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Official Publication of the San Francisco Police Officers' Association To Promote the Efficiency and Good Name of the San Francisco Police Department and its Members i, VOLUME 22 SAN FRANCISCO, JANUARY, 1990 204 NUMBER I McCoy, Dean,, Casillas and Kidd Charges Dismissed by Paul Chignell, Bently, Wagner and Kane. These attorneys charges. The case should have been in- 1990, Commissioner Keker started the Vice-President did an outstanding job in preparing the vestigated much more fully by the Chief hearing by stating that he had read the en- case and cross-examining prosecution before he took that step to charge these tire transcript and that he felt he would not On Wednesday, January 3, 1990, the witnesses despite interminable delays in fine officers. be unbiased and could give the inspectors San Francisco Police Commission dismiss- providing discovery to POA attorneys. The The prosecution by the Department was a fair trial. Later in the evening, after ques- ed all disciplinary charges against Inspec- attorneys were always available to POA also poorly done. At the January 3, 1990 tioning departmental prosecutor Jerry tors Frank McCoy, Marvin Dean of the representatives to explain the status of the hearing prosecutor Jerry Akins, who had Atkins, Keker stated that his colleagues Homicide Section and Inspectors Antonio case and the inspectors throughout the recently taken over the case due to the who had heard the testimony would have Casillas and William Kidd of the General ordeal spoke glowingly of the representa- resignation from the Department of at- more knowledge of a particular issue. In my Work Section. tion that was provided. torney Michael Gash, tried to forestall the view Commissioner Keker should have not The dismissal of the charges was ac- 0CC Debacle dismissal of the charges by the Commis- heard the case and neither should Com- complished after a motion was filed by This case truly pointed out the failures sion by describing the hearing as part of missioner Craig. The nuances of a witness' various POA attorneys representing the of the Office of Citizen Complaints and the training process (!!??). His line of testimony cannot be brought out' by police inspectors. Thus concluded one of how their conduct could severely jeopar- reasoning was that even if the charges reading a page from a transcript. In this the most incredible abuses of the police dize the careers of four veteran police in- could not be sustained, the hearing was a case, the decision to dismiss was discipline system since the early 1970s spectors who had done nothing wrong dur- good thing because it allowed training to unanimous, but the precedent is lousy. when due process was a joke for police ing a homicide investigation. Police officers be held for the officers and for the Depart- The aggressive posture of the San Fran- officers. in San Francisco have been commenting ment so that the possibility of new ideas cisco Police Officers' Association and their Bogus Charges ever since the formation of the 0CC that or retraining devices might be found. At- attorneys in this important case is a lesson The four veteran police inspectors were their investigatory abilities were suspect, torney Stephen Bley of the POA sar- to be learned. There will be other battles r.used by the Chief of Police after an in- that charges were recommended in many castically responded that that argument with the 0CC, and we must be as ag- vestigation by the Office of Citizen Com- cases without foundation and that basic sounded like "potty training" and went on gressive as we were in the McCoy, et al plaints of "neglect of duty" and of "bring- due process rights of police officers, to say that the argument was without case. ing discredit upon the department" for an especially as to discovery were lacking. At foundation. There will be battles with individuals who inadequate investigation of a homicide of the January 3, 1990 hearing, Commis- Many inspectors were in attendance at do not speak out when police officers are a gay man in November of 1987. As the sioner Gwen Craig said "this charade the hearings and especially the final hear- denied due process. We must be aggressive case proceeded, it was quickly seen that should not be prolonged" and that the "in- ing on the motion to dismiss. Inspectors in advocating the protections in the Public the charges could not be supported by a adequacies of the 0CC were laid bare." Carl Klotz, Jeff Brosch, Ed Erdelatz, Safety Officers' Procedural Bill of Rights scintilla of evidence. But the case dragged Craig went on to say that the 0CC need- Richard Adkins, Ray Carlson, Joe Act. We must be aggressive in protecting on for almost a year, including sixty-five ed to be strengthened and that a Charter Toomey, Tom Walsh, Joe Kennedy, Jeff our brother and sister officers — because (65) hours of testimony, twelve (12) hear- amendment needed to be passed to give Lindberg along with Lt. Rich Hesseiroth, no one else will. ings and four thousand (4000) pages of the 0CC the power to do its job. I respect- Lt. Gerald McCarthy and Captain John written transcript. fully disagree with Commissioner Craig. Newlin were also present at the final hear- Veteran Inspectors The 0CC should be disbanded and ing. In previous hearings, many other in- S.F.P.O.A. Dues The four inspectors charged by the Chief done away with. Neither the public, in- spectors from General Work and Homicide of Police, Frank Jordan, are all members cluding the ethnic and gay communities nor attended the hearing to express support for Paid in 1989 of the San Francisco Police Officers' the police community have been served the officers charged. $385.80 Association and were represented by at- well by this organization. No Charter The Commission torneys paid for by the POA. The full POA amendment or additional funding will This was a bittersweet victory for the See your tax consultant Board of Directors was given updates remedy this problem because those solu- Police Officers' Association due to tremen- for deductability. about the case and were supportive of a tions will take years to implement any dous expense that our dues paying vigorous and aggressive defense of the meaningful change. The public deserves members had to endure to defend Frank, charges. Frank McCoy, Marvin Dean, Bill justice when police officers commit errors, Marvin, Tony and Bill. Kidd and Tony Casillas have over eighty and police officers deserve . due process The Police Commission did dismiss the (80) years of police experience in in- when they are accused of misconduct. charges unanimously, and we should ap- vestigating criminal incidents but were Another system must be found, and it is plaud that action. But this case was car- dragged through the mud of these charges not the Office of Citizen Complaints - ried on for many months at tremendous ex- Nox, and trial based upon the critical eye of the their credibility after this case has diminish- pense in time and money. The Commis- We need your articles to make 0CC and the Chief of Police. However in ed to the point of no return. sion should have recognized that fact and this the best possible newspaper the final analysis, the charges were ripped The Chief And Dept. dismissed the charges long ago. Articles should be sent to: apart and shown to be a sham. I have a great deal of respect for Chief Commission H Tom Flippin, Editor For The Defense Frank M. Jordan, but he blew it on this The Commission also allowed two (2) SFPOA Notebook Representing the inspectors were Steve one. new members to sit in judgement of the 510 7th Street Bley, John Prentice,and Carole Seliger of The investigation by the Office of Citizen case over the objections of the POA at- San Francisco, CA 94103 Bley and Bley as well as James Lassart and Complaints is just one step in the process. torneys when they had not even heard the Deadline for February issue: John Rowland of Ropers, Majeski, Kohn, Chief Jordan should never have signed the majority of the case but rather relied upon Monday, January 29, 1990 "reading the transcripts". On January 3, -

Ratify The M.O.U. IN THIS ISSUE by Gary Delagnes good reasons to ratify this agreement. Widows and Orphans Page 2 Election Info Page 7 (1)It is only effective through June 1990 I must admit I have reversed field on the (2) We will get our uniforms back Veterans' POA Page 2 Board Minutes Page 9 ratification of the M.O.U. I had originally immediately. Around the Department told the members of Central Station that Photo Caption Contest I recommended they not ratify the agree- (3) We have broken new ground in a Page 3 Page 11 ment. I have since re-considered. It is not grievance procedure that allows us to take President's Column several general orders to an arbitrator if we a great M.O.U., by any means, but it does Page 3 Letters Pages 16 & 17 give us a contract which we haven't had. are not satisfied with rulings of the chief. Lastly, everyone at city hall expects Retired Members' Column A first step in the long road back to (4) Page 4 PAL Pages 18&19 respectability. us to turn this M.O.U. down and will use that against us down the road. If we say I sat through enough negotiations with Police Post Page 6 Sports Pages 20-23 arrogant politicians and slimy attorneys to yes, this Mayor can never say we haven't last me a lifetime. But I can give you four done our part in trying to mend the bridges.

Page 2 Notebook January, 1990 Committee reports: Bob McKee Unfinished business: Election of of- reported that the Board is looking at many ficers - Dick Castro to the Board of Direc- changes to the Constitution and By-Laws tors; Rudy Mion to 2nd Vice Preident and and that he hopes the new President will Ray Seydent to treasurer. Members ap- San Francisco Veteran appoint a Legislative Committee to pursue proved the nominations and election. this job. - Jim Cole reported that San New business: M/Weiner S/Cole to ap- Police Officers Assn. Jose settled a new contract but the details prove honorary membership for retired Ci- are not known at this time. - Sol Weiner ty Attorney James Stark. Approved. reported there may be another Charter M/Perry S/McKee to appoint the Secretary by Gale Wright Retirement board election: Lt. Al change in the offing for retirees who went a committee of one to find out if a second Casciato announced his candidacy for the out prior to 1976. The change would allow class mailing privilege would serve our JANUARY 1990 labor seat on the Retirement Board. We a dollar amount instead of a percentage members better for delivery of this bulletin. Meeting: Tuesday, January 9th at haven't had a police officer on the board resulting in an increase. Elliott Blackstone Approved. 11:30 a.m. is our next meeting date and for some years. While we cannot vote in and retired City Attorney Jim Stark are Good of the order: Al Perry reported time. We had well over 100 members at- this election, Al aked that we contact the working on it. - Marty Barbero reported that in the past, everyone over the age of tend the last two meetings. Visit with your active city workers we know and urge them that the financing of Prop E was quite 66, who wanted to make a blood donation, friends and enjoy a refreshment. Business to vote for AL CASCIATO for the good. Over 89% of our members con- had to get a certificate from his/her doc- starts at 12:30 p.m. sharp. Our fantastic RETIREMENT BOARD. tributed $25 each towards it, and that one- tor. That has changed. The doctor at Ir- Kitchen Crew always serves a delicious New members: Stanley C. Bernal, Don half of the monies contributed by the win Memorial Blood Bank will certify you. lunch. Brewer, David Connell, Richard Cosmi, Retired Firemans' Assn., the SFPOA and Contributions to the SFPOA Blood Ac- Dues are now payable: Please send Lawrence Gray, John J. Mahoney, Joseph the Firefighters Union will be, returned to count would be appreciated. - The Kit- your check for $12 dues today. Also in- Northern, David Seyler, Ronald Kiel and them. The balance will be put into a special chen Crew has two new volunteers who clude your blue dues card and a stamped, Robert Nelson. WELCOME. savings account at the SFPCU. are Ted Connell and Karl Johnson. self-addressed envelope. Bills: Treasurer Ed Cosgrove read the Santa Claus visited us: Bill Slissrnan Membership: If you missed joining the bills and payment was approved. Ed has made everyone smile when he appeared in Attendance 105 Membership 812 SFVPOA when you retired, write to us at been our Treasurer for the past five years, full costume and played an itty-bitty P.O. Box 22046, SF 94122 and we will and he has decided not to run for this of- trumpet and serenaded us with Christmas George Cathrell, President send info to you. The dues are $12 a year. fice again. Many thanks for a job well done. tunes. "You were great, Bill, and thanks." Gale Wright, Secretary Proposed dues increase for retired members of the SFPOA: The election is for the week starting on January 29th. President to cast a unanimous ballot for the Both President Mike Keys and Treasurer following: PRESIDENT- OTTO Al Trigueiro say the dues have to go up for ELVANDER, VICE PRESIDENT- both the Active and Retired members Widows and Orphans THOMAS BRUTON, TREASURE- because of inflation. Costs for everything WILLIAM PARENTI, TRUSTEES- from janitorial services to legal/professional WILLIAM HARDEMAN, JAMES services are up and, as we know, postage Aid Association STURKEN, AND KEVIN O'CONNOR. costs never go down. For the Retireds, the Motion McKee/2nd Kurpinsky that amen- increase is from $9 to $15 per year. (It has The regular monthly meeting of The munications before returning to Taraval. ding AFTV, SEC 3 of The Constitution be been only $9 for over 15 years.) Widows and Orphans Aid Association Ray received an injury while making an ar- approved. MOTION PASSED. This will What do I get for $15 per year? Legal was called to order by Pres. Thomas rest and was sent to Communications from now be submitted to the membership for help re disability and/or IRS problems; a Greene at 2:05 P.M., Wednesday, where he retired in 1969 at age 44 on a approval. 24-page monthly newspaper with postage; December 20, 1989 in the Traffic Bureau disability. Ray moved to Oreqon, where he GOOD OF THE ASSOCIATION: SFPOA verbal and financial support for Assembly Room, Hall of Justice. passed away at the age of 65. Secretary reported that dues notices had Charter changes; hall availability and ROLL CALL OF OFFICERS: All pre- REPORT OF TRUSTEES:' Mr. McIn- been sent to all cash members. if you have the POA Hall is the meeting place for the sent. Other members present- K. O'Con- tosh, Security Bank, reported on the per- not received same contact Bill Parenti American Legion Post #456, plus more! nor, M. Lennon, M. Kemmitt, F. Pardella, formance of the portfolio. He has sug- 691-6133 or Bob McKee 587-4570. Vote YES for the increase to $15. It's a M. Hurley. gested changes in the Constitution regar- Several notices have already been return- good deal. COMMUNICATIONS: Following dona- ding the investment program and gave the ed because of failure to notify us of change President's message: I would like to tions received and acknowledged by the following reasons for such change. Interest of address. PRES. GREENE set the next thank all members for the honor of allow- Secretary: In memory of John Blessing- rates will decline and this will enhance the meeting for January 17, 1990 at 2:00P.M. ing me to serve as your President for the RUTH WILLIAMS and KATHLEEN opportunity for future growth, diversify our in Traffic Bureau Assembly Room, Hall of year of 1989. 1 would like to thank each CR0 WE: In memory of Robert Mucci-MIM fixed income position, allow the use of high Justice. Secretary reported that Annual and every member of the Board of Direc- EMLET, THE NORDENSTEIN FAMILY, caliber companies in over the counter Letter will be sent in January along with tors, 1st V.P., and 2nd V.P. and the Kit- JOHN DAMON, JOHN GUENLEY, markets, reduce the potential volitility of the Ballot Proposal for Amending The chen Crew and Bar Crew and Secretary GUIDO BORLO, GEORGE CATHRELL, the principal, stem the erosion of income Constitution. and Treasurer, for their help. I would also VETERAN POLICE, M/M VAN NOR- from our present high interest bonds. ADJOURNMENT: There being no fur- like to thank all of the members on the MAN, M/M ETEROVICH, M/M UNFINISHED BUSINESS: Bro. Greene ther business to come before the member- Campaign Committee and all members FLAGSTAFF, M/M PERMALME, M/M reported on catastrophic Insurance - an ac- ship, the meeting was adjourned at 3:00 who contributed to our successful cam- DOTY. tuarial survey would have to be made P.M. in memory of the above departed paign on Proposition "E". I would like to VETERAN POLICE - in memory or before any company will quote prices, Bro. Brothers. wish everyone a Merry Christmas and Robert Thomson, PIUS LEE - monthly Lennon presented a plan for limiting A Happy and Healthy New Year to all Happy New Year, and a special thanks donation of Police Commissioners salary, amount of benefit if the funds would be members from the ' officers of the and warm friendship to our most gracious MALAND-ILG CHARITABLE TRUST - reduced below a certain percentage. Both Association. host, Father William. Also, it is very im- yearly contribution. Treas. Parenti plans put over until the February meeting. portant to contact present city workers to presented the usual bills - benefits, salaries, There being no contest for any of the of- Fraternally, vote for Al Casciato for the Retirement expenses etc. APPROVED. Treas. Parenti fices, the Secretary was instructed by the Bob McKee, Secretary Board election. See you all at the next reported the following deaths: ROBERT meeting. - George Cathrell, President ALMSTEAD - Born in 1951 at Fort The San Francisco Police Officers' Association How does Prop E work? Effective Ju- Clayton in the Panama Canal Zone, Robert ly 1, 1990: Pay raises which the active of- after working in ceramics and in various ficers receive, but are not retroactive to a NOTEBOOK law enforcement units, joined the Depart- lisps #882-320 July 1 date, will now also be paid to the ment in 1985 at age 33. He worked at Park EDITOR PUBLISHED MONTHLY $10 PER YEAR retired officers. Example: If they were to get Station, Mission and Potrero before being Tom Flippin OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF THESAN FRANCISCO POLICE OFFICERS! ASSOCIATION a raise in October which might mean $10 transferred into Communications. Becom- SPORTS EDITOR PHOTO EDITOR a month to you, that means $90 more to - 510 7TH STREET, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94103 ing ill from an inoperable condition, Robert ulDennisBianchi uianci,i Don woOiaruWoolard (415) 861-5060 you for the rest of that fiscal year. Without was forced to resign in April 1989. He was SFPOA BOARD OF DIRECTORS Prop E, you would not get the raise at all a very young 38 when he passed away. PRESIDENT...... until July 1 of the next fiscal year. Mike Keys Co. G...... Lon Ramlan ROBERT (ROCKY) THOMSON; Born VICE PRESIDENT ...... Paul Chigneli Co. H ...... Cflff Java Sick call: Tom Cahill home after heart in Scotland in 1908, Rocky worked as a SECRETARY ...... Steve Johnson Co. I ...... Mike Conway surgery and he is doing fine. Jack Toomey butcher before joining the Department in TREASURER ...... Al Trigueiro Co. K ...... Jerry Doherty had heart surgery at Presbyterian Hospital 1941 at age 32. From the Academy he was Co. A ...... George Rosko Ray Shine too and he will be home soon. Rocky assigned to the Solo Motorcycles. Rocky' Steward ...... Frank Machi HEADQUARTERS ...... Henry Friedlander Thomson* is on a life support system. Co. B ...... Pete Maloney Richard Alves worked this detail for a period of 13 years Co. C ...... BC Coggan SOB/T.F. Steward ...... James Drago Harold Eliaser is reported to have Parkin- before being assigned to the Bureau of In- Co. D ...... Gary Fox INSPECTORS ...... Alex Fagan son's disease. GET WELL EVERYONE. spectors. He became an Assistant Inspec- Steward ...... Larry Barsetti Roy Sullivan Deaths: Robert Mucci and John tor in 1956 and a full Inspector in 1959. Co. E ...... Mike Paulsen TACTICAL ...... Jerry Donovan Steward ...... John Goldberg MUNI...... Tom Flippin Schultz. Robert (Rocky) C. Thomson pass- During his time in the Department, he Cole ed away December 14th. Rest in Peace. Co. F ...... Mall Gardner RETIRED ...... Jim received the following awards- 1949 C/C ASSOCIATION OFFICE: 861-5060 for apprehension of a man who had held ADDRESS ALL CORRESPONDENCE TO: Members or readers submitting letters or articles to the editor up a clothing store; 1954 - 1st Grade for Editor, SFPOA Notebook, 510 7th St., San are requested to observe these simple rules: Librerias Mexico de California arrest of a suspect escaping from the City Francisco, CA 94103. No responsibility • Address letters to the Editor's Mail Box, 510 7th St., San BOOK DIVISION Prison; 1964, 3rd Grade for arrest of a whatever is assumed by the San Francisco Francisco, CA 94103 suspect in a stolen auto who had pulled a Notebook and/or the San Francisco Police Of- • Letters must be accompanied by the writer's truewill name and Paquita C. Mazén address. The name, but not the street address, be publish- ficers' Association for unsolicited material. NORTHERN CALIFORNIA MANAGER knife and a gun on other Officers. Rocky ed with the letter. SFPOA NOTEBOOK is the official 2841 Mission St 647-0330 retired for service in 1968 ,at age 60. He THE Unsigned letters and/or articles will not be used. publication of the San Francisco Police Officers San Francisco, CA 94110 Ph. 647-0329 was quite active in many Masonic Writers are assured freedom of expression within necessary organizations. He died on his 81st Association. However,- opinions expressed in limits of space and good taste. this publication are not necessarily those of the birthday. • The editor reserves the right to add editor's notes to any arti- SFPOA or the San Francisco Police cle submitted, if necessary. RAYMOND WESTGARD - Born in Los Department. Angeles in 1924, Ray worked as a clerk • Articles should be typed, double-spaced. Bäyside Cafe before he became a member of the Depart- ADVERTISING 2600 Bayshore Blvd. ment in 1958 at age 34. He was assigned David Dermer: (415) 863-7550 Nancy Huffaker: (206) 892-4710 (Collect calls accepted) San Francisco, CA to Taraval, after a year there he was sent to Northern Station. From Northern to POSTMASTER: Send address changes to SFPOA Notebook, 510 7th St., San Francisco 94103. 