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VOLUME 51, NUMBER 1 SAN FRANCISCO, JANUARY 2019 www.sfpoa.org Gearing Up for Challenges in 2019

By Tony Montoya, • Force the Department to meet and and he never responded to any of the President , SFPOA confer over Chief Scott’s hastily hundreds of letters sent to him by our drafted DB regarding the control of members and supporters. In my two decades of service with individuals and seating them during • Continue to have substantive meet- the POA, from a station representative a detention. Once again, the Depart- ings with Chief Scott, members of on the Board of Directors, to the elected ment ignored their responsibility the Police Commission, DPA Direc- Secretary followed by your elected Vice under the Myers-Milias-Brown Act tor Paul Henderson, members of the President, to my role as your President; for full communication between Board of Supervisors who wish to I can recall many a crisis and many an employer and representatives of meet with the POA, and other elected challenges faced by our organization. employees when a change of work- representatives at City Hall. I have These challenges were never ignored or ing conditions is proposed. This reached out to almost all of them but dismissed by past POA administrations proposed DB, in its current draft, it has become clear that many are and they will not be ignored under my has serious officer safety concerns not willing to have an open honest administration. for the POA. productive conversation with the Our chosen profession has never been • Continue with the meet and confer POA. That will not stop us from be- a so called “walk in the park” or filled process with the Department and ing heard. with sunshine, rainbows, and lollipops, DHR over the proposed Taser Policy • Explore further options available to but we knew all of that when we entered the Board of Supervisors, the Mayor’s passed by the Police Commission in ensure that the promotional process this noble calling. Police officers in the Office, and from elected representatives December 2017. At that time the Police is fair, balanced, transparent, and United States have experienced more in Sacramento and in Washington DC. Commission stated that our members equitable. The Rule of Ten imposed scrutiny, oversight, and changes to our The attacks on law enforcement and the would be equipped with Tasers based by the Civil Service Commission profession in the last three years than Monday morning quarterbacking of this on their time schedule. That schedule and implemented by Chief Scott has we have in the last thirty. Some of these profession are not limited to San Fran- has been intentionally or unintention- not obtained any of those standards changes have been extremely beneficial cisco or our state. They are occurring ally forgotten by the Commission. listed above. to the public and to our members. Some nationwide, and we must address them This vital piece of equipment, capable • Support our current members and have not been very beneficial at all. on a local, statewide, and national level. of saving lives and reducing injuries, especially our retired members who Regardless, civilian oversight and Fortunately, the SFPOA belongs to is still a mere concept with no true were exposed to unknown and pos- constant improvement of tactics based several strong law enforcement labor date of implementation set in stone. on industry best practices are essential sible cancerous substances while organizations such as the California • Prepare for another legislative session to maintaining the trust of those who we working at Hunters Point Shipyards. Coalition of Law Enforcement Associa- in Sacramento that will more than serve. The POA has always believed that. Additional informational meetings tions, the Big 50 (fifty of the largest police likely bring another attack on the As we enter into 2019, the POA will will be held at the POA led by attor- associations in the country), the Law United States Supreme Court ruling likely face a number of issues that we neys from our labor firm of Messing Enforcement Leadership Symposium, of “Graham vs. Connor” which may have foreseen and probably even more Adams & Jasmine LLP. and the United Coalition of Public Safety. change the “Objectively Reasonable” that we have not foreseen. These chal- This is a small sampling of what I, Collectively, we have stood united and standard to “Necessary Force”. The lenges will come from within our own along with my Executive Board and appealed policies and measures that SFPOA along with OPOA, SJPOA, department, the Police Commission, the your Board of Directors, will be facing would have proven to be detrimental and LAPPL, just to name a few, were Department of Police Accountability, to our mission. Ironically, we have also this year. We are gearing up for the chal- successful in seeing that AB 931 never lenge. As always, we will not falter in our reached agreement with many of those made it out of committee and to the same parties over common goals. I trust representation of the men and women floor for a vote in 2018. This was who don the SFPD uniform and make we will be traveling down this same partially done through an electronic road in 2019. sacrifices in service to the residents and letter campaign. The POA was dis- visitors of our great city. Here are a few foreseen challenges appointed that Senator Scott Wiener that the POA intends to tackle in the Wishing all a prosperous, safe, and never consulted law enforcement peaceful 2019. upcoming year: before signing onto this legislation,

