2013, and Fletcher said he intends to records custodian is, she added. squabble between a local activist and a messages from the past two years. enforce it. The chief even called Brooks However, state law does imply that Chattanooga police officer has sparked The tiff comes less than three weeks directly to discuss Puckett’s comments. the custodian is the government em- an internal affairs investigation and after a grand jury decision in Ferguson, ployee who has the records — in this raised concerns among officers about Mo., ignited a national debate about Document: Fred Fletcher case, the officer himself. It would be their right to privacy. the relationship between police officers social media warning inappropriate, she said, for a third party The incident started a week ago and community members, especially A public squabble between a local to go through the texts on the officer’s Thursday when Officer William Puck- among racial minorities. activist and a Chattanooga police of- behalf. ett and local activist Chris Brooks com- Much of that debate is unfolding ficer has sparked an internal affairs in- Fletcher said he plans to let Puckett mented on a Facebook post about racial on social media: Officers across the vestigation and raised concerns among go through his own texts and turn over injustice. Puckett, who has been on the country are defending the need to use officers about their right to privacy. what is public, because while Puckett police force since 2002, made two com- force when necessary, while critics are Source: Chattanooga Police Depart- did receive a stipend from police for his ments that suggested Brooks shouldn’t decrying what they call a pattern of ment phone, he still owns it. discuss racial injustice because he has police violence against minorities. “Officers represent the community “It’s not my phone,” Fletcher said. never been a police officer. In fact, hours before the Ferguson and the police department and are in Sean O’Brien, president of the Fra- a position of trust,” Fletcher said in ternal Order of Police Rock City Lodge “Other than television do you have grand jury returned its decision on Nov. an interview. “I don’t think a digital 22, said the group’s attorney is meeting any real life experience?” the officer 24, Fletcher sent out an email to all format changes that expectation at all.” with the city attorney to discuss the wrote. “I doubt it.” officers that urged them to “be mind- But the request for Puckett’s text request and the legal opinions. Later he added, “Real men work, ful” and “deliberate” on social media messages, the recent focus on the social “We want to honor the law and b*****s cheer from the sidelines.” because officers’ comments reflect on media policy and the internal affairs honor the request, but we also want to Brooks, one of the founding mem- the department. And after Puckett’s investigations have sparked a heated make sure we respect any individual’s bers of Chattanooga Organized for comments surfaced on Dec. 4, Fletcher reaction from officers, who are worried privacy rights,” O’Brien said. “We’re Action, a nonprofit social justice group, sent out a second email. about their rights to free speech and not trying to contest it; we’re trying to immediately spoke out about the com- “Let me be clear,” he wrote. “We will to privacy. balance what the law says with privacy ments, which he called “deeply inap- not tolerate any behavior by a Chat- The request for Puckett’s text mes- concerns.” propriate.” Brooks is no longer actively tanooga police officer that is abusive, sages struck a particular nerve. Al- He added that FOP has no plans to involved with Chattanooga Organized harassing, threatening, profane or though Puckett texted on his personal sift through Puckett’s texts and that he for Action. He works as a labor activist. otherwise reflects unfavorably on the cellphone, any texts that are related to hopes to use this experience to better In the days since, Police Chief Fred Chattanooga Police Department.” doing government business are public educate officers on open records. Fletcher started an internal affairs The department has a social media records, said Deborah Fisher, executive Meanwhile, the reaction to the investigation into whether Puckett policy that requires officers to follow director of the Tennessee Coalition for Puckett-Brooks saga continues online. violated CPD’s social media policy, a codes of conduct even while on social Open Government. In one Facebook group devoted to lo- local resident filed a complaint against media websites or while off duty. The Personal texts, however, are not — cal police and firefighters, some people Puckett, and Brooks submitted an open policy has been on the books since so someone has to go through all of — including a current firefighter and Puckett’s texts in order to determine former CPD officer — posted comments which are public and which are private. that dubbed Brooks a “communist,” “It creates a bit of a quandary,” Fisher “d-bag,” and “rabble-rousing whiner.” said. “On one hand, there certainly “I think the hostility in response could be concern if you allow the of- to my publicly calling out a police ficer himself to go through those texts officer for his comments and filing a Purchase your next vehicle where the SFPD and SFFD buy. and make that judgment call that it complaint has been pretty extreme,” Special Ford X-Plan prices for all Bay Area City & County employees. would be easy for the officer to with- Brooks said. “I think it exemplifies an hold something because there is no overall cultural problem of police not See Frank or Peter, your X-Plan specialists, independent check on him. being accountable to citizens.” for a hassle-free buying experience. “But on the other hand, having an A meme of Brooks was also circu- Call us today to see how easy it is to do independent government employee go lated. In the meme, one sentence was business with Towne Ford Fleet Sales. through all of an officer’s texts, both superimposed on a picture of Brooks: Frank Ginotti Peter Verducci personal and business, also seems un- “I am Chris Brooks, I preach civil 415-786-1701 cell 650-888-8721 cell comfortable.” rights for all…..Until I don’t agree with 650-562-2267 office 650-562-2218 office State law says the “records custo- your free speech, then I call your em- [email protected] [email protected] dian” should go through the records in ployer and try to cause you problems.” 1601 El Camino Real Redwood City, CA 94063 (north of Woodside Rd.) such a situation, said Ann Butterworth, www.towneford.com open records counsel at the Tennessee From The Chattanooga Family owned since 1926 Comptroller of the Treasury. But the Times Free Press law doesn’t define exactly who the January 2015 POA Journal Page 25