2nd Os55 Postage 239-7711 Southern and then a short stay in corn- Paid at San Francisco, CA. January, 1990 Notebook Page 3 I went to the 0CC offices to be inter- we're working on a plan to hopefully ad- viewed and found a man at their counter dress the problem but this won't take place soUND Tft filing a complaint. Is this unusual or wor- right away. I hope to have more info on this RTMi$ thy of note? Not by itself but this complai- in a month or so. nant had just defecated in his pants and Other costs I mentioned were, among the odor was horrendous (it was a hot day), other things, the Association now picks up but the clerk continued to take the com- the President's retirement and benefits. To plaint while holding her nose because as keep me full time, it costs the Association the rules state. ..every complaint must be $73,000 a year. I could go into detail why accepted and recorded. After I entered the I don't think it's worth having a full time office the investigators and clerks told me president, especially at that cost which will that this man was not the exception but always go up depending on salary and rather to some degree the norm for odor rank, but I won't. I've made some sugges- of many complainants which makes inter- tions, but they have met with resistance. viewing these persons in an unventilated Hard to make any changes when people office unbearable.. .but every complaint are so set in the old ways. must be received.. .and that is how it is in You are also going to hear negative a democratic free society.. .where we have things about the M.O.U. (from people who to tolerate the "smelly" while enjoying our PRESIDENT don't want us to have a contract) and the freedoms... get to start this month's column out fact we have 2 M.0.U.'s, one for sergeant I on a high note, letting you know San and below and one for lieutenant and Jose settled on their pay increase. They above. This is also new but people are go- * received 4% refro to July '89, 2% January ing to make it seem like a big deal and it's For the 10th year in a row Retired In- '90,4% July'90, 2% January '91, 4% Ju- not. spector Dave Toschi made a December ly '91, and 2% January '92. To answer I will be giving you more info on the visit to the seniors of the Cadillac Hotel your question: No, I don't know when we issues you're going to be asked to approve, located in the tenderloin. Dave dropped off can expect to see it on our checks. Soon but I personally hope you will support some presents in memory of "Sarge" as I know, I'll pass on that info. No settle- them. Kahies a 92 year old robbery victim that ment for Long Beach as yet. oney Talks and BS Dave befriended during a 1980 case that Anyone having problems on protests M Thatis what this month's P.O.A. was assigned to him. Dave still makes the with the sergeant's exam, get them to me election is all about. trip even though Sarge passed away some down at the office and we'll forward them Film Producer The City Fathers and Mothers are get- years ago, because it helps the Police Dept. to Duane Reno, our attorney handling the ting nervous. First the public safety be more positively thought of. You're do- exam with the consent decree. Needs Your Help! employees form a coalition. Then the Fire ing OK, Dave, and keep it up for many You will be voting on some important Fighters and Airport Police vote to assess more Decembers... issues the end of this month. You are go- themselves $100 per member to put ing to be asked to approve different issues: Mr. Edward Everett is preparing a Charter Amendments on the ballot via the 1) an upgrading of the Association's By- documentary on the events surrounding the October 17, 1989 earthquake. Should initiative petition process. Now the P.O.A. Hi, I'm Sgt. Laws, 2) the negotiated M.0.U., 3) is asking its membership to assess itself the whether you want to put a collective you or someone you know have either 3/4, $100 per member, and if this passes the bargaining charter amendment on the 8 mm, Super 8 or 16 mm taped footage chances of winning true benefits at the Candidate #1234 ballot in November and 4) to assess that Mr. Everett could use, please contact ballot box will become a reali- yourselves for money to fund the charter the POA office staff. ty. ..Remember Tier I and the time and a by Gary Delagnes amendment. Mr. Everett is of the opinion that San half for OT were won via the initaitive peti- A change in one of the By-Laws is an Francisco's police officers were not given I recently purchased my first lottery sufficient credit for their countless acts of tion process. ..the process by which we ticket, it was a new game called "I Want increase in the dues. I know you feel you're already paying too much for nothing but heroism performed during and after the controlled the language. To Be A Sergeant". This new game is sort catastrophe. Mr. Everett intends to use this The P.O.A. Election is being closely wat- of like "Scratch Off". You call yourself with skyrocketing legal costs and other ex- penses, that requires us as an Association footage to highlight our efforts. Proceeds ched... You bet... Chris Candidate, and you sit and watch from the sale of the documentary will Will the membership vote to approve the to generate more revenue. TV for an hour or so, hopeful of picking benefit the National Library Fund. assessment? If it doesn't, a signal of the right answer. In mentioning the issue of legal costs, weakness will be sent out... Memberships I felt strange taking the most recent that are unwilling to spend money to make Sergeant and Asst. Inspector tests. I felt money can be easily manipulated by the as though I was part of this crazy charade, powers that be who will toss peanuts rather as if I was helping to validate this loke" than substantive beni's... of a test by taking part in it. We were their Will the membership approve a dues in- guinea pigs, the numbers they needed to crease? If it doesn't the organization is make it work. If my name is picked out the doomed to mediocrity ... for an organization hat, and I was offered a job, I guess I would to truly function it must be able to func- take it. I don't think I could be proud of it, tion at the same (if not more) efficient level I really couldn't take a sense of pride in as its opposition. ..and that is how well passing a test that you couldn't study for. 48 GOLD STREET LOUIS PAPPALARDO move up from 92nd in the state. Probably like many of you, every time I SAN FRANCISCO Will the membership ratify the M.0.U.? picked up a General Order, or opened the CALIFORNIA 94133 PHONE:788-STAT The first M.O.U. in over 13 years needs Penal Code, I would find myself saying, to be ratified even though it will last only "What the hell am I doing." a few months... for it is a beginning, and It's really kind of pathetic the way we from this meager start future M.0.U.'s of have all played the game, put on our little Inc. substance can be negotiated... suits, and given what they needed, a MC2 representative amount of candidates to give their crazy test credibility. But on the other hand how can you blame a person ROBERT J. O'LEARY 1 for wanting to get ahead. It's not our fault Chief Executive Officer that the testing process is a fraud. I wish A friend calls to complain... "We spend I knew what to do. Should! refuse to take more time on administrative matters try- their lousy tests? Should I keep buying my ing to cut each others throats rather than lottery ticket and hope my number gets 650 California Street San Francisco California 94108 doing police work." True or not: you be the called? "Beats me, I don't know the answer Telephone: 415 982 7176 Telex: 857 586 Telecopy: 415 982 7374 judge of your unit or bureau... to that."

Page 4 Notebook January, 1990 is not taxed until you redeem or sell the bill. donating appreciated property you have Interest on a short-term CD that is not held for more than one year. You may take RETIRED credited to your account until 1990 will not a deduction equal to the fair market value be taxed until then. of the contributed property without paying MEMBERS • If you are near retirement, Series EE a capital gains tax on the appreciation. savings bonds will defer income until after However, the appreciated portion is sub- retirement, when you may be in a lower tax ject to the alternative minimum tax. COLUMN c/ bracket. They may also allow you to • Pay for tax-return preparation, invest- ment advice and other miscellaneous 0./Il escape the tax on Social Security benefits, by Gino Manonetti & Mike Sugrue I '! since interest will accumulate tax-free un- deductions in 1989 if you can exceed the / til you redeem the bonds. limit of 2 percent of adjusted gross income. • Ask your employer to defer receipt of If you cannot exceed the limit, consider a Christmas bonus or other income you ex- delaying payment of such items until 1990 Retired Police Officer pect to earn in 1989 to 1990. You should when you may be able to exceed the limit. Still time to make this request immediately or the IRS • Buy and install depreciable business Death Benefits may claim you "constructively received" the or investment property (such as office save on taxes income in 1989. equipment) before year's end. Generally, egarding this subject matter, I was • If you're self-employed, consider defer- you may claim a half-year's depredation for Rsomewhat astonished to learn that so ring billings or collections until 1990. (But business property installed as late as many retired Police Officers have so little Effective tax planning is a year-round ac- if deferring collections turns good December 31, 1989, even though you do knowlege as to what benefits their tivity. Nevertheless, you still have time to receivables into bad debts, bill and collect not pay for it until 1990 or later. Addi- beneficiaries are entitled to upon their reduce your 1989 liability. Warren Esanu, in 1989). tionally, you can take an immediate deduc- death. co-author of Guide to Income Tax • Make maximum contributions to tion for the purchase of up to $10,000 Upon the death of a retired member the Preparatin (Consumer Reports Books) and qualified pension and profit-sharing plans worth of business equipment installed prior designated beneficiary shall receive a lump tax attorney with Esanu Katsky Korins & and individual retirement accounts. These to the end of the year. sum death benefit in the amount of Siger in New York City, offers these plans are real tax shelters; all or part of • Take capital losses (long- and short- $100.00 for each completed year of ser- guidelines. your contributions may be deductible, and term) if you have taken no gains or losses vice up to a current maximum of Start your year-end tax planning by us- earnings accumulate tax-free until you so far this year or if those taken nearly $3,000.00 ing your 1988 tax return to pinpoint tax- withdraw them at retirement. After retire- balance each other. You can reduce your Upon the notice of death of a retired Ci- sensitive areas that need attention. (At this ment, qualified plans often provide ways taxable income dollar-for-dollar for up to ty Employee, the Death Benefit Section of writing there is talk of possible raises in tax to minimize the tax bite on distributions. $3,000 of long- or short-term losses. the Retirement Board will contact the rates and cuts in capital gairis rates; don't If you're self-employed, establish a Capital losses can be taken as late as beneficiary and they will request that you count on either, but follow the fax Keogh plan. Your Keogh must be in place December 31, 1989; remember to carry forward a certified death certificate of the developments in Washington so you can by December 31, but you have until the forward any unused capital losses from deceased. adjust your strategies according.) due date of your 1989 tax return (including 1988. Payments are paid in one lump and the It's long been a cardinal tax-planning rule extensions) to make the actual Social Security waiting period is approximately six (6) to to "pay later"; that is, to defer tax by contributions. Up to 50 percent of Social Security eight (8) weeks. postponing receipt of income, to a subse- Alternately, if you are not covered by a benefits are taxable if your modified ad- If Mike and I can be of any further quent year and at the same time ac- qualified plan, you can set up an IRA. justed gross income plus half your Social assistance, please don't hesitate to contact celerating deductions to the current year. Unlike Keoghs, IRAs may be established Security benefits exceed $32,000 for us at the POA Bldg., 510 6th St., Deferring taxes is particularly appropriate at any time up to April 16, 1990. However, couples filing jointly, $25,000 for single 415-861-5060, or correspond with us as if you're planning to retire soon. Most peo- you must also fund your IRA by that date filers. You may be able to reduce your tax- to the information you so desire. ple's incomes decrease after retirement, to obtain a 1989 deduction. able SS benefits by deferring receipt of which puts a premium on shifting income • Use the installment method to other income. For example: Invest excess from the higher-tax-bracket retirement postpone gain on the sale of assets such funds in Series EE bonds, which are not years. as real estate or stock of a closely held taxed until redeemed, or stretch out your AL GRAF Defer income business. You will not be taxed until you receipt of taxable benefits from a qualified If you, expect your 1990 tax rate to be receive payment. 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obviously designed to frustrate police ef- Acting Up forts to keep the peace and to bring on the kind of police reaction which is sure to find by Kevin Mullen (Retired/SFPD) a place on the evening news. Two Units, Such demonstrators It's too easy - and grossly unfair - to ClTfl that there isno legal requirement simply blame the police when something under the constitution for them to One Representative goes wrong at public demonstrations. In cooperate with the authorities either before b Al T%uJelro this age of instant television communica- or during their demonstrations. In that they . Brown Act and the City's Employee Rela- Chairman, Negotiating Committee tion, expression of the first amendment are correct, but it. .is also appropriate. for a tions. Ordinance. (Police. Officers. and• Fire - - right to petition the government "for a citizen to ask, unless it is the intention of The POA's Negotiating Committee Fighters are covered by the Meyers-Miias- redress of grievances" has pretty much these non-cooperative groups to create an agreed to the separation of Police Brown Act, but are not covered by the Ci- evolved into the street theater aimed at the unnecessarily disruptive result, why the hell classifications into two (2) distinct bargain- ty's Employee Relations Ordinance), in- evening news, with the police as only one they won't cooperate in preventing ing units, with the understanding that the cluding trade and craft employees, other actor in the ongoing melodrama. bloodshed. POA is to be recognized by the City as the blue-collar employees, white-collar, profes- Max Sennet, the great silent producer, What are the police to do? One thing representative of all employees in both sional, hospital and municipal railway was perhaps the first to see the potential would be to just let demonstrators continue units. Surprisingly, this decision has employees. The City has established a of filming the police for his own dramatic to block intersections and tie up traffic un- become a matter of some discussion and "supervisory" unit and a "non-supervisory" purposes. The way the story goes, ac- til public wrath shifts to where it belongs, debate. Thus, a brief explanation is in unit for each of these jurisdictions. In ad- cording to one of the producer's colleagues to those who are doing the actual disrup- order. • dition, Airport Police Officers have been from the early days, Sennet found himself ting. As professionals, the police cannot The Meyers-Miias-Brown Act, the State placed in one unit, while Airport Police in Hollywood in the early part of the cen- decline to act, but they should "make haste statute governing labor relations for city Sergeants, Lieutenants, and Captains are tury with his fledgling movie company slowly" in their response to such groups, employees, provides that virtually all city in another. The Airport Police Officers' which at the time consisted of a camera, so as not to be drawn into Keytone Kop employees are entitled to representation by Association represents both units. film, troupe of "actors," and. a passion to chases through the city's streets. an employee organization without regard Public agencies under the Meyers-Miias- make film, but with no story, sets, or ex- At the same time, the department could to their position in the administrative Brown Act may define bargaining units so tras, and no money to hire them. initiate a public discussion in the press, hierarchy. State law has consistently been long as their determinations meet the As luck would have it, there was to be without waiting for the next demonstration interpreted by the courts so as to permit judicial standard of appropriateness, that a large parade honoring military veteran in to occur, to identify the groups which cities and counties to group related is to say, a unit need not be the "ultimate" Hollywood, so he directed one of his ac- regularly employ provocative tactics classifications within separate bargaining or "most appropriate" unit, but only one tresses, suitably attired and carrying a doll designed more to goad the police into over units. For example, a 1975 Appellate that could reasonably be construed as ap- disguised as a real baby, to join the parade. reaction than to advertise their cause, Court decision held that the County of San propriate by the courts. While his whole camera ground away, Sen- simply on its own merits. These groups Mateo acted properly and did not violate The bottom line, therefore, is that the net directed a particularly fleet-footed ac- can't be forced to cooperate with the Meyers-Milias-Brown Act when it plac- courts have already decided that Peace Of- tor to pretend that he slugged the "young authorities, but when they are clearly ex- ed Deputy Sheriffs below the rank of ficers within a particular Department may mother" just as they passed a police officer posed for what they are doing, trust the Lieutenant in one bargaining unit, and be placed in separate bargaining units by on post at the parade. The actors did as public to withhold the support they so Sheriffs Lieutenants and above in another. cities and counties. Your Negotiating Corn- directed and the hapless officer, who, of much crave. Consistent unit determinations have mittee concluded that it would be foolish course, wasn't in on the joke, immediately been made by the City and County of San to go to the mat over this issue, particular- gave chase, with other officers joining in Francisco with regard to other City ly since doing so would take the focus off as the "culprit" ran by their posts. On film employees covered by the Meyers-Milias- of our very legitimate needs. it all looked pretty funny - except perhaps • to the officers who were duped into pro- viding a background for Sennefs filmed an- tics - and thus were born the famous Keystone Kop comedies, which for genera- Simple Wills tions reinforced the American view of police officers as scatterbrained idiots run- For POA Members a1adini L. ning around in circles waving their night SEAFOOD Co. sticks in the air. Many members may not be aware Serving the finest Restaurants. 