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VOLUME 33, NUMBER 5 SAN FRANCISCO, MAY 2001 www.sfpoa.org California Peace Officers' Memorial Ceremony Report from the State Capitol

By Mark Hawthorne, CSIU where to post our- selves, we met with his year's Peace Officers' Memo- other arriving SFPD rial ceremony was held in Sac- personnel. As we be- T ramento in Friday, May 4th. I gan to visit and view was fortunate enough to be one of the the monument, the over two-hundred San Francisco Police impact struck many Officers who attended the ceremony of us. Although the representing an agency that lost two monument itself is officers in the line of duty in the year inanimate, the fig- 2000. ures depicted, and The day for many began early. We the names of the SFPD contnntpo2g Capitol steps mustered at Bldg. 606 dawn's early fallen officers in light. We boarded busses and pro- bronze is psychologically powerful. I, order was given to present arms, and The ceremony began with a wel- ceeded to Sacramento, complete with as well as others, felt a sense of honor the salutes were presented with pride come by Mike Minton, President of the a black and white escort. Although the in the presence of just such a monu- as the families of the slain officers be- California Peace Officers' Memorial ride was somewhat long, the time went ment. I hoped to capture the spirit of gan exiting the capitol, descending the Foundation, followed by Attorney quickly as brothers and sisters reac- the moment in some of the photos I stairs, and walking to the monument General Bill Lockyer, who was Master quainted themselves. As we arrived to took to memorialize this event. across the street. As the last family ex- of Ceremonies. As the program pro- the site of the memorial and disem- Then the order came to move to the ited the building and passed the offic- ceeded, the National Anthem was sung barked at the buses, I, as many others, steps of the Capitol building. We were ers standing on both sides, we began by SFPD Officer Larry Higgins, the col- was quite taken by the sea of Peace staging to be the first agency to stand to slowly march to the monument to Officers and auxiliary personnel that in honor as the families exited the observe the ceremonies. CONTINUED ON PAGE 17 were present. The setting could be con- building and proceeded through the sidered almost perfect, a warm, spring walk of honor to the monument. day with a slight breeze. The skies clear The sight of hundreds of SFPD uni- and blue. formed personnel lining both sides of POLICE AND FIRE POST As we began to mill around and get the walkway was both inspiring and our bearings, awaiting instructions awesome. As the moment arrived, the 456 NEWS

By Greg Corrales ary28, 1888, SFPD Presence: joined the We few, we happy few, we band of Police De- brothers, for he today that sheds his blood partment To Honor Valor Wrought By Duty with me shall be my brother. October 9, - William Shakespeare, Henry V 1916, eight By Chris Cunnie the most re- years later he warding 3 ecently I received copies of sev- was made a s I stepped out through the days of my eral articles that had been pub- corporal and front doors of the State Capi- career. Rlished in the San Francisco Po- on July 1, A tol last Friday, Suzanne You did an during 1925 was ap- outstanding lice and Peace Officers' Journal Brookbush, the widow of Inspector the 1940s. Sergeant Bob Fitzer was kind pointed a de- Greg Corrales Kirk Brookbush, tightened her grip on job. Your per- enough to supply me with the articles, tective ser- my arm. We couldn't believe what we sonal sacri- and with Memorial Day approaching, geant and a line sergeant December 9, saw. There were over 200 uniformed fice, giving I would like to share some of the in- 1929. San Francisco Police Officers lining the up a day to formation in those articles. After serving in the Central Station Memorial Walk in tribute to the offic- honor those The first article is actually an obitu- until 1923 he was transferred to the ers we lost last year. who have left Chris Cunnie at Sacra- ary, and was written by an anonymous Bureau of Inspectors, then to the De- I had been with both Inspector us, will never mento ceremony correspondent. It appeared in the tective Bureau. Most of his time in the be forgotten. Brookbush and Officer James March, 1943 issue of the Police and Bureau was on the Auto Detail, and Dougherty's families for the past 3 days I was approached by so many other Peace Offlcers'Journal. I'm starting with here he distinguished himself on many in Sacramento, attending to their ev- agencies and many very appreciative this in honor of my ace investigators occasions by his courage and efficient ery need as they participated in the family members who couldn't believe work. He narrowly escaped being killed the number of San Francisco Police Of- in the Auto Detail, with whom I spent Peace Officer Memorial services. There four great years: when he captured, on January 12, were grief seminars, a candlelight vigil, ficers who were there. "In the death of Inspector Frank 1929, S. Boone, auto thief, who chose You belong to a very unique family. and the final service held on Friday Brown since the last issue of THE to shoot it out with Inspector Brown. where I had the privilege of escorting A family whose members will never Brown got the best of the argument. forget and who will always be there JOURNAL, the San Francisco Police Suzanne Brookbush from the State Department lost one of its heroes of Capitol to the Memorial Circle. It was for you as you were for them on Fri- World War I and a mighty fine officer. CONTINUED ON day, May 4, 2001. Brown was born in Woodland, Janu- PAGE 14

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May 2001 Page 2 POA Journal The SFPD Wants You to Help A N6 ORPHANS" AID With Strategic Planning By Captain John Ehrlich This was once a process limited to a ASSOCIATION few people writing up a plan with ap- The San Francisco Police Depart- proval from the head of the organiza- ment has started the strategic planning tion. This type plan often failed to take APRIL 18, 2001 Navy and, on his discharge, stayed in The regular meeting of the Widows' process and wants your help. We need many factors into account. What goes California. He got his first job with to get your input on the future of this on outside an organization has a tre- and Orphans' Aid Association of the Municipal Railroad. In 1958, at the age San Francisco Police Department was Department. What do we want this mendous influence on what happens of 34, he entered the Police Academy. Department to be doing in five years with the organization and makes com- called to order by President Dave His first assignment was Southern. He Fontana at 2:05 PM in the conference and how will we get there? What kind plex plans useless. It was also recog- stayed in the Police Department for of report writing system and report nized that it is vital to bring all seg- room of Ingleside Station. one year. He went back to Muni, and Led by management system should there be? ments of an organization into the PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE: worked for 38 years. He went through planning process. This results in a bet- President Fontana. The members of this Department will various assignments, from the motor be a tremendous resource in this pro- ter plan and also helps with the plan's ROLL CALL OF OFFICERS: Presi- coaches, rails, and cable cars. He rose dent Fontana, Vice President Crosat. cess. implementation. to the rank of superintendent. He of- The Strategic Planning Committee The Department will be holding Trustees: Jeffery, Aguilar, Kemmitt, and ten worked with members of our acci- has been meeting over the past few meetings with members of the com- Reilly. Excused, Kurpinsky. Also dent bureau where Muni was either 1 present: Junior Past President Joe months. It already has asked through munity in order to broaden our base. or 2. He was 76 at the time of his death. Department Bulletin 01-83 for your City Agencies and the Police Depart- Garrity, and Past President William Bob was born in ROBERT WELCH: submissions for a new motto and Mis- ment in particular must include people Hardeman. San Francisco. He was raised in the - sion Statement. We are looking for- from outside our organization in our MINUTES OF THE MARCH MEET Mission, and attended Sacred Heart planning. What the community wants ING: Motion by Jeffery, seconded by ward to your participation in next se- High School. He joined the Army, and ries of meetings that will be held with and needs will change what we do. If Hardeman, that the minutes be ap- saw action in the South Pacific. Upon proved as published. Motion carried. representatives from each unit in the you are interested in participating or his discharge, he came back to San have ideas please contact me, Captain BILLS: The usual bills were pre- department. Francisco and entered the Police Acad- Strategic Planning is a process John Ehrlich, at 553-1484 or at sented. Motion by Crosat, seconded by emy in 1945. His first assignment was Reilly, that the bills be paid. Motion whereby an organization decides on [email protected] Richmond Station. After three years he its goals and objectives for the future. Carried. was assigned to Headquarters Com- NEW MEMBERS: Officers and pany. In 1953 he was assigned to the May 3, 2001 Trustees will meet at the Police Acad- Inspectors Bureau. He worked Robbery emy on May 9, 2001 to address the and Sex Crimes. He was awarded sev- Update, S. 166, 199th and 201st recruit classes. The eral Captain Comps for his arrest of "The James Guelif Body Armor Act, 2001" time was set for 12.45 hrs. Ernie robbery suspects. He was one of the Dear Chris McNett paid his back dues, and was first to hold the rank of Sgt. and In- Body armor legislation, born from the corner of Franklin and Pine, accepted as a returning member. spector. Bob was 78 at the time of his continues to make progress at the federal level and in states around the COMMUNICATIONS: We have re- death. country. S. 166, "the James Guelff Body Armor Act 2001", was reintro- ceived several complaints about our REPORT OF TRUSTEE: Mr. Bruce duced in the 107th congress by Senator Dianne Feinstein on 1/24/01. looking into Wells Fargo Bank for our Bain, from the Bank of America, in- Its counterpart in the House, H.R. 1007, was introduced on 3/13/01 by Financial Advise. The main concern troduced Mr. Shane Hiller, who will be former state trooper, Rep. Bart Stupak. The language has been worked was their position on the Boy Scouts working on our account. Mr. Mike out and and we are in the best position to date for eventual passage. of America, and their position of not Harrington will still be with our ac- Sgt. John Payne wrote a very compelling letter of testimony to allowing homosexuals as scoutmas- count, but due to his travel, thought Senator Feinstein regarding the incident in 1994. I forwarded addi- ters. The Widows' and Orphans' will it would be best that we had another tional copies to the other legislators who are also working on the bill. continue their association with Bank person to assist him with our account Please thank him for his effort. I have heard comments regarding his of America. This is due to the current We seem to be waiting for the 3rd and stock market and the future of our As- letter from legislators in Washington, DC and from state legislators 4th quarter to regain some of our around the country. sociation. However, the trustees will be losses. Our asset summary for our to- watching the market and the work of Enclosed is an update from South Carolina, Texas, Georgia, Oregon, tal account Cash 5.04%; Stocks New Jersey and Maryland. Each of the responding states receives our our current financial advisor. 32.43%; Bonds 62.53%. Times are 'information packet' including letters of support and testimony, video NEW BUSINESS: President Fontana tough, and we have to hold the course. spoke to the Police Credit Union and footage, state and federal support and the first petition ever signed Technology is the future, and although from the SFPD. You would be amazed at the number of officers I talk to worked out a plan to allow our retired we have only 18% of techs in our ac- who express admiration for your department for all the support you members to have their annual dues count, we are well balanced in the automatically taken from their ac- have given over the years. On behalf of Jim's family, let me thank you other sectors of our economy. That will again. count. This would be a great advan- keep us going in these tough times. Sincerely, Lee Guelff tage since some of our retirees live in ADJOURNMENT: President Fon- very remote locations and, due to their tana called for a moment of silence for travel and CRS syndrome, they would our departed members, and set the The San Francisco Police Officers' Association always be covered. More to come on next meeting for Wednesday, May 16, this in the immediate future. 2001 at 2PM in the conference room POA JOURNAL of Ingleside station. The meeting was ISPS #82 320) WE HAD TWO DEATHS THIS PAST adjourned at 3:15 PM. PUBLISHED MONTHLY PER YEAR MONTH: EDITOR SPOi! S EDITORuR f5 I( I.\1 PCI;L!CTk\ UI Nic!. Shiliadeis . lION ARTHUR FRANICE: Arthur was born Ray Shine THE SA\ FRANCISCO POLICE III! 115 555()(J', Fraternally, 510 7TH STREET, S\1'! '..l'((i 94103 in St. Louis Missouri, he joined the Mark Hurley, Secretary. WEBMASTER SPECIAL ASSIGNIMENTS 861-5060 Tom I .icu'c I. Roy S'-v www.sfpoa.org San Francisco Veteran Police Officers' Association SYPOA BOARD OF DIRECTORS PRESIDENT ...... Chris Connie Co. I ...... Kyle Ching, John Scully On the second Tuesday of every month, you can visit with other retired police VICE PRESIDENT ...... Gary Delagnes Co. J ...... Jesus Pena, Theresa San Giacomo officers at the Veteran POA meetings. We meet at the Immaculate SECRETARY ...... Tom Shawyer Co. K ...... Doug Foss, Ben McAlister Conception Parish Hall, 3255 Folsom St. Parking is good in the lower yard. TREASURER...... 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• .Investment Clubs: aggressive and more attentive. Several is a very lucky young man. While rid- AROUNDTHE We haven't heard much about the dozen more cameras will be installed ding his bicycle in a San Diego bike various department investment clubs soon. Officers and DPT personnel on lane he was struck by a vehicle. The DEPARTMENT since the Market took a downward patrol can assist the camera program impact broke his leg on contact and turn. The clubs are all alive and very by issuing citations for 5200 CVC - propelled him into the air approxi- active, though admittedly with fewer no front plate - the current camera mately 20 feet. He landed on his head. assets. The clubs provide an excellent configuration requires a front plate to Fortunately he was wearing his helmet. way to learn about the markets. Today cite the violator... The doctors at the emergency credit is a good time for those not in a club the helmet with saving his life. Den- to start one. It is easy to start a club in • .Birth: nis has received a new helmet from the an up market, but starting one in a Mike Baglin, of Narcotics ER staff, which has put on display his down market may actually be smarter Rebooking, and his wife Ann, are cel- life saving helmet... and more profitable in the long run. ebrating the birth of their first child, Trivia: The Alvord Lake Investment daughter Margaret Rose, who arrived .HSS Election: Club of the Park Station takes its name at 7 lbs., 15 oz on May 8, 2001. Don't forget to vote for Karen from Alvord Lake in Golden Gate Park Breslin for the Health Services Board... which was named after an 1800s Po- .Goodbye: lice Commissioner... Officer Mike Williams, 10-year vet- .First Place: eran of the Airport, has resigned from Congratulations to Erica Faliano, .Overlays: the department. His wife, Erika, has daughter of Matthew and Elizabeth Jack Ballentine, of the PLES Unit received a great promotion and must Faliano, Northern Station, on winning announces that an order will be forth- relocate to Seattle, Washington. Mike, First Place in the Annual Children's .PAL Fundraiser: coming, mandating the wearing of the now a househusband will pursue a Poster Contest sponsored by the San traffic (florescent green) overlays while teaching career. POA rep, Mike Francisco Dental Society. Erica is in the n Sunday, June 24, 2001, working lOb. A sufficient number of Chandra, organized a nice send-off for 5th grade ant attends St. Stephen's Dudley Perkins Company vests have been delivered to allow in- Mike at Artichoke Joe's in San Bruno. School in the city. Good job erica. 0 will present its first annual dividual issue... We wish Erika and Mike the best. We Proud of you... Treasure Island Run to benefit the San will miss them greatly... Francisco Police Athletic League -PAL. • . .Perceptions vs. Reality: • . .Proud Dad: The ride will form at the Harley Show- At a recent forum of senior citizens • . .Sick Call: Paul Makaveckas, Taxi Detail, room on the 100 block of South Van many opinions were voiced. Among S.F. Police Golf Club President, re- proudly announces that his 14-year- Ness Ave. near Mission St. and ride to the comments made were "We really tiree Jerry Cassidy, writes that he suf- old daughter, Nicole Makaveckas has Treasure Island for a Barbecue and appreciate the police officers. They are our fered a heart attack March 29 after signed with "March Hare Manage- Music. Cost is $20 per person with $10 only line of defense." - Talk then turned missing a short putt. Jerry is on the ment" of Los Angeles for commercial dollars going directly to the PAL. Non to the energy crisis, and one senior mend and his humor is intact. He ex- and movie work. She also signed with Riders are welcome. Contact Captain commented on how lucky the police pects to be back on the course this "emodel" modeling agency of Mt. Rich Cairns, TI Station, at 415-984- were to have the gas for their private month and living with the "diet po- View for print work. Dad says that at 0746 for additional details and direc- vehicles paid for by the department. Now lice" a.k.a. wife Judi. - Jerry can be this rate Nicole will not only be able tions... that is a perception. What astonished reached via e-mail at judiandjerrv@ to pay her college tuition, but also treat me was that over half the seniors jps.net him to a few well earned vacations... .Police Memorial: present thought that to be true... A huge "thank you" to all the offic- ... On the mend: Announcements, notices or tid- ers who attended the California Peace .L'iI People: Dennis Weatherman, the 14-year- bits can be e-mailed to AlCasciato@ Officers' Memorial Ceremony on May Directly across the street from the old, son of retiree Joe and Colleen lycosmail.com, faxed to 552-5741, or 4, 2001 in Sacramento. The memorial Taraval Station is McCoppin children's Weatherman and grandson of the late mailed to Around the Department, ceremony inducted 10 California of- playground that is crawling with little retired Inspector Alban Weatherman 510 - 7th St., S.F., CA 94103. ficers who lost their lives in the line of people daily. Probably one of the saf- duty during calendar year 2000. San est parks in the City with amenities. Accepting Most Dental Plans Francisco Police Department inducted The officers of the Taraval Station two members, Inspector Kirk B. watch the park closely while allowing JULIA A. HALLISY, D.D.S. Brookbush and Officer James F.- park users access to the station's Dougherty. Their families appreciate restrooms, soda machine, and also pro- 2411 Ocean Avenue, #101 the support... vide "free advice" on any subject. The San Francisco, California 94127 adults who accompany their lii' ones Office Hours By Appointment .Congrats: thank Captain Michael Yalon and the Telephone: 415/452-0123 Airport Bureau Police Service Aide, men and women of the Taraval Sta- Marc Richardson, has become a mem- tion for their hospitality and caring... Wife of Sgt. John Hal/is>' - Narcotics Bureau ber of the 200th Academy Class. Marc is the son-in-law of recent retiree, Fleet .Coded Message: Manager Loyce Tucker. Loyce and the From New York, New York - Mary entire family are very proud of Marc, McDonald bring back the uniform the and we wish him well... parade is over... Old Republic Title Compally ps, :: ;$:ü .Summer Games: • . .Red Light Camera: w1mi NEW Officer, Jackie Jehi, who coordi- -; The California Police Summer MINE fl 1 1' Games will take place August 11-18, nates the Red Light Camera program, L,tLIAOR . 2001 in San Jose. The SFPD Rifle Team reports that the program is a huge suc- Frank Falzon Novato -j.... Rafael is in need of shooters for the .22 cal. cess. Injury accidents at camera inter- (Retired S.F.P.D., Homicide) 1450 Grant Ave. 110 Tiburon Blvd. 545-4th Street sections have been greatly reduced. Vice President Novato, CA Mill Valley, CA San Rafael, CA long rifle event and the large bore (.223 Business ement or 308 cal) rifle event. Anyone inter- Red light runner citations have Novato Office 897-9632 388-8740 454-8300 ested in shooting, please call Alex dropped, as drivers have become less Takaoka at 415-752-0320. Informa- tion about the Summer Games, (for- merly the Police Olympics), is avail- able on the net at: Just Listed! www. 2001summergames.org...