PAL Corner SF Dispatcher of the Month SFPAL Launches Sandlot Program Department of Emergency Management 1011 Turk Street, San Francisco, CA 94102

Inter-action with SFPD SAN FRANCISCO DEPARTMENT Officers key to success Division of Emergency Communications OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT The Sandlot Program will be getting Edwin M. Lee Phone: (415) 558-3800 Fax: (415) 558-3843 Anne Kronenberg Executive Director Remember what it was like when its feet wet in the Central as well as Mayor you were a kid and there was “nothing Captain Perea’s Mission Station. Ingle- Division of Emergency Services to do?” Imagine how great it would side, Taraval, and Richmond Stations Phone: (415) 487-5000 Fax: (415) 487-5043 be to stumble upon a pick-up game at will soon be kicking off the Sandlot your local school or playground where Program in their districts. For more in- Date: November 27, 2014 every child was invited to play! That’s formation feel free to contact SFPAL’s exactly the idea behind SFPAL’s new interim Director, Deputy Chief Mike To: Christine Butler, Public Safety Dispatcher Sandlot Program. Biel (Ret.) at 415-401-4669 or stop by Officers will have the opportunity the PAL office at 350 Amber Drive. From: Evora Heard, Employee Recognition Coordinatof

Re: Communications Dispatcher of the Month – December 2014

The Department of Emergency Management has selected you as Com- munications Dispatcher of the Month for December 2014 for your profes- sionalism and compassion during a suicidal call you handled this month. On November 17, 2014 you received a call from a male who believed he received a “good-bye” call from a friend. The caller was unsure of the location. As Dispatch- ers, we all know location is the key to show up with a trunk full of gear at a SFPAL Cheer Squad piece of information in all phone local park and organize an impromptu off to Nationals calls. If there is no address, the at- game of baseball, flag football, basket- In other exciting news, the SFPAL tempt to provide service is often ball or soccer with local youth and Seahawks Cheer and Dance Team will unsuccessful. To make things even provide a healthy and fun alternative be participating in the National Cheer- more challenging the caller was in to “just hanging around.” leading Competition being held in Las another state. The Sandlot Program kicked off Vegas this month! We are all confident You remained patient and dili- with a splash on December 16 when the coaches and kids of the Cheer and gent in your attempt to obtain the Dance Team will represent SFPAL well not even the rain could prevent Officer location of the suicidal person. Ed Carew and forty excited kids from and will, hopefully, return home with You definitely used your advanced enjoying a frantic game of kickball to a trophy for the display case! Good Dispatcher skills to aid you during get things started. Assisted by Captain luck to all the participants! David Lazar and other Central Divi- Don’t forget that applications for this call. Your caller knew the gen- sion personnel the children in atten- the 2015-2016 Cadet Academy are eral vicinity and a detailed description of the premise. This information dance were able to play a spirited game available online at sfpal.org. More in- was an aid to responding units who successfully located the patient. It while interacting with Police Officers formation can be obtained by calling was confirmed the patient did take pills and was found unconscious but in a positive way. SFPAL at 415-401-4669. breathing. You used limited information provided to locate a suicidal person who reached out for help, resulting in a life saved. This is the exact reason we do this job. We all ultimately want to be the reason someone The Midtown Tigers receives the help they need. By Sgt. McCloskey, Christine, your diligence was the key to a successful outcome. I com- Tenderloin Station mend you on a job very well done. Your caller was so impressed he called back to acknowledge your excellent service. This is a fine example of the Tenderloin and Southern outstanding work you perform year after year. Police Officers collaborate in For being selected Dispatcher of the Month we are able to offer the community-policing efforts following: mentoring the youth of our • Parking in the “Employee of the Month” space for the month of city. December 2014 The members of the San • One-hour off, with Shift Manager approval Francisco Police Dept came • “Employee of the Month” engraved pen together for the sole purpose of creating new preventative measures utilizing sports as a cc: Robert Smuts – Deputy Director, Division of means to peace and reconcili- Emergency Communications years, With police leadership we were ation. The philosophy was adopted Cecile Soto – Operations Manager able to coordinate a safe place and from our San Francisco Police partner meeting point and allow these kids DEM Everyone – via email BeHuman. to be kids. Personnel File The program consisted of flag foot- The Midtown tigers played a long ball practices and Saturday games. The season and made it to the final game youth were coached by there district at Candlestick Park and played on the cops, not only do they see them in same field as many greats such as Joe uniform, on patrol, citing, or fighting Montana, Jerry Rice, Ronnie Lott and crime but also in shorts and a T’shirt many more. These kids were able to do teaching them life skills and how to what they thought was not possible, win and work as a team and a com- and gave much appreciation for the Law Office of munity. San Francisco Police Department for The officers were encouraged by San showing them the way. ROBERT K. WYMAN Francisco Police districts leadership to The officers involved played a vital engage with the community and build role in this program; they displayed Certified Specialist with over relationship with the youth and there a great deal of leadership, commit- families. ment and compassion. The Officer’s 22 years of experience in The Tenderloin cops would walk reminded the community that we care Workers’ Compensation Law the youth of City Impact school to about the future of our city. the Gene Rec Center 270 6th street to meet the youth from United Playaz Special thanks to Chief Suhr, Com- 415 387- 8100 non profit organization, historically mander Joe Garrity, Commander Red- the kids that participated on these mond, Captain Chirness, Lt. Fatooh, robertkwyman.com teams, were not able to walk through Sgt. Harrell, Sgt. Jackson, Officer Azim, 4444 Geary Blvd. • Suite 201 • San Francisco, CA 94118 the same streets, due to neighborhood Officer Gonzaels, Officer Payne, Officer feuds that had taken place for many Goff, Officer Neeves Page 26 POA Journal January 2015