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F Page 6 Notebook January, 1990 ordered a rescue effort. It too 'failed. THE CAL-BAY MORTGAGE GROUP POLICE AlthoughWHtilesey's force was too weak SF Police Serving the Bay Area since 1971 to bury its dead, when the Germans sug- POST gested surrender the major didn't even rep- Credit Union ly. Not until five harrowing days had pass- EARTHQUAKE DAMAGE? by Joe Reilly TRY A HOME #456, ed did relief get through. Only 190 IMPROVEMENT LOAN! Americans survived the living nightmare. You Can Forget About NEWS Three years later the highly decorated Next Christmas by Greg Corrales Whittlesey also became a casualty. Unable • Up to 100-110% Financing you open a Christmas Club account • No Appraisal Needed to come to terms with the disparity bet- Inow at SFPCU, you'll be dollars ahead • No Title Policy Required "Call him drunken Ira Hayes, he won't ween his celebrity and the ordeal of his answer anymore, men, he committed suicide. when next year's Holiday Shopping Season • $17,500 Maximum Loan begins. By saving automatically through • 10 -15 Day Funding Not the whiskey drinkin' Indian, or the As are all Americans I am saddened by payroll deductions, you won't find yourself • 101 Improvement Uses Marine that went to war." the heroic deaths of the young Americans caught short or end up spending it • Owner or Non-Owner Occupied The Ballad of Ira Hayes protecting democracy in Panama. I would Properties OK like to salute, in particular, Petty Officer 2/c elsewhere. Your money will earn interest Isaac Rodriguez Ill, Lt. (j.g.) John Patrick at higher credit union rates, and you won't s I recently listened to the ballad re- Connors, Chief Petty Officer Donald have to remind yourself to save each Painting, wallpapering, landscaping, A counting Ira Hayes' tragic attempts McFaul, and Petty Officer Christopher month. It's a nice surprise (and a relief) to carpeting, air conditioning, sprinkler to cope with the celebrity thrust upon him Tilghman. When I attended the Army Air- have that Christmas Club account check systems, fences and patios are all by Joe Rosenthal's world famous Iwo Jima borne Course at Fort Benning, Georgia, we arrive just in time! Call SFPCU today and eligible uses and there's many more. flag raising photograph, my thoughts turn- few Force Recon Marines teamed up with forget about next Christmas. ed to the many combat veterans that were the few Navy SEALs to demonstrate to SFPCU 36th Annual Meeting, never able to contend with their survival those soldiers what "BAD" meant! I seldom February 15, 1990 Give us a call today and their comrade's deaths. A classic ex- admit it but the SEALs are an outstand- The third anniversary of "The Last An- for further details! ample of this is the tale of what has been ing unit, and I have enormous respect for nual Meeting at the Hall of Flowers" will be CAROLE HINSHAW inaccurately labeled "The Lost Battalion." anyone that strives for, and attains a posi- held within those famous walls on Thurs- Neither lost nor a battalion, they were tion in an elite, ultraprofessional day, February 15th. As announced in the (415) 578-9000 550 stalwart soldiers. They were the tat- organization. October Call Box, nominations for the tered remnants of New York's famed 77th At year's end everyone has their lists, Board of Directors, Supervisory Commit- NOTE: We are working on getting "Statue of Liberty" Division, commanded and I am no different. As I reflect on the tee and Credit Committee were called for this program expanded to include a by a bespectacled Wall Street lawyer, Maj. good and the bad that occurred during during the month Of November. Nominated higher loan amount to help under Charles Whittlesey, who won the Medal of 1989, I am thankful that the good list is for the . two open seats on the Board of these special circumstances. Honor for his deeds. much longer than the bad list. The bad was Directors, each a three year term, were When Allied forces began the 1918 drive so bad, however, that I can only list one Thomas Dempsey and George Dawe. that would end World War I, the 77th fac- thing. The premature deaths of Pat Wolfe, Nominated for the one year remainder of ed the Argonne Forest, a formidable Ger- George Huegle, and John Blessing over- retired Director William Murphy's term is man stronghold. Whittlesey's exhausted shadow any other problems that have oc- Duane Collins. Nominated for the upcom- Ballroom Dance troops had been fighting steadily for weeks, curred over the last year. We must never ing vacant three year term on the Super- nontheless, Gen. John J. "Black Jack" Per- let their memories fade! visory Committee is James Curran. Classes shing ordered the Americans to advance My personal list of the "good stuff' of Nominated for the upcoming vacant three A new series of Ballroom Dance "Without regard of losses." When the ma- 1989 is not prioritized. It includes the year term on the Credit Committee is Classes for couples is being offered for jor's protest was refused, Whittlesey heroic response to the earthquake by all Ernest Frescur& SFPCU by-laws allow for a six-week series beginning Thursday responded; "I'll attack, but whether you'll San Franciscans, watching my son Greg nominees to be declared properly elected evening, January 11, at 7:30 p.m. hear from me again, I don't know." play baseball throughout his first .season, and installed in office as of the Annual Classes are conducted in the Com- On October 2 Whittlesey led his men the outstanding job done by the SFGHMC Meeting whenever the nominees equal the modore Sloat School Auditorium, cor- through a steep ravine dotted with enemy Institutional Police, the 12-win, rookie number of vacant elected positions. ner of Ocean Ave. and Junipero Serra gunners. Withering fire came from the left season of Jim Abbott, the California Make plans to attend the Annual Blvd. There is ample sheet parking. side, but the troops managed to make it Angels pitcher that was born with one arm, Meeting, visit with your friends, and enjoy The dance program offers instruction up and over the right side of the ravine. the friendship of a few people that I have some refreshments. The Board of Direc- in all the popular ballroom dance They reached the high ground, but they been able to count on when the chips were tors and Committees will be presenting rhythms, including fox trot, swing, were alone. Certain that the group was down, my twenty-year anniversary in the their Annual Reports to the membership. waltz, rumba, samba, cha cha, tango, spearheading a massive attack, the Ger- finest police department in the world, the Remember, at a bank, you're a customer. as well as offering fun dance mixers. mans rushed reinforcements into the area, fellowship of the members of Post 4516, At the S.F. Police Credit Union, yothe a The new student class begins at 7:30 and the major and his men were cut off. and a wonderful year with Denise Paulson. member.. p.m. The intermediate class begins at A few carrier pigeons brought along in a The next two Post 456 meetings will Footnotes To History 8:30 p.m. Enrollment is $40 per couple cage were their only means of communica- take place on 9 January and 13 'February, The recent articles on the history of for the one-hour, each Thursday even- tion. "Our mission is to hold this position 1990. Make your New Year's resolution SFPCtJ prompted a letter from Mr. Jim ing class for the six-week series. Register at all costs," the steadfast Whittlesey told the attending of your Post's meetings. The Diggins. Jim was the first Vice-President at the first meeting, or to pre-register his men. "No falling back." meetings will start at 2000 hours at the of the SFPB Federal Credit Union, and and obtain additional information, con- A third of the force became casualties POA Building, 510 Seventh Street. At the later served as Assistant Manager for 12 tact the instructors, Ed and Alice Lahl of an attack the next day, and to make conclusion of each meeting gourmet years. at 731-0746. matters worse, there was neither food nor morsels are served fresh from Mama Con Jim recalled that the SF Police Officers' medical supplies. On October 4 a misguid- rales' kitchen. Due to the lack of access to Association and its president at the time, ed Allied artillery barrage hit Whittlesey's Mama Corrales' cooking utensils last John Conroy, were a large force in the ef- men. The major wrote a message pinpoin- month, the refreshments were produced in fort to establish a credit union. In its early ting their position and pleading, "For Mama Mah's kitchen. Once again, our days, the credit union and the POA Video T 0 heaven's sake, stop it." His last carrier thanks to Frank and Evie Mah, owners of published a joint monthly paper. The credit pigeon, Cher Arni, flew through enemy fire Zuka's, for their steadfast support of Post union's original publication was the and arrived with the message minus an eye 456! Notebook, now the name of the SFPOA Amusements and a leg, and two hours after it had Once again, start thinking about can- monthly paper. started, the shelling stopped. (Cher Ami didates for Boys' State. It will be held at Another important figure in SFPCU Tony Edwards was awarded a Distinguished Service California State University, Sacramento, history was Sgt. Ed Gerlach, a major con- 1094 Revere, Suite A-25 Cross.) June 23-30, 1990. Post 456 will pay all ex- tributor to the new credit union. The credit San Francisco, CA 94124 After an airlift had failed (the hungry men penses for two young men who must be union was able to make several small loans 822-4757 watched supplies fall behind German lines), high school juniors at this time. It is a once- through the confidence of such depositors, the "Lost Battalion" became nationwide in-a-lifetime opportunity. and thus began its growth. Of particular in- news. Embarrassed, General Pershing I would like to close this month's column terest is the fact that a police officer back with a quote regarding romance. I have then would be fired if he filed for bankrupt- always been a romance-kinda-guy, and on cy. As a result, the credit union could be February 3, 1984, at Cobb's Pub, Larry quite liberal with its credit policy at a very (415) 3621000 j4!ir Speedy, Brown said something that is the story of minimal risk. Many officers soon con- Printing Center my life. He said, "The most romantic thing solidated their debts into credit union £ any woman ever said to me in bed was 'are loans. New officers joined the credit union A PARTNERSHIP INCLUDING PROFESSIONAL CORPORATIONS you sure you're not a cop?' almost immediately since they had to buy 870 MARKET STREET • SUITE 570 their uniforms and equipment themselves. SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA 94102 JOHNNY LEE Owner Eastworld Media During the time that the credit union oc- Typesetting • Graphics • Printing cupied the former stable area behind Park Station, there were Dutch Doors at the en- Esther S. Nervez M . C.P.A. 1111 Geary Blvd. hance of the office. The inside joke was Sari Francisco, CA 94109 14151 771-0273 425 2nd Street that only the bottom half of the door was San Francisco, CA 94107 (415) 495-5617 open for business. Most police officers in those days were so burdened with credit union loans that they could walk right CONSUMER CREDIT COUNSELORS underneath the upper door. (A little vintage OF SAN FRANCISCO & TAE PENINSULA COTKIN, COLLINS & FRANSCELL credit union humor there) Thank you, Jim; A PROFESSIONAL CORPORATION I'm sure you'll agree that both SFPCU and CATHY PIETRUSZEWSKI SFPD have undergone some radical EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR ATTORNEYS AT LAW changes since then. 31 GEARY ST. SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94108 201 NO. FIGUEPOA ST., SUITE 1100 • LOS ANGELES 90012 . (213)250.3600 (415) 788-0259 200 W. SANTA ANA BLVD., SUITE 800 • SANTA ANA 92701 . 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The Board of Directors of your Associa- purpose of reaching a mutual agreement. Co. B: Pete Maloney* tion need your support for the Should we come to an impasse, arbitration November/90 election. would be invoked. Jeff Smith We wish to sponsor a ballot measure The POA and the City would each select that will define the parameters of a collec- one arbitrator and would mutually agree tive bargaining measure with interest upon a third arbitrator for the panel. arbitration. This 3 member panel would proceed Co. C: Bill Coggan * Should we be enjoined with the San with a fact-finding process and, eventual- Francisco Firefighters and the San Fran- ly, render a judgement that would be bin- cisco Airport Police in sponsoring this issue ding on all parties. Co. D: Gary Fox* all labor negotiations for each department The campaign planned for this ballot will be conducted separately. measure will cost our Association approx- Our attorneys have drafted the language imately $150,000.00 We will need to for the proposition under consideration assess our members $100.00' per person Co E: Mike Paulson* that will allow for: ($10.00 per pay period between Feb/90 to • Multi-year contracts Jun/90) to sponsor this proposition. Both • A panel of 3 arbitrators to resolve any the charter amendment and assessment Co. F: Matt Gardner * impasse will be submitted to you in Jan/90 for a full • Protection of Tier I pension rights membership vote. • Enhancement of Tier II pension We are asking you to place your trust in benefits our ability to successfully negotiate in your Co. G: Lon Ramlan * Please keep in mind that there are no best interests. guarantees except that Tier I pension rates We, the members of the Executive cannot be diminished or bargained away. Board, recommend the passage of this The pay formula as we've known it would assessment for the purpose of sponsoring Co. H: Cliff Java* be replaced by bargaining. Our benefits a ballot measure. would be negotiated, on a contractual Mike Keys basis, should this legislation pass. Paul Chignell Co. I: Mike Conway* Our attorneys and our SFPOA labor Steve Johnson negotiating team would meet on a regular Al Trigueiro basis with the city's representatives for the Tac: Jerry Donovan*

HQ: Henry Friedlander* To The Members Of Southern Station Rich Alves* The main responsibility of a station rep members of Southern Station overwhelm- Leanora Militello is to relate the desires and needs of the ingly decided not to endorse Arlo Smith on people he or she represents. I am running a sign-up sheet at Southern, and even for station representative because the cur- though Maloney was informed of this prior rent rep has failed to portray the true feel- to the vote being taken, he still voted to Retired: Jim Cole * ings of the rank and file at Southern Sta- endorse District Attorney Smith. Worst of tion. Not only has Pete Maloney missed 4 all, Maloney's vote was the deciding one of the 12 meetings which have been held in ratifying the official endorsement of Arlo during his most recent tenure, but he also Smith. Bureau: Alex Fagan* committed the worst of all cardinal sins for I make no outlandish promises if I am a station rep - he superceded the wishes elected your representative. I will, however, Roy Sullivan* of his constituents because they didn't make one promise because it represents share his personal beliefs. the most basic premise of this position. I When the endorsement of Arlo Smith for will relay the wishes of the members of Traffic: Ray Shine* State Attorney General was being debated Southern Station to the Board of Directors among the rank and file, the station reps and accurately portray your true beliefs. Gerry Doherty * were given strict instructions from Mike Keys to return to their stations and poll Jeff Smith their members. Despite the fact that the Muni: Tom Flippin * * ***** ** * * ** ** * Incumbent VOTE! In addition to voting for Station Representative, the membership will vote on the following proposals: 1. Endorsement of a City Charter amend- ment for collective bargaining with in- terest arbitration and an inherent assessment to help finance campaign costs. 2. Acceptance of the currently negotiated Memorandum of Understanding. 3. Acceptance of a large number of changes, additions and deletions to the SFPOA Constitution and By-laws. (Each change, addition and/or deletion must be voted on individually). Page 8 Notebook January, 1990