Our members save lives every day throughout the City. Thank you SFPD for recognizing the great work of our members at the Airport Bureau. — Tony Montoya, POA President SFPD Officers Credited with Saving Life of Airport Employee

On Wednesday December 19, 2018 at approximately 7:06 AM Sergeant Bobby Cheung of the San Francisco Police Department Airport Bureau was flagged down by an airport employee who advised him that there was an unresponsive person in a nearby stairwell. The sergeant located a 38 year-old woman on the ground without a pulse, began CPR and radioed for an Automated External Defibrillator (AED) to be brought to the scene. Airport Bureau Officers Ryan Mariano and Christopher Giles responded with an AED and took turns performing CPR while the AED was applied. Sergeant Mark Yesitis and Officer James Trail arrived and continued to assist with CPR. As the officers continued their life saving actions, they saw that Periodicals postage paid at San Francisco, #882-320) (USPS CA the victim had begun blinking her eyes and also squeezed the hand of an officer. The officers immediately ceased CPR and placed the victim in a position of recovery until medical personnel arrived. “I am very proud of our Airport Bureau officers,” said SFPD Police Chief William Scott. “I can say without hesitation that because of their training and swift response, a life was saved. These officers L-R: Off. Christopher Giles, Sgt. Bobby Cheung, Off. exemplify what it means to be one of San Francisco’s Finest.” Ryan Mariano Page 2 POA Journal January 2019 Minutes of the December 19, 2018, Board of Directors Meeting Call to Order on January 7 at 0800 hours and con- regarding phone calls, texts, etc. on 1. Sergeant-at-Arms Tracy McCray clude on January 11 at midnight. The how secondary criteria was devel- called the meeting to order at 1204 motion passed unanimously. The oped. Gregg Adam discussed why a hours. following stations and units made lawsuit would not be advantageous. nominations: Re-emphasis was made on advocat- 2. Sgt.-at-Arms Tracy McCray led the ing for rank order. Board in the Pledge of Allegiance. Central: Sean Archini, Josh Cabillo, Tracy McCray asked for a moment Larry Chan, John Van Koll 12. Director Cronin raised the issue that of silence for our service men and we should not dismiss the idea of a women, as well as for law enforce- Southern: Damon Hart, Louis Wong lawsuit. ment, who have lost their lives serv- Bayview: Joe Kavanaugh, 13. Gregg Adam advised that a lawsuit ing our country and communities. Danny Miller, Matt Reiter on lack of transparency is not a law- Retired commander Leroy Lindo suit likely to win. There was addi- Roll Call and retired Lt Mike Slade making a Mission: Mikayla Connell, tional discussion by board members 3. Secretary Lobre conducted roll call. presentation to the Board of Directors of Tom Johnson that followed. 28 Board of Directors were present, behalf of Operation Dream. The Board Northern: Joan Cronin, Jesus Pena 14. Gregg Adam advised on the statute 6 were excused, and 1 absent. approved a $5000 donation. of limitations which depend on dif- Park: Jeremy Cummings, Presentation ferent circumstances. President’s Message Matt Friedman 4. President Montoya presented Legal 7. President Montoya thanked the out- 15. Director Cronin made a motion to Richmond: Anthony Garrett, Defense Attorney Michael Whelan going Board of Directors who will table the issue of a lawsuit at this Chris Mansfield with a plaque of appreciation for all be stepping down for their years of time. Director Chan seconded the his hard work over the years repre- service to the POA. Some members Ingleside: Matt Inocencio, David Lee motion. The motion passed unani- senting our members. Michael will have been promoted, or are choosing mously. Taraval: Mike Ferraresi, be stepping down as part of our legal to step down. 16. President Montoya discussed the defense team. Shawn Imhoff, Pavel Kharmskiy 8. President Montoya discussed the old ongoing Building 606 litigation. Paragon Restaurant. It is in a new Tenderloin: Kevin Lyons, Bassey Obot There will be an informational meet- ing at the POA on January 7, 2019 at owner process and will be doing Traffic: Crispin Jones, Rob Vernengo a soft opening as Brixton South in 1500 hours. Please contact Wendi early February, and a full opening HQ/Admin: Patrick Woods Berkowitz at Gregg Adam’s law firm at [email protected] for Opening Day in April. POA mem- TAC: Dan Laval, Steve Needham bers will receive a 20% discount on 17. President Montoya advised that food and beverage. For large groups, Investigations: Ed Carew, Rich Hunt, Police Commissioner Hirsch will be please contact the Executive Board to Greg Stechschulte holding a hearing on January 9, 2019 secure a reservation. at 1730 regarding the promotional Airport: Kevin Lee, Jim Trail, process. 