Nick’s Notes By Nick Shihadeh, Journal Sports Editor

Assessment of the Forty-Niner Situation

HECK IT OUT: Being a long time Niner season ticket holder C(starting in 1980 with my dad at Candlestick Park and presently at Levi’s Stadium with Bobby Malliaras), it’s been an interesting and at the same time frustrating time for me as a fan. With Jim Harbaugh resurrecting the team starting in the 2011 season after the Dennis Erickson, Mike Nolan, or having to wait in long slow mov- Mike Singletary years of losing, it was ing lines at the concession stands. At an easier pill to swallow going down the very least, I was hoping that the to Santa Clara to continue attending team was going to be good like we all games. We can of course thank former expected. mayor Gavin Newsome for allowing Well, that didn’t go well either “that” to happen — his aloof behavior Sometimes tailgating in the parking lot was better than being inside the stadium as the product on the field did not toward the team gave the York family watching the Niners blow another game. live up to expectations. This 8-win, an excuse to leave The City and head 8-loss season could’ve easily been a down south closer to Forty-Niner 11-5 season with a trip to the playoffs headquarters, and they of course took if the right play was called or if the advantage. right execution was displayed, or if Going into the season, everyone more importantly the team was able had high aspirations with the hope- to make better adjustments after half fully improved Colin Kaepernick to time. Also, if Kaeper-not was able to get the offense rolling to help out a read defenses and hit a receiver who defense that was missing starters for was a second or third option without either injuries or off field transgres- throwing it 90 mph, things could’ve sions. It was exciting going to the new turned out a lot differently. stadium up until you get stuck in one Now the team has allowed Har- of the pregame traffic jams (or post baugh to get away and he’s going to game traffic jams), get fried sitting in Michigan and the search is on for a the hot sun as it blazes down on you, new head coach. With any luck, the Realize Your Full Potential In Your Bob Malliaras and I in the Club Level during a game at Levi’s Stadium. Next Interview Niners can hire Rex Ryan and he can offs, I’m going to cheer on the Arizona keep Vic Fangio and Jim Tomsula Cardinals or the Carolina Panthers, Coaching for promotional exams: in place. Just as important is Ryan or even the Cowboys or Packers just hiring a good offensive coordinator to keep the Seahawks from getting individuals and study groups like Norv Turner or Hue Jackson to back to the Super Bowl. We’ll see how improve upon Greg Roman who de- it all turns out. Otherwise, there’s fenses caught up to. By the printing three and-a-half months until Giants Gloria Cohn of this column, the coaching staff Opening Day on April 13th which is 650.906.4155 could already be in place. I’m hoping something I can really look forward for the best. to…Until then, stay well and safe and [email protected] In the meantime during the play- have a Happy New Year…So see ya www.gloriacohnconsulting.com next month…