SAN FRANCISCO slave was the property of the owner and at all, some argue, but merely a 'blob of understand the options facing the fifteen- could be bought and sold, used, or even cells', Uterine contents', a potential person year-old girl who mistaken choices have killed by the owner at the owner's at best." Medical research, however, has produced an unwanted pregnancy that Fellowship of discretion. shown that a unqiue human life begins at seems to threaten her entire future. But Eleven years and a civil war later, in conception. there are alternatives to abortion. Christian 1868, the people of the U. S. voted into Adding nutrients, oxygen, and time will "Churches in growing numbers around Peace Officers effect the Thirteenth and Fourteenth only foster the growth and refinement of the United States are developing Crisis Amendments to the U. S. Constitution. systems that originate at conception and Pregnancy Centers and reaching out, in The interpretation and legalprotection of mature in adulthood. Jesus' name, to women with crisis pregnan- COPS FOR CHRIST LUNCHEON "persons" now included all living hunan Before a woman even suspects that she cies. These ministries on alternatives to JANUARY 11, 1990 beings. may be pregnant, tremendous develop- abortion rely upon the good efforts of train- THURSDAY NOON January 22, 1973, the U. S. Supreme ment has already occurred within her ed volunteers under the supervision of a Court ruled in the landmark Roe v. Wade womb. At three weeks, her child's heart director. Through Crisis Pregnancy The Cops for Christ Luncheon will be and Doe v. Bolton decisions that unborn begins to beat. The backbone, spinal col- Centers, women find emotional support held at the Police Officers Association human beings are not legal "persons" ac- umn, and nervous systems begin to form. and encouragement, the Gospel of Christ's Building at 510 7th Street near Bryant cording to the U. S. Constitution. An un- Tiny buds for arms and legs also appear love and forgiveness, and practical Street. The cost of the luncheon is born baby is the property of the owner during that first month of development. assistance that is so necesary for young $6.00. Donna will be serving a hot (mother), and she can have the child killed Unmistakable facial features, including mothers as they prepare to give birth to a lunch. Please notify one of the below of at her request, even up to the time of birth the ears, nose, lips and tongue are formed baby The Crisis Pregnancy Cetners pro- your intention of attending. Bring a if her doctor agrees. during the second month. Brain waves can vide free pregnancy testing, video educa- guest. Jim Crowley 553-1500, Ed Erde- Now the Country is again bitterly divid- be detected, recorded, and read at approx- tion on pre-natal development and abor- latz 553-1145 or Dan Hampton ed. In 1857, the discrimination was on the imately forty days. Cartilage begins to tion, maternity clothes, baby clothes, 553-1101. basis of skin color. Today, the discrimina- change to true bone, and muscle systems childbirth classes, housing arrangements, tion is on the basis of age and begin to develop in this miniature infant referrals for medical care, adoption, or THIS MONTH'S SPEAKER unwantedness. who now measures one inch in length. This public assistance. According to the clients, Navy's Blue Angels' Since the 1973 U. S. Supreme Court tiny person begins to move imperceptibly however, the services were not the most James Horsley Decision, more than 25 million unborn within his mother, responds to touch, and important part of the center. Rather, it was children have been killed by abortion. The feels pain. the love and acceptance they felt from the U. S. daily average is more than 4,200 or By the third month, the child doubles in people who worked with them." Our speaker this month is Jim one child killed every 20 seconds. There size and features are increasingly defined. Shepherding Homes Horsley, former Tactical Jet Naval is always at least one dead victim produc- Fingers and toes are quickly formed, com- Many churches work with the Christian Aviator. Jim's first tour was in the ed from every one of these. acts of violence. plete with fingerprints - the marks that Action Council and others to develop Western Pacific deployed aboard the Live births occur daily. "Because of the give a person a separate legal identity. Shepherding Home Ministries in which U.S.S. Midway. Flying the A-6 Intruder, number of abortions performed after 20 Sexual differentiation is clear, and the in- families open up their home to receive he completed over 200 combat mis- weeks (five months into the pregnancy) live fant already contains primitive egg or women during the course of their pregnan- sions in North Vietnam for which he re- births are a daily occurrence in the U. S. sperm cells. During the fourth month, rapid cy and sometimes beyone. ceived the Distinguished Flying Cross,. One offical with the Center for Disease growth takes place. The infant is now eight Adoption 16 Air Medals, 4 Navy Commendation Control estimates at least 500-600 cases to ten inches in length and may weigh over As a result of abortion in America, the Medals, the Presidential Unit Citation occur each year. Precise figures are not eight ounces. Facial expressions similar to number of babies who are available for and numerous Vietnam Campaign available since abortionists are unwilling to the parents and grandparents can be seen. adoption has dramatically fallen. Conse- Medals. In 1979 Jim was selected as a report on babies delivered alive." Eyebrows and eyelashes appear, along quently, demand for babies by adoptive demonstration pilot with the Navy's "A report on 150,000 abortions perform- with fine hair on the infant's head. All the couples has grown. I believe it is unfair to Blue Angels. During his two year tour ed in upstate New York reveals 38 cases physiological systems necessary for life say that babies are unwanted. There are with the "Blues" Jim performed at over of live birhts... have long since been functioning. many childless couples who want 150 airshows in 90 cities throughout the' In June 1983, news broke in Madison, When • a woman enters a clinic that desperately to adopt a child. But there are United States and Canada as the left Wisc., 6 live births from abortionists in two advertises "Abortions up to twenty-four very few babies avaialble for adoption wingman in 1979 and the slot pilot in: hospitals there During that same month, weeks," she is not ridding herself of the becuase so many are being destroyed. In 1981. Dr. Francis Schaeffer led a memorial ser- blob of tissue, or something that looks like fact, black markets for healthy babies are When he graduated from high school vice in Atlanta, Ga., for 14 babies who an egg yolk. She is destroying a six month constantly being uncovered. In many Jim received athlete of the year honors were born alive through abortions in Mid- old unborn baby that looks very human places the going price for a healthy white for his efforts in football and track. town Hospital... The infants subsequently and may already resemble her and the child runs from five thousand to fifteen died... child's father! 2 thousand dollars. I think there are a lot of Two babies who survived abortions at In addition, life beginning at conception peole out there.who want to embrace, love, Abortion in America Wilmington Medical Center in Delaware is based on a wealth of medical informa- and nourish the life that is now being were later adopted... tion from genetics. Modem science in the destroyed. Estimates place the number of Part II Many physicians refuse to face live births last decade has brought us a spectrum of couples willing to adopt a child at 400,000. because they cannot bring themselves to knowledge about fertilization and early They are fully prepared to be parents to be by Jim Crowley acknowledge the humanity of their victims. development that we had only guessed at child released into their care. 6 Dr. Warren Pearse, executive director of previously in history. We now know that Adoption also needs to become a more DEDICATION the American College of Obstetrics and the sperm contributes 50% and that the attractive option. We should modernize Gynecology, gave the following answer egg contributes 50% of the new life. The adoption laws which arbitrate and adocate would like to dedicate this series of ar- when asked what doctors typically do to sperm contains the genetic code of the the rights, needs, and concerns of the birth I ticles with the words of John Powell, determine whether an aborted fetus is alive: father, and has no life or continuing fun- parents, adoptive parents and adoptive S.J., in the Dedication of his outstanding "What you would do next (after expul- citon beyond the sole goal of its existence, children. Educational efforts to remove the book, "Abortion: The Silent Holocaust." sion) is nothing, Pearce said. "You assume that is, fertilization. The ovum contains the stigma attached to adoption are needed. "These articles are dedicated to every the infant is dead unless it shows signs of genetic code of the mother and is unques- Adoption is a loving act for the child and woman who is carrying a child under her life. You're dealing with a dead fetus unless tionably part of her body. It has no other a wonderful way to built families. heart. ..especially if your heart is trembling there is sustained cardiac action or sustain- function than to be fertilized, and if it is not, Male responsibility for children must in- with fear or is crushed beneath a lonely ed respiration - it's not enough if there's it will die. crease. Pregnancy continues to be a large- grief. a single heart beat of an occasional gasp." When, however, at fertilization, the 23 ly female responsibility partly because Please believe that you are not alone. Gasping for air, twitching and moving chromosones from the sperm join 23 males abdicate their roles as fathers. There There are many of us who truly love you, about, babies born struggling to survive chromosomes from the ovum, a new be- is a great need for stronger child support who want to stand at your side, and help abortion are unforgettable to their mothers. ing is created. Never before in the history enforcement. There is also a need to in anyway we can." After watching these infants die, the scene of the world nor ever again will a being, minister to single parents. Since we urge "Raw Judical Power" is replayed mentally over and over again, identical to this one exist. This is a unique women to carry their babies to term, we March 6, 1857, the U.S. Supreme Court and a cycle of self-punishment may being, genetically totally different from the must be prepared to minister to them after rules in the landmark Dred Scott decision begin." 1 body of the father or the mother, indepen- the babies are born. Developing services as that black people were not legal "persons" Facts You May Not Know dent, programmed from within, moving for- simple as cooperative baby-sitting are a big according to the U. S. Constitution. A "A child killed by abortion is not a child ward in an ongoing, self-controlled process help. These can enable women to work of maturation, growth, development, and who could not afford day-care expenses. replacement of his or her own dying cells. The children need exposure to father "Our Country, which has prided itself on figures. Mothers need opportunities to its lack of discrimination on any grounds, share with each other and to encourage has succumbed to discrimination against one another. Single parents should be in- the unborn because they cannot speak for cluded in the broader fellowship to the themselves, against the newly born church. because they have lives not worthy to be lived, and against the elderly because they TO BE CONTINUED: PART ifi. are social and economic burdens." Former Surgeon General C. Everett Notes: 2001 FilirnoreStreet • San Francisco 94115 • 415/567-5226 Koop writes, "When doctors are willing to become social executioners for millions of 1. Curt Young, "The Least of These", Pg. babies, we must examine what motives are 94-05. used in justifying their actions. Usually, 2. Randall A. Terry, "Operation Rescue", reasons given include preserving the life of Whitaker House, Pg. 136-137. the mother, the expectations of a defective 3. C. Everett Koop, Booklet by In- child, rape, and incest. Even if these were tercessors for America, "Abortion In Shangri-La Holidays valid reasons, they would account for on- America". Pg. 11-8. ly 3% of all abortions. A full 97% of abor- 4. C. Everett Kopp, Booklet by In- .571 Travel Lines tions occur for matters Of convenience and tercessors for America, Pg. 11-7. economy." 5. Curt Young, "The Least of These", It is important that those of us who feel Moody Press. Pg. 172-174. abortion is a travesty and an affront to God 6. Curt Young, "The Least of These", Pg. 291 Geary Street, Suite 308, San Francisco, CA 94102 U.S.A. still show genuine empathy for the delim- 213. Te1:(415)956.8088, 956-8556 Telex:371-7471 Fax:(415)956-1176. mas and anguish of the millions of women 7. Dr. & Mrs. WilIke, "Handbook on who have souqht abortions. We must Abortion", Pg. 9-10. January, 1990 Notebook Page 9 Motion #2: Submit, to a full membership Paulsen, Co E; Ramlan, Co G; Java, Co Board Of Directors Meeting vote in Jan/90, a proposal to adjust mon- H; Doherty, Co K; Shine, Co K; thly membership POA dues by a 1/8% in- Friedlander, Hdqfrs; Sullivan, Invest; Flip- December 19, 1989 crease per member (approx. $5.00 per pin, Muni; Keys, Pres; Johnson, Secty;, month). Trigueiro, Treas. Motion: Chignell 2nd: Johnson (Abstain): Cole, Ret. Call to Order: 1500 hours am unit. Discussion: This adjustment would Motion Failed: 6 Yes - 13 No - 1 Abstain Pledge of Allegiance Chairman Willett further reported that assist the Board of Directors to continue Motion #6: To submit the Memorandum Roll Call: (Present) George Rosko, Co. approximately 5 candidates in the to fund projects/requests that are beneficial of Understanding in its present form to the A;Frank Machi, Co. A; Pete Maloney, Co. sergeants exam had to re-take the video to all members. full membership for a vote in Jan/90. B; Bill Coggan, Co. C; Gary Fox, Co. D; portion because the, first time they had Vote: (Yes Votes): Rosko, Co A; Motion: Johnson 2nd: Coggan Larry Barsetti, Co. D; Mike Paulsen, Co. taken it their tape recording malfunction- Maloney, Co B; Coggan, Co C; Fox, Co Discussion: The M.O.U. is a bifurcted E; John Goldberg, Co. E; Matt Gardner, ed, eliminating their initial responses to D; Paulsen, Co E; Gardner, Co F; Ramlan, contract placing commissioned officers Co. F; Lon Rarnlan, Co. G; Cliff Java, Co. each scenario. It was the general consen- Co C; Java, Co H; Doherty, Co K; Shine, (personnel at/above the rank of lieutenant) H; Gerry Doherty, Co. K; Ray Shine, Co. sus of the Board that a remedy should be Co K; Alves, •Hdqtrs; Fagan, Invest.; in a separate bargaining unit from other K; Henry Friedlander, Hdqtrs.; Rich Alves, offered in this regard for all of the other Sullivan, Investe. : Flippin, Muni; Keys, members. Both contracts (commissioned Hdqtrs.; Alex Fagan, Invest.; Roy Sullivan candidates and a motion was passed (see: Pres. Chignell, V-Pres.; Johnson, Secty; officers/personnel below the rank of It.) are Invest.; Tom Flippin, Muni; Jim Cole, Ret.; Motion #) to request via the Auditor Trigueiro, Treas. essentially the same. Both contracts have Mike Keys, Pres.; Paul Chignell, Vice-Pres.; Monitor that the video portion be (No Votes): Friedlander, Hdqtrs; Cole, been provided to your representative(s) for Steve Johnson, Secty.; Al Triqueiro, Treas. eliminated entirely or a resolution reached Retired your perusal. There are many benefits in- (Excused) Mike Conway, Co. I; Jerry that would be acceptable to all candidates. Motion Passed: 18 yes 2 no clusive in the negotiated documents which, Donovan, Tactical, Jim Drago, SOB/Task By-Law Committee: (Chair/Johnson) Motion #3: To submit, to a full member- while we now take them for granted, there Force. The by-law changes to our Constitution ship vote in Jan/90, a change in the by- is no obligation for the City to continue to President's Report will be submitted to the general member- laws to ensure a special election is held for provide them. A M.O.U. will ensure the President Keys expressed the need for ship for a vote in Jan/90 (See: Motion #3 those stewards formerly appointed by continuance of benefits (e.g. reinstatement the following matters to be brought before and #4) President Keys within 30 days of the adop- of uniform replacement). If this particular a full membership vote in Jan/90: Police Services Committee: tion of associate amendments. M.O.U. is approved it will only be in effect A charter amendment for collective (Chair/Delagnes) Motion: Chignell, 2nd; Fagan until June/90. bargaining with interest arbitration The presentation of the SFPOA Officer Discussion: None Vote: (Yes Vote): Rosko, Co A; Coggan, with an inherent assessment in order of the Month award for Dec/89 was put Vote: Passed unanimously Co C; Fox, Co D; Paulsen, Co E; Gard- to arrange for a successful campaign. over for 1 month. Members from both Co. Motion #4: To submit, to a full member- ner, Co F; Ramlan, Co G; Java, Co H; (See: Motion #1) F and Co. C will be selected for Dec/Jan., ship vote in Jan/90, the by-law changes to Doherty, Co K; Shine, Co K; Friedlander, 90, respectively. the POA constitution that will allow, Hdqtrs.; Fagan, Invest.; Sullivan, Invest.; An adjustment in membership dues Old Business among other things: Flippin, Muni; Cole, Ret.; Keys,' Pres; (i.e. increase of 1/8%) in order to ap- FTO Status: - a moratorium Chignell, V-Pres.; Johnson, Secty; propriate monies necessary to spon- We are still negotiating with the Ad- - associate membership for housing Trigueiro, Treas. sor Association needs. (See: Motion ministration to ensure appropriate compen- police officers (No Vote): Maloney, Co B; Alves, #2) sation is paid to trainers and that training - appropriate committee realignment Hdqtrs. opportunities are diversified throughout - language clarification Motion Passed: 18 Yes 2 No Approval of amendments to our Con- patrol. Motion: Johnson 2nd: Sullivan Motion #7: Secretary's Report for stitution (See: Motion #3 and Motion General Membership Meeting (Motion #4 will also reflect the following: Nov/89 Board Mtg approval. #4) The business of the regular Board - reinstate voting rights of retired that Motion: Shine 2nd Flippin Meeting was suspended in order to con- were inadvertently removed from the Motion passed unanimously Approval of Memorandum of vene the Dec/General Membership Meeting amended version distributed to the Board Motion #8: Treasurer's Report for Understanding as negotiated with at 1730 hours. last month. Nov/89 Board Mtg. approval. representatives of the Mayor's Office Election Committee Report: - Authorize a special 30-day election Motion: Flippin 2nd: Shine (See: Motion #5 and Motion #6) (Chair/Dachauer) for stewards. Motion passed unanimously The President also reported that San The floor was opened to receive nomina- - Adjust monthly membership dues by Motion #9: To eliminate the video por- Jose Police Department will be receiving a tions other than those proposed to the elec- a 1/8% increase) tion of the Q50 (Sgts) exam from the total 6% pay raise per year for the next 3 years. tion committee for the station represen- Discussion: An objection was made as grading in lieu of other information or The Controller's Office is currently tative election scheduled for Jan/90. to the timeliness and need to present the remedies obtained by our federal litigation calculating the formula as it will apply to The following nominations were amendments to a membership vote rather committee. our membership. accepted: than delay the process until further changes Motion Johnson 2nd Maloney Vice President's Report Co A: G. Rosko/F. Machi could be made. The by-law committee Discussion: It was the general consen- Deferred formal comment and spoke to Co B: P. Maloney/J. Smith chair requested the full board's indulgence sus of Board members that there was a the issues mentioned above. Co C: B. Coggan in this matter since previous notification definite lack of quality controls during the Secretary's report of Nov/89 Board of Co D: G. Fox was made via the Notebook publication, administration of the sergeants examina- Directors meeting was approved (See: Co E: M. Paulsen and copies of each amendment were pro- tion. The chair of the Federal Litigation Motion #7) Co F: M. Gardner vided to every representative on the Board committee states that 5 members/can- Secretary Johnson reported on the Co G: L.Ramlan of Directors. didates who took the exam had to re-take establishment of a Public Safety