9. President Montoya discussed the Erik Whitney old Subway Sandwich commercial 18. President Montoya thanked the space. We are in the works of finaliz- Retired: In accordance with the bylaws, board members who donated a toy ing a deal to have a Gelato company President Montoya appointed Val Kir- for the SFPD drive. Defense attorney Michael Whelan and move in. wan to represent retired POA members. President Tony Montoya 19. President Montoya took the meeting 10. Nominations for the Board of Direc- Note: Names in BOLD PRINT denote into executive closed session for only 5. Retired members Mike Slade and tors were discussed and led by Elec- contested seats that will be decided by the Board of Directors. tions Chair Lloyd Martin. President respective unit elections. Leroy Lindo made a financial request Vice President’s Message Montoya made a motion, seconded for $5,000 for Operation Dream. Vice President Andreotti was at train- by Director Cronin, to have the 11. President Montoya asked Gregg ing. No Message at this time. Approval of November 2018 election in January from Monday, Adam, our labor attorney, to speak Board Minutes January 7 to Friday January 11, 2019 to the recent issues regarding mem- Treasurer’s Report bers who have been passed on recent 6. A motion to approve the November (instead of January 14 to January 20. Treasurer Perdomo indicated that we promotions. Gregg called in via con- 2018 meeting minutes was made 18). This will allow for new board are currently $107,000 under budget ference call to discuss. Public records by Director Pena and seconded by members to be sworn in at the Board for 2018, with the caveat that all bills requests are being made into who Director Hart. The minutes were of Directors meeting on January 16, for December have not been paid. approved by unanimous vote. 2019. Voting will commence online was on the promotional committee. An additional request will be made 21. Treasurer Perdomo indicated that

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The motion New Business passed unanimously. 22. Director Carew inquired about Su- Adjournment per Reps strictly for investigations, 25. President Montoya adjourned at the due to circumstances that involve meeting at 1425 hours. only investigations. Submitted by 23. Director Cronin inquired about Matt Lobre P-1’s for the canines and horses, and *These minutes will not be adopted by the lack of movement. President the Board of Directors until the next Gen- Montoya is having ongoing discus- eral Membership meeting. Corrections and sions with Chief Scott surrounding amendments might be made prior to a vote transfers. to enter the minutes into the permanent record. All corrections and/or amendments Old Business will be published in the succeeding issue of None. the Journal. Reelect Larry Chan For Central Station Representative Central Station Members, I have been one of your elected Station Representatives for the last 4 years. 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Board of Directors Meeting Roll Call Wednesday, December 19, 2018 President Tony Montoya P Vice President Rick Andreotti E Secretary Matthew Lobre P Treasurer Sean Perdomo P Sergeant-At-Arms Tracy McCray P Editor Ray Shine E Co. A Larry Chan P Robert Duffield P Co. B Damon Hart P Louis Wong P Co. C Maris Goldsborough P The honored members are, left to right, Sgt. Chris Servat and Sgt. William Heppler Joseph Kavanagh E (SVU-ICAC), Operation Lollipop Guild; Sgt. Nicholas Chorley (Homicide), Project Co. D Mikayla Connell E Aftermath; Sgt. Damon Jackson (Gang Task Force), Central Divis Playas RICO Thomas Johnson P Indictment. Co. E Joan Cronin P By Sgt. Wendy Bear The US Attorney’s Office of the North- Jesus Peña P San Francisco Police Department ern District of California, specifically, Co. F Jeremy Cummings P Special Victims Unit awarded all four Investigators the award Greg Stechschulte P Cold Cases/Sex Crimes for “Excellence in the Pursuit of Justice” following lengthy investigations that Co. G Anthony Garrett P Four SFPD Investigators were recently lead to federal indictments of dozens of Chahmal Kerow P honored by the United States Attorney criminals. Co. H Matt Inocencio P of the Northern California District Of- David Lee P fice. All of these dedicated investigators Another example of the outstanding Co. I Michael Ferraresi P worked extraordinarily long, hard hours investigations being quietly conducted Shawn Imhoff A to complete their respective cases and by the SFPD Investigative Units!! Co. J Kevin Lyons P to obtain convictions of some truly bad Bassey Obot P people! Co. K Crispin Jones E Frank Pereira P Hdqtr. James O’Meara P Patrick Woods P Tactical Dan Laval P Contribute to the Journal; It’s Your Paper. Steve Needham P Send us your stuff; unit news or events, good deeds, Invest. Ed Carew P fundraisers, sports highlights, kudos, comments or invites. Stephen Jonas E The deadline for the February issue is Monday, January 21, 2019. Airport Angelique Marin E Reynaldo Serrano P Contact [email protected] or phone 415-861-5060 for more info. Retired Ray Allen E Page 4 POA Journal January 2019 Epic Change in Providing Benefits for Occupationally Injured San Francisco Public Safety Employees