• . .Police Museum: Bob Fitzer, of the EEO Unit, will be retiring soon and has handed the reins of the Police Museum to Liane Corrales, of the Juvenile Bureau. We thank Bob for his many years of ser- Donna Falzon vice and wish Liane the best in her new "I sell Novato" curator role. Liane announces that ne- gotiations are currently in progress about housing the City, Fire, and Po- 898-0484 lice Collections all under one rood at ext. 138 the Old Mint at 5th and Jessie Streets...

.Traffic Theory: FRANK HOWARD Fill in the blank. The vehicle with Lovely Loma Verde in Novato. Over 1/2 acre with lots of privacy. the most lug nuts ____ Great 3 bedroom home with huge game room addition. Won't last at this price - $495,000

May 2001 Page 4 POA Journal TRAFFIC Tins April Blood Drive By Rene LaPrevotte, Successful and Plentiful Co.K was gratified to see such an over- By Mark Hawthorne, whelmingly positive response to Chair of the Blood Committee I this new column, (I received a let- meanor intake deputy. ter from an officer from Bayview) so For this reason, there is a Depart- If you missed the Tr-annual Traffic Tips will continue, at least in ment Bulletin coming out next month blood drive held on Wednesday, the short-term. If you have any ques- calling upon you to issue a DMV 310 April 26, 2001, you missed a tions/observations that are traffic re- form (Peace Officers' Notice of Suspen- great time. But just around the lated, feel free to drop me a line at the sion) on EVERY 14601, regardless of corner, in July, there will be an- STOP Unit. (Please, no complaints of the service code on the suspension other. There was plenty of cheer 4-Boy response time). information. The effect of this is that to go around, plenty The letter I received is a familiar re- our arraignment clerk in STOP will of food and refresh- frain regarding the reduction of mis- then be able to show proof-of-service ments, and one demeanor 12500a and 14601 cases to without having to order the "service" could not have - Above: Blood Committee 1295 1 a CVC infractions. "How the documents from DMV (Which often asked for better Chair leading by

hell can anyone justify reducing the don't arrive in time for the arraign- weather, bright and I example misdemeanor (usually repeat) charge ment). Include a photocopy of the com- sunny. Myself, alon.., of knowingly driving with no license pleted 310 with the report, CDL with other members Left: Lt. Mart Stasko, issued, or a license that's suspended, print-out and registration information Co. E with son Stevie to the infraction of driving without that you fax to STOP (553-1043). helping. having your otherwise valid license in When Mr. Hallinan was advised of your possession"? Who is doing it and the dismal prosecution rate of our why are good cases being dumped? 12500/14601 cases, he hit-the-roof and so the final actual was 91 pints The San Francisco Police Depart- called a meeting with his staff and the of blood donated. What a suc- ment cites approximately five hun- STOP Unit supervisors. The result of cess! dred misdemeanor 12500a/14601 of- that meeting was that ANY violator Some of you expressed con- fenders every month. This statistic who has five prior cites for 12500a or cern over the lack of raffle prizes speaks volumes about the dedication 14601 will positively be charged as a at this drive. However, wait un- of our station patrol officers, and I in misdemeanor, jury trial or not. I know til the July drive. You are going no way hope to discourage those ef- that the need for five priors sounds to be tickled at the raffle prizes forts. Reality however is that when excessive, but you'd be surprised how The tables filled up as members came to the awarded. To be eligible to win, charged as a misdemeanor, the defen- many offenders this encompasses. If POA to donate blood. all you have to do is participate dant has the right to a jury trial and you want to see that scofflaw who you by donating a pint of blood. you know what THAT prospect does repeatedly stop and cite actually of the committee, were in rare form as I know many of you had other com- to our judges and DAs. The result is charged as a misdemeanant, make a the welcoming committee. We were mitments, or any number of reasons that 14601s that have questionable notation on your 14601 or 12500 re- the commensurate good will ambas- why you could not make the April proof-of-service notice to the driver that port indicating the defendant has "X" sadors, welcoming all who graced us blood drive. That is why the drives are he was in fact suspended, or any number of priors, and he will be prop- with their presence. three times a year, to give everyone a 12500a violations are immediately re- erly charged. Chief F. Lau made a visit and was chance to participate. duced to a 12951(a) by the misde- Keep-up the good work! welcomed as he walked among the Other members of the committee many donors, expressing his apprecia- and I believe in leading by example. tion to such a selfless cause. It did ap- That is why we donate three times a pear that he was concerned as to the year. It's kind of like saying why should limited number of participants, as we we expect you to donate if we don't? all were. Remember the department Lastly, I would like to say thank you We're Happy to Serve SF'S Finest - strength is 2300 strong. to all of you that gave of yourself and We'll Even Deliver to Your Station! At the end of the day, though a bit donated blood to a noble cause, the frayed from the long hours, we were wellness of others, demonstrating the happy in knowing the Police Depart- true spirit of community. 9=0@0 0@ =^g5y@ =,g5999 ment sponsored another successful Until July, stay healthy, keep your blood drive. The final count of donors iron up, and your blood pressure FAX ORDERS TO: 415-551-3520 was 101. Of those, ten were deferred, down.

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Dropping the victim to the asked him if there was anything ground, the mugger began to rifle By Michelle Jean past the suspect's car they observed a nearby that he might have "tagged" through the victim's pockets. that could have set off the "graffiti Contributions by Tom Shawyer shotgun on the front passenger seat. While the suspect was going Back-up Officers Timothy Nichols meter". By chance, they just happened through the victims pockets, and still to stop next to a large wall with blue ew Years Eve, 2000, In- and George Ferraez responded and se- applying the chokehold, Officers Greg spectors Lou Bronfeld and cured the shotgun and car. As the foot graffiti painted on it, when the suspect Watts and Kevin Moylan happened spontaneously stated, "Damn. That N Joe Engler were detailed to a chase continued, the suspect ignored by and on-viewed the incident. See- New Years Eve squad located at the the officers' commands to stop but, of thing is good. That's mine over there." ing the officers, the suspect abruptly See? Spray paint fumes do indeed Ferry Building. They made a pit stop course, he was finally grabbed and dropped the victim's money. at Sinbad's restaurant, and were soon placed into custody. kill brain cells! Yeah, right. That'll really fool 'em! Officer Angel Lozano responded to summoned by the owner to assist a Officers Sean Archini and Jon The suspect was taken into custody, customer who was having a heart at- Rochlin transported the suspect to assist Officers Ortega and Lopez, and and the officers recovered all of the they soon located numerous buildings, tack. Park Station. While there, Officer victim's cash. Perfection! Inspectors Bronfeld and Engler Archini kept a watchful eye on our moving trucks, vans, windows, a mail- cleared the area and loosened the handcuffed suspect and saw - via the box, a fire hydrant, and a large gar- victim's clothing. Inspector Engler closed circuit camera - the suspect talk bage dumpster tagged by our weakest then ran out of the restaurant to get another prisoner into removing from link. Due to the severity of the offense, help from Fire Department personnel his pocket a paper bindle containing 1* Officer Chuck Limbert, from the Graf- who were stationed nearby. suspected rock cocaine. fiti Abatement Detail, was contacted While running to get help, Inspec- Bingo! Add another charge. February 12, 2001, Mission Sta- to handle the remainder of the inves- tor Engler informed Officer Ed Hunt A computer check revealed that our tion: A call went out describing a man tigation. of the medical emergency inside of the suspect had never been issued a driver wearing a black leather jacket, glasses, restaurant. Officer Hunt ran and be- license. Do we wonder why he a cap, and armed with an automatic Caper #2- February 28, 2001. Mis- gan to assist Bronfeld. They were try- crashed? He was also on active parole. weapon. sion District, 1400 hours: Officer ing to keep the victim calm until medi- Officers Donald Kalisen and Carlos Gutierrez was patrolling the cal help could arrive, but the customer Mario Machi responded to area - area of 16th and Mission streets when soon lost consciousness and stopped 26th and South Van Ness - and im- he spotted a drug transaction taking breathing. mediately spotted a man matching the place between two young males. Of- Our heroes sprang into action and suspect description walking out of a ficer Gutierrez approached the scene, immediately began CPR. They contin- store carrying a black bag. They de- and the two suspects broke for a run. ued to give CPR until the victim re- January 11, 2001, Mission Station: tained the suspect and discovered a Gutierrez instinctively went for the gained consciousness and began As a man was entering his vehicle on fully loaded .9mm semi-automatic dealer, placing the man into physical breathing on his own. Insp. Engler Harrison Street, a suspect approached handgun with an extended magazine detention, while the suspected cus- then arrived with the Firefighters. As and struck a sharp object against the in the bag. tomer disappeared into the crowd. the fire crew began to give oxygen, the left side of the victim's, neck. The sus- The suspect was placed under arrest However, the suspected dealer victim once again stopped breathing pect forced the victim to the passen- and transported to Mission Station. would have none of it, and wrenched and lost consciousness. Paramedics ger side, then he also got into the car. During the follow-up investigation, free of the officer's grasp. The suspect arrived and started CPR. They worked Once inside, the suspect demanded the officers found that the serial num- reached into the pocket of his coat and on him for approximately twenty min- the victim's money. While holding the ber on the weapon had been filed off, produced an unknown brown object. utes before he was stable enough to weapon against the victim's neck, the and that the suspect was a felon with The furtive movement alerted the ex- transport. The paramedics reported to suspect removed twenty- dollars from a murder conviction. The quick action perienced officer. Fearing that the bad our heroes that the customer's condi- the victim. of these officers prevented this convict guy was going for a weapon, Gutierrez tion was extremely critical and praised Then, the suspect started the car and from committing more felonies on the withdrew a few steps, pulled his the Inspectors for the steps taken to began to drive away, ordering the vic- citizens of San Francisco. weapon, and commanded the suspect help save his life. tim to shift the gears. The suspect kept to "Show me your hands!" the victim in the car against his will The suspect bolted. Out went the for around ten minutes, all the while call for a Code-33 from a pursuing keeping the sharp weapon against the Gutierrez. Into the fray came Sergeant victim's neck. The suspect finally Larry Gray in the capacity of a much stopped the car at Shotwell and Cesar appreciated back-up. Gray and Chavez streets and removed a ring that From SFPD's I-swear-this-is-true! Gutierrez took the suspect into custody January 2, 2001, Park Station: of- the victim was wearing. Still not satis- File: at 17th and South Van Ness - but not ficers Robert Duffield and Michael fied, the crook also demanded the Caper #1 —January 3, 2001. Mis- before noticing that the aforemen- Madrieres were patrolling when they victim's watch, then shoved the latter sion District, 0320 hours. Officers tioned "unknown brown object" was witnessed a car accelerate to a danger- out of the car and drove away. Ap- Glen Ortega and Jose Lopez were on in fact a Brown Python snake coiled ously high speed. They followed the proximately twenty minutes later, of- patrol. They spot three males wearing around the suspect's arm. car and saw it run through a stop sign ficers Matthew O'Leary and Marc bulging backpacks. The officers looked In all, the suspect went down on at great speed. Higa spotted the victim's vehicle with at each other and, simultaneously, charges for narcotics, stolen auto, and As they tried to catch up with the the keys still in the ignition. Shortly said, "Graffiti!" illegal possession of a protected spe- reckless driver, the officers watched thereafter, Sergeant Richard Pate spot- They made a U-turn and moved in cies. Fine work by a sharp-eyed beat helplessly as the speeding car rammed ted a possible suspect walking on Mis- on the suspects. However, now only cop - and a station house story that's into a parked vehicle. The driver, no sion Street and detained the individual two of the males were wearing a back- one for the books. worse for wear or tear, fled on foot into for investigation. pack. The third had shed his, and was a nearby apartment complex. Officers Jose Lopez and Ajay also attempting to hastily discard a Stay safe, and I'll see you next Officer Madrieres called for a "Code Saxena transported the victim to the latex glove. month. 33", and he and his partner were off scene and conducted a cold show. The The Officers detained the suspects. to the races, trying their utmost to victim positively identified the sus- They discovered that one was wearing catch the fleeing suspect. As they ran pect. This crudball IS the weakest link, a latex glove, while the another had

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May 2001 POA Journal Page 7 San Francisco r------this but that Jesus' body had to be cru- Fellowship of cified on the cross to pay the penalty Fellowship Of Christian Peace Officers Y Christian for our sins. Theme: "Caring for Relatives with an Incapacitating Illness" I Peace Officers Yes, we who sin every day are respon- I Special I sible for Jesus Christ's crucifixion. Luncheon: Thursday, June 14, 2001 I By Daniel Hampton There is blood on our hands. Yet, Jesus 1200 hours I Christ's teaching tells us if we believe I Time: I Location: POA, 510 - 7th Street, (7th and Bryant Sts.) I Passing Through in Him and in Him (God the Father) who sent Him into this world, that Guest I I y dear brothers and sisters, Jesus would give to us eternal life. "For Speaker: Officer Brett Hindon we are mortal beings, just God so loved the world, that He gave M passing through a period of His only begotten Son, that whoever I Brett Higdon worked for the S.F. International Airport Police from May I time on earth. The time we have here believes in Him should not perish, but I 1973 to July 1975. He entered the Department in 1975 and after corn- I is short, and we must be true to our- have eternal life." I pleting the Academy was assigned to Ingleside Station (1976), assigned I selves in finding out why in the world I know if you believe in Jesus Christ I to Park Station (1980), and found his permanent assignment, Tactical we even exist. For what purpose were and study His teachings in the New Company (1981-Present). Brett and his wonderful wife have been taking i we placed here on this planet? The in- Testament that your fears about your care of their elderly parents for several years. I have prayed for and with telligence that we have and share, to mortality will be diminished and your Brett during the hard times of their parent's illness. Brett would like to what end is it to be used? assurance of eternal life will be share with you how to prepare and cope with the caring for elderly par- Our mortality makes us wonder strengthened as your faith in Christ ents and relatives during a temporary or permanent incapacitating ill- about these things as we experience grows. May Jesus Christ choose you to ness, Brett's and his wife's faith in Jesus Christ has sustained them during believe in Him. Amen. I these difficult times. Brett will be thorough in discussing: A. Preparing I our loved ones, relatives, and peers be- I come ill and die. Death is an ugly thing I'd like you to do me a favor. If this I ahead of time, B. Reviewing your plan every year, C. What you have to because it's the termination of an ex- article tugs at your heart please write I do during the course of the illness, and D. Understanding your limita- istence, as we know it, into a portal of to me at the following address: Daniel tions, I the unknown. A. Hampton C/O Church of the High- IPlease attend and prepare for the inevitable, and show your support I This is why I challenge you to know lands, 1900 Monterey Drive, San i for Brett at the luncheon. and become familiar with the Lord Bruno, CA 94066-2571. I'll send you Jesus Christ. His resurrection proves information that will help your growth Reservations: and development with our Lord Jesus Cost: The cost for the luncheon is only $11.00 (eleven) per person. that there is life after death. For those You must pay in advance for this luncheon (Not Tax Deductible). who trust in Him, He guarantees to Christ. What a great luncheon we had in If you pay by check make it payable to. Daniel Hampton and send the bring their bodies back to life from the check to Daniel Hampton, Planning Division, 850 Bryant Street Room grave during the resurrection of the April for Sergeant Joe Garrity. Over 50 persons attended. You missed the bag 500, S.F., CA. 94103. 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In May, 2001, the ranks are thinned, careers near end. Still on active duty pictured L to R: Henry Fried- lander, John Thelen, Roddy Glover, Ray Shine, Lance Logan, Rich Moses, Walt Kovaleff, Tim Hettrich, Larry Ryan, Bruce Lorin, Ed Fortner, Steve Johnson, Ray Mullane, Doug Frediani, Dennis Moody, Mike Folena, Phil Brown. Not pictured: Pete Godbois, Jim Siern, Rich Barber, Barry Cooper. PHOTO BY MATT PEREZ Page 10 POA Journal May 2001 Proclamation By The Mayor