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LAST VOW Page 28 POA Journal January 2015 Thank you, Mayor Lee Our Mayor “Gets It” By Martin Halloran be a financial burden for our members SFPOA President therefore the POA Executive Board ap- proved partial reimbursement to those As all law enforcement throughout members in order to offset their travel the country are mourning the tragic expenses. loss of our brothers in New York, who Enter in San Francisco Mayor Edwin were brutally assassinated simply for Lee who had heard about the number wearing the uniform, we are witness- of members wishing to honor the ing a huge rift between the members NYPD officers and how the POA was of the NY PBA and the Mayor of New going to assist them. On Christmas Eve York. This discord had been growing Mayor Lee contacted me, expressed his for months and was exacerbated by the condolences, and asked to meet with Mayor’s public comments denouncing me immediately. When I met with L to R: Officer Eric Chiang, Officer Edric Talusan, Captain Teresa Gracie, the NYPD, which occurred weeks be- the Mayor that day I was completely Officer Ray Padmore, Officer Maina Tuimavave, Officer Chris Kohrs, Officer fore the assassination of Officer Rafael surprised with what he had done and Blake Cunningham, Officer Joshua Fry Ramos and Officer Wenjian Liu. what he presented to the POA. The Mayor, on his own volition, sought SFPD Contingent Attends “The Mayor was with a additional funding for our members prominent San Franciscan, who travel expenses. The Mayor was with Funeral of Slain NYPD Officer wished to remain anonymous, a prominent San Franciscan, who By Ray Padmore wished to remain anonymous, and This photo was taken outside the funeral for murdered New York City and they presented an they presented an extremely generous extremely generous Police Officer Rafael Ramos’ on Saturday December 27, 2014. Officer Ramos contribution to the POA to be used for and his partner, Officer Wenjian Liu, were ambushed as they sat in their contribution to the POA…” our members to make it to New York patrol car on December 20, 2014. At the time of this service, the funeral and pay respects to Officer Ramos and date for Officer Liu had not been determined. After the murders of these officers Officer Liu. and even before their funerals services This just further demonstrates the had been planned, I received numer- sound relationship between our Mayor ous inquiries from POA members who and the POA. Mayor Lee’s support for Thank You Jet Blue! wished to travel to New York in order the SFPD and all of public safety is to pay their respects to our fallen clear. Our Mayor is engaged and is con- Thank you for caring for the men and women in blue. brothers. With the short time frame cerned about issues that are important All the best! and having to travel over the Christ- to us and to the City. In short, we have — The Grateful Men and Women mas holidays the POA knew this would a Mayor that “Gets It. of the San Francisco Police Officers Association SFPD Facilitates Fantasy Flight to North Pole By Val Kirwan the North Pole, Santa and Mrs Clause POA Sergeant-at-Arms met the flight midway and landed on the roof of the plane. Santa and Mrs United Airlines Fantasy Flight Clause then greeted every child and “Santa 1” to the North Pole 2014 took person on the plane. The plane arrived place on Saturday December 6. back at SFO, and each child received a Prior to departure, the children bag containing toys, and each family played games, face painted, ate good received a shopping voucher. season snacks, sung carols, and met Chevron was one of the major spon- with mascots from the Niners, San sors providing the fuel. Jose Earthquakes, and Olympic com- United Airlines hosted Fantasy petitors, to name a few. The nonprofit Flights in Chicago, Cleveland, Denver, United Airlines Fantasy Flight Association Los Angeles, Newark, San Francisco, takes donations and holds fundraising Washington, D.C., Boise, Phoenix, San events to pay for the festive day and Antonio, and Sydney. raise money to benefit the children Employees and retirees volunteer Santa helpers Martin Halloran, Lisa Lujan United Airlines, Commander John Joseph throughout. their time to coordinate and operate Garrity, and Sgt Mike Andraychak. The SFPOA was proud to be one the events. United Airlines supplies of the many sponsors for this very the aircraft and event locations, while worthy cause. 60 families, including the food, decorations, costumes, and low-income and children with dis- money for gifts come entirely from abilities/terminal illness were part over 1,500 volunteers each year. of the flight. Due to bad weather in

Sgt. Andraychak and his K9 “Big”

A special Christmas hug for K9 “Glibey.”