By Mike Hebel, pensation remains, but the parties can SFPOA Welfare Officer agree to alternative methods of dispute resolution. The California legislature On July 1, 2019 San Francisco public has consistently expanded the rights of safety employees (police officers and the parties and encouraged alternative fire fighters) will now enjoy the same or dispute resolution. similar workers’ compensation “carve First started in the construction outs” that are now in place for Fresno trades over twenty-five years ago, the police officers, Richmond police officers agreements typically provide for: (1) an and firefighters, and Los Angeles police alternative dispute resolution system officers. The SFPOA and SF Firefight- that supplements or replaces the State ers — Local 798, after nearly one year WCAB system; (2) usually provides for of discussions and negotiations with mediation and arbitration through the the City’s Workers Compensation Divi- trial level; (3) an exclusive, agreed upon, sion, Department of Human Resources, list of doctors to provide medical care to and Employee Relations Division, have injured workers; (4) an exclusive, agreed signed historic Workers’ Compensation upon, list of qualified medical examin- POA (Mike Hebel) and Firefighters Local 798 (Tom O’Connor and Joe Moriarty) meet Alternative Dispute Resolution Labor- ers to provide medical-legal analysis of with representatives of the City’s Workers’ Compensation Division (Peggy Sugarman, Management Agreements (“workers disputes; (5) a joint labor-management Julian Robinson, Ed Stone, Arnold Pacpaco) to discuss the workers’ compensation compensation carve outs”) which will program oversight committee; (6) a re- carve out proposal. Also in attendance were Steve Siemers (w/c dispute resolution now be presented to the City’s Board of turn to work program; and (7) frequently specialist) and Maria Mariotto (ombudsperson). Supervisors for adoption. A carve-out provides for a sharing of the cost savings is an alternative to the dispute resolu- resulting from the use of the “carve-out” recommends program improvements, on and after the commencement of the tion procedures in the state workers’ agreement. provides training to employee organi- program will be covered. Prior injury compensation system which is created The goals of a carve-out usually in- zations (POA and Local 798) and to the claims (before 7/1/2019) may be able through a collective bargaining agree- clude: (1) improve safety programs to Department of Human Resources; and, to opt into the program. This program ment. help lower employee injuries and illness- when necessary, conducts mediations. remains in effect for three years and then Now for the first time since the Cali- es; (2) increase access to quality medical The Ombudsperson (employee advo- continues year to year thereafter in one fornia legislature established, in 1913, providers and medical evaluators; (3) cate) provides aid and counsel to injured year terms. a workers’ compensation program, reduce disputes and lower litigation public safety employees, communicates SF police officers and firefighters will costs; (4) improve collaboration between with these employees on a confidential Program Savings Split have a seat at the table on how workers’ unions/associations and employers; (5) basis, contacts these employees imme- The City Controller will evaluate and compensation benefits are delivered to increase the satisfaction of all parties; (6) diately after notice of injury is received, report on the ADR Programs’ estimated its members. reduce delays in providing medical care helps these injured employees to obtain costs and savings at the conclusion of Benefits such as full-pay disability and disability benefits; and (7) eliminate quality medical care and the compen- each full fiscal year. If the POA or Local (DP), medical care, temporary and per- the costly and ineffective Independent sation to which they are entitled, and 798 disagree with the Controller’s evalu- manent disability compensation, and Medical Review (IMR) process. facilitates the resolution of disputes. ation and report, either may request industrial disability retirements are The alternative dispute process is a that a mutually-agreed upon external not changed. Rights such as the right San Francisco’s negotiated process that will replace the actuary evaluate and report on the pro- to engage an attorney, enjoy all the Public Safety Carve Out trial level at the Workers’ Compensation grams’ costs and savings; this external presumptive injury protections (heart, Both the POA and Firefighters Local Appeals Board. It is composed of the evaluation must be reviewed by the back, cancer, etc.), and receive fair and 798 have their own carve out agreement ombudsperson (advocate for the injured Controller who will then issue a supple- accurate medical evaluations are not with parallel and identical provisions. public safety employee), mediation mental report. The Joint Committee will changed. Substantive rights have not Immediately upon adoption of the where a dispute is unable to be resolved review the Controller’s report. 