The Federal Troops, the members of the ing sent chills down five hundred nod SFPD uniforms), we Regular Police Force and all Special Po- spines. Many eyes, including your were greeted by owner Gus lice Officers have been authorized by me author's filled with tears, imagining Konstin and retired Chief to KILL any and all persons found engaged the terror experienced, as San Fran- of Police Thomas Cahill, in Looting or in the Commission of Any cisco shook ninety-five years ago. who graciously welcomed Other Crime. Resuming the festivities, the earth- the survivors. - E. E. Schmitz, Mayor quake survivors were treated to break- Sitting at "The Home of fast by the Saint Francis Hotel. The the Maltese Falcon," while

By Liane Corrales hotel graciously served the same break- listening to the experiences fast that had been on the menu on of the earthquake survivors, On April 18th 2001, at 5:13 a.m., April 1811, 1906. It was a sumptuous I was overcome by the spirit C A;+ the streets at Market and Kearny shook meal of scrambled eggs with black of Old s once again. This time it was not from truffles in vol-au-vent, hominy grits, romantic mystique. I was Insp. Liane Con-ales and Retired Chief of Police a major earthquake, but from the ee- stewed prunes, rice griddles cakes with honored to be one of the Thomas Cahill rie sound of the sirens of antique fire maple syrup, and chilled rhubarb stew. representatives of the SFPD engines and our antique Lincoln in its Chief's car. Approximately five hun- first dred people, including members of the participation in me, Sergeant Robert Fitzer of the cur- San Francisco Police and Fire Depart- this annual cel- rently homeless police museum for the ments, had responded to Lotta's Foun- ebration. We feel loan of the uniforms, and Sergeant tain at the intersection of Market and that it is of para- Dave Herrera and Officer Rich Lee of Kearny to commemorate the mount impor- the Fleet Office for driving the earth- ninety-fifth anniversary of the Great tance that the quake survivors in the antique Chief's San Francisco Earthquake and Fire of San Francisco Po- car. Thank you to Lt. Al Casciato, of- 1906. lice Department ficer Frank Achim and Officer Bernie Among the attendees were approxi- continue to par- Sullivan for providing our fantastic mately twenty earthquake survivors ticipate in this motorcycle escort. who sat in the place of honor on a important me- In closing, I ask all of you to remem- stage below Lotta's Fountain. The morial service. ber and honor Patrolman Max Fenner. Commemoration was coordinated by I would like to You will find Officer Max Fenner's Ms. Taren Sapienza, as she has done take this oppor- name on the Wall of Honor in the for the past twenty-five years. Mayor tunity to invite lobby of the Hall of Justice. Max Willie Brown placed a wreath of flow- all SFPD mem- Fenner was the seventh San Francisco ers on the fountain, "Lily Hitchcock bers to partici- Police Officer to sacrifice his life in the Coit" sang "San Francisco Open Your pate in next line of duty. As the earth shook Golden Gate," and the assemblage Insp. Liane Con-ales, Insp. Alexis Goldner and Arimena Brown year's festivities. I ninety-five years ago, Officer Max cheered in the cold downtown morn- pose in front of the antique Chief's car wearing vintage police would also like to Fenner pushed a mother out of the ing. A moment of silence in memory uniforms acknowledge and path of a collapsing brick building, of all the San Franciscans who perished thank Arimena saving her life, but sacrificing his own, in the earthquake and fire followed. After breakfast, the survivors were Brown and Alexis Goldner for dress- in the highest tradition of the San At precisely 5:13 a.m., the time the treated to a ferry boat ride around the ing in vintage police uniforms with Francisco Police Department. earthquake hit, several antique fire bay, followed by a wonderful lunch at trucks and our own antique Lincoln San Francisco's historic John's Grill. As Chief's car sounded their sirens. The we entered the fabulous John's Grill melancholy wailing of sirens reverber- (myself and Juvenile's Arimena Brown Awards For SFPD Hate Crime Trainers ating through the San Francisco morn- and Insp. Alexis Goldner wearing pe-

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sociation of Women Police organ- done by women in our Department to Pager: Fax: ization's annual fall conference, a pres- an international audience. tigious international award ceremony Applications MUST be received by Email: is held that recognizes outstanding May 24, 2001 to be considered for this police work done by women law en- year's awards ceremony in Edmonton, Nominee forcement officers from around the Alberta, Canada September 22-27, world. Categories for the awards in- 2001. Name: clude Leadership, Community Service, Please send applications or inquir- Address: Mentoring, Excellence in Performance, ies to: Medal of Valor, and Officer-of-the Year. Telephone Work: Telephone Home: Mylan Masson It would be wonderful if women Center for Criminal Justice and Law Pager: Fax: officers in the San Francisco Police Enforcement Department were nominated for these IAWP Awards Chairperson Email: awards. Anyone can nominate some- 1380 Energy Lane, Suite 104 Name of Chief/Sheriff or Director: one for an award, but I particularly St. Paul, Minnesota 55108 encourage the commanding officers of Address: Office: 651-643-3434 all of the individual units in the De- Fax: 651-643-3427 Phone Number: Fax: partment to take a look at the out- E-Mail: standing work that the women in their [email protected] Does nominee oppose media publicity units have done, and nominate them regarding the award? LYes IJNo Will candidate attend IAWP conference? EJYes EJNo WiU candidate attend IAWP Banquet? LJYes LNo Mission Officers Honored in Brief synopsis of nominee's achievement Irish/Mex Cinco de Mayo Tribute and reasons for nominations included? LYes 1No Bio of nominee included? LYes No L] Yes UNo By Ron Roth are both FTOs and are well respected Letters of reference and or support included? Mission Station by their bosses as well as their peers. 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The Grand Prize T she and her guardian, Roslyn Helen is a dog lover and credits skates or on your scooter" winner was awarded a $25 dinner cer- Baltimore, Planning Commission, Sheila with saving her life. What tificate at Sam's "Crepes on Cole" were out the door makes this story "Wear your seatbelt in the car and do while other winners in the top catego- of their Sunset even more spe- not distract the driver" ries were awarded $ 10-gift certificates District home on cial is that Sheila to 'The Burgermeister." Other great March 21, 2001. is a rescue dog. These great words of advice are traf- works of art garnered meals from Sheila's intense Roslyn adopted fic safety tips from students of kinder- McDonald's and Ice Cream treats from bark was unlike three-year-old garten through third grade at our Ben and Jerry's. her barking at the Sheila from the neighborhood Grattan Elementary The Traffic Safety Poster Contest is cats in the neigh- Oakland SPCA two School. The children know of poten- part of Park Station's effort to educate borhood. Sheila years ago, and all tial traffic safety hazards after hearing the community on traffic safety in- continued her she knew of her from Park Police Station's School Of- cluding our youngest neighbors. Out- barking and lead history was that ficers Gerilyn Kavanaugh and John standing contributions were made by Roslyn next door she had been twice Anton. Darcy Collings, the children's safety where they found abandoned before Once the officers finished their lec- specialist from Safety Awareness for their elderly Roslyn came into tures on traffic safety with handouts Everyone (SAFE), the AAA automobile her life. and materials provided by AAA, the association, and merchants from the neighbor, Helen, Sheila, the Tibetan Terrier had fallen in her Sheila is a hero kids were instructed to put forth their neighborhood including Finnegans driveway. She was injured and could and also a good example of what won- best efforts into creating colorful and Wake, Crepes on Cole, The not get up. derful pets rescue animals can be. So safety minded posters. Over 100 very Burgermeister, Ben and Jerry's Ice While Roslyn was calling 911 Sheila remember to visit the animal shelters thoughtful entries were submitted. Cream, McDonald's on Stanyan and kept barking. A nurse who lived across when looking for a pet.. .you could The hardest part of the project fell Haight and the Sony Metreon Com- the street was alerted by Sheila's bark- adopt a treasure like Sheila. on the shoulders of Park Station's Cap- plex. ing and came out of her home to in- tain Jim Dudley, Officers Anton, The program was a lot of fun and a Kavanaugh and Ms. Collings who were special thanks goes to Park Station's tasked with choosing the winning Sergeant Mark Porto for all his help in posters. In the end, as predicted, all of organizing the event. You can see the those who submitted entries were de- fine works of art for yourself at many clared winners! Finnigans Wake pro- of the merchants mentioned and at vided funding for the colorful ribbons other locations along Cole Valley and awarded to each entry. The ribbons on Haight Street. I plan to hang sev- bear the SFPD Patch and declare the eral in the Park Station Community holder a "Partner in Traffic Safety." Room. Each student also received a colorful

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May 2001 POA Journal Page 13 Every 15 Minutes Simulation of Drunk Driving Crash ^ A Vivid Lesson for Teens By Teri Barrett, out the day, members of the living Juvenile dead place their tombstones in a tem- porary cemetery on the school cam- With Prom and Graduation season pus so friends and classmates can now upon us it is time for all of us to mourn their loss. take the time to talk to our teenagers A simulated drunk driving collision regarding the dangers associated with involving pie-selected high school stu- drinking and driving. Every 15 min- dents begins with a pre-recorded 911 utes someone in the United States dies call that triggers an emergency re- in an alcohol related traffic collision. sponse by the police department, fire- Teen drivers are responsible for a fighters, paramedics, and the coroner. highly disproportionate number of Each agency role-plays at the accident collisions, injuries and deaths. In or- scene to simulate a real life response. der to reduce the number of teens in- Paramedics treat the injured stu- volved fatal crashes we need to work dents for their injuries and a second

Debilitating injuries... tal and actually starts to feel guilty. The a silent prayer. So now with prom and parents who role play the part of the graduation season upon us we need to parents of the deceased student fall talk to our children. Tell them if they apart as they are told by the doctors ever need a ride home to call you, any that their child did not make it and time day or night. Tell them not to get the hospital grief counselors respond in the car with their friends who have to help calm them down. All of us par- been drinking and partying and give ticipating in this process know that them the tools they need to say no. this is a reenactment and none of it is Teach them to watch out for other real, but the emotional response by all drivers and let them know that driv- of us involved becomes very real. ing after midnight on the weekends is As police officers we have all been the most dangerous time for teens to to horrific scenes of car crashes involv- be driving. Coordination tests and arrest... ing young people. We have all walked The following is a poem written by together to educate our children re- critically injured student is trapped in- in the shoes of the first responders and a student who participated in the Ev- garding traffic safety. In the last decade side the vehicle and must be rescued gone home after our shifts and not ery 15 Minutes Program to her Mom, over 68,000 teens have died in car from the vehicle. A third student is de- been able to sleep. Every time we drive called the Death of Innocence (Author crashes. Nearly half of the fatal crashes clared dead and removed by the coro- by the scene of a fatal accident we say Unknown) involving 16 year old drivers were ner, the fourth student, designated as single vehicle crashes. the drunk driver, is given a field sobri- The San Francisco Police Depart- ety test and is arrested for driving un- Death of Innocence der the influence. ment Juvenile-Youth Programs Section I went to a party mom, I remembered He didn't know where he was going, what you said. mom, he was at the same party as I, You told me not to drink, mom, The only difference is, mom, he drank, So I drank soda instead. and I will die. I really felt proud inside, mom, the way you said I would. Why do people drink, mom? It can ruin I didn't drink and drive, mom, your whole life. even though the others said I should. I'm feeling sharp pains now, mom, Pains just like a knife. I know I did the right thing, mom, The guy who hit me is walking, mom, I know you're always right. And I don't think it's fair. Now the party is finally ending, mom, I'm lying here dying, mom, and all he As everyone drives out of sight. can do is stare. As I got into my car, mom, I knew I'd get home in one piece. Tell my brother not to ci mom, Because of the way you raised me, Tell daddy to be brave. mom, And when I get to heaven, mom, So responsible and sweet. write "Daddy's Girl" on my grave. Someone should've told him, mom, I started to drive away, mom, Not to drink and drive. But as I pulled onto the road, If only they'd have taken the time, .Death. the other car didn't see me, mom, mom, I would still be alive. After the collision the drama con- And hit me like a load. sponsors the Every 15 Minutes Pro- As I lie here on the pavement, mom, tinues for the students involved in the gram. The program focuses on high I hear the policeman say, My breath is getting shorter, mom, school students, and challenges them crash. Officers book the drunk driver I'm becoming very scared. into jail and the parents are notified. The other guy is drunk, mom, and to think about drinking and driving, Now I'm the one who'll pay. Please don't cry for me, mom, personal safety, and the responsibility Emergency medical responders because when I needed you, you were transport the critically injured patient of making mature decision and the I'm lying here dying, mom, I wish you'd always there. to San Francisco General Hospital impact their decisions have on fam- get here soon, ily, friends, and many others. Trauma Center, where actual ER doc- How come this happened to me, mom? I have one last question, mom, before I tors simulate attempts to save the teen- The program starts with one student My life burst like a balloon. say good-bye. being removed from class every fifteen agers life. Unable to do so, the doctor me, mom, I didn't ever drink, mom, so why am I on duty has the grave task of notify- There is blood all around minutes and becoming one of the "liv- Most of it is mine. the one to die? ing dead." A uniformed officer enters ing the student's parents of their I hear the paramedic say, mom, This is the end, mom, I wish I could the classroom and reads each student's child's death. I'll be dead in a short time. look you in the eye, obituary to those remaining in class. An amazing transformation occurs To say these final words, mom, for the students role playing the parts The obituary is posted in the classroom I just wanted to tell you mom, I swear I I love you... and good-bye. for the remainder of the school year. of the teens involved in the fatal crash. The student playing the drunk driver didn't drink. Simultaneously, the parents of each It was the others, mom, the others - Author Unknown witnesses the reaction of the parents student are given their child's death didn't think. notification by a chaplain. Through- of the deceased student at the hospi- Page 14 POA Journal May 2001

POST 456 compelled to give the Irish equal time). them alive, at least in spirit. Thank unmask enemy hiding places during CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 Another anonymous reporter wrote in you! the war, has been linked to a variety the June 1944 issue of Police and Peace Vietnam veterans can now call a of health problems from rare condi- When World War I came along he Officers' Journal: toil-free help line (800-749-8387) with tions and birth defects in veterans' off- joined in November 1917. In France "Officer Edward T. (Red) Moriarty, questions about Agent Orange expo- spring to prostate cancer and he served with several units but finally who has 24 years of service with the sure, health care and benefits, VA offi- adult-onset diabetes. landed in the battle line and was San Francisco Police Department, most cials announced recently. VA represen- A Medal of Honor once presented wounded in action, being one of the of which has been with the Southern tatives are available directly Monday to a Marine for his heroic performance few members of the San Francisco Po- District, is a first sergeant in the inva- through Friday from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. during the Boxer Rebellion in China lice Department who possessed the sion forces now stationed in England. or through a 24-hour automated sys- at the turn of the 20th century turned Purple Heart Decoration. He served in Well past the draft age, Officer tem. up at a pawnshop in downtown Alex- France until August, when he was re- Moriarty heeded the call of his coun- The VA says it anticipates interest andria, VA. Trouble is, no one knows turned to the United States and was try and joined up with the Army. His in the help line because of its recently how it got there. The medal originally mustered out. going left a sad vacancy among the established policy allowing Vietnam belonged to Sergeant Thomas Wilber An unassuming man, Inspector law-abiding citizens and the veterans with adult-onset (Type II) dia- Kates. Kates' name, as well as a cita- Brown rarely confided of his experi- down-and-outers south of Market. He betes to receive disability compensa- tion praising his "Distinguished con- ences in the war, but the history of the was a policeman, first, last, and all the tion for ongoing medical problems duct in the presence of the enemy in Third Division tells of the important time, and he brought into his work a linked to Agent Orange or other her- the advance on Tientsin, June 21, part he took, not only on the battle- keen understanding of what his duties bicides used during the Vietnam War. 1900," is etched into the back of the field but as a member of the military were, and with an humanitarian in- The VA now recognizes ten medical medal. Kates was in a Marine battal- police, where his training here came clination he helped many an old-timer conditions as being associated with ion working as part of an international in good stead." who had seen better days over the Agent Orange. relief force that had fought its way to I truly believe that as long as we re- rough spots. He was bad news to those A follow-up regulation authorizing the Chinese city of Tientsin in June member our fallen comrades they are who sought the easier way without monthly compensation for Vietnam 1900. He was awarded the medal for still with us. Every time I tell a story honorable toil, and fie brought in, veterans with adult-onset diabetes is his actions while under heavy fire from about Pat Wolfe, Jack O'Shea, or "Am- during his nearly quarter of a century expected later this year. The VA esti- Boxer rebels. Kates, who received the bush", their spirits are with me and wearing a police star, many a tough mates that approximately 200,000 medal more than a year later, deserted their loss is just a little more bearable. crook. Among the business men and Vietnam veterans will receive from the Marine Corps May 19, 1903. Even Inspector Frank Brown, gone for residents along his beat he was referred service-connection for diabetes in the No one knows how the medal ended fifty-eight years, is still with us when to as the 'Chief of Police of Third first five years under the new policy. up in an Alexandria pawnshop, or why we can read about his exploits and Street,' a well-turned phrase. "As scientific studies expand our un- Kates deserted. heroics. He is a brother of Msgr. Moriarty of derstanding of the possible long-term We would like very much for you During World War II over four hun- St. Anne's Church and his many health effects of Agent Orange spray- to join us at a Post meeting. The Post dred members of the San Francisco friends will join with his Reverend ing in Vietnam, VA is increasing its meets on the second Tuesday of every Police and Fire Departments put their brother in wishing him luck when he programs for affected veterans," VA month at 1800 hours. Meetings are careers on hold and enlisted in the barges in on the Krauts with the inva- Secretary Anthony J. Principi, a Viet- held in the POA Building, 510 Seventh military to fight in defense of their sion force. We will be apt to hear more nam veteran, said. "VA is committed Street. Refreshments are served at the country. Unless they lived through of 'Red' Moriarty before he finishes his to reaching out to these veterans and conclusion of business. Try to attend! that period, most people just can't hitch in this war." their families whenever and wherever fathom the patriotism demonstrated This Memorial Day take a few min- possible to ensure they receive the Semper Fi, Jack. by that generation. An example of that utes and remember your fallen com- health care and other benefits they Semper Fi, Dale. incredible sense of duty is the story of rades. If you are able, share an anec- deserve. Semper Fi, "Ambush". Officer Edward T. (Red) Moriarty (I feel dote about one or two of them. Keep Agent Orange, a defoliant used to