Alliance Co H: C. Java Vote: (Yes Vote): Rosko, Co A; Coggan, the video portion since their original com- (P.S.A.) involving informal discussions with Co I: M. Conway Co C; Fox, Co D;'Paulsen, Co E; Gard- ments weren't tape recorded. Another the following organizations: Tac: J. Donovan ner, Co F; Ramlan, Co G; Java, Co H; member reported that he had to wake his San Francisco Deputy Sheriffs' Hdqtrs: H. Friedlander Doherty, Co K; Shine, Co K; Alves, proctor half way through the video to have Association R. Alves Hdqtrs; Friedlander, Hdqtrs; Sullivan, In- the tape turned over. Since this particular San Francisco Airport Police Officers' L. Militello vest; Flippin, Muni; Cole, Ret.; Keys, segment (i.e. video) will account for 43% Association Retired: J. Cole Pres; Chignell, V-Pres; Johnson, Secty; of the total score, the Board unanimously •District Attorneys Investigators' Bureau: A. Fagan Trigueiro, Treas. approved having our attorneys approach Association R. Sullivan (No Vote): Maloney, Co B the Auditor Monitor for a remedy accep- Officers for Justice (OFJ) Traffic: R. Shine Motion passed - 18 yes 1 no 'table to all. Women Officers Network (W.O.N.) G. Doherty Motion #5: To reject the Memorandum Vote: Motion approved unanimously Latino Officers' Association Muni: T. Flippin of Understanding in its present form, Motion #10: Al Casciato endorsed by Asian Peace Officers' Association There being no other business before the outright, without a full vote of the the SFPOA for the Retirement Board. PSA meetings are scheduled for every General Membership meeting it was ad- membership. Motion: Friedlander 2nd: Cole 3rd Thursday of the month at 0800 hours journed at 1815 hours and the regular Motion: Fagan 2nd: Alves Motion passed unanimously at the POA office (510 7th Street). Dec/Board Meeting reconvened. Discussion: Several members of the Motion #11: That "Marina Sand" will not Treasurer's Report New Business Board felt that the M.O.U. as it stands, be sold under the endorsement of the The Treasurer's report of the Nov/89 Al Casciato was endorsed by our Board does not sufficiently benefit our members SFPOA (nor had any prior permission Board of Directors meeting was approved for his campaign to obtain a seat on the and that it should be rejected at the Board been given) and that any 'monies already (See: Motion #8) Retirement Board. (See: Motion #10) level in order to send a message to the collected shall be donated to the "Wish Treasurer Trigueiro then gave an up- Mayor. Upon A Star" organization. dated report on fees expended over the Dorothy Shurtloff requested the POA's Vote: (Yes Vote): Maloney Co B; Fox, Motion: Shine 2nd: Friedlander past 3 months involving the law firm of endorsement to sell 'Marina Sand' from the Co D; Gardner, Co F; Alves, Hdqtrs; Motion passed unanimously Davis, Reno & Courtney*: earethquake. Proceeds would benefit any Fagan, Invest.; Chignell, V-Pres. Steve Johnson Sept. $11,000.00 charity designated by the SFPOA. The re- (No Vote): Rosko, Co A; Coggan, Co C; Secretary Oct/Nov $9,000.00 quest was denied and a subsequent motion Dec $6,250.00 (With a carryover was passed (See: Motion #11) to send of 80 hours credit). any/all monies already collected in this mat- Romance (GP) Bridal The Brick Row Book Shop Complete Wedding Service ter to the "Wish Upon A Star" organization. San Francisco Branch *This update was requested by the full Financial Requests San Jose Main 278 Post Street, Room 303 1818 Tully Rd. #162A 753 Clay Street San Francisco, California 94108-5071 Board when the contract was originally All financial requests for the month of San Jose, CA 95122 San Francisco, CA 94108 Tel: (408) 238-2328 Tel: (415) 989-2288 Telephone (415) 398-0414 approved. December were deferred. Fax: (408) 238-7217 Members of the Executive Board have Meeting adjourned at 2000 hours. also been meeting with representatives of the Bley law firm for the purpose of Motions renegotiating their contract. A draft pro- Motion #1: Endorsement of a charter A Professional Corporation posal was issued to Board members for amendment for collective bargaining with Certified Public Accountants review and consideration at the Jan/90 interest arbitration and an inherent assess- meeting. ment to help finance campaign interests. One Market Plaza Committee Reports Motion: Johnson 2nd: Chignell Steuart Street Tower Federal Litigation Committee: Discussion: This proposal will be sent to Suite 1250 (Chair/Willett) a full membership vote for acceptance/re- San Francisco, CA 94105 Chairman Willett reported on the status jection in Jan/90. If approved, the Board of both the Inspectors and Sergeants ex- will proceed to present the matter before Tel 415 546 1144 amination. Both have been completed and the citizens of SF at the Nov/90 election Fax 415 546-7909 various protests have been filed on an in- by referendum. John D. Zante dividual basis with the Consent Decree Ex- Vote: Unanimous approval Page 10 Notebook January, 1990 SAN FRANCISCO November 1989 Financial Statement Safely POLICE OFFICERS' ASSOCIATION (Supplemental) How To Drive MONTHLY FINANCIAL STATEMENT The Supplemental Financial Statement further explains NOVEMBER 1989 the breakdown of accounts. On Snow And Ice Income: Income: Dues - Active $55,310.78 Misc. Income 26,220.00 As skiers and other winter sports fans better traction. Notebook 2,149.95 T. Neece Productions 25,000.00 head for the Sierra Nevada, the California • Watch for and observe special speed Misc Income 26,220.00 Entertainment Books 1.200,00 State Automobile Association (AAA) of- regulations and warnings on road $83,680.73 Subscriptions 20.00 fers tips for driving safely on snow and ice: conditions. • For better traction, use approved snow • On long downgrades, don't ride your Disbursements: Disbursements/Expenses: brakes. Use second or low gear to help 701 Accounting 325.00 703 Annual Election - Postmaster 260.00 tires or chains. 260.00 • Reduce speed when driving with chains slow thecar. 703 Annual Election 709 Board of Directors 167.31 [3.75] Knights Catering or snow tires. • If braking is necessary, squeeze the 707709 Bank Board Charges of Directors 167.31 •. Before leaving for a trip, give your car a brakes just to the point before locking, then 723 Dues Collection 198.30 772 Public Relations 2,702.39 winter check-up, with special attention to release and repeat. (Pumping brakes, once 725 Equipment Purchase 347.20 Castro Flower Shop 133.14 the brakes, battery, defroster, lights, wind- recommended, is now considered unsafe, 728 Equipment Rental 347.72 The Jug Shop 150.35 since it can cause wheels to lock, resulting 730 Expense Acct. 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TOMINORI NAKAMURA FUJI SHIATSU 1721 BUCHANAN MALL 2525 California St. 1902B FILLMORE STREET SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94115 (41) 846- 1800 SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94115 San Francisco, CA (415) 346-8629 (415) 346-1300 If 563-4 788 Page 12 Notebook January, 1990 Tales Of P. Editor's Note: After the October earth- quake, there were literally thousands of Dennis was unable to call for help. The people, all around the Bay Area, who per- telephone lines were down. He directed a formed heroic actions. The following stories Marina volunteer to drive to a telephone and notify are representative of the heroic work (under the police and fire departments of the con- terrible conditions) which was done by Emergency dition of the neighborhood. Sgt. Roger Bat- members of the San Francisco Police taglia, who lived in the neighborhood, came by Mike Hebel to Dennis' assistance. They both began to Department. enter buildings helping and assisting the On Tuesday, October 17, 1989 in the residents to safety. Together they located late afternoon, Sgt. Dennis Gustafson left and rescued over 20 people. the Hall of Justice to return to his Mann Dennis could smell gas and saw fumes County residence. Upon reaching the in- rising from a large apartment building just tersection of Lombard and Divisadero he across from the collapsed building. At stopped his van for a red light. It was 5:04 around 5:20 p.m. a corner unit burst into p.m. Suddenly his van was flipped upward flame. Shortly thereafter the first fire truck and deposited on the center divider. Den- arrived, hooked up its hoses, and was nis knew an artiIquake had hit. greeted with no water - the mains had He heard an explosion and watched peo- ruptured. With a fire captain, Dennis quick- ple frantically abandon their homes and ly organized a group of curious teenagers vehicles. Dennis quickly made a right hand to drag hoses to the Marin&s Bay Edge. turn in his vehicle onto Divisadero Street. Soon the Fireboat Phoenix was pumping What he saw stunned him. A 4-story build- 9,000 precious gallons per minute onto the ing at Divisadero and Beach Streets col- fire. The hoses in the bay and the arrival lapsed onto the street. Four suddenly be- of the Phoenix saved the Marina. came one. Screams were heard bellowing With the fire blazing, two off duty police from this building. Dennis parked his car officers who had been jogging through the and looked at the once grand apartment. Marina arrived. They joined in the people "It looked like a doll house." He quickly rescue effort - going into homes and entered through a window and carried an apartment units. They brought many in the 80 year old invalid lady from a rear bed- fire's path to safety. room to safety. Then Sgt. Mickey Giraldi appeared at the After placing the thankful lady near his intersection. He set up crowd control and van, he placed his star on his windbreaker began to deal with the news media which and went into action. He set up a com- was arriving in ever increasing numbers. mand post. When a physician arrived, Den- All of these officers remained in the area nis asked him to take to lady to a nearby until after 11:00p.m. By then the fire was school yard and set up an emergency medi- drowned and order had been established. cal center. While the 15 second, 7.1 earthquake brought on 27 fires in San Francisco, the worst fire was at Divisadero and Beach Streets. San Francisco suffered 12 fatali- ties; 4 in the Marina area. Police and fire heroes kept this number so low. An Examiner telephone poll conducted two weeks after this quake showed that more than 90% of those polled said the police and fire departments did an excellent or good job, giving these city departments the highest public esteem for all agencies involved in quake relief. The tale of Sgts. Gustafson, Battaglia and Giralid was repeated throughout San Francisco on the evening of October 17th by countless other police officers and firefighters.

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January, 1990 Notebook Page 13 lice Heroes After The Quake by Morgan Peterson There is no right or wrong way to process these emotions, this is a very individual and Being in a disaster like the San Francisco personal process. earthquake ranks as "catastrophic" on the There are some useful coping American Psychiatric Association's Richter mechanisms that people can utilize, such scale of stress, as high as torture and as: prison camps, says Dallas Psychiatrist 1. Talk about your experience. James Black (Phillips & Peterson, 1989). 2. Participate in social activities, The reason so many people pitch in and athletics, clubs, etc. help others during a disaster is to 3. Discuss your experience and your feel- counteract the feelings of helplessness they ings with your family, friends, and are experiencing. This is a effective coping co-workers. mechanism, especially during the height of 4. Explore with others what they did to the emergency. But what about later? cope. Margaret Gibbs, a psychologist at 5. Focus on what you can do to help Fairleigh Dickinson University states that, others, i.e. volunteer. "During and right after the crisis people can 6. Learn as much as you can about ear- cope. The main impact often comes later." thquakes and prepare accordingly. As the initial shock wears off individuals If you have childreh you might want to may experience irritability, sleeplessness, look for some typical reactions such as, a nightmares, depression, and an inability to loss of interest in school and other ac- concentrate. These are all normal reactions tivities, regressive behavior, sleep distur- to an abnormal experience. bances and night terrors. Basically, if you People process the feelings related to see an appreciable change in your child's stressful situations in different ways. Some baseline (usual) behavior it would probably will internalize their feelings and process be beneficial to consult someone about it. them that way. Others, will want to talk Remember, take care of yourself and your about their feelings and relate them to own. anyone within hearing distance. Individuals If you have any questions or suggestions, also process emotions differentially in please call me at 553-1169, Vicki Quinn terms of time. Some deal with them on the at 566-0758 or Joe Engler & Mick Shea 1-880 spot, while others will get to them later on. at 495-4775. Collapse by Tom Flippin Al Wong was driving home on 1-880 when the earthquake struck and his nor- mal commute route became a disaster area. Al's car was right at the edge of the destroyed. Cypress structure. Though stunned by the horror he had just witness- ed, Al switched his thoughts from specula- tions about the Bay Area World Series to organizing a rescue operation. Along with neighborhood residents and other volunteers, Al commandered a lad- der and searched through the wreckage for survivors. His group led scores of stunned and injured victims to safety. Exhausted by the effort of extricating people from tunnel- like spaces only two to three feet high and suffering from the effects of the heavy smoke and dust, Al and the other volunteers kept up their rescue work even after the arrival of fire department rescue squads. For his heroics and as a symbol of the heroism of all those who did so much in the aftermath of the quake, Al Wong was honored by the San Francisco Giants. He, along with several others, was chosen to throw out a ball when the World Series resumed play. Al became a symbol of the heroism and renewed spirit of accomplish- ment in the Bay Area.

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January, 1990 Notebook Page 15 distance but did not run away. Five white KEYSTON.... 1501 CUSTER AVENUE Travels With Ehrlich rhino were grazing in a field. They have bad SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94124 eyesight but a good sense of smell and de- - PHONE: (415) 285-5050 IC 'v r ,,pIpy) cent hearing. We walked quietly up to them AUTOMOTIVE & UPHOLSTERY FABRICS - by John Ehrlich the end of the rainy season, so i t was nice from downwind. They can see movement FOAM CUSHIONING • SUPPLIES • SADDLES - - to be inside with a light instead of a tent. better than shapes. We crept closer and RIDING GOODS MERCHANDISE • WESTERN HATS UIo riw ,.-#-c +,- +1.,, At thiG firno... Ofi;or.,. ,. ,arch)(M: the closer until one of them looked up and shore of the Zambezi River, but the hippo waterfiow is at a high level which increases towards us. After a few minutes they forgot roared and lunged at us anyway; the spray until the start of June. This year the about us and continued grazing as we from Victoria Falls rose hundreds of feet waterfiow was at near record levels. It's one retreated. Rhinos are much more im- in the air; we walked to within 30 yards of of the world's truly incredible sights to see pressive when you're on foot instead of in five white rhino before one of them notic- the massive amount of water going over a car. RANDMA'S ed our movements. These are some glimp- the falls. The spray rises hundreds of feet We took a ferry across Lake Kariba. It ses of my travels to Zimbabwe. in the air. If the wind blows in your direc- used to be the largest man-made lake in SALOON Zimbabwe used to be called Rhodesia tion you get instantly soaked. I felt the the world. We saw a couple of beautiful before the 1980 elections brought Robert spray a couple times in town ... over a mile sunsets across the lake. Mugabe in power. While some whites left, away. Unfortunately, it also obscures the Then we took a four day, three night many stayed. I saw more whites here than view of the falls. I guess I'll have to come canoe trip down the Zambezi River to any other country I visited in Africa. For back some year in the dry season from Mana Pools. Rick and I paddled one canoe. NOW LOCATED AT: a few years after the election a civil war was August to December. There were three other canoes in our fought along tribal lines. Mugabe formed We spent a few days in Bulwayo. It's an group. industrial city, but it has a beautifuly cen- 1016 Taraval Street a conciliation goverment with Joshua The Zambezi River at this point is quiet, San Francisco, CA 94116 Nkoma ending the conflict. tral park. It also has one of the few good wide and shallow. Hippos live all along the Economically there have been some pro- museums in Africa. We stayed at a route. Hippos have huge jaws and big (415) 665-7892 blems. There are shortages of many spotless Youth Hostel for $2 a night. It had teeth. They kill and injure a fair number of foreign-made goods because of a lack of a kitchen, and I took the opportunity to people each year. They spend most of the foreign exchange. Overall it's not doing cook up a couple large batches of hash day in the water and come ashore at night badly at all. There are lots of South African brown potatoes for breakfast. It's strange to graze. The guides would periodically tourists. I met several that said how much what foods I started to miss. We met a make noise so that the hippos wouldn't be ; aT worse things had gotten since the elections. couple of English guys, and the four of us surprised. We would also give the hippos, q TH E I asked quite a few white Zimbabweans if rented a car. as wide a berth as possible. Hippos roar there had been a change. They all said that Matopas is a National Park only a short back and forth to each other. they had noticed no change in their drive from Bulwayo. It has amazing granite At one point we were going single file economic status. I guess people see what formations. There are vertical columns of next to the riverbank past three hippos. All they want to see. balancing boulders all over the place. There of a sudden one gave a roar and lunged at TAVERN Not only were there lots of South are beautiful views. Cecil Rhodes is buried us, going underwater as he did so. As you Africans but there were South African at "Worlds View" where I could see in all can imagine our paddle rate instantly in- goods in the stores. They need trade with directions. creased as we got out of there. South Africa to survive. My conversations Matopas has cave paintings in various We passed into Maria Pools National with South Africans would take a whole locations. These were painted by the Park and began to see antelope, buffalo, article. bushmen. They have a fantastic sense of and elephants. There were a variety of I stepped off the plane and knew that I movement and realism, and each type of birds. Their fish eagle looks a lot like a bald would like Zimbabwe. It was cool, clear animal can be easily identified. eagle. It was nice to see the wildlife as we MON - FRI 10 AM-2 AM and green. It was a great change from the One minute after entering the game park paddled quietly along. SATURDAY Noon-2 AM heat and the haze of West Africa. area we saw a white rhino not more than At our last campsite we took a walk SUNDAY 4 PM-2 AM Harare is the capital of Zimbabwe. 