50% of been changed nor has compensation Alternative Dispute Resolutions by the at the ombudsperson state, arbitration the ADR Programs’ net annual savings been diminished. Board of Supervisors, the POA and Local where a decision is required. The parties will be allocated for the benefit of active What will change is the manner in 798 will each select 3 members as their can appeal, thereafter, to the Workers’ employees covered by the Agreements. which these benefits are provided. These representatives on the seven-member Compensation Appeals Board commis- Each Joint Committee, with its 3 em- Agreements provide for timely and ef- Joint Labor-Management Committee. sioners by way of a Petition for Reconsid- ployee members, shall determine the ficient determinations on workers’ com- The City will select three and the sev- eration. The program is developed and specific purposes for the expenditures pensation claims, timely and efficient enth, when designated, will be ADR managed by a Joint Committee made up of these funds. access to high-quality medical care, and Program Director. of an equal number of representatives of timely, efficient and fair resolution of all Both committees will: (1) select an the SFPOA and the City, as is the case Other Public Agencies disputes that arise in connection with a ADR Program Director; (2) select an with Local 798’s committee. Considering ADRs workers’ injury claim. Ombudsperson – an employee advocate; The following medical clinics are Police Associations in Anaheim, Fair- (3) select an exclusive list of treating available to treat injured employees: field, Pasadena, Hayward, Santa Rosa, History of “Carve Outs” physicians; (4) select an exclusive list of 1. All Kaiser Occupational Health Marin County (for deputy sheriffs), Los In California, any large employer, medical-legal evaluators; (5) select an Clinics Angeles County (for deputy sheriffs) private or public, whose employees exclusive list or mediators and arbitra- 2. California Pacific Medical Center and Oakland are now actively consider- belong to a union or association may tors, and (6) select an exclusive list of (Sutter Health) ing/negotiating workers’ compensation negotiate and contract with them to opt carve outs. Also Fire fighter Unions in permanent disability raters. 3. St. Francis Occupational Health out (“carve out”) of certain procedural Oakland, Los Angeles and Santa Barbara The ADR Program Director generally Clinic (Dignity Health) parts of the State’s workers’ compensa- oversees claims operations, oversees the are doing likewise. tion system (CA Labor Code section work of the ombudsperson and other 4. St. Mary’s Medical Center, SFO The delays and denials occasioned by 3201.7). The obligation to provide com- ADR professionals, issues subpoenas, Disputes over medical care will be the last 15 years’ of so-called “workers subject to mediation. There no longer compensation reforms” starting with the will be Independent Medical Review devastation wracked upon the system by (which upheld about 92% of medical former governor Arnold Schwarzeneg- care denials). ger have led, first to a trickle, and now to The ADR Program will commence on a stream of public safety employees and or about July 1, 2019. 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To: All Members From: Tony Montoya The POA has always embraced free expression and the rights of individuals un- der the First Amendment of the United States Constitution. We will never deviate from that. Having those rights in mind, it is important that those in government positions properly reflect and represent the people that they serve. Recently a high ranking representative in the San Francisco Districts Attorney’s FOLLOW UP office posted an extremely insensitive and inappropriate GIF on a Twitter page, (see graphic.) Communications & Public New “Control of Subject(s) During Affairs Director Max Szabo mocked and diminished the seriousness of a violent an Encounter” Draft Bulletin machete attack on three innocent victims in the Tenderloin last week. Mr. Szabo’s To: Active Members Twitter posting made light of a serious From: President Tony Montoya felonious attack where unsuspecting vic- tims were slashed and were lucky to have It has come to the POA’s attention that a draft department bulletin is being con- survived. SFPD officers who were at the templated that prohibits seating handcuffed detainees on the sidewalk. The draft bloody scene, and the POA, take exception policy requires handcuffed detainees to be placed in a caged vehicle with certain to Mr. Szabo’s flippant attitude. exceptions. As you all know, the daily reality of police work calls for discretion in Therefore the POA sent a letter of pro- the safe, dignified, handling of individuals in police custody. test to District Attorney George Gascon. There are questions regarding whether this policy applies in all circumstances The posting by Mr. Szabo has since been even when handling juveniles, the infirm, disabled persons, vulnerable popula- removed from Twitter. The POA hopes that in the future Mr. Szabo will display tions, etc. There are also concerns about your officer safety and whether any aspect more empathy and compassion towards the people in our city including those who of this policy can have an effect. We know that you are committed to treating the are victimized. public in a dignified manner and we are requesting a meeting with the Department Read the letter reprinted below. to achieve those ends. For these reasons, the POA sent a letter to the Department earlier this week requesting a meeting to confer about the impact of this policy on your working conditions. TONY MONTOYA The Department responded to our letter today and a meeting will be offered President to discuss. Please weigh in with your thoughts on this policy by contacting me at RICK ANDREOTTI Vice President [email protected]. SAN FRANCISCO POLICE OFFICERS ASSOCIATION 800 Bryant Street, Second Floor MATTHEW LOBRE Read the letter reprinted below. San Francisco, CA 94103 Secretary 415.861.5060 tel SEAN PERDOMO 415.552.5741 fax Treasurer www.sfpoa.org TRACY McCRAY Sergeant At Arms

December 10, 2018 Gregg Mclean Adam [email protected] George Gascón direct 415.266.1801 San Francisco District Attorney SACRAMENTO Hall Of Justice SAN FRANCISCO 850 Bryant St. 3rd Floor San Francisco, CA 94103 December 7, 2018 Mr. Gascón: VIA ELECTRONIC MAIL ONLY The San Francisco Police Officers’ Association recently became aware of a William Scott posting on social media made by a representative from your office. That post- Chief of Police ing is attached. Many, including the POA, consider it inappropriate. The POA San Francisco Police Department continues to recognize, embrace, and defend First amendment rights of all 1245 3rd Street, 6th Floor individuals in our country. This is one of many cornerstones of our democracy. San Francisco, CA 94158 Having stated that, we were disturbed by this public posting by a high ranking member under your charge who works in a public relations capacity. Re: New “Control of Subject(s) During an Encounter” Draft Bulletin On December 6th three innocent victims were attacked with a machete by an Dear Chief Scott: unbalanced and violent suspect in the Tenderloin District. They were lucky to It has come to the attention of the POA that the Department has revised, or is have survived and they are still recovering from their wounds. These victims in the process of revising, its guidelines for how officers should control subjects helped subdue the suspect until officers arrived on scene. Officers were able to arrest this suspect even though he was still a threat. This vicious assault was during encounters. Attached is a document that we are told is the Depart- reported by San Francisco Chronicle reporter Evan Sernoffsky the following ment’s new policy. While we welcome efforts to reevaluate policies and prac- day in print and on social media. tices, we are advised that the Department is already providing training based on the new policy. While most in our community displayed empathy towards the victims of this unprovoked attack and while they praised the SFPD for stopping any further We do not have a full understanding of what the new policy encompasses but bloodshed, District Attorney Public Relations Representative Max Szabo de- the language stating that seating subjects on the ground “should be avoided” cided to mock the incident and make jest of it. Mr. Szabo posted on the Evan is a major break with our past practices and inconsistent with how officers Sernoffsky’s Twitter page a GIF of a dark cladded machete wielding masked have been trained. It affects training and, in the POA’s opinion, it affects officer assailant who was arbitrarily hacking and slicing through upright figures. safety. Consequently, the Department had an obligation to provide the POA Several SFPD officers who responded to this bloody attack viewed Mr. Szabo’s with notice and an opportunity to meet and confer about the impact of this posting and they voiced their concerns that the District Attorney’s office was change. That has not happened. making light of an aggravated assault causing serious injuries to innocent vic- tims. These officers who were on the scene rendering aid and comfort to those We ask that the Department rescind implementation of this new rule until the victims do not understand the insensitivity of Mr. Szabo’s posting. POA has had an opportunity to meet and confer about the changes. This flippant attitude displayed by Mr. Szabo should not be condoned or dis- POA representatives reached out to the Command Staff to try to resolve these missed by your office. Furthermore, we believe a public apology is warranted issues informally before authorizing me to send this letter. from Mr. Szabo and from your office to the victims of this assault. Very truly yours, As a past SFPD Chief of Police you know we are bound by rules and regulations MESSING ADAM & JASMINE LLP outlined in our Department General Orders. Some of these rules include ap- propriate conduct on and off duty. Conduct reflecting poorly on the depart- Gregg McLean Adam ment is not tolerated. Hopefully similar rules apply to those in your office cc: Hector Sainez, Assistant Chief of Police including your senior staff and a Public Relation Spokesperson. Bob Moser, Deputy Chief Respectfully, Tony Montoya, President, SFPOA Tony Montoya Executive Board SFPOA President Page 6 POA Journal