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May 2001 POA Journal Page 15 A Memorial Day Story Still the Noblest Calling'

Submitted by Chris Cunnie I crowded around the same porthole slid through the % \ POA President and watched the Golden Gate Bridge minefield at the perim- disappear below broken clouds. We eterfence, setting off a The following comes from my friend, had gone through fighter pilot school gruesome sound and light \ a Captain with American Airlines in Dal- together and had done some serious show. las, who was formerly an F-4 pilot with bonding. In an exceedingly rare mo- At the wall, I told the guys sky that slowly turned powder blue the United States Marine Corps in Viet ment of youthful fighter pilot humil- only about the good parts of from the top down. From somewhere Nam: ity, I wondered if I would live to see the last 28 years. Lacy, one of on that that bridge again. For reasons I still our associates from Dusty's Pub, stage, above the whine of spinning I visited with three old friends re- don't understand, I was the only one became an astronaut, and a few turbine blades, I could hear a choir cently at a park near my town. It of the three of us who did. summers ago I watched from my singing Handel's "Hallelujah Chorus" seemed like only yesterday that we Once in Vietnam, we passed the backyard, near Tampa, as he blasted in fortissimo: "The Lord God omnipo- were all together, but actually it had long, lonely off-duty hours at Dusty's off. His voice over the radio from space tent reigneth," and He was bringing been 28 years. There was a crowd at Pub, a lounge that we lieutenants built was at least an octave lower than it was me home, while Lance and Lynn and the park that day, and it took us a while on the beach of the South China Sea the day I heard him radio for help Vince will remain as part of the dust to connect, but with the aid of a com- at Tuy Hoa Airbase. The roof at Dusty's while swinging from his parachute of Southeast Asia until the end of time. puter we made it. doubled as a sun deck, and the walls hung in a tree in Laos. I was not the only one talking to I found Lance at panel 54W, line were nonexistent. The complaint Another Dusty's patron, Rick, is now the wall through tears. A leather- 037, Lynn over at panel 51W, line 032, heard most often around the bar, in a two-star general, and I reminded vested, bare-chested biker two panels and Vince down at panel 27W, line the standard gallows humor of a com- them what we used to say about the to my left was in even worse shape. 103. bat squadron, was, "It's a lousy war, military promotion system—it's like a I backed about 25 yards away from In 1968 we were gung-ho young but it's the only one we have." septic tank, only the really big chunks the wall and sat down on the grass fighter pilots in Vietnam, the cream We sang mostly raunchy songs that float to the top. under a clear blue sky and midday sun of the crop of the U.S. Air Force pilot never seemed to end—someone was I didn't tell them about how ostra- that perfectly matched the tropical training system, and now their names always writing new verses—and, as an cized Vietnam vets still are, that dur- weather of the war zone. The wall, are on that 250-foot-long, half-size antidote to loneliness, fear in the night ing that same week, one of the nation's with all 58,200 names, consumed my model of Washington's Vietnam War and the sadness over dead friends, we leading newspapers had run an article field of vision. I tried to wrap my mind Memorial that moves around the often drank too much. that implied we Vietnam vets were, to around the mega-tonnage of violence, country. Vince joined us at Dusty's Pub half- quote one syndicated columnist, "ei- carnage and ruined lives that it repre- I had intentionally avoided visiting way through my tour of duty, and ther suckers or psychos, victims or sented. the wall when it came to town in years since he was a like-minded country kid monsters." Then I thought of how Vietnam was past because I did not trust myself to from Montana, we hit it off. He had a I didn't tell them that Hanoi Jane, only one small war in the history of keep my composure. But after nearly wide grin, slightly stooped shoulders who shot at us and helped torture our the human race. I was overwhelmed three decades it was time to try for and his own way of walking—he just POWs, had married one of the richest with a sense of mankind's wickedness. some closure on this issue. I told my threw his feet out and stepped on guys in the United States. God, Duty, Honor, Country. wife that I preferred to go alone, if that them. I didn't tell them that the secretary My heart felt like wax in the blaz- was all right. Truth be known, I nearly But what he lacked in military bear- of defense they fought for back then ing sun and I was on the verge of be- backed out at that. ing he made up for with the heart of a has now declared that he was not a coming a spectacle in the park. I arose tiger. He often flew as my wingman, believer in the cause for which he as- and walked back up to the wall to say Dancing the Wild Blue and we volunteered for the night mis- signed them all to their destiny. goodbye and ran my fingers over the Standing in front of that somber sions on the Ho Chi Minh Trail. One I didn't tell them that a dope do- engraved names—Lance and Lynn and wall, I tried to keep it light, reminisc- starless night, the longest, saddest ing, muck sucking, lecherous, draft-age Vince—as if I could communicate with ing about how things were back then. night of my life, we got into a nasty kid from Arkansas who hid out in En- them in some kind of spiritual Braille. We used to joke about our passionate gun duel with some antiaircraft artil- gland and the Soviet Union to dodge I wanted them to know that God, love affair with an inanimate flying lery batteries. I watched Vince die in a his duty while they were fighting and duty, honor and country will always object—we flew F-100s—and we mar- mushroom-shaped fireball that for a dying is now the commander-in-chief. remain the noblest calling. Revision- veled at the thought that we actually moment turned night into day. And I didn't tell them we lost that ist history from elite draft dodgers try- got paid to do it. Lance—a New York boy who took lousy war. ing to justify and rationalize their own We were not draftees but college unmerciful grief from us because he I gave them the same story I've used actionswill never change that. graduates in Vietnam by choice, opt- talked like a New Yawker—crashed since the Nixon administration: We I have been a productive member ing for the cramped confines of a jet into the side of a mountain in the cen- were winning when I left. of society since the day I left Vietnam. fighter cockpit over the comfort of tral Vietnamese highlands while at- I relived that final day as I stared at I am proud of what I did there, and I corporate America. In all my life, I've tacking a target. the black onyx wall. The dawn came am especially proud of my friends— not been so passionate about any other Lynn, a happy-go-lucky jock from up like thunder after 268 combat mis- heroes who voluntarily, enthusiasti- work. If that sounds like an exaggera- Pennsylvania's Slippery Rock College sions in 360 days in the valley of the cally gave their all. They demonstrated tion, then you've never danced the with a hound named John the Basset, shadow. The ground trembled as 33 F- no greater love to a nation whose high- wild blue with a supersonic angel. returned to his base on a stormy night lOOs roared off the runway, across the brow opinion makers are still trying I vividly remember the Sunday af- in July after weather aborted his mis- beach and out over the South China to disavow them. ternoon, in the summer of '68, when sion. Two miles of wet runway weren't Sea, climbing into the rising sun. On May their names, indelibly en- we flew out of Travis Air Force Base, enough to stop an F-100 landing at 160 the eastern horizon, a line of tower- graved on that memorial wall, likewise California, on a troop transport knots with all its bombs still onboard. ing deep-purple clouds stood shoulder- be found in the Book of Life. headed for Vietnam. Lynn, Lance and He ran off the end, flipped over, and to-shoulder before a brilliant orange - By J.D. Wetterling

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Text of remarks by Commander Rich Bruce - didn't have the privilege of know- knew she would be driving home on ' WM fields where they ing eight of the men we honor Sunset Boulevard, and he parked fac- were hiding. In a I here today, but I will speak briefly ing the boulevard, hoping to catch a certain sense, Jim about the two I did know. As a young glimpse of his young wife driving by. - spent the rest of p.• '. officer in 1977, I worked many swing Suzy, that's how much Kirk loved his life pulling watch tours with Officer Kirk you. Whenever I think of Kirk, I - tires Brookbush in San Francisco's Taraval think of those days, and it al- Police District. To put it simply, Kirk ways brings a smile to my ••••i•_ was one of those urban legends, both face. within the department, and within the After leaving Taraval • -/- community that he chose to serve. Station, I worked for If I was to pick one story about Kirk many years at Park Sta- that speaks volumes about his work tion, and it was there ethic, his courage, and his style, it that I met and worked would be about a shoot-out that oc- with Jim Dougherty, or curred many years ago, while Kirk was J.D. as he came to be still assigned to the Taraval. Kirk was know. Jim, like Kirk, driving, and he and his partner became was what we call a character, although back into the corn field, and for the involved in a high-speed pursuit and of a very different nature than Kirk. rest of us, it was the height of enter- shoot-out with an armed gunman. Jim was the kind of guy who was al- tainment. This was back when every San Fran- ways joking around. He was right out Jim was near the end of his career cisco officer still carried only a revolver. of a Joseph Wambaugh novel, and when he was asked to work with Kirk Kirk emptied his .357 at the bad guy, amazingly, for those of us who knew in our newly formed Air Unit. To say and instead of reloading, he simply him, Jim was even more colorful than that Jim was ecstatic and rejuvenated grabbed his partner's gun out of her some of Wambaugh's creations. by this development is a tremendous hands, stuck it out the window (while Jim was a real farm boy, having understatement. Like many grizzled still driving, mind you!) and began fir- grown up on a farm in central Iowa. old veterans, Jim was more or less ing again. He might have been a bit Jim spent a lot of time in those days ready to ride off into the sunset prior short on patience, but he was long on doing what came naturally to him, to being asked to guts. which is what can politely be referred work in the Air Unit. Whenever I was with Kirk in the late to as mischief. He and his buddies After his reassign- afternoons and we weren't out on an went into town one day and secured a ment, he was re- assignment, Kirk would head for Sun- brand new truck tire. They then tied a born, and like a new set Boulevard, which is a major com- rope onto it and stood it up alongside police recruit, he ac- muter thoroughfare for city workers the highway, waiting for 18-wheelers tually looked forward heading south to the Peninsula. Kirk to drive by. As these big rigs would pass to going to work ev- had been married for a couple of years, by what appeared to be a misplaced ery day. Jim and Kirk and his wife Suzy worked downtown. new truck tire, the drivers would in- shared a passion for Between 5:30 and 6:00 o'clock, Kirk variably slam on their brakes, jump out the air, and although of their trucks, and they each loved their run back to the tire. department, I feel Of course the tire was confident saying that no longer there, for they loved flying Jim and his farm bud- even more. As tragic dies had tied a rope to as their end was, it beforehand, and as these two men went the trucks were slow- out doing what they ing to a stop they would pull the tire CONTINUED ON back into the corn PAGE 18

The Califor Inspector Kirk B. Broc Officer James F. Doug Officer Russell M. Mil Officer Louis Villa1ob Officer Jeffrey L. Azua Officer Daryle W. B1a Deputy Steven F. Pars' Officer Robert J . Mata Officer Gerald Silvesti Officer Sean A. Nava May 2001 POA Journal Page 17 t' i mII I wi+riII IL#, ( I if,IIIJI rr'i I III

Report from the State Capitol

CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 think it could be us. Personally know- ing some of the officers who made ors were posted, and the Governor "The Ultimate Sacrifice," I could not spoke of honoring those slain officers, help being moved. their families, and the officers present. As the program came to a close, the He pledged to provide support in ev- formal salute to the fallen officers was ery manner he could to Peace Offic- made with a twenty-one gun salute ers. and a rendition of taps. During the The program continued with Key- ceremonies, when Amazing Grace was note Speaker, Sheriff Michael Corona played, I could see a very few without of Orange County. He personalized the a tear. The ceremony concluded with loss of good officers for everyone, a fly-over of helicopters, which slowly drawing on his personal experience, drifted from sight, representative of One of his Deputies died in 2000, and our fallen colleagues. the Sheriff had to explain the loss to The ceremony was poignant and at the dead officer's son. Emotion over- the same time, jubilant. We, as Peace came Sheriff Corona. His voice frac- Officers, must celebrate our successes, tured as he spoke. for at any moment we know the joys Then came the time for enrollment of fellowship and companionship can of the ten slain officers from the year be irrevocably taken. 2000, and thirteen from years past. I encourage all of you to visit the During the enrollment, the families monument and experience both the were duly honored and one theme joy and sorrow. The monument is seemed to be repeated over and over: striking, and depicts old and new Peace El The Ultimate Sacrifice. When we en- Officers, and lists the names of the of- tered the field of law enforcement, we ficers who have made, "The Ultimate all knew it could happen, but we didn't Sacrifice."

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Page 18 POA Journal May 2001 Text of remarks by Commander Rich Bruce

CONTINUED FROM PAGE 16 likes the accused soldiers so much. She honor today. Please remember them ing today. "1 feel how weak and fruit- responds, "Because they stand on a as you go about your busy lives from less must be any word of mine which were born to do. wall and say nothing is going to hurt this day forward. Remember that they should attempt to beguile you from A few years ago at a police memo- you tonight, not on my watch." This no longer have a Dad to read to them the grief of a loss so overwhelming. But rial service in San Francisco's Union is why we become peace officers, and a scary story as he tucks them into bed I cannot refrain from tendering you Square, the Vice-President of our Po- that one statement is our daily mis- at night. Remember that they'll still the consolation that may be found in lice Officer's Association was speaking sion. "Nothing's going to hurt you to- need help with their homework from the thanks of the Republic they died to the crowd about what it means to night, not on my watch." time to time, and that they would still to save. I pray that our Heavenly Fa- be a police officer. He said that what Although we as police officers tend appreciate having someone to play ther may assuage the anguish of your distinguishes police from most other to remember our fallen comrades in catch with. Remember that in the years bereavement, and leave you only the members of society is that "We stand the context of their roles in the depart- to come they'll be graduating from cherished memory of the loved and for something." His comments were ment, we need to remember that long high school and college, they'll have lost, and the solemn pride that must not meant to be either derogatory or before they were officers, they were successes and failures, and they'll do be yours to have laid so costly a sacri- condescending to non-police person- sons and daughters, brothers and sis- it all without a Dad nearby to cheer fice upon the altar of freedom." nel, but rather as a simple and straight- ters. And that away from this job they them on and to comfort them. Please God Bless our fallen officers and forward comment on the nature of the were husbands and wives, fathers and remember this, and please remember their families. people who eventually become cops. mothers, aunts and uncles. them, not only in your thoughts and I have thought of that comment of- I first visited this memorial in the prayers, but in your phone calls and ten in the ensuing years, and I have 1980s, after one of my Academy class- birthday cards. Their fathers are up come to realize that truer words were mates had been killed chasing down a there looking down on them now, and Web Sites to Visit During never spoken about the main motiva- drug dealer in San Francisco's Mission we owe it to them to take care of the National Police Week tion for those who choose to spend District. Although I had been very families that they left behind. their lives in service to their commu- close to this officer while still in the I leave you with the words of our nities. Academy, as is often the case, we had most beloved President, Abraham Lin- American Police The other night I watched the been assigned to different stations and coln, from perhaps the greatest letter Hall of Fame movie "A Few Good Men" for the fifth had drifted apart over the years. The ever written. Although the letter is www.aphf.org or sixth time, and I was reminded of first time I met this officer's two chil- quite familiar to lovers of American why I am drawn to this movie. Al- dren was at his funeral. They are fra- history, it has gained much wider rec- though the story deals with military ternal twins, a boy and a girl, and were ognition since the release of the movie National Law personnel, the parallels with police eight years old at the time that their "Saving Private Ryan." The letter is Enforcement Officers written to a Mrs. Bixby of Boston, officers are difficult to ignore. At a cer- Dad died. Matthew and Jolene now Memorial Fund tain point in the trial, the character attend college in Santa Barbara. Massachusetts, a woman who had just played by Demi Moore is leaving the I tell you about them because as I lost five of her sons during the Civil www.1nleomf.com courtroom with her two fellow-attor- look around this room I see the chil- War, and I quote from it now, because neys. One of them asks her why she dren of the police officers that we its words are relevant to this gather-

A ROSTER OF HONOR-1 A The Ninety-four San Francisco Police Officers Who Have Been Kifl ed In The Line Of Duty

1955 JOHN COOTS 1878 THOMAS WALSH 1922 GORI)ONJ. OLIVERA JOSEPH E. LACEY 196 JOHN NICHOLSON 1884 TIMOTHY BAILY 1922 1958 EDGAR OSGOOD 1886 THOMAS KELLY 1923 ROBERT J. MOREY 1958 ALEXANDER GRANT 1891 JOSEPH CONROY 1923 BARRY R. ROSEKIND 1958 WILLIAM BURKE 1898 MICHAEL J. BRADY 1924 WILLIAM C. LONG JAMES MANCUSI, JR. 1965 EUGENE ROBINSON 1903 GEORGE CAMPBELL 1925 1967 MAX FENNER 1906 BENJAMIN G. ROOT 1926 HERMAN L. GEORGE PETER MCELLIGO1T 1968 WILLIAM H. HEINS 1906 JOHN J. DRISCOLL 1927 1969 JAMES S. COOK 1906 FREDERICK NUTTMAN 1927 RENE S. LACAU JOSEPH BRODNICK 1969 GEORGE O'CONNELL 1906 FREDERICK N. SPOONCER 1928 1970 HARRY L. SAUER 1907 JOHN MALCOLM 1930 ERIC A. ZELMS BRIAN MCDONNEEL 1970 EDWARD I MCCARTNEY 1907 CHARLES ROGERSON 1930 1970 WILLIAM O'SHAUGHN.ESSY 1908 CHARLES W. KING 1931 RICHARD P. RADEIICH HAROLD L. HAMILTON 1970 ANTONE NELFING 1909 ELMER C. THONEY 1931 CHARLES D. LOGASA 1971 CHARLES P. CASTOR 1911 WILLIAM E. MANNING 1932 1971 THOMAS FINNELLY 1911 MERVYN A. REARDON 1932 ARTHUR D. O'GUINN 1971 JOHN J. NOLAN 1912 MICHAEL J. MCDONALD 1933 JOHN V YOUNG BEVERLY 1972 CHARLES H. BATES 1912 JAMES H. MANN 1934 CODE W. 1974 BYRON C. WOOD 1913 EDWARD F. FLAGLER 1937 MICHAEL HERRING JOSEPH W. BOSWELL 1977 EDWARD MALONEY 1915 ALBERT W. ARGENS 1937 1977 PETER HAMMOND 1915 CORNELIUS BROSNAN 1937 DOUGLAS E. GIBBS 1978 FREDERICK COOK 1915 WALDEMAR L. JENTZSCH 1937 ROBERT L. HOOVER MCDOWELL 1981 THOMAS DEASY 1916 WALTER SALISBURY 1939 VERNON 1982 MARTIN JUDGE 1916 VINCENT F. LYNCH 1941 JOHN S. MACAULAY JAMES W. BLOESCH 1988 WILLIAM E SHEEHAN 1917 TIMOTHY RYAN 1943 JOHN J. BLESSING 1989 JOHN B. IIURD 1918 PHILLIP T. FARSFIMAN 1946 ISIAFI NELSON III 1990 JOHN J. MORIARITY 1919 WILLIAM J. BOWMAN 1948 TELFF 1994 ANTONE SCHOEMBS 1919 RICHARD J . SCHOLZ 1948 JAMES L. GL JAMES DOUGHERTY 2000 JAMES W. HORTON 1920 ROBERT L. WALTERS 1952 KIRK BROOKBUSH 2000 MILES JACKSON 1920 DENIS BRADLEY 1953 LESTER DORMAN 1920 THOMAS J GUZZETITI 1955 THOMAS HANNA 1921 HENRY J. EIDLER 1955

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Only from a cop... A Police Officer's Lament Submitted by John Grizzel, Retired, ing a party.' Co. K, Solo "CARS: We have special cops as- Well, Mr. Citizen, it seems you've fig- dentist how to pull a tooth, or your signed to harass people who drive. ured me out. I seem to fit neatly into the doctor how to take out an appendix, This was taken from a "Community They like to harass the drivers of fast category where you've placed me. I'm ste- yet you are always willing to give me Policing" question and answer e-mail cars, cars blasting music, cars with ex- reotyped, standardized, characterized, pointers on the law. forum in California. pired registration tabs, and the like. It's classified, grouped, and always typical. You talk to me in a manner that The question was: "I would like to lots of fun when you pick them out of Unfortunately, the reverse is true. I would get you a bloody nose from traffic for nothing more obvious than can never figure you out. anyone else, but expect me to take it know how it is possible for police of- without batting an eye. ficers to harass people and get away running a red light. Sometimes you get From birth, you teach your children to really heap the harassment on when that I'm the bogeyman, then you're You yell "something's got to be done with it? And where can you go for to fight crime," but you can't be both- help, other than a civil attorney?" you find they have drugs in the car, shocked when they identify with my are drunk, or have a warrant for their traditional enemy.. .the criminal. You ered to get involved. The reply, from a really cool cop, accuse me of coddling criminals.. .until You have no use for me at all, but was: "It isn't easy." arrest. of course it's OK if I change a flat for "RUNNERS: Some people take off I catch your kids doing wrong. "In California, we average one cop You may take an hour for lunch and your wife, deliver your child in the for every 2000 people. About 60% of running just at the sight of a police several coffee breaks each day, but point back of the patrol car, or perhaps save those cops are on patrol, where we do officer. Nothing is quite as satisfying me out as a loafer for having one cup. your son's life with mouth-to-mouth most of the harassing. as running after them like a beagle on You pride yourself on your manners, breathing, or work many hours over- "One-fifth of that 60% are on duty the scent of a bunny. When you catch but think nothing of disrupting my time looking for your lost daughter. at any moment, and available for ha- them, you can harass for hours. meals with your troubles. So, Mr. Citizen, you can stand there rassing people. So, one cop is respon- "CODES: When you can think of You raise hell with the guy who cuts on your soapbox, and rant and rave sible for harassing about 10,000 resi- nothing else to do, there are books that you off in traffic, but let me catch you about the way I do my work, calling d e n t s give ideas for reasons to harass folks. doing the same thing and I'm picking me every name in the book, but never "When you toss in the commercial, They are called codes - Penal, Vehicle, on you. stop to think that your property, fam- business and tourist locations that at- Health and Safety, Business and Pro- You know all the traffic laws.. .but ily, or maybe even your life depends tract people from other areas, some- fessions. They spell out all sorts of you've never gotten a single ticket you on me or one of my buddies. times you have a situation where a things for which you can really mess deserve. Yes, Mr. (or Mrs.) Citizen, it's single cop is responsible for harassing with people. After you read the code, You shout "foul" if you observe me me.. .the cop. 20,000 or more people a day. you can just drive around for a while driving fast to a call, but raise the roof The author of this article was Trooper "A ten-hour shift runs 36,000 sec- until you find someone violating one if I take more than ten seconds to re- Mitchell Brown of the Virginia State Po- onds. This gives a cop one-second to of these listed offenses and harass spond to your complaint. lice. He was killed in the line of duty two harass a person, and three-fourths of them. Just last week I saw a guy smash You call it part of my job if some- months after writing the article. As a sa- a second to eat a donut AND find a a car window. Well, the code says that one strikes me, but call it "police bru- lute to the millions police officers who put new person to harass." is not allowed. That meant I got to tality" if I strike back. their lives on the line for us everyday, "This is not an easy task. Most cops harass this guy. You wouldn't think of telling your please pass this on. are not up to it day in and day out. It "It is a pretty cool system we have is just too tiring. What we do is use setup, and it works well. I seem to have some tools to help us narrow down a never-ending supply of folks to ha- those who we harass. They are as fol- rass, and we get away with it because lows. the good citizens who pay the tab like "PHONE: People will call us and that we keep the streets safe for them. COACHING AND TRAINING point out things that cause us to focus "Next time you are in my town, give FOR ORAL PROMOTIONAL EXAMS on a person for special harassment. me a single finger wave. That is a sig- Learn how to be in control through better communication skills' 'My neighbor is beating his wife' is a nal that you wish for me to take a little code phrase we use. 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401W AV 4W _4^ 404W _1=^ Circus Chimera is Proud to Support the S. F. Police Officers' Association'. Page 21 May 2001 POA Journal T. I. is Transformed Into Fourth Annual Mission Easter Egg Hunt By Ethel Newlin An "Easter Island" POA Friend and Supporter On Saturday, April 14, kids in the jf' •. By Mike Slade from corporate sponsors such as Mission enjoyed the Fourth Annual SOD/Muni Co. Providian Financial, Old Navy, and Easter Egg Hunt co sponsored by St California State Automobile Associa- John's Educational Thresholds Center On Saturday April 14, 2001, Opera- tion, Sheppard Mullin & Richter, Jelly and Mission Police Station.- tion Dream (a non-profit formed by Belly, Seven-UP, Alhambra Water, and Over 500 children, parents, and San Francisco Police Officers to serve Rainbo Distribution of San Leandro. friends had a chance to meet the Eas- inner city youth) teamed with ninety A big thank you goes to our two ter Bunny (a.k.a.) Officer Marquita Photographers 5tcJ)lltlIi!C lliointi and volunteers from Wells Fargo, Califor- police unions SFPOA and OFJ for your Booth, Mission Station, and pick up Elli Newlin step out from behind the nia State Automobile Association, generous support. We would also like all the candy and colored eggs they cameras to pose with the Easter Bunny Community Impact, The Volunteer to thank the following command staff could handle. The Bunny was joined (Marquita Booth, Mission Station) —i for their attendance and partici- by CHP Spokescritter pation: Chipper (a.k.a.) CHP Deputy Chief Heather Fong of Officer Randy Wong I FOB - who was accompa- Captain Mike Kemmitt of nied by CHP Officers Juvenile Division Javier Rocha and Pe- Captain Keith Sanford of ter Hernan-dez. Of- . OD/Muni Company ficer George Leong, Captain Patricia Jackson of Mission Station, per- Rayview Station formed his astound- ing feats of magic, Thanks also to Supervisor and Officer Sandra Steve Thoina, Mission Station; Chipper (Ciii' officer i(aiici>- Ganster painted hun- Wong) and CHP officer Javier Rocha. A. d reds of butterflies,PHOTO BY ELLI NEWLIN rainbows and flowers unteers from the community, Mission - ... on all those smiling faces. District kids have at least one special Center of SF, and numerous of- Thanks to Captain Ron Roth and day every spring. Special thanks to Of- ficers to conduct their seventh the officers at Mission Station, the staff ficer Steve Thoma for all the work he annual Easter Egg Hunt. Ap- of St. John's E.T.C., and dozens of vol- puts into this event every year. proximately seven hundred chil- dren from the Bayview District to Chinatown attended an event that featured a carnival midway of assorted games of skill, a bar- becue lunch, cotton candy, ice cream, and an Easter egg hunt. Special prize eggs were placed in Ymmendoi4 & Ca. the field that contained a winning ticket. The lucky child who found one Sophie Maxwell who attended our INVESTIGATIONS of these eggs could win one of two bi- event and got to see community po- cycles, or a gameboy. licing in action. We salute the professional and dedicated Operation Dream would like to ex- In closing, I would like to thank all members of the press our deepest gratitude to the fol- police officers who helped at this year's San Francisco Police Department lowing people and organizations that event. It's a rewarding feeling to play help to make our program a success. and interact with the children of the Jack Immendorf • Gene Immendorf • Bev Immendorf This event could not happen every communities we serve. California License A4403 year without the generous donations 3103 Fillmore Street (@ Filbert) • San Francisco, CA 94123 (415) 776-7777 • FAX: (415) 776-0853 - Come and'Take Tart In - SJTD Oyeration Dream's Dream "Walk 2001 IQ - SERVING THE SFPD SINCE 1972 - et out those walking shoes and get ready for Dream Walk AUDIOLOGICAL SERVICES 2001 - a 5K walk around Lake Merced in San Francisco on Saturday, June 9, 2001 to raise funds for Operation Dream's OF SAN FRANCISCO çPrograms that benefit children from low income households, here in San Francisco. ROBERT GNAM Registration begins @ 7:30 am• Walk begins @ 9:00 am• Fee: $10.00 KIMBERLY L WEBB, M.S. DjgIa1Kath 'NOt Loud Enough? To Pre-Register, or to get a Sponsorship Form, Please Contact: • Police PlC Radio Earpieces, Cords Receivers Try Our "New" S.F.P.D. Operation Dream • Radio Cords for SFPD Digital Radios 1Wsreçl Coiled TUbe , >•/•. 4 •. 3401 - 17th Street, San Francisco, CA 94110 Initoèk! • Shooters Plugs/Earplugs or Callus at: (415) 671-3156 Surveillance Microphones Our goal is for Each Participant to Sign-Up 10 People (or more) as Spon- $ sors. If you can't make it to Dream Walk this year, you can still help out * Workman's Comp Hearing Tests/Heang Aids as a Sponsor for another Participant's 5K Dream Walk - by Calling or Writing us for a Sponsorship Form. I_VISA SALES • SERVICES • REPAIRS Remember... It's for a Good Cause!!! _____ ALL MODELS AND TYPES [ .j Dream Walk 2001 will benefit the S.F.P.D. Operation Dream's Summer NOW WITH THREE LOCATIONS TO SERVE YOU: Programs, Christmas Toy Drive, next year's Easter Egg Hunt, as well as the WHEEL CHAIR ACCESS • FREE PARKING (CALIFORNIA ST. LOCATION ONLY) Mentorship Programs. 421-5171 346-6886 You can help make this Event a Great Success - by gathering Friends, Co- 929 CLAY • DOWNTOWN LOCATED IN WELLS FARGO SQUARE workers, Family Members and Neighbors to Participate as Walkers &/or BETWEEN POWELL & SOCKTON 3150 CALIFORNIA • BETWEEN LYON & PRESIDIO Sponsors. (650) Since 1959 Join others who support Operation Dream, a Non-Profit Organization 755-7552 dedicated to enriching the lives of the children from San Francisco SETON MEDICAL CENTER • 1800 SULLIVAN • DALY CITY Public Housing developments and other low-income areas in S. F., by sup- LICENSED BY THE STATE MEDICAL BOARD AWINIF i porting Operation Dream sponsored Education, Activities, & Mentorship Programs. You Will Hear The Difference!

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April 10, 2001 described his hearing problem, his shyness, and his habits when walk- Deputy Chief Heather Fong ing. They asked also about any Letters Field Operations Bureau friends he had and any haunts he might visit in the neighborhood. Editor— April 10, 2001 Dear Deputy Chief Fong They made sure that he did not need I wish to express my thanks for On Thur. Mar 8, 2001, my father any medication. They memorized the flowers sent to me by the SFPOA Dear Mr. Cunnie: Thomas F. Kennedy Jr. was buried what he was wearing, and they during my recent hospital stay. On behalf of the Board of Direc- from Holy Name Church and in- described the actions they would Additionally, my heartfelt thanks tors, staff, children and families who terned at Holy Cross cemetery. Lt. Al take immediately to ascertain are extended to the members of the call Family House home, I would like Casciato, Sgt. Bob Guinan and seven whether he was in any hospital, Department who gave rides for to thank the SFPOA for its donation other officers of the solos provided a morgue, or jail. They told me how doctor visits, made home and of $250 to Family House. police escort. they would fax the description and hospital visits, sent cards, and made Your generosity enables us to I know that these additional pictures of my husband to other phone calls. Special thanks to my continue to provide a home away assignments strain resources. How- officers. They assured me that they brother, Mart Gardner, who's unself- from home where families and ever, the presence of these officers would work on my husband's case ish acts during the last few months extended families can stay, free of was extremely meaningful to my until they found him, and they made things very easy for me. charge, while their children receive mother, my family and our many promised to call me at regular Thank you, cancer treatment. During the critical friends. intervals to let me know what they Dan Gardner periods of diagnosis and treatment, The escort service provided by were doing. They were very positive the support that our home provides these officers was just a small ex- and supportive. (I have provided to families is invaluable. We are able ample of the San Francisco Police these details to show you how truly to continue providing this support Department taking care of one of our sensitive they both were in a distress- only because of contributions like family. Please accept m# apprecia- ful situation.) yours. tion and thanks. The officers worked from about 4 Sincerely, Sincerely Yours p.m. till almost 2 a.m., when they Thank You— Joseph F. Kennedy arrived, beaming like proud parents, I want to thank all those who Jessica W. Presson Family House Insp/Sgt, Burglary Detail with my very fatigued and confused were able to attend my retirement husband. He had been sighted by a dinner. It was wonderful to see you fellow officer somewhere close to the all. I'll cherish the memory or your northern edge of Daly City, still presence and your generosity. walking. They sped there to collect Always, Phil Dito 1* him and bring him home to me. He could remember nothing about the Solo Motorcycle Unit! 27 April 2001 day nor what had happened, but he Traffic Division was coherent enough to thank the San Francisco Police Department Police Captain Roth officers for bringing him home and Mission Station April 2, 2001 to congratulate them upon their Dear Friends: efficiency. Dear Captain Roth: Dear Chris— It is with heartfelt gratitude that I I feel that these young officers write, on behalf of my family, to I write to you to applaud and gave service far beyond the param- I can't thank you enough for your praise the efforts of two young donation to support Coleman thank you for the friendship, sup- eters of their jobs, and I hope that port and compassion that you officers who worked tirelessly to find you can recognize them in some Advocates for Children and Youth's my missing husband on Monday 25th Anniversary Event. The $1000 offered us in the recent passing of special way and let their colleagues my father, Don. afternoon and evening, April 23. know how skilled they are. (A gift truly helped us to make the This remarkably able, resourceful, celebration a wonderful success. When giving Dad's eulogy, my dispatcher told me that there is a eyes could not escape looking at you and reassuring pair are: POA newspaper, which might record Over 600 people came to City Hall Officer Martin Covarrubias, #1192 to honor some of San Francisco's as you sat before me. For looking at my gratitude and admiration.) you, I saw my dad, young and Officer Martha Juarez, #1800 Cordially yours, best child advocates and everyone for whom you are supervisor. was inspired by Marian Wright strong, tender and compassionate, Jeanne Adams Wray providing me the strength to carry These young officers were at my Edelman's speech "Leave No Child door within a quarter hour after my Behind." It was also a chance for on. For many of you, Mike and I were call to the police station to report new people to learn about the that my aged husband had not growing children's movement in San children when Dad was with the Department. For others, we grew up returned from his customary walk. Francisco and throughout the They were very, very professional country. together. Whatever our relation may be, it is a bond of friendship and and thorough in their eliciting of Dear Chris, On behalf of the Board and staff at information from me. The questions We are extremely grateful to you Coleman Advocates for Children and respect that lasts forever. My family and I are forever they asked were very clear, and they and your fellow SFPOA Board mem- Youth, I would like to extend our took careful written notes of every- bers for your recent generous contri- deepest appreciation for your sup- grateful for your support. I know Dad was grinning to have so many thing I said. I provided them with bution to the San Francisco Police port. We are so grateful that you digital pictures of my husband, gave Department's Wilderness Program. were a part of this important event of his friends present for his final ride. telephone numbers of his dentist For the past twenty-one years, the for Coleman and the entire youth and primary care physician, and San Francisco Police Officers' Asso- advocacy community Each moment in time is a gift that Iq comes and goes in a blink of an eye. ciation has been an essential part of Sincerely, the funding to make this program Margaret Brodkin Cherish each moment and be thankful. possible. We thank you very much Executive Director for your continued support. Coleman Advocates Very truly yours, Sheryl Sweeney Stuckey Since 1981, the Sari Francisco For Children & Youth Police Department's Wilderness Program has provided challenging and cooperative outdoor adventures such as ropes courses, backpacking, Courtesy of river rafting, sea kayaking, and day- hiking which San Francisco police a Friend officers have shared with over 28,000 San Francisco boys and girls. It is a year-round program that works in

=1 partnership with the San Francisco Unified School District, the San Francisco Police Officers' Associa- lBech SkW tion, The Guardsmen, Environmen- tal Traveling Companions (FTC), McAteer High School's Urban Pio- IBCA & GO neer Program, and various commu- DJ, Dancing, Karaoke nity agencies. Thanks again! Sincerely yours, Downtown S.F. Officer Walter Scott, 133 Beale/Mission Officer Roger Keenan, 543-1961 Co-Directors, I San Francisco Police Department Wilderness Program

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Editor - disease entering our A misdemeanor is a less serious I would like to thank Marty family would bring, offense that must be committed in Halloran and the POA for your Charlie sadly mentioned the officer's presence, or in the generous and very thoughtful gift. he would never own a presence of a citizen who must Thank you very much. picture by his favorite actually perform the arrest (com- There is a reason for my delay. artist, Eyvind Earle. I monly called a citizen's arrest). Since the entire department has been made obtaining this The officer has the option under through this with my family and I picture a major priority. department policy to either take the since the beginning, I feel I should I checked all the galler- person who committed the less share this with all of you. ies in the area in an serious (misdemeanor) offense into About the time of your gift, I had effort to locate paintings custody (a custodial arrest) or issue a a doctor appointment to see if the by this artist. I then citation which is a written promise hardware in my spine had been in remembered Charlie Charlie Auzore with the E*vind Earle serigraph to appear signed by the offender. there long enough. My back had said he always saw the Here in lies the catch. been hurting, and I wanted it re- pictures in the aquatic park area April 13, 2001 If the identity of the offender is in moved. X-rays revealed that the where he worked a second job. I question at the arrest scene, (regard- hardware had broken. contacted a friend of Charlie's, also a Many thanks to the Community less of the pettiness of the offense) You should have seen all of our POA member, and told him of my Services Committee for your gener- the subject must be positively faces. This is not dainty stuff. search. The next thing I know I ous donation of $200 to the Haight identified prior to issuance of the The worst news is that my spine receive a phone call telling me that Ashbury street Cleaners. citation. This frequently means the did not heal correctly. It's my lower the Eyvind Earle Publishing Corp. A special thanks to Sergeant Mark officer takes the petty offender to the back, and it should be curved. It offered to loan Charlie a serigraph Porto for his help in securing this police station for the purpose of healed straight. On April 9th, I will indefinitely. I am simply amazed one donation. determining their identity through have surgery to re-break, and re- phone call could lead to such an Jim Rhoads fingerprint checks, calls to family, curve my spine. I'll have to quit outpouring of effort and final ac- searching local arrest records, etc. school again, as it is major surgery, complishment. Once true identity is established, the and I'll be down from 6 to 8 weeks. The day Charlie received the Supreme Court "Seatbelt offender is cited and released after picture, his overwhelming response their written promise to appear. It's OK. My spirits are high, and I Brouhaha" know that I'm going to come brought tears to my eyes. I can't The Texas case involving Gail thank the Police Officers' Association Atwater and her "arrest" for not through this fine. So, say a little I suppose I shouldn't expect more prayer for me, but, most of all, thank enough for the hard work and effort wearing her seatbelts is just such a they put in to this unusual task to of the National Press and the sole- case. Early reports of the incident you again. remaining San Francisco daily with a I'll talk to you soon. make my husband happy. made brief notation that Atwater was I believe a special thanks is due to modicum of credibility (The driving her car without benefit of a Love, Chronicle). But when American Jolene Blessing Ofc. John Wyman, Ofc. Ed Anzore, driver's license and no form of Sgt. Joe Allegro, Steve Johnson, and opinion relative to the way law proper identification. Even in Cali- (Daughter of deceased Officer John enforcement works in this country is Blessing - Ed.) Capt. Ed Springer. I'm sure that there fornia, the officer would have been were more wonderful people in- skewed by "select" Rodney King prevented from simply citing the volved but I was only able to obtain Video clips, and Mark Fuhrman's use driver for the seatbelt violation these names. To all those involved of the infamous "N" word, I because the arresting officer couldn't you have my deepest thanks and shouldn't expect any semblance of positively identify whom it was they D gratitude. truth in the reporting of the activi- were citing! This is meant to dis- Donna Anzore ties of law enforcement. suade scofflaws from giving their April 2, 2001 An American populace weaned on next-door neighbors name and date "hot pursuit" videos, and "Too hot of birth to the arresting officers and Dear Mr. Cunnie for TV" strip searches was bound to escaping the process of law for their I read your article in American believe the United States Supreme violation. The detention of the Texas Police Beat Magazine regarding your 1* Court has suddenly given approval seatbelt violator wasn't because of video "Hearts of the City. The for back-woods sheriffs to "lock them the type of offence, but because she program sounds very interesting and April 13, 2001 Yankees up '. regardless of how couldn't be identified and trusted we have just recently started talking frivolous the offense. to sign a "Promise to Appear". about forming a similar video. I Dear Chris: As I read the "Texas Seatbelt" Even the most dedicated Constitu- would appreciate the opportunity to On behalf of our Foundation's decision, the High Court did noth- tional proponent can't really suggest view the program and obtain infor- Board of Directors and our most ing more than affirm the "misde- this is a Fourth Amendment issue. mation about implementing it. This important constituency, the survi- meanor citation process" practiced It's a common sense issue... carry would greatly benefit our efforts to vors of the courageous California by nearly every law enforcement your driver's license if you're driving! increase our public image. I can be peace officers who laid down their agency in the U.S. for the past 35 reached at the address and phone # lives in the line of duty, your recent years. Sgt. Rene LaPrevotte listed below. Thank you. most generous contribution is When an officer encounters an San Francisco Police Department Sincerely, gratefully acknowledged. offender, the officer has three Traffic Offender Program Officer Pete Scorsone Please be assured that will con- choices: arrest, citation, or admon- tinue to do everything in our power, An arrest can only be for a Webster Police Department ishment. r15% Discount Off All Rentals, 1000 Ridge Rd. through our conduct and perfor- felony that the officer has reasonable Parts, & Service(with this ad). Webster NY 14580 mance, to justify your most mean- suspicion was actually committed, 716-872-1216 Ext. 233 ingful support. and the detained offender committed Irir Cordially, the act. Mike Minton, President I I California Peace Officers' I _ Memorial Foundation I EagleRider Rental Models April 4, 2001 Im

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DON CALKIN, S.F.P.D. (650) 248-HOP 4663) ACTIVE 20 YEARS OR E-MAIL: CALKN1( BROTHER OF RICH CAIKIN, S.F.F.D. WWW.PENINSULAREA FATE.ORG AcTivE 25 YEARS AVR 1169 BROADWAY, BUR!ANGAME, CALIF 110 REALTY, INC. OFFICE: (650) 342-2073 • FAX: (650) 3 REALTOR•[8 Submitted by Georg Et'Rockville ways just smiled. POA Friend and Supporter On July 5,1995, in Tampa Bay, Florida, while answering questions fol- On July 20, 1969, as commander of lowing a speech, a reporter brought up SPECIAL PROGRAM FOR SFPD NEW RECRUITS, the Apollo 11 Lunar Module, Neil the 26-year-old question to Armstrong. Armstrong was the first person to set This time he finally responded. Mr. SFPOA MEMBERS, FAMILY, & FRIENDS foot on the moon. His first words af- Gorsky had died and so Neil Are you tired ofpaying your LANDLORD'S mortgage??? ter stepping on the moon, "That's one Armstrong felt he could answer the small step for man, one giant leap for question. Wouldn 'tyou like to start building your OWN EQUITY??? mankind," were televised to Earth and In 1938, when Armstrong was a kid Could you benefit from the TAx WRITE-OFFS associated heard by millions. But, just before he in a small Midwest town, he was play- your home??? reentered the lander, he made the enig- ing baseball with a friend in the back- with 0 Wlffag matic remark: "Good luck, Mr. yard. His friend hit a fly ball, which Gorsky." landed in his neighbor's yard by the Many people at NASA thought it bedroom windows. His neighbors were was a casual remark concerning some Mr. and Mrs. Gorsky. As he leaned rival Soviet Cosmonaut. However, down to pick up the ball, young upon checking, there was no Gorsky Armstrong heard Mrs. Gorsky shout- in either the Russian or American ing at Mr. Gorsky. "Sex! You want sex! space programs. Over the years, many You'll get sex when the kid next door people questioned Armstrong as to walks on the moon!" what the "Good luck Mr. Gorsky" A true story. statement meant but Armstrong al-

' Speak to any (No KIDDING!) rig of the satisfied • Bizarre Death Presents 100% LTV PURCHASE (REFINANCES O.K.) A Legal Enigma 80% FIRST +20% SECOND (COMBINED) Submitted by Ethel Newlin The man was so upset that when he ONLY 3 MONTHS RESERVE REQUIRED POA Friend and supporter pulled the trigger he completely (PLUS CLOSING COSTS, IF APPLICABLE) missed his wife, and the pellets went No PREPAYMENT PENALTY At the 1994 annual awards dinner through the window, striking Mr. given for Forensic Science, AAFS, Presi- Opus. When one intends to kill sub- dent Dr. Don Harper Mills astounded ject A but kills subject B in the attempt, - Recent Satisfied Police Clients - his audience with the legal complica- one is guilty of the murder of subject (And The List Keeps Growing!!) tions of a bizarre death. Here is the B. San Francisco PD: Melonee Alvarez + Kevin Jow story: When confronted with the murder On March 23,1994, the medial ex- charge, the old man and his wife were Oscar Padilla + Mark Hutchings + Judy Solis + Bob Duffield aminer viewed the body of Ronald both adamant. They both said they Insp. Gianrico Pierucci + Insp. Robert Totah + Sgt. Vince Simpson Opus and concluded that he died from thought the shotgun was unloaded. Sgt. Danny Lopez + Michael Simmons + Patrick Cesar! a shotgun wound to the head. Mr. The old man said it was his long-stand- Opus had jumped from the top of a ing habit to threaten his wife with the Dion McDonnell + Sgt. Howard Weathersby + Matt Maciel Len-story building intending to com- unloaded shotgun. He had no inten- Jason Fox + Rob Terry + Al Cardenas + Brett Thorp mit suicide. He left a note to that ef- tion to murder her. Therefore the kill- Bob Glembot + Sgt. Craig F. Tom + Richard J. O'Reilly fect, indicating his despondency. As he ing of Mr. Opus appeared to be an ac- Fell past the ninth floor, his life was cident; that is, the gun had been acci- Nelson Artiga + Anthony M. Montoya + Michael Radanovich Interrupted by a shotgun blast passing dentally loaded. San Bruno PD: Mike Guidner + Tom Orsolini through a window, which killed him The continuing investigation nstantly. turned up a witness who saw the old Daly City PD: Jeff Rodriguez + Keith Martos Neither the shooter nor the de- couple's son loading the shotgun ;cender was aware that a safety net had about six weeks prior to the fatal acci- CHP: Julio Halog + Cliff Wilkerson een installed just below at the eighth dent. It transpired that the old lady Members of U.S. Treasury Dept. & Other Law Enforcement Agencies loor level to protect some building had cut off her son's financial support S 'yorkers, and that Ronald Opus would and the son, knowing the propensity ot have been able to complete his of his father to use the shotgun threat- Ask for ASH K. GUJRAL, SENIOR FINANCING ADVISOR ;uicide the way he had planned. "Or- eningly, loaded the gun with the ex- linarily," Dr. Mills continued, "a per- pectation that his father would shoot (650) 616.0201 on who sets out to commit suicide his mother. The case now becomes one Ind ultimately succeeds, even though of murder on the part of the son for Or JAY To TA H, SENIOR LOAN CONSULTANT he mechanism might not be what he the death of Ronald Opus. (Cousin of Insp. Ned Total,, SFPD • Brother of Sam Totah, Ass.'. SFDA) ntended, is still defined as commit- Now comes the exquisite twist. ing suicide." Further investigation revealed that (650) 616.0212 That Mr. Opus was shot on the way the son was, in fact, Ronald Opus. He o certain death, but probably would had become increasingly despondent iot have been successful because of over the failure of his attempt to engi- he safety net, caused the medical ex- neer his mother's murder. This led him miner to feel that he had a homicide to jump off the ten-story building on MORTGAGE SERVICES n his hands. March 23rd, only to be killed by a shot- An elderly man and his wife occu- gun blast passing through the ninth THE RIGHT WAY TO FINANCE REAL ESTATE" ded the room on the ninth floor, story window. The son had actually 112 PARK PLACE, MILLBRAE, CA. 94030 thence the shotgun blast emanated. murdered himself so the medical ex- Broker licensed by the California Department of Real Estate 'hey were arguing vigorously, and he aminer closed the case as a suicide. ias threatening her with a shotgun. Bizarre, indeed.

May 2001 POA Journal Page 25 Big People Helping Little People

By Rene LaPrevotte lated the family wish for Jenny to be 71,abeIan,ns Information Sv,t.cn ith her aunts and uncles her Five-year-old Jenny last days. There was serious. Sounthavong was but a concern that Jenny wouldn't year old when doctors survive to make the trip, her Redwood City Police Issued Gun found something terribly condition had turned so wrong with the little girl's grave, but when the situation Safes, Ordered To Use Them eyes. Batteries of intrusive is grave, who do you call but testing revealed Jenny was the SFPD! From The San Francisco Gate Rangemasters Association, adding that suffering from bilateral At five o'clock in the morn- "many of today's young officers lacked retinal blastoma. No on g the day after Wish Upon a Seeking an added layer of gun safety, the military experience of past genera- know how, or more imp 's call, Officer Steve Hutzler of a Bay Area police department has be- tions of cops, and needed to have the tantly why this little angel to Motorcycle Detail escorted gun issuing its officers gun safes, and safety lesson reinforced." cursed with cancer in both eyes. a limo donated by Executive Livery to orders to use them. The Redwood City Bob Blankenship, president of the Jenny's parents did what any par- Jenny's Twelfth Street home, where she Police Department, becoming perhaps California Police Chiefs Association, ent would do ... pray that this is all a received a motorcycle escort to San the first in the state to do so, began said he hoped Redwood City's empha- mistake, and ask God to spare their Francisco International Airport and equipping its 110 uniformed officers sis on safety would help change the little girl. The finest medical experts was given airline tickets for the entire with the safes two months ago. So far, lax attitude about gun security in the in this country did their best to cure family and $1000 spending money for they seem to be a hit with the rank United States. About 17,000 people a Jenny, but recently, just before jenny's the family trip to Arkansas. As of this and file. "It's definitely something year are treated in emergency rooms fifth birthday, the doctors gave Jenny's writing the family is still in Ft. Smith, positive for officers that take their for nonfatal gun accidents, a 1996 mom and dad the news they prayed and odds are Jenny won't be coming weapons home," said Detective study estimated. And a study last year they'd never hear: "There's nothing home to San Francisco. Rhonda Leipelt, head of the Police found guns and children living side by more that can be done, just make I'd like to extend my thanks to Of- Officers' Association. "They have side in 11 million American homes, Jenny's last days as loving and com- ficer Steve Hutzler, who responded on someplace to put it, and they know it's with unsecured guns in 43 percent of fortable as possible." about two minutes' notice. Those of safe." those homes. Jenny's parents have always you who know Steve know he's the That's the point, said Redwood City Gun control organizations such as dreamed of taking Jenny and her kind of guy who would have left his police Sergeant Joe Rodrigues, who Handgun Control Inc. have long ar- brother "Peter" to Ft. Smith, Arkansas own deathbed to help. I also thank Bob runs the program. And anyone who gued that lax storage and firearms ac- to visit the extended family. Jenny's Mazzola of the Airport Bureau, who fails to use the department-issued cidents go together. Spokeswoman sickness and the family's dire financial arranged the use of Executive Livery's eight-pound, Keviar- coated gun safe Nancy Hua said the organization liked straits made that visit all but limo and their owner/driver, Angel could pay a stiff price if a gun accident the sound of Redwood City's plan, impossible.When Jenny's prognosis Acarac. And I thank YOU, who have were to occur at home: departmental particularly in light of a February study became hopeless, UC Hospital con- donated to Wish Upon a Star and discipline or criminal charges. "We by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety tacted California Law Enforcement's made the family wish come true. have a responsibility as a law enforce- Commission that found that many Wish Upon a Star Foundation and re- ment agency to provide our officers gun locks could be opened with a pa- with some type of home security sys- per clip, or simply by dropping them. tem for their weapons," Rodrigues "We think it's a good idea for every said. gun owner, whether in law enforce- While many police agencies, includ- ment or not, to have a good safe," she ing San Jose, San Francisco, Alameda said. "Far too many people think that and the San Mateo County sheriff's hiding (a gun) in a top drawer is suffi- office, issue gun locks to officers, only cient." a few in the nation provide gun safes. Rodrigues said. he, too, used to keep Redwood City purchased the safes his service gun on a top shelf, figuring from Frazen Security Products Inc. for that it was too high for his infant chil- a discounted $60 apiece. Each safe can dren to get to. But he is reminded hold two guns. The department will about the son of a fellow officer at 'We Build Seff-Confidence, Discipline & Respect" provide additional safes to officers who another department who killed him- have more than two weapons. self with a weapon his father brought (8 if Interest in gun safety in the homes home from work. "You think about of police officers grew out of a 1991 what you see on TV, and everyone DAY CAMP state law making gun owners respon- thinks that will never happen to us, COURTESY June 18th - August 17th sible for keeping loaded guns out of but it easily can," he said. "I didn't the reach of children. The head of the want to be what I see on TV." 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By Kevin Mullen and summarily executed Mayor off duty. A crowd formed at Castro and Immediately, the shouting and rock Deputy Chief (ret.) George Moscone and Supervisor Market, as it had so many times be- throwing stopped and a reverent hush Harvey Milk, it was almost more than fore, and proceeded to march to City fell over the crowd. Kevin Mullen was the 43-year-old the civic psyche could absorb. Hall. There were reports along the line Lighted candles, first a few and then deputy chief ofpolice for field operations The City came together in charge of crowd control in May 1979 the night of the assassina- when the verdict was announced in the tion. More than 25,000 trial of former Supervisor Dan White. It candle-bearing mourners was White, a police officer, who shot to lined up in the Castro, then death Mayor George Moscone and San made their way peaceably Francisco's first openly gay supervisor, down Market Street to City Harvey Milk, in City Hall the previous No- Hall. There they were greeted vember. That evening, May 21, an out- by the familiar voice of Joan raged mob streamed from the Castro Dis- Baez and the strains of trict to Civic Center, where violence "Amazing Grace." Acting erupted. It came to be known as the White Mayor Dianne Feinstein and Night Riot. Now retired, Mullen lives with Assembly Speaker Willie his wife, Jeannie, in Novato. He has pub- Brown addressed the group lished a book, "Let Justice Be Done: Crime over pre-positioned loud- and Politics in Early San Francisco," and speakers, as did other civic is working on another tentatively titled leaders, including Harry "San Francisco Homicide," which will Britt, Milk's political protégé. look at violent deaths in The City from Harvey's recorded voice, 1849 to the present. This is his account taped three weeks earlier af- FROM POA PHOTO ARCHIVE of what occurred.—Ed. ter the defeat of the Briggs amend- that the marchers were peaceful, but more and more, began to appear ment, which would have prohibited with some violent elements. There among the crowd. Who is it, I won- n the early-morning hours of May gays from teaching in public schools, were later reports of signs bearing the dered, that brings candles to a riot? Su- 22, 1979, police formations went was broadcast to the assembled legend "Avenge Harvey." pervisor Silver, a sympathetic figure to I into reverse and withdrew up throng. The proceedings closed at When the group arrived at the Polk those below, began to speak. The Castro Street toward Market Street - 11:30 p.m. with a Felix Mendelssohn Street side of City Hall and found noth- crowd applauded respectfully. For a on my orders - followed by a crowd hymn sung by the Gay Men's Chorus. ing to distract it from its outrage, it time - for just a moment - peace of jeering demonstrators. As the oddly White was arrested hours after the began to attack the face of the build- held the upper hand. In the end, the paired groups made their way past the killings and was placed on trial in Su- ing. We called up reserve forces and bullhorn was too feeble to be heard Castro Theater where I was standing, perior Court on a charge of double made impromptu efforts to engage the below, and the lighter became too one of the crowd broke away and ap- murder. To everyone involved, it mob with speakers sympathetic to its warm to hold alight. The rock throw- proached within 20 feet, where he looked like a slam-dunk. Testimony cause. It didn't work. ing resumed. Conditions deteriorated loudly denounced me as a "pig-faced was completed on May 16, and the Some questioned whether events to their eventual destructive denoue- could have played out differently. ment. "There's nothing that could have been said that would have placated that crowd," said Tom Ammiano, who was I authorized chairman of the Gay Teachers Coali- tion at the time. "Emotions were run- motorized patrols into ning too high." According to another view, how- the Castro area. Upon ever, that of an injured demonstrator later reflection, I who had participated in events, "Harvey Milk was a street-fighter. realized that was a He could get that bullhorn and slow that crowd down. That's what we mistake. lacked tonight." Unable to locate our high-volume loudspeaker equipment immediately, The violence built until almost 11 we asked Supervisor Carol Ruth Silver p.m., when several police cars parked to engage the mob with a police along McAllister Street were set afire bullhorn from the balcony in front of by rioters. It was only then that we swept Civic Center Plaza and chased rioters as they trashed shop windows on Market Street and the surrounding area. In keeping with standard post-riot

FROM POA PHOTO ARCHIVE control procedure, I authorized motor- ized patrols into the Castro area. Upon Irish m ------," before scurry- jury began its delib- later reflection, I realized that was a ing back to the safety of the mob. erations. 1(1 the ex- mistake. What to some might appear The irony wasn't lost on me that my tent that I thought to be a continuation of the disorders withdrawal order, which even then I about it at all in in' was actually a return of participants to knew would cost me dearly in the capacit y as dcpffl their own neighborhood. In any event, opinion of working cops, had also chief of field early May 22 a squad of police officers saved my detractor from getting his Lions with responsi- entered the Elephant Walk bar at 18th butt kicked by some very angry police bility for crowd and Castro and routed the patrons. officers. management, I ex- Accounts of the incident differ. The The White Night Riot, by which the pected, when the officers reported people hurling things events of May 21-22, 1979, have come verdict came in, a at them, then retiring into the bar. to be known, is one of the founding replay of the march Others considered the police entry myths of modern Gay San Francisco six months earlier into the bar a retaliatory "police riot." on the night of the FROM POA PHOTO ARCHIVE The events of the night were capped ca - sort of a West Coast version of New York's Stonewall riot. If Harvey Milk's assassination. the mayor's office. I joined her there, by a police withdrawal from the assassination was the Boston, Massacre When the manslaughter verdict was and, so as not to incite the mob with Castro, dubbed in my honor "Mullen's in that formulation, then White Night announced May 21, 1979 - for what the appearance of my uniform, I Retreat," by officers who would have was Concord Bridge. many thought was a clear case of hunched down behind the balustrade preferred a different outcome. Police The events of the night were set in double premeditated murder - San and extended my hand holding a officers don't like to back off - indi- motion six months earlier. In Novem- Francisco's gay community, and many lighted butane cigarette lighter above vidually or collectively. They see that ber 1978, The City was shaken to its straights, were shocked beyond de- the rail. as a humiliation. But if we moved for- psychic roots when San Francisco's Jim scription. There would be no To the crowd below, the sudden ward we'd only be beating people up Jones led his Peoples Temple follow- Mendelssohn hymns that night. appearance of a small, disembodied and we couldn't control behind our ers in a mass suicide in Guyana. And The verdict was announced shortly flame from the embattled ramparts of lines. I still think it was the right thing when, only a few days later, ex-Super- after 5 p.m., inconveniently just after the enemy citadel must have seemed to do. EM visor Dan White sneaked into City Hall the Police Department day watch went like a sign from beyond the grave. Much of the after-action criticism

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centered on tactics and timing as the killed in the Clement Street bank reasons for what went wrong. Some shootout, a pipe bomb set against the P'ress Release said we moved against the crowd too church's outer wall exploded. They late, unnecessarily endangering offic- wouldn't even let us bury our dead P The San Fr in peace. Is it any wonder that mul- ancisco Police Officers' ers who were forced to stand in for- olice officers, ex Association mation in front of the rock-throwing tigenerational police families ad- presses its "outrage" regarding therepre senting 1,500 Police administration o Conduct of high mob. Others complained that when vised their sons against coming into Hall. fficials during Monday night's riot at City we did move, officers used excessive the department? City of force. Every officer who lived through kno ficials, as well as Chief of Police Charles R. Gain had full that time has his own set of remem- betterwledge ju of anticipated problems and Should have dgment in the deployment of Police personnelexercised much bered experiences. Some of us were As a result of the administrations The riot was a fitting luckier than others. I was on my is in way to work as captain at Taraval olating the initial group of disturb "inaction " controlling and control of the streets, ers the crowd took complete conclusion to what Station one morning in 1974 when The and in fact, had POA 5 City Hall under siege. the Symbionese Liberation Army highly critical of the "judgment" calls that kept the had been a truly tactical units in abeyance, while an explosive situation that could with newly inducted Patty Hearst have been co robbed the Hibernia Bank on ntained with a minimum number of highly trained troubled and troubling Noriega Street. If I had come along personnel escalated to a full scale riot. As a dollars damage Was sus result, a half million decade five minutes later I would have i tained sixtytr (63) police officers were driven into a trap set to take out innjured, as well as an untold number of civilians police officers responding to the nocent bystanders) having received substantial(demo injuries.nstrators and To command scores of officers to remain In a way, the riot was a fitting con- bank alarm. pelted with rocks, bottles and st C ationary while being clusion to what had been a truly The next year, at Mission Sta- is completely intol hunks of co tion, we found an undetonated Fr erable. The present level ofncrete is a situation that troubled and troubling decade, both ancisco Police Dep frustration in the San for The City and its Police Department. bomb on the roof; another was be taken to relieve thatartment pressure is at an all time "high" and steps must The history of the '60s and '70s is be- found under a car in the park- I have formally req ing written nostalgically by those who ing lot. We also learned of a plan plete and independentuested the Civil Grand Jury to investig conduct a com- lived through it. It is a story of youth to attack the station with a ing the riot and the "inaction" ationthat of the circumstances rocket launcher from the bal- injuries. resulted in Surround- and revolt, the civil rights struggle and SO much damage in the Summer of Love. Dope and com- cony of a school across the Monday n ing together to oppose an unjust war. street. Fortunately, the launcher ight's action was not a mere display of civil failed to fire. ence on the part of those Participating, but a conspiratorialdis displayobedi- Not much has been heard from the )f felonious conduct that could have been prevented police officers who were actors in the George Moscone's 1975 elec- same events. The era of peace and love, tion as mayor, supported by a Robert F Bariy, coalition of minorities, gays San Fr President during which a dozen officers died at ancisco Police Officers' AsSocjion the hands of criminals, was also the and members of the Rev. Jim deadliest period in the department's Jones' Peoples Temple, was history. viewed by many as a victory of We were introduced to 1970 with the very forces against which the po- of the city that San Francisco has be- Since then, The City has come full come. Embattled and besieged by more circle. The extreme craziness of the late than a decade of assaults on their val- 1970s seems to have subsided - for ues and their lives, the officers' blood now at least. There have been no large- was up. In that Castro District confron- scale violent demonstrations in recent tation, it wasn't a question of protect- years. Two officers have lost their lives ing the officers from the crowd, but at the hands of criminals in the past rather the reverse. two decades compared with the dozen The idea of backing away from a in the single decade before. fight runs against the grain of every- Charles Gain's brand of policing, so thing police officers stand for. That controversial in the 1970s, has pretty night, officers said they were "humili- much been adopted as standard in The ated" by the withdrawal. My position, City. He now lives in comfortable re- then and now - emotional consider- tirement in the San Joaquin Valley, and ations aside - is that the withdrawal it's safe to say that most of the officers was justified and even necessary if ex- involved with the riot also have re- tensive unwarranted bloodshed was to tired. be avoided. Others involved in the events of the For one, I agree that the missing time have moved on as well. Willie ingredient that night was Harvey Milk. Brown is now mayor. Supervisor Tom Harvey would have done what no uni- Ammiano, then a schoolteacher with form could accomplish when the reason to fear for his continued em- group began to vandalize City Hall. He ployment, has recently run a credible would - as he had many times before campaign against Brown. Dianne when conditions threatened to turn Feinstein is now the senior senator for violent - refocus the crowd's energy. California.

rr,uIvI rUM rnJIJ flflL) the New Year's morning murder of an lice had been arrayed for the preced- officer in a seedy Tenderloin doorway. ing murderous decade. A few months later, another officer was Nowhere was the pain felt more assassinated sitting in his marked po- acutely than in the Police Department. lice vehicle writing a parking citation; Moscone's outsider chief of police, yet another was killed in a gun duel Charles Gain - from benighted Oak- with a bank robber at Sixth and Clem- land, for God's sake - was thought at ent. the very least to harbor dangerously In February 1970, Sergeant Brian liberal ideas about how police affairs McDonnell was killed by a bomb set should be managed. against the window of the business Over the next few years, the orga- office at Park Station by leftist politi- nizational climate in the department cal radicals. The following year, mem- was that of a low-intensity insurrec- bers of the Black Guerrilla Family in- tion. Sworn to enforce the law and vaded Ingleside Station and shot down obey their superiors, the officers did Sgt. Jack Young at his desk. their job, albeit sometimes grudgingly. As we stood in respectful formation It was those same officers who manned in front of St. Brendan's Church at the the line on White Night, taking rocks from the more violent representatives funeral for Inspector Harold Hamilton, 1H0W1 VUR VMU Immuliii

Page 28 POA Journal May 2001 CaIPERS Long-Term Care Program Recent Developments In Public Safety Labor Relations Application Period Ends June 30 Federal Government Opens Submitted by Al Casciato With 60% of the people age 65 and older needing long-term care at some Investigation of D.C. Police E-mail Beginning April 1 and running point in their lives, buying long-term through June 30, 2001, all public em- care coverage can offer peace of mind. Wed, 11 Apr 2001. The U.S. Depart- a half. He said the four-page newslet- ployees (including non-Ca1PERS mem- It is not just for the elderly either. Over ment of Justice has begun its own in- ter, which appeared about once a bers), retirees, their spouses, parents 40% of the people receiving long-term vestigation of the e-mail sent by D.C. month, and was placed in mail slots and parents-in-law will have another care today are between the ages of 18 police officers that allegedly contained throughout the department, and con- opportunity to apply for long-term and 64. Since all premiums are age re- racist, sexist and homophobic com- tained offensive comments in its last care coverage. lated, it is more affordable when you ments. D.C. Police Chief Charles H. edition, although he declined to cat- Long-term care (LTC) coverage pays apply at a younger age. Ramsey told a House Appropriations egorize them as racist, sexist or ho- for extended care that would be In 2000, Ca1PERS began offering subcommittee yesterday that he has mophobic. needed when, due to a chronic disease, some lower cost plans. These plans given Justice attorneys two disks' Few was asked about the newsletter injury or frailty of old age, help is re- continue to have premiums that cost worth of police e-mail, and that they at the House subcommittee hearing quired with basic activities of daily liv- significantly less than comparable are looking into possible civil rights after a WRC-TV (Channel 4) report on ing such as dressing, bathing, or eat- plans offered by insurance companies. violations. the incident. Five female EMS super- ing. Severe cognitive impairments, The Ca1PERS Long-Term Care Program Justice spokeswoman, Christine visors who were named in that edition such as Alzheimer's disease, are also currently covers more than 144,000 Romano, later confirmed that the of the newsletter filed complaints yes- covered. LTC plans can help pay for people. agency's review is underway. terday with the Equal Employment extended care at home, care in an as- Those who thought they couldn't D.C. police officials revealed last Opportunity Commission, according sisted living facility, adult day care cen- afford a Ca1PERS plan will want to re- week that an internal investigation to a fire department source. The source ter, or in a nursing home. Without a quest an application kit with all the had turned up offensive e-mail sent said their complaints allege that the LTC plan, you can expect to pay an details by calling 1-800-338-2244 or between patrol car laptops in 1999 and comments made about them were of average of $50,000 per year for nurs- visit the web site at www.calpers.ca . 2000. In the messages, police made a sexual and racial nature. ing home care. How would you pay gov/longtermcare/. derogatory comments about each Lt. Ray Sneed, head of the D.C. fire- for extended care if you needed it to- other, as well as about residents, ac- fighters union, said the newsletter be- day? cording to Ramsey and other top po- gan as a chatty internal gossip column. t 4" t lice officials. Ramsey promised the "It talked about who got married, who ssssss$sssss / House subcommittee that he would was promoted, who should not have not be merciful in punishing officers been promoted," and it caused little if sINCOME TAX! who are found to have committed civil any furor, he said. "But this last copy rights violations. "My goal is not to crossed the line. There were a couple Duane Collins rehabilitate them. My goal is to fire of names in there. There was profan- (SFPD Retired) them," Ramsey said. ity and a comic strip. I could see where The chief said the police internal it was offensive to some people," Sneed 51-800-400-9054 investigation also will focus on in- said, declining to elaborate. Collins Tax Consulting stances of "biased policing." He said Few said he has asked the District's Specializing In Law Enforcement investigators would determine office of the inspector general to in- whether the names of the officers who vestigate the matter and help him find Family and Friends Welcome typed the offensive messages show up out who published the newsletter. A * Licensed and Bonded Since 1983 in resident complaints filed previously. search of all the department's comput- Meanwhile, D.C. fire department ers did not turn up evidence, and Few AVOID COSTLY MISTAKES officials talked about their own prob- said he thinks the newsletter was done . Have Your Tax Return Professionally Prepared lems with offensive language in the from someone's home. "After I saw it, workplace. D.C. Fire Chief Ronnie Few we did some diversity training, and 1 said he ordered the shutdown injanu- have not seen or heard anything about ary of an anonymous newsletter called it since," Few said. 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Ed "Muscle Shirt" Yu. The Inspectors competitive team but has had some NICK'S NOTES has the likes of Joe Engler Jr., Mike Beil, hard luck losing two of their games by and Leroy Lindo (just to name a few) 1-run margins. Some of the players By Nick Shihadeh, contributing. making up the most fun team in the POA Journal Sports Editor Mission #1 is not far behind at 3-1 league include: Bud Clinton, Larry with Mike Flynn-"Stone" doing a fine McDevitt, Mike "Bert" Siebert, Pierre HECK IT OUT: I want to con- job leading the way on the mound as Martinez, Quok "Don't Call Me Dave" gratulate Jerry Darcy on a fine usual. Others include Chuck Collins, Do, Nick "Someguy" Shihadeh, Kevin C job as basketball commissioner Brian Philpott, Gary Hazelhoffer, Pablo Murray, and of course Greg Kane. for the second year in a row. I imagine "The Joker" Ossio, Jake Fegan, and Joe Narcotics is being run by Brian he is still trying to collect the rest Barretta. Olcomendy and has long time vet of the league fees from some of the Ingleside Station is sporting a 3-2 Matt Hanley leading the way. They teams, so please help him out and get record but I don't have much to say would've had long time veteran Gary the funds to him at Tenderloin Station about them as they take softball as well Delagnes on the club but he quit after (you know who you are). As far as next as themselves way too seriously. Rich- coming out to just one game, playing year, it would be great if he can get mond/Taraval is doing a fine job with the pitcher's position, and getting the season started sooner. I remember league for the tier one playoffs with a .500 record (2-2). Lindsey Sulsow is shelled by the Inspectors team. Don't the days when the b-ball season started Southern Station leading the way with once again combining forces with count these guys out though as they in October and ended in January—that an undefeated 4-0 record (at the print- Geno Traversaro to put together a de- have younger players Ricky Guerrero, would be something to see again. ing of this column). They haven't cent team that also includes Tom Vinny "Don't Call Me Vince" Department softball is going strong played any tough teams just yet so "Lumpy" Lovrin, Tom Taylor, Bill Etchebere, Jon Kasper, Kevin "Scrappy" at mid season under new commis- anything can happen; but, their team DeCarski, Lori Brophy, Jim Strange, Healy, and of course Kevin "Lab" sioner Brian Olcomendy. It didn't look is still very strong sporting the likes of and Bassey Obot. Labanowski. As far as Bayview Station, like the season would even get going Al Honnibal, Tommy Walsh, Carl Five teams are tied with 2-win, 3- I'm not quite sure who plays on that because of screw-ups by the Park and Bryant, Matt "Cheek Bone" Gooden, loss records; these middle of the pack team but I'm sure they're a good bunch Rec when it came to field reservations and the always powerful Dave Maron. teams include Airport, Northern #2, of guys. as well as how much they're charging Northern #1 is in second place at 3- Park, Narcotics, and Bayview Station. Four teams scraping the bottom of us for fields (it's pretty sad when we 0 with manager Dave Herman running This is a real dog fight when it comes the division are Tenderloin Station (1- get treated better by the Daly City Park a tight ship. Star player Rob Fung is to the tier two playoff positioning. 3), SF Sheriffs (1-3), Daly City PD (0- and Rec than our own city when it leading this team that also has Dom Airport lost some key players this 3), and the ever popular Mission Chi- comes to use of fields for softball). It "The Hawk" Panina, Scott "Buddy year but still have a decent club with huahuas (0-4). It's unfortunate about also didn't help when the fire depart- Buddy" Warnke, Joe "7-11" Zamagni, the sorts of Steve "Say Hey" Maes, Mike the Chihuahuas as they made the play- ment softball league pulled a fast one and Jeff "JR" Roth doing a fine job. It Etcheverry, Jim "Warning Track offs for the first time in their existence by grabbing both fields at Jackson Park will be interesting to see if they can Power" McCoy, Marty Scanlon, and of last year, but have fallen back down from under us on Tuesdays. Despite pull the season off without the help course long time pitcher Nick Allen. to earth with a thump as they can't the confusion and miscommunication of long time Northern veteran Benny They are definitely missing long time seem to win a game for their collec- and dirty pool, things are back on "Hanzi" Vigil, who isn't on the club vet and all around good guy Jim tive lives. They still have a fun-loving track. this year. O'Meara, but because of family com- group of players though featuring Ed This year in league play, be aware TAC is tied for third place with the mitments, he wasn't able to compete Carew, Pete "Liverpool" Richardson, that there is only one division rather Inspectors team with both at 4-1. TAC this year (all of our prayers are with Tessa "Collision at Home Plate" than two with sixteen teams battling has a very competitive club that is run you and your family Jim!). Escobar, Ed Robles, Mark Yesitas, and for ten playoff spots. There will be two by catcher Ed Callejas. The rest of the Northern #2 is doing surprisingly of course Russ Gordin. The Chihua- sets of playoffs with the first four teams infield has Al Miranda pitching, Bob well under the tutelage of Joe "Stretch" huas are of course missing George in the division fighting for the tier one Puts at first, Mike "Gonzo": Gonzales Boyle and "Steve "Canig" Caniglia. Leong who decided not to play this playoff championship while teams five at second base, Sean Wallace at short, Other players include Matt Inocencio, year. Another player they sure miss is through ten competing for the tier two Rollie "The Goalie" Canales at third— William "Back Stop" Murray, Scott Jeff Smith who also isn't with the club championship. and the outfielders are Rick Bruce, Greg Hedorn, and returning veteran Tony anymore (you're still in our hearts Jeff; There's a real dog fight atop of the Suhr, Bob "Hammerhead" Miller, and "Italian Stallion" Manfreda (who is still we hope you're doing well). The stand- turning triples into singles with his ings as of Mon. May 7th appear with deafening speed). this column. That's all for this The Park Station Islanders have a month... .So See Ya next month.....

TEAM L GB PCT SOUTHERN STATION 4 0 1.000 NORTHERN #1 3 0 1/2 1.000 THE INSPECTORS 4 1 1/2 .800 TACTICAL SQUAD 4 1 1/2 .800 MISSION#1 3 1 1 .750 INGLESIDE STATION 3 2 1 1/2 .600 RICHMOND/TARAVAL 2 2 2 .500 AIRPORT BUREAU 2 3 21/2 .400 NORTHERN #2 2 3 21/2 .400 PARK ISLANDERS 2 3 21/2 .400 NARCOTICS 2 3 21/2 .400 BAYVIEW STATION 2 3 21/2 .400 TENDERLOIN STATION 1 3 3 .250 SF SHERIFFS 1 3 3 .250 DALY CITY PD 0 3 31/2 .000 MISSION CHIHUAHUAS 0 4 4 .000 May 2001 POA Journal Page 31

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Pro roadraces at Pikes Peak Interna- tional Speedway. The return trip will include side-trips to the Grand Can- yon and Zion National Park. If you've never seen Zion, you've missed one of ov the real gems of the National Park sys- tem. We'll visit "Dinosaur Utah and see the dinosaur fossils, and maybe a retired solo sergeant or two. While this 2 may sound like an intimidating jour- ney, we never travel more than 4-500 miles a day (eight hours saddle time By Rene LaPrevotte daily). We pace ourselves on the "weak-link" theory... the first guy who he "TAX EATERS MOTOR- is tired of riding calls-it and we CYCLE CLUB" is looking for a hunker-down for the night. This ride T few good men (and women) to will accommodate a maximum of join us on a couple upcoming eight riders. Interested? Call me... overnighters. If either of these rides look like they might "float-your-boat" Members Classifieds: give me a call at 553-4986 (Traffic 1996 Kawasaki GPZ- 1100. (10,000 Chris daRoza brings home two Bronze medals for SFPD Company) or at home at (415) 883- miles) equipped with a full Muzzy ex- 9092. haust system and Corben seat. Price includes factory hard luggage and shop CAMP BERKELEY (MMOC Trip): manual. Excellent condition! $6,000! 2001 North American Friday June 15th through Offer. Contact Rich Struckman at (415) Sunday June 17th 708-4372 Police Ski Championships The Municipal Motorcycle Officers Association of California has reserved visit our website: By Chris daRoza attend such a clinic. I know it helped "Berkeley Camp" near the Groveland www.sfpoa.org Airport me. Each day after the clinic was one Entrance to Yosemite National Park. I of the races, beginning with the Seed have blocked-out four cabins that sleep There is no better way to raise race that determines an individual's four persons each for "Family and money for The Winter Special Olym- ability (beginner, intermediate, ad- Friends". This is a bitchen' ride East POLl TAR pics than skiing in Aspen, Colorado. vance and expert). The group also di- on Highway #49, with day-trips to PN NS This year's North American Police Ski vides the individuals into 5-year age Yosemite and Mariposa. Your $40 Championships (NAPSC) was held at increments, which in turn decreases per-person, per-day covers your sleep- Snowmass Village in Aspen. It was held the number of people in your group ing space, as well as three meals a day. PLIC RINS from March 17th through the 24th. for a better chance of winning the This is a sedate (moderately paced) ride Law Enforcement officers from around Gold. The guest races also went that should be of interest to the Harley FINE JEWELRY the globe showed up to compete, in- smoothly, and this year they included guys. Space is limited! cluding teams from Italy, England and a snowboard race. For all that care to know, I was the DESERTS OF THE SOUTHWEST: Canada. EN LUTTRING This year, a 5-day lift ticket was good only SFPD Officer able to attend. I was (Zion Nat? Park, Grand Canyon and at 4 different resorts, Snowmass, Ajax, unable to bring home the Gold due to Pikes Peak National Roadrace series.) 7ETST 140 Buttermilk and Highlands. There were LAPD and Metro London PD. In addi- Monday August 20th through Friday, SAN FRAN IS CA 94102 complimentary shuttle busses avail- tion, there may have been a sandbag- August 31st. able to the other ski areas, and to the ger here and there. I did bring home Leave SF for a leisurely 1400-mile (415) 6-8086 City of Aspen. two Bronze medals for SFPD in the trip to Fountain, Colorado for the AMA Downhill GS and Slalom races in the advance division, 30-34 age group. I hope that next year This was a week not to be forgotten by all, and all for a good cause. In the we can put together a final day, it was brought to our atten- tion that we were able to raise over WHAT HAS YOUR REAL ESTATE BROKER SFPD team $37,000 dollars for the Winter Special DONE FOR You LATELY? Olympics this year. In total, NAPSC has NAPSC is special in its own way be- donated over $280,000 dollars to the Ask any of these members about our personalized service, how much they saved on their cause this group even sets up races for sale and loan transactions, or about the finders fees received for referring other clients: Special Olympics over the past 8 years. Lt. Phil Dunnigan (Ret) the guests of the Law Enforcement I met wonderful people from Sgt. Jesse Brown (Ret) Lt. Larry Balakian (Ret) Officers. There was also a Special Sgt. Lilli Hitt (Co G) Sgt. Steve Harris (Airport) Sgt. James Bosch (H&R Det) around the globe with whom I hope Fred Crisp (Co A) Sgt. Mike Dempsey (Co G) Kevin Dempsey (Tac) Olympics auction, which tantalized to keep in contact. I hope that next Insp. Dan Gardner (Robbery) Insp. Cal Nutting (Ret) Jill Connolly (Co G) the buying temptations, and year we can put together a SFPD team Sgt. Greg Lynch (Co C) Insp. Karen Lynch (H&R Det) Sgt. Mitch Lang (Co G) everyone's emotions ran high. so we can take home some team med- NAPSC has three separate events, als. IT PAYS To DEAL WITH THE SHEEHAN BROTHERS! plus a seed race. The events include For all the skiers out there, just to the Downhill GS, Slalom and Super G Loan Update: WANT TO COMPETE WITH OTHER BUYERS? let you know there are 2 other differ- NIGHT! (where helmets are required). There ent competitions held each year. They *GET PRE-APPROVED FREE IN ONE HOUR - DAY OR was an awards presentation every are the International Police Winter (FROM RECEIPT OF COMPLETED LOAN APPLICATION. CALL DAVE COOLEY AT 485-4448) night of the week, an auction, and a games (IPWG, Next year 2002 will be wonderful banquet on the last day. Ev- at Innsbrook, Austria) and The Cali- eryone, including guests, was eligible fornia Fire/Police Winter games (held for door prizes given out each night. in Mammoth). If anyone is interested The first day, the group put on a in assembling a SFPD team, let's try Race Clinic. If you have never raced and get something together. before, don't miss the opportunity to Until next year, happy skiing. Page 32 POA Journal May 2001

By Ray Shine of whom are as focused on their duty; ev- •LA! cLI4JLL Editor ery one as unassuming as the next; all as -ij worthy and deserving. • eeking to publicly acknowledge the The San Francisco Police Officers' Asso- hard work and dedication of uni- ciation applauds Commander Bruce and S formed police officers, Commander the Administration for so pointedly rec- Ylr. Rick Bruce has implemented the San Fran- ognizing the uniformed patrol officers who __.1__i• cisco Police Department's Patrol Officer of the comprise "the backbone of the Depart- Ilk Month, a program that recognizes indi- ment". viduals who personify the admirable The Association also congratulates Fitz qualities common in all San Francisco Wong and Leon Sorhondo, for being cho- 7of street cops. sen as the May, 2001 Patrol Officers of the Each month, Commander Bruce will Month. As with all such honorees, the se- ask a district captain to nominate one of lection of Fitz and Leon serves to exem- their uniformed officers for this special plify the strength of character, compassion, recognition. The selection of a single of- and commitment to community that is ficer, or team of officers, for this honor embodied in all of the men and women of will prove to be an unenviable task. It will, the SFPD. after all, be very difficult to single out one or two officers from among so many, all COLLAGE BY MAMMONE AND COHEN

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