20 yards away. A little later we saw a fami- along the river. We walked to within 20 Harare was the nicest large city I visited in ly of three rhino. They walked by no fur- yards of an elephant grazing. Later at the Africa. It reminds me of an English city of ther than 10 yards from the car. In Kenya camp, after a guy returned from using the the early 60's. It's clean, modem and well and Tanzania rhino are rare, so it was a bush, one minute later an elephant emerg- RESTAURANT kept. There are lots of parks, trees and treat to see these and other rhino in the ed from the same area. It really was wild. LUNCH 10 AM - 3 PM flowers. The stores have consumer goods same day. We also saw the usual collec- We also went to see the ruins at Great of good quality. There are department tion of antelope. Zimbabwe. It's one of the few places in stores and high rise buildings. Hwange Game Park was our next stop. Africa with ruins. It was a large complex Cheap hotel rooms are $20 a night. We We stayed in the government-run cottage with high stone walls. There is some stayed at the Youth Hostel: $3 a night. It for $7.50. It had a nice bedroom, a sitting debate about who built them. The Eastern SATURDAY NIGHTS was not all that great, with run down dorm room, and a spotless bathroom with hot Highlands look much like Scotland and are Free Italian Spaghetti Dinner rooms and bathrooms but it was a great water. There were shared kitchen facilities. almost as beautiful. place to hang out and meet other travelers. It was one of the best deals I've seen Zimbabwe was one of my favorite coun- With Salad & Garlic Bread We got needed information on prices, anywhere. tries in Africa. - 6 PM - MIDNIGHT where to go, how to get there and where We drove through the game park seeing Next month Malawi, Botswana and the to stay. There was the usual exchange of antelope, elephants, giraffe, rhino, and, Convoy across Mozambique. travel stories. It's also a great place to make right-next to the main camp at sunset, a friends and travel companions. leopard. The highlight came when we went Food in Zimbabwe is healthy and cheap. on a walk in the park. 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RES. (415)868-2327 San Francisco, CA 94103 SAN FRANCISCO. CA 94102 415-982-6455 (2115) 86210231 Page 16 Notebook January, 1990 Thanks Objection B U L L'S TEXAS CAFE Professor Nathaniel Trives Letters- 25 VAN NESS Tom Flippin, Editor SAN FRANCISCO SFPOA Notebook Auditor/Monitor (415) 864-4288 30 Van Ness Avenue, Suite 2118 Blessing Dear Torn: San Francisco, CA 94102 Do we care for our Brothers? Dear Professor Trives: San Francisco I think we do! This is evident through Police Officers' Association the outpouring of sentiment I have The Executive Board of the San Francisco Police Officers Association 510 7th Street Broder Jewerly Co. heard around the Department and read San Francisco, CA 94103 EST. 1950 in our SFPD Notebook. On December met yesterday to discuss objections received from Association members 14th at the Hall of Justice the name of Dear Members: CUSTOM JEWELRY MANUFACTURERS John Joseph Blessing was permanently regarding the administration of the cur- rent Q50 Sergeant examination. It is impossible for me to adequately SPECIALIZING IN 18K & PLATINUM placed with honor on the list of fallen thank the Police Officers' Association FINE JEWERLY REPAIRS S.F.P.D. officers. Brother Bruce The Board decided that the use of audio tape reco.rders instead of live and all its membership for all the Marovich, in the name of the support and many considerations given and other police officers, assessors and the problems caused by DAVID BRODER S.O.B.TF. to me and my family during my raised a sizable amount and presented malfunctions of these devices has pro- 210 Post St., Ste. 611 husband, John Blessings, recent injury San Francisco, CA 94108 it to Mrs. John Joseph Blessing. Added bably compromised the fairness of the to that total was a check given by first component of this examination to and death. (415) 421-9313 So many individuals were by my side Police & Fireman's Insurance for the such an extent that it should either be family of John Joseph Blessing by administered again to all of the can- when I needed them most that I would James D. Neubert of Greater Bay didates or it should be discarded and be afraid to write individual "thank Hill Point Guest Houses Insurance Agency (James is a former the results of the examination should you's" as I am sure I would miss HILLWAY, CARL & police officer.). be based solely on the achievement of mentioning someone. As a retired S.F.P.D. officer, I can the candidates on the remaining com- The enclosed letter (see below) HILL POINT PROPERTIES only assume (proudly), that once a ponents of the examination, which addressed to the news media expresses brother, always a brother. I would like would, of course, have to be reweighted all our feelings more ably than I ever BOB McCORMICK to personally thank both men for their for this purpose. could write. Exec. Vice President, unselfish dedication. I'm sure that thre Accordingly, this is to bring this mat- • I did want, however, to personally Managing Director are many friends helping and assisting ter to your attention and to request that write and state the Police Officers' (415) 753-0393 John's family, I don't know who they a meeting of the parties be held on this Association is the greatest and is a true 15 Hill Point Ave. are, but I would thank them also. issue at your earliest convenience. Policemen's Association. The San Francisco, CA 94117 Fraternally, Very truly yours, outpouring of their love for my husband Mike Brady Duane W. Reno John will always be cherished by me. Retired S.F.P.D. My children, Matthew and Jolene, will grow with the knowledge that their The No Thanks father, John Blessing, was a revered Brother Mike Keys, member of the San Francisco Police President Department. Western Hardware Marquerite Rubel Kuckenbecker SFPOA Thank you all so much. Marquerite Rubel Mfg. Co. Most sincerely, Company, Inc. 543 Howard Street & Tool Dear Mike: Denise Blessing Just a note to express this Council's San Francisco, CA 94105 1947 Carroll Avenue gratitude and appreciation for the Dear Mrs. Kuckenbecker: Torn Flippin, Editor tireless, unselfish job done by the San San Francisco, CA 94124 I am writing to you on behalf of the SFPOA Notebook Francisco Police Department following San Francisco Police Officers' Associa- the October 17th earthquake. I am sure 468-4530 tion and your venture of selling Marina your quick and competent actions Dear Editor: helped to keep the fatalities and injuries Sand from the Earthquake with the pro- The family of the late Officer John ceeds to go to us. Blessing of the San Francisco Police down. Clifton Despanie I heard tapes from the 911 operators The POA certainly wishes to thank Department, who died in the line of j. you for thinking of us, feeling we did duty on November 14, 1989, want to President and they were amazing, and by all ac- not get proper recognition for a job well publicly thank everyone who gave so count, so were the officers on the done during the Earthquake. It's people much support and compassion. o VD streets. like you who support us that makes us We would like to express our to see you and your Ex- It was good proud to be police officers. Although gratitude to Mayor Art Agnos who was P CELLENT ecutive Board Members the other night. Fraternally, we appreciate your thoughts and sup- constantly at our side and to the A.;\W. PRINTERS Stanley M. Smith port, we cannot accept any proceeds members of all the Police and Sheriffs Secretary-Treasurer from your venture because we feel we departments in northern California who 5534 3rd St. do not want to look as though we are gave of their time to attend the funeral San Francisco Building and San Francisco, CA 94124 profiting from others' misfortunes. services. The San Francisco General Construction Trades Council (415) 822-3860 Since your advertisements have Trauma Care Unit has our thankfulness already been circulated with our name for all the care and attention given to on it, which cannot be corrected, we re- John. quest any proceeds you obtain from Many San Francisco area businesses With Compliments this venture be donated to the Wish exhibited their sympathies, for which Upon A Star Foundation. we are grateful. Sincerely, The support given to us by the C)re^ MeamiiA9v oi'ia' fne San Francisco Police members of the San Francisco Police Cable Address: Officers' Association Department was limitless. The Police Kerrline' Michael A. Keys Officers' Association members were President always present, 24 hours a day, to be 9 &M S4,ee?, 16'lh 95hoc Telex: 22-1 , RCA 278306 there for us. The Special Operations DDD 415-777.0688 Bureau Task Force members have Q%ncaeo ¶4' 41O5 Telephone: continually demonstrated their love, (415) 764-0200 Hit Squad tenderness and concern to the family of one of their own. Tom Flippin, Editor We can't possibly thank everyone SFPOA individually who gave us strength in our time of need. All we can say is "thank you". - Remillard's Cuisine Francaise Dear Tom, Regarding Caption, Caption... The family of is pleased to announce That's the old Hit & Run Detail John Blessing we are now accepting dinner reservations,, around 1948. I was in the APB at that Tuesday through Sunday time. Mr.. Michael Keys, President My caption: Mr. Paul Chignell, Vice-President The Hit Squad 125 E. Sir Francis Drake Boulevard Mr. Stephen Johnson, Secretary Kind Regards, Mr. Al Trigueiro, Treasurer Telephone: 415.461.3700 Reno Palla Star #887 SFPOA

Dear Gentlemen: Thank you for your letter of November 13, 1989, concerning Officer ' ..j ATTENTION! John Blessing. STEVEN A. INJAYAN I was pleased to render assistance to ALL YOU BEAUTIFUL SFPOA John's widow during this tragic time for NOTEBOOK READERS his family. Will you do us a favor? Graduate Gemologist The death of a police officer under any circumstances is a loss for the When you patronize any display advertiser Gemological Institute of America entire community and shows the danger MENTION THAT YOU SAW THEIR AD IN THE that our officers face in protecting the public each and every day. SFPOA NOTEBOOK Telephone 210 Post Street, Rm. 303 Sincerely, WE WOULD APPRECIATE IT! (415) 982-1468 San Francisco, CA 94108 Art Agnos

January, 1990 Notebook Page 17 dience prior to the act fall under this Tom Flippin, Editor Michael Keys, President guideline." That of course is a policy SFPOA Notebook SFPOA Letters issue to be decided by the Police Com- 510 - 7th St. mission, and given the present at- Sir: San Francisco, CA. 94103 mosphere I believe that area is already I am submitting three items in one Intelligence predecided. letter. Dear Sir: Now let's look at the second part of Item #1 is captions for the picture on On behalf of the Retired Employees the American Liberties Union request page 11 of the December. 1989 issue of of the City and County of San Fran- Tom Flippin, Editor for the Klan file. Last year San Fran- "The Notebook." Caption #1 is See: cisco, I am expressing our thanks for SFPOA Notebook cisco Superior Court Judge Lucy "America's Most Wanted", Sunday, your donation of 1 case of Liquor for McCabe ruled against the Civil Liberties Channel 40 (Sacramento), 8 p.m. Cap- our Christmas Party, December 6, Dear Editor, Group, saying that the release of the in- tion #2 is: "Chief (D.A.) White's Seven 1989. Under a recent Court of Appeals Rul- formation could endanger undercover Dwarfs." Your donation contributed to a very ing, the San Francisco Police In- informants. Item #2 is a question for the "old successful party. telligence Division, will have to make The ACLU appealed the judge's rul- timers". Years ago, the uniformed ranks Happy Holidays to you and yours. public some of their guidelines for the ing, arguing that the documents were had to have "Parade Batons". Your Very truly yours, collecting of intelligence on political so old that their release would pose lit- rank was designated by the color of the Peter G. Economou, President organizations. The Police Department tle danger to undercover investigators. tassel attached to the baton. The tassel will also have to release documents the This is probably true, in terms of colors, were: Department gathered on the Klu Klux physical danger, but it poses a new pro- Patrolman . . . . Maroon America's Enterprises Klan, during the 1984, Democratic Na- blem. What person would voluntarily Corporal ...... ? ACCOUNTING • TRAVEL AGENCY tional Convention. supply information to the police, if that Sergeant - Dark Blue TAXES • IMMIGRATION This decision stems from a lawsuit fil- Lieutenant ...... person could not be assured that his 29 29th Street ed by the American Civil Liberties identity would not become public Captain ...... ? San Francisco, CA 94110 (415) 695-1500 Union (ACLU) after the Democratic record. With criminals there is no pro- Dep. Chief ...... Convention that sought access to the blem, as they are always trying to "cut Chief ...... ? documents under the State Public a deal" with the police and courts by Other Ranks ...... ? Records Act. The ACLU in using the "snitching" on other criminals, after be- Can anyone fill in the missing colors? Public Records Act, is requesting the ing arrested themselves. This activity Item #3 is: How about an "I.D." on LOPEZ official guidelines of the Intelligence has gone on for centuries and poses no the gentlemen in these great old L Division, and more specifically access problem for the police. photos? PALLETS to an investigative file (in this case the What appears to be the purpose of I look forward to the "Notebook" Klu Klux Klan). the ACLU's suit and request? Why did each month. Keep up the great work! Repair, Buy and Sell Pallets Let us consider the first part of the they request the Klan file? I believe that I remain: request: Under the California Govern- they requested the Klan file for the ex- Respectfully yours, Owners ment Code Section 6252 (D) Public press purpose of setting. a precedent by Richard D. Hall Records include any writing containing (Retired) 1560 Wallace Ave Fernando Lopez establishing a pattern to be imitated in San Francisco 94124 Refugio Lopez information related to the conduct of obtaining investigative files in the Police Ed: How about some help on Items 2 (415) 822-5191 Jose Luis Lopez the public's business, which is prepared, Department. In selecting the Klan file it and 3 for Mr. Hall? owned, used or retained by any State became the weak link in the chain. or Local Agency. What we are talking What attorney in the Legal Department PARKLANE CLEANERS about here is information to which the of the Police Department or the City Podium Level 392-5326 public normally has direct access. (A Attorney's Office would want to be MAIDEN LANE GALLERY 2 Embarcadero Center S.F. CA 94111 good example of this is information in remembered as "The guy who defends the County Recorders Office). the Klan", certainly no one in their right BEST CLEANERS The ACLU in making the request and mind. So the issue becomes a rubber 3783 24th Street S.F. CA 94114 648-2378 the subsequent lawsuit is requesting the stamp for entry into an investigative file guidelines for collecting intelligence, via the Public Records Act and the ELliOT CLEANERS more specifically the guidelines which ACLU. 2390 Junipero Serra Bl. Daly City 755-0144 outline the scope, duration, subject mat- Common sense dictates that some if ter and criteria for investigations. It is in not all investigative information must be FELIX P. GISTINELLI EASY CLEANERS this area that I wholeheartedly agree. restricted to Law Enforcement Person- 1547 Guerrero St., S.F. CA 94110 647-4980 The public has a right to know in the nel having a specific need-to-know, and general sense of the word what its right-to-know. Turning over investigative Police Department is doing and how files to the ACLU and John Crew & FOLSOM AUTO SUPPLY their hard earned tax dollars are being Company is ludicrous. I welcome a MONROE SHOCKS - AC - CHAMPION - DELCO spent. public reply from Mr. Crew and/or his BENDIX BRAKES - DISC ROTOR - DRUMS Sc AXLE One of the reasons that the public is staff on this issue. somewhat confused over the issue is Inspector Thomas J. Gerard WEEKDAYS 8 TO 6 SATURDAY 9 To 3 the word "Intelligence". This word in the police usage if the most misunderstood 861-0800 word in the Police Dictionary. The ob- jective of police intelligence is to provide Thanks 1048 FOLSOM - SAN FRANCISCO 94103 the Law Enforcement Agency with an information base which meets the MACHINE SHOP COMPLETE ENGINE needs of the Agency in carrying out its Al Trigueiro SERVICE . REBUILD SERVICE effort to protect the public and Sup- SFPOA press Criminal Activity. 510 Seventh St. Police Intelligence Agencies are not in San Francisco, CA 94103 any way, shape or form like Intelligence Agencies of foreign countries like the Dear Al, KGB, or our own CIA. We are in- On behalf of our Police Association I vestigators of Criminal Activity and would like to say thank you for your 111MCI generous donation. nothing more. Lets take a look at an We will put it to good use. Things example of what the ACLU will pro- REPRODUCTION bably be receiving in response to the are slowly returning to normal and the rebuilding process should begin soon. SCREEN PRINTING first part of their request. Hopefully we will see some of you Criminal Intelligence files will consist of stored information on activities and folks come our way soon. associations of individuals who are Sincerely, Your club, group or team can have suspected of being or having been in- Sgt. Joe Hoele a professional look all its own! volved in the actual or attempted plann- Secretary/Treasurer Santa Cruz POA ing, organizing, threatening, financing, * * or commission of criminal acts; or are T-SHIRTS SWEATS TOTES suspected of being or having been in- volved in criminal activities with known or suspected crime figures,. and nothing Our art department will help you design more. Orient Express just the ".100k" you want. The part of this seemingly harmless statement that will be at issue with S. F., CA 50 Steuart Street Civil Liberty Groups will be; "Do (415) 957-1776 11 Market Plaza * NO MINIMUM ORDER Political Groups which plan civil disobe- * NO SCREEN CHARGE

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The Board of Supervisors on December 18th approved to initiate a Police Activities League (PAL) boxing program in the Western Addition, Hunter's Point and Sun- nydale communities. The program is nam- ed in behalf of the Board of Supervisors K.O., Terrance Hallinan, who initiated, the program. Under the proposed program, off-duty San Francisco Police Officers EI would teach boxing, related athletic train- ing skills and provide counseling to a minimum of 60 youth, between nine and fourteen years of age who are at risk of in- volvement in drug or gang activities. It is anticipated that twenty five youth would be enrolled at each of the three proposed sites: Western Addition, Hunter's Point and Sun- nydale. The program would be provided two days a week for two hours per day. Staffing for the proposed program would include six off-duty police officers, each responsible for working four hours per week. Two police officers would be assign- ed to each of the three sites. In addition to teaching boxing skills, the proposed program's objective is to provide alternatives to drugs and gang activities for our City's youth. The program is intended to teach self-discipline while providing physical confidence and self-esteem. The program would provide counseling to youth facing drug and gang involvement deci- sions. The program is also anticipated to increase the amount of recreational oppor- Christmas Party popular with the kids.'But it was Spider- tunities in the three targeted communities A Special Treat For Tenderloin Kids man and S.F.P.D. Lion Dance Troup who while countering negative attitudes toward led a parade down Ellis Street to Union the City's police. It was the first time they served punch Square and into the sedate Sir Francis According to Mr. Ronald Exley of the in the line of duty. But there they were, Drake Hotel. The S.F.P.D. mounted patrol Police Activities League, although the YM- some of the police department's top brass, and motorcycle unit escorted the parade. CA site in the Western Addition was the carrying tin trays of cherry red punch to The children were welcomed into the or- initial site proposed, this facility is no longer tables filled with more than 300 homeless nate lobby, past the rows of holiday available for this program's use. Instead, youngsters. poinsettias into a banquet room donated the Ella Hill Hutch Community Center in The special Christmas celebration took by the hotel. Each child got a bag of can- the Western Addition will be used. In ad- place at the Sir Francis Drake Hotel Thurs- dy, nuts, cookies and fruit and several dition, the Milton Meyers Gym (Kiska Road day, December 21st. Midway through the presents were given to them by Spiderman. Gym) will be used in the Hunters Point party, more children than officers were They sang songs, saw a magic show, community and the Sunnydale Communi- wearing police hats. Patti-cake the clown, Robin Goodrow and ty Center has been tentatively agreed upon "It's fun but I'm a little scared," said Vanilla and listened to Christmas stories. in the Sunnydale Community. 6-year-old Owen. Food and presents were donated by The event was sponsored by the PAL, Comics and Da-Kind, Variety Club, S.F. Girl Scouts and a group called Comics and International Toy Museum, I. Magnin, BOXING - JOB OPPORTUNITY Da-Kind. Children gathered at 12:30 at Specialty Cafe and Bakery, Safeway, Boxing Coaches Boedekker Park in the Tenderloin, where Mothers Cookies, See's Candy, Just 4 Hours a Week. (Paid Over-Time) they were greeted by Police Chief Frank Desserts and Mrs. Fields cookies. for an interview call 821-1411 Jordan and Spiderman. The event was so successful that we Deadline January 15, 1990 WILLIAMS TELECOMMUNICATIONS GROUP It was anyone's guess who was most plan to make the party an annual event. 201 SPEAR STREET, SUITE 1720 SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94105 (415) 957-0233 -

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You Make The Choice: Prevention, that a youngster will come to respect the Clippers To Go A Lesson From Rehabilitation Or Incarceration laws that police officers enforce. Lt. Alex Stevens, Juvenile Bureau, and The National Association of Police Sandy Christian, PAL, created a festive The Earthquake by Joseph F. Johnson Athletic Leagues, consisting of thousands holiday "Flare for Hair" for twelve girls at National PAL Executive Director of police officers and three million boys and the Youth Guidance Center. Zensie's Beau- by Joseph C. Mollo, President girls, extend a challenge to local, state and ty College brought this special treat to the Police officers being killed - drug dealers federal officials, local business leaders, na- youths at YMCA on December 19th. The Unlike the World Series, the earthquake killing innocent people. Drug users dying tional corporate leaders and every hair stylists walked to the YSC with clip- involved all of us. Unless you were alive in of overdoses. Workers killed in armed rob- lawabiding citizen, to support juvenile pers, hot irons, hair dryers, and other 1906, none of us have ever seen our area bery. Felons released from over-crowded crime prevention programs through leader- essentials in hand. These youth most often so wounded by an event. Some of us have prison. ship, expertise and money. do not have the attention that all young sustained damages to our homes or Those are the headlines in most of Help us get to youngsters before people need and on this day they were businesses; some of us know people who todays newspapers. The public is finally youngsters get into trouble. taught that they are important and that have been injured or killed. putting some pressure on elected officials (P.S. This challenge is extended only to someone cares. The theme was clip off the The psychological effects of the quake to do something to stem the tide of rising those with a backbone. Jellyfish need not old, roll on the new, and make your new run far deeper than we may suspect, and crime. Elected officials are now talking apply.) life permanent." engage all of us at deep levels. Part of our about solutions to a crisis that police of- NCSIA Chistmas Party task is to identify our feelings, since they ficers have seen coming for years but no Another big thank you to the Northern Leonard R. Flynn School will come to haunt us if we don't recognize one would listen. After all, what does a California Self Insurers Association. Helen S. Chin left Leonard R. Flynn and accept them now. street cop know. They are only low paid Special thanks to Ed Adamczak, Pacific School a week prior to the Christmas par- Some of us are angry because the ear- people that put their life on the line every Bell, Clay Powell, 1989 President of P.G. ty. Her new assignment is William Cobb thquake caused us inconveniences. Some day. They are only the first line of defense & E. and Tom Youngdale (Kaiser) 1990 School; she's already called for PAL to do are angry because it was not just. There between democracy and anarchy. President for inviting PAL to be the reci- programs there. During the three and a half is no reason those people on the freeways It is depressing when you watch the pients of the Christmas party on Dec. 6th years she was the principal at Flynn, she died while we lived. Some people surely will nightly news and see the media interview- at the Nikko Hotel. The chief gave a true made many positive changes at the school. spend time and effort frying to find rhyme ing a so-called expert on crime, a professor picture of the PAL and of our needs. Mayor The new principal is Marlene Callejas and reason for the pattern of victims when who studied crime statistics and read and Senator Kopp beware, it sounded like and she made her first public appearance there simply isnt any. The Bay Area and volumes written by other professors who a campaign speech. Twenty-two Carolers at the PAL/Northern California Self In- California is not being punished for any never as much put a foot in a high crime from Flynn School sang to the delight of surers Christmas party on Dec. 6th. Ms. supposed shortcoming. What happened area, but whose solutions are - "If you the audience. Michael Pritchard even had Callejas came to the school two and a half simply happened. The challenge is now to can't fight it, legalize it, tax it, and let big the youngsters laughing. The NCSIA col- years ago. Last year, she was the assistant accept it and decide how we will live from business make money from it." lected 85 gifts for PAL. Each caroler got principal. this point forward. On the other hand you have so-called to pick their favorite toy. The other 63 were Morning is so great, so ripe Others of us feel guilty. After all, we have learned experts and do-gooders that want taken to school for needy children. Thanks. and when I wake up I see to pour billions of taxpayers dollars into been spared the worst of the earthquake OMI Christmas Party all the joy in the day. horrors, broadcasting pictures of 1.880 and -resort-style rehabilitation centers. After all, In my imagination I see a smile the government never did anything to stop The OMI Christmas Party began with the Bay Bridge. Maybe to some, we should festive cheer at 7 PM on Monday, For there is no rain, no wind, no storm be suffering more than we are. Some of us these offenders from committing crimes, so and I can tell that it is going to be a why shouldn't the government pay. As far December 18, 1989 at the Temple United ask why we appear to have been saved Methodist Church (65 Beverly). Approx- Beautifully pleasant day... from the holocaust. Is it for a reason; is as drug addicts go, we all know that so- by A Fifth Grader meone made them smoke it, snort it, shoot imately 180 adults and children were something expected of us?, we ask. Of gathered within a warm and friendly holi- In January Heather Fong (Drug Educa- course something is expected of survivors, it or swallow it. So why shouldn't the tion) and Joanne Lozenski, (Ingleside Car government pay for their stay in the "Rehab day atmosphere of friends and neighbors but guilt for being uninjured is not the coming together to celebrate the holidays. 29) will be doing a special program there ticket. Regency Resort." There are still others of us who felt im- Prayers were said, songs were sung with from 12 to 1 daily. On Saturdays, Karate Then we have what some people might will be taught to the children of the Army mense lethargy. After the adrenalin rush of think is a little extreme. Nuke the offenders, spirits high, and laughter was heard Street Projects. the earthquake and its immediate after- bring back firing squads and build gallows everywhere as people gathered together. math, we felt washed up, empty, unable in public squares. Build bigger prisons, con- By popular demand, Captain Diarmuid and uninterested in doing anything except struct concentration camps without color Philpott sang along with the musical Peli-Con Brings Toys To Tenderloin vegetating; a perfectly normal and predic- television, and feed them daily rations of leaders. A huge raffle was held with 30 ex- - Children citing gifts won by exceptionally lucky win- table reaction to such an overwhelming rice and beans. Ah, but of course there by Lindsey Chu event. would still be overcrowding. But the early ners. And of course, what kind of a party We've been through an immense, life- would it be without Santa Claus? Well, we On Sunday, November 19, 1989, at the releases would only be given to those Cathedral Hill Hotel in San Francisco, changing moment together, and are free to criminals who have committed non-major didn't have to worry because he came barg- have all kinds of feelings about it. Such ex- ing in with his merry Ho Ho Ho and all of Comics and Da-Kind sponsored the Peli- crimes such as: rape, robbery, assault and Con Convention to benefit the PAL/Girl periences will change our way of looking second degree murder. All others would the children lined up to sit on his lap and at things, their priorities. We are never tell him of their most wanted toy. Scout Tenderloin Children's Project. The stay incarcerated. purpose of this convention was to bring a again the same after such a event. 5:04 PM Unfortunately, not too many officials talk Refreshments were served and sharing on October 17th was not just another mo- with one and all continued.. .and to all a very special holiday season to the homeless about PREVENTION. The Police Ac- and disadvantaged children of the ment in chronological time, of equal tivities Leagues, by any other name have Good Night. significance to 5:02 or 5:06. been conducting juvenile crime prevention Tenderloin. What has happened since 5:04 on Oc- PAL Judo At the Peli-Con collected 345 new, wrap- programs since the turn of the century. The ped toys and other suitable gifts, which tober 17th? Have you noticed people more police officers, those that deal with crime The PAL judo program has been willing to sacrifice and help others, and the transferred to the Hall of Justice on the 5th were distributed at the Christmas party. on a daily basis, have been working with Comic book stores throughout the Bay courage displayed by many volunteers on floor gym, due to the fact that the National youngsters through a myriad of activities Area collected toys for the party. the 1-880 and in the Marina. There were for decades. However, local, state and Guard Armory is only suitable for Joe Mollo. The classes are from 5:00 PM to people willing to go the extra mile for peo- federal officials have largely ignored these Fred Gellert Foundation ple they do not even know, with no hope prevention programs - until now. 6:30 PM on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays; The PAL Judo team whipped A big thank you to the Fred Gellert of ever showing up on TV for the effort but Previously most officials thought that the Foundation for their check of $2,000 for with every hope of knowing that life's vic- Rohnert Park "Redwood" PAL in a tour- PAL was a nice thing to do but never real- the Homeless Children Project. tories do not go to the timid, but to those ly put an effort behind it. In reality, preven- nament last month. willing to risk for the sake of someone else. ting crime is central to police work, and I believe that such events as the earth- prevention is basic in their lives. EXCEL COMMUNICATIONS quake do change us. 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Poppy Hills Golf Course, located on the Steve Landi 83 17 Mile Drive in Pebble Beach is one of the Tim Hettrich 87 most beautiful and challenging golf com- Mike Renteria 91 plexes in the world. On August 16, forty Glenn Mar 92 members of the Loon's Nest Golf Club John Mino 93 travelled south to the Monterey Peninsula Mike Paulsen 93 Joe McKenna 95 to meet the challenge of this 6,850 yard Ken Davis 96 par 72 layout, which boasts a rating of Dennis Martel 96 75.2 from the back tees. The Loans Mark McDonough 98 assembled at the nest (Northern Station) Larry Minasian 98 where they enjoyed a fine continental Charlie Anzore 99 breakfast before boarding a luxury Ted Crdery 99 transport vehicle for the ride down through Earl Wismer 99 the Salinas Valley to Pebble Beach. John Blessing 100 The weather was not favorable, but the Dan Mahoney 101 Loans played on and had a memorable Mike Mahoney 101 Warren Omhlot 103 tournament. Steve Landi posted the best Dan Everson 105 low gross score, with an 83. Steve picked Mark Palmer 106 up a birdie on the 3rd hole, a 406 yard par Joe Allegro 108 4 which doglegs and has six sand traps Bob Barry 108 spread around the hole. Steve also picked George Huegle 108 up pars on 2, 7,. 9, 11, 12, 13 and 14. Se- Dom Panina 108 cond in the low gross division went to one Mike Dudoroff 109 of the club's founders, Tim Hettrich. Tim Jim Miranda 109 shot an 87, with a birdie on the 12th hole, Ben Vigil 109 a 531 yard par 5. Tim also picked up pars Jack Kowal 110 Lou Landini 110 on 4, 6, 8, 9 and 13. Mike Renteria from Pete Siragusa 111 Mission Station came in third in the low Bill Roualdes 115 gross standings with an 89. Mike has Attention Golfers Joel Harms 121 The Loon's Nest Golf Club Presents posted some fine scores in the seventies Bill Bush 122 this summer- and was- down to a 4 han- Frank Machi 126 Second Annual Trinity Engineering/Loon's Nest Golf Club Invitational Golf dicap for August. Tournament In the low net standings, Northern Sta- Low Net Scores Where: Mountain Shadows North, Róhnert Park, Calif tion's Bob Davis posted a net score of 73 to beat another Northern golfer by one Bob Davis When: 4-27-90, Shotgun start at 1300 hrs Earl Wismer stroke. Earl Wismer came in with a net 74, Glenn Mar only to be followed by Glenn Mar with a Joe McKenna Fee: $60.00 This includes: Green Fees, Cart Fees, Drink tokens, Buffet at net 75, as the competition in the low net Smitty's after the game, Tee Prizes, Trophys, and Gift Certificates Larry Minasian field was hot and heavy. This was a good Mike Paulsen day for Earl 'Wisrner, as he also won one John Blessing Format: 4 Man Scramble (minimum combined handicap of 40) of the two "closest to the hole" contests. Steve Landi On the sixth hole, which plays 141 yards Mark McDonough Prizes: Trophys and Gift Certificates for each team member of the first five place from the white tees, Earl had the closest Ken Davis teams. tee shot. This must come natural to Earl, George Huegle Trophys and Gift. Certificates for four closest to the pin holes. who earlier this year scored a hole-in-one. Dan Mahoney Trophys and Gift Certificates for four long drive holes. Bill Roualdes The second "closest to the hole" winner Warren Ombolt was none other than "Gentleman Jim" Ben Vigil I know that April is four months away, but it's first to pay - first to play. We Miranda, who had the best shot of the day had a great time at the last tournament in Bennett Valley, but we had to turn Tim Hettrich on the 17th hole. The 17th is a 126 yard John Mino quite a few players away. So get your money in early to be assured of a spot. par three that is guarded by huge traps. Dan Everson After enjoying food and drink at the club, Mike Mahoney If you wish to play in a specific foursome, send in the names and ALL the money the Loans once again boarded the luxury Bob Barry for that foursome at the same time. Send in your shirt size also, as it hasn't been transport vehicle and headed back to the Mike Renteria decided just what all you will get for a Tee Prize. nest. The Loans will be back next year for Dennis Martel this yearly trip to Poppy Hills, and hopeful- Jim Miranda Make your checks payable to LOON'S NEST GOLF CLUB and turn them in to more members will make the trip. Mark Palmer Warren Omholt or Ron Parenti at Northern Station. ly Mike Dudoroff Joe Allegro Jack Kowal Dom Panina Lino Aguayo Joel Harms Specialty Brands Inc. Lou Landini Bill Bush A MEMBER OF THE BURNS PHILP GROUP Upholstery

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turning in some fast times again, running the anchor leg in twenty-six, thirty. Sled Dog Racing • Running Although we weren't the number one team in our division, we had the satisfac- Returns To Truckee Shorts lion of being extremely competitive against much younger runners. What we need next Starting times for events each day will has been revamped. The race purse has by Dennis Bianchi year is more of the younger runners out to be at 10:00 A.M. Admission is $6 for been increased to $10,000 and will attract r ecember 16, 1989 arrived as a cold the lake, as the Fire Department is loading adults, $3 for young people 6 to 16 years racers from all over the country. Net pro- Ii but bright day. The runners who had up lately with young, fleet feet. Another and seniors. Children 5 years and under ceeds will go to Lions community charities. assembled at Lake Merced for the group of our officers missing from these are free. Admission will include a souvenir Sled dog racing can be traced back to Christmas Relays were in various stages of running events are the female officers. The race program, explaining events and con- 1915, when author Jack London watch- warming up and preparing themselves for lake is 46 miles around and just challeng- venient parking on plowed pavement. ed races right down Truckee's Main Street. the annual sprint around the lake. The truly ing enough to get you in shape. The Christ- Events will consist of track races with In 1935 London's classic story, "The Call fast runners would be given a break with mas Relays has numerous women's divi- 3-dog, 4-dog, 6-dog, and 8-dog teams, run- of the Wild", starring Clark Gable, was film- the weather, allowing them to go as fast sions, and this Department has plenty of ning a mile per dog, from a brand new "dual ed in Truckee. This unique legacy inspired as they could without overheating. Us more women athletes. Even if you don't see your- start", side by side, in a sort of "drag race". racing to return in the early 1970 1s. Then plump, slower runners were just happy to self as a racer, running and the camaraderie Track races will be narrated over the PA in 1978, the Truckee Lions sponsored their be at the lake and participating in one of of an event such as this will cheer you up system, during which a new event, "The first organized event, which has grown in the year's more happy running events. as well as keep you training so you'll stay Sourdough Races", will take place around size, quality and popularity. Now, nearly In spite of the fact that everyone seems fit. the spectator area. The day will be capped 85 years after mushers raced teams from more at ease, more in the holiday spirit, With that idea in mind, let me fill you in with the heartwarming "Weight-Pulling" beautiful downtown Truckee to Donner there is always that little competitive atti- on what races are coming up in the next event (amateur) in our mini-arena. Food, Lake and back, "Old Time Sled Dog Rac- tude seeping out among certain individu- couple of months. January 21 will be the -beverages and souvenirs will be sold each ing Returns"! als and groups. This year the S.F.P.D. was San Francisco Zoo Run. Take your pick of day.SPECTATORS ARE ADVISED TO defending their one, two finish in the Police- seven or three miles to run and have a good With the new theme, "The Call of the DRESS WARMLY AND TO PLEASE Fire Division of last year. This year, how- day at the Zoo. February 4 will be the S.F. Wild Returns to Truckee", the entire event LEAVE THEIR DOGS AT HOME. ever, we were without the services of the Chinatown Run, an eight kilometer run k heart and soul of last year's teams. That through downtown S.F. and the Embarca- * is not a typo. I mean both teams. Lou dero. This race has consistently had fan- Perez ran the lead leg on one team last year tastic t-shirts! February 10 will be one of TRU CKE E LIONS and then came back and ran the last leg my favorite tests of how much one can en- onthe other team, and just creamed the dure, The Limantour Split (10 miles) or SIERRA SWEEPSTAKES- competition. Lou had suffered a slight in- Half Split (6.2 miles) in Olema. This race jury and was unavailable, so the pressure is very hilly, sometimes muddy, and just SLED DOG RACES was on Stan Buscovich, who has had just when you think you have reached the flat an unbelievable running year. Dennis Gus- land, the last three miles are on the sandy January 13 and January 14, 1990! tafson was scheduled to run our clean-up beach. Run this race just to say you fin- That is the weekend when "The Call Of The Wild" returns to Truckee! leg and Mike Mahoney was prepared to go ished, not to see how fast you can run. That's when the Truckee Lions Club presents its annual Sierra Sweepstakes out first, hoping to give us a good lead. I If anyone out there is thinking about a Sled Dog Races at the Truckee-Tahoe Airport! was forced into action to provide a fourth marathon in 1990, get started now. March OLD TIME SLED DOG RACING member for the team, which in the end, led 4 will be the Los Angeles Marathon V, and AND RELATED SPECIAL EVENTS to our losing the first place finish we earned March 11 will be the beautiful Napa Valley ALL NEW THIS YEAR! GREAT WINTER FAMILY FUN! last year. We did quite respectably, Marathon. Fil keep you posted and updated LOTS OF SURPRISES! however, as the year rolls along. In the meantime, SEE TRUCKEE'S INTERNATIONAL Mike Mahoney ran a good, solid first leg, keep training, and I'll be looking for you on RACINC ('14 âMPIflN MIMP RnA71 handing off to me, which gave the S.F. Fire the trails. Department a good lead. Stan ran the third Every man, woman and child, upon presenting an admission ticket or leg, and again ran a personal best time. purchasing one at the entrance gate to the races, will receive a FREE raffle Celia Rose This time Stan's new record was for the Skin Care Studio ticket to win a Siberian husky puppy named "Yukon"! lake, narrowly missing breaking the twenty- The grand drawing will be held Sunday afternoon at- the award seven minute barrier, in twenty-seven and ESTHETICIAN & CONSULTANT ceremonies. Raffle ticket holders need not be present to win! All they have eleven seconds. 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Bob Del Torre, International Bobsledder by Dennis Bianchi his, Bob Squeri (owner of Coit Building Maintenance, San Francisco), decided that I always thought of bobsledding as an they would like to try their hand at bob- event practiced by athletes from Nordic sledding. This led to phone calls being counties, with names like Hans, Helmut or made, starting with Lake Placid, New Jurgen. I envisioned them as exotic peo- York, the scene of one of only twelve bob- ple engaged in an undertaking of tremen- sled tracks in the world and the only one dous courage, unique surroundings, and an in the United States. Due to the vastly im- unexplainable desire to go very fast in what proved participants and advanced sleds, I perceive to be an unsafe vehicle. Then this track has become too dangerous for came the Winter Olympics that featured use until some adjustments are made, but the bobsled team from Jamaica and the ex- the first step was taken and the two were ploits of England's ski-jump amateur, "Ed- directed to Joe Kilburn, a Canadian Olym- die the Eagle". That's when I had my first pic coach and Bob Wilkins, an American inkling that desire had more to do with Olympic coach. these events than the accident of being In January, 1989 the pair flew to Calgary (Left to right) Bob Del Tone with Graham Stricklanp of the U.S. Virgin Islands, their born near a bobsled track. and, after joining the Canadian Rocky coach Joey Kilburn and Bob's partner Bob Squeri. I haven't researched this yet, but I feel Mountain Bobsled Club, they were tutored confident in writing that, for the first time in the art of bobsledding. Del Torre ex- in the history of the San Francisco Police plained that before going down any course, SPILSTED Department, there is a bobsledder among the drivers will walk the approximately one our ranks. Office Bob Del Torre of the Tac- mile course, carefully inspecting every twist DESIGN ASSOC. tical Division set out over a year ago to and getting themselves mentally prepared. become a bobsledder. On January 25-27, Numerous trial runs down the track, begin- Terry Spilsted, President 1990, Bob will have progressed in his mis- ning at speeds of approximately twenty-five sion to the point where he will be represent- miles an hour but progressing to their final, Architectural Design and Planning ing the United States in the Alberta Cup qualifying run at over seventy miles an Race in Alberta, Canada. The trip to Alber- hour, led to the team being officially cer- 300 Broadway ta has been typical of the way Bob ap- tified and they are now allowed to drive a San Francisco, CA 94133 proaches the many athletic endeavors he bobsled on any of the world's twelve 415-986-5555 pursues, with bulldog-like determination. courses. They are known as the San Fran- Sitting around a sports bar with some cisco Bobsled team. The've made-many ­ friends, discussing "Eddie the Eagle's" friends among the world's better athletes, Olympic participation, Bob and a friend of including a Calgary policeman, Stu Morse, Larkin & Co who is a member of the Canadian National Team and who will most likely be appear- 582 Market Street #1115 ing in the 1992 Winter Olympics. San Francisco, CA 94104 On October 18, 1989 Del Tone returned Brawn and beauty - Bob Del Tone with ij Ir a sleek bobsled. to Canada to attend the Alberta Provincial 433-5338 Driving School, coached by four of the v Canadian Olympic coaches. In the second week of this school Bob filled in for a member of Canada's four-man team and rode several days with this distinguished group. Courtesy Bob was an assistant football coach at the College of Mann and played for the Department's football team, The Cen- turions, for five plus years, so he's no -of a Snow and ice spray everywhere trying to stranger to violent collisions. The type of stop a 450 lb. sled at 70 + m.p.h. collision in bobsledding is of a different nature, however. Scrunched up inside a very small four hundred and fifty-pound Friend sled, which is guided by rope pulleys only, The Ron Kaufman traveling at speeds over seventy miles an hour... this can lead to very severe injuries. Companies Crashes happen often, but the Del Tone- 55 Francisco Street 8th Floor Squeri team has neither crashed nor been San Francisco, CA 94133 ASIAN TELEVISION SALES 982-5702 injured. Being in good physical condition, no doubt, has played a large part in their success. 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• Time: .A Different Perspective 1989-90 SFPOA Basketball League by Dennis Bianchi that first game. It was like being in school again. I hit my first two shots and made Statistics another in the first half. We were winning. Twenty five years ago I was awarded a (as of 12/12/89) place on the All-State Basketball Team of Muni put on a shooting exhibition in the the Deseret News (a prominent paper in second half and made a closer game of it DIVISION II Salt Lake City, Utah). It was a great honor, but they had come on too late and we were DIVISION I off to a great start. My teammates warned Headquarters 2 0 Northern I 3 0 LA but it was not all I wanted as our team lost Tac Div 2 0 in the semi-finals of the State Tournament me to not get too used to such good for- N.E.T. 2 1 tune. They had been playing as a team for CHP (Redwood) 2 1 Potrero 1 0 and finished third in the state that year. 1 some time and recognized what I had fail- Central 2 1 Northern II 2 The year prior we were second, so in spite 1 ed to recognize at first. Time is a thief. FBI 1 1 Park 1 of winning twenty four games and losing 1 1 Before leaving after our second game, (a CHP(SF) 0 2 Inspectors only two over a two year span we never 0 1 heart-breaking loss to Northern II,) I caught Ingleside 0 3 Mission won the "Big One." As they say, close is 0 3 sight of the other division. The league is Central II good only in horseshoes, grenades and Muni 0 3 nuclear explosions. divided into two divisions and I think we With the arrival of family responsibilities, are fortunate to be where we are. The other division is loaded with players obviously TOP TEN SCORES school, work and the unbelievably fast fg 3 pts ftm/fta pts passage of time, basketball slipped by me. suffering from over-active height glands. DIVISION I 24 2 8/11 62 I always intended to play in the Depart Coach Waterfield dubbed us "The Wily Calgaro(Central) 45 Old Veterans," with the emphasis on old Dimino(CHP Reduced) 19 1 4/5 ment's league, but somehow never found 1 3/6 44 but wily, cagey, clever, experienced athletes Suhl(CHP Reduced) 19 time to do so. Until this year, that is. This 12 5 5/7 44 year I talked my way onto a spot on the must have everything working at the same Brunernan(NET) 10 5 5/6 40 Inspectors Team. When I say the passage time to beat naive, fast, inexperienced, Chase(CHP SF) 39 acrobatic young athletes. Gary Lemos Schmolke(Central) 18 1 0/0 of time, it means something very different 0 2/4 28 Marion Jackson, Don Carisen, Phil Dito Broderick(FBI) 13 to me at 43 years of age than it did at 23. 2 0/0 28 and myself understand that good luck is D'Arcy(NET) 11 If time is a thief, it's a sneak thief and a 1 2/2 27 also helpful, and highly prized. Gurinsky(FBI 11 thorough one at that. Just where in the hell 8 2 4/5 26 did my reflexes, timing, spring and butter- There are approximately six or seven Mthioney(Irigleside) soft touch to to? I had no idea they were games remaining in the season Wherever DIVISION II gone! we finish or how many games we win, it 14 0/0 50 will be fun It will be healthy. It will also be Kozel(Muni) 4 Playing with the Inspectors Bureau has 24 0 2/6 50 been a blessing. I don't have to think of a reminder to me not to let opportunities Calonico (Northern I) 12 .6 6/12 48 myself as "the old guy " Older than some, sup away. That sneaky thief, time will pick Hom(Muni) 1 0/0 45 up what you wanted, make good the Newland(Gnats) 21 certainly, such as Dave Ambrose, Tom 15 0 10/16 40 •Bruton, and John Hallisey: all younger, escape, and never return to you what you Roche(Gnats) Porto(Central H) 11 5 0/0 32 quick and each a fine athlete, but none in lost. 12 0 5/8 29 their twenties. There are others, however, I know there are many fine athletes in Puts(Northem I) 7 4 3/5 29 who are, thankfully, older. Last Friday, this Department who for one reason or McDonough(Northern I) 1 2/5 29 another, have not become involved in a Carlson(Inspectors) 12 waiting for the Potrero team to assemble 10 2 0/0 26 I looked across the court at the youthful regular exercise or athletic program. If Biel(Central II) I___. -- Murk i... powerful bodies warming up, and asked planningidJ1fl1E19 011 3LL111 UIIU LO IL, REMEMBER LEAGUE ENTRY FEES ARE DUE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE Coach Kelly Waterfield, "Do we ever get get around to it now. You'll find it so much easier to be still doing it later than trying to play a few guys our age?" The answer over again. Besides, you Make checks payable to the San Francisco Police Basketball League, do Bob Puts (Nor- was brutal. "No." "Well then, do we get to to get started all play against guys not so big?" "No." Brutali- might even have fun making time work to them Station), 1125 Fillmore St; SF ty was the order of the day. To make the steal its loot. This Department has had too Division I $170 game more interesting, we had but six many members hospitalized recently with Division II $150 players to their eight or more which allow- serious heart problems. Exercise may not ed us to use our superior experience and be the only answer to heart problems, and savvy in maintaining our dignity. For in- quality of life has just as much value as [AVE HERM AN stance, no one became violently ill. quantity, but every year there are more and Rich Leon's wife, being one of the most more indications that aerobic exercise will astute people I've met, gave us all sage ad- improve both your quantity and quality of vice. "What ever you do, don't get in a fight life. Muhammad Ali, at the end of his with these guys." There is no doubt that career, stated, "I whipped 'em all, except ,.JSUTRO she loves Rich dearly and wants him home Father Time." He's dead on; you can't whip every night in one piece, with observations 'time, but you can enjoy what's allotted. By F R !M,^. tt^ like that one. We obliged. We also lost. indulging in play, exercise, and in a PAIRS workout program of some regularity, you - Our second loss in a row. On the other 126 hand we won our opener against Muni. can, like I said, make that thief work 86-3 J harder. I couldn't believe the excitement I felt at f 4410 Cabrillo Street San Francisco, CA 94121 Best Wishes

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by Tom Flippin Whaddaya Expect?

The story in last Sunday's paper about the reorganization of the Police Depart- ment by Chief Jordan makes an interesting counterpoint to a recent column in the same paper. The columnist, while bemoan- ing the slow police response to a possible child endangerment, did elicit one genuine nugget of information. He quoted an officer who said something like: "...cops are keep- ing their heads down." (If my quote is off, chalk it up to my lack of attention while reading that columnist's predictable drivel.) Hey, no kidding! If you stick your neck out, you get "reorganized". As usual, however, the media has focus- ed on the so-called "failings" of the cops and not on the very real problems in polic- ing this city. It may not make good "copy", but there is definitely a story which should be heard. Most cops are dedicated people. They do a thankless job with great skill and take pleasure in making a difference in their community by helping people. In San Fran- cisco there are signs that cops' morale is suffering and that protection of life and pro- perty may be suffering in turn. Police/Firefighter Christmas Hospital Visit San Francisco is a liberal city; That shouldn't surprise anybody. There are by Steve Johnson 6, 1989, to make certain that every I wish to personally thank every one of many varied special interest groups, each youngster had a gift and a polaroid hug the police officers and firefighters who par- with its own likes and dislikes. But one Dan "Santa Claus" Gallagher (Park Sta- from the man in red. ticipated in making this Christmas visit ex- thing nearly all of the groups can unite on tion) overwhelmed the eight-year-old in in- Four years ago, I accompanied five other tra special for those who really count. is dislike of police crowd control. When tensive care unit at Presbyterian Hospital police officers to U.C. Hospital where we Please join us in 1990! they demonstrate (whether for or against so much that he (the young patient) forgot delivered a few gifts to some of the most something) they howl to the high heavens his name when Santa stopped by to talk deserving youngsters I've ever known. when the police are called in. and take a picture. We've expanded this first overture The media of this city has become a will- Dan was just one of fifty San Francisco somewhat to the point where we now have I Cha figed yourl ing partner in this "made-for-TV" drama. Police Officers, San Francisco Firefighters , four Santas (Gary Delagnes, Leroy Lindo, Demonstrators may be exercising their and San Francisco Airport Police Officers Dan Gallagher, Dave Robinson) visiting right to protest peacefully until the media who visited St. Lukes Hospital, Shriner's San Francisco hospitals and community address lately? shows up. Then they become vocal.. .at- Hospital, Children's Hospital, U.C. centers with gifts (donated by the San tack property and people. ..create a "media Hospital, Kaiser Hospital/Clinic, Francisco Firefighters Toy Program) and event". The police are required to take ac- Presbyterian Hospital, SFGH Pediatrics, each child also receives a polaroid photo tion, and the media gleefully record all con- Ella Hill Hutch Center and a Potrero Hill with Santa (compliments of the SFPOA frontations. . .interview protestors about child care center on Wednesday, December and Mattel Toy Co.). police brutality. ..and trumpet any alleged charges over and over. -Their distorted, biased, anti-cop coverage adds to the cir- cus atmosphere of public protests in San nions were denying cops the right to de- affairs. It doesn't bear repeating. Is it any Francisco. cent uniforms, the mayor was wining and wonder that San Francisco's street cops Chief Jordan, as shown by his latest dining the leaders of local crack gangs. are in despair? Is it any wonder that work reorganization and his statements to the Where are the priorities of our present efficiency has been affected? Is it any media, has become a weather vane to com- government? Money for the homeless.. .but wonder that even the most dedicated, I NAME munity reaction. His management-level take away a day of holiday pay; money for hard-working cop thinks twice before stick- people are plugged into positions and hur- "crack victims". ..but ignore calls for incen- ing his head or his neck out? Well, War- I I riedly pulled out to placate activists and tive pay (by the way, crack victims doesn't ren, whaddaya expect? I OLD ADDRESS p politicians, not to create an effective Police refer to innocent people but to people who I I Department. He is in an impossible posi- chose to use the drug and became hook- CITY, STATE, ZIP tion, admittedly ... depending on the support ed). To top off the whole mess, cops are I I of Mayor Agnos, and the Police Commis- stuck with their low pay, inadequate NEW ADDRESS sion to keep his job and still trying to run benefits and pitiful retirement system, S.F.P.O.A. Dues I the Department correctly. Maybe it's time because (as yet) we can't sit down and I I to simply tell the bureaucrats, "If you don't bargain for what we want. Every increase Paid in 1989 CITY, STATE, ZIP want crowds of protestors and in benefits must go through the elec- $385.80 demonstrators controlled, stop calling the torate.. .a very costly way to upgrade the SEND TO: Police Department for crowd control!" wage/benefit package. See your tax consultant THE NOTEBOOK for deductability. I I In addition, morale among the patrol On top of that, most cops have little I 5lO 7th Street - I force is low because of loss of money and chance of improving their lot by promotion. San Francisco, CA 94103 I benefits. At the same time the mayor's mi- We all know the sorry state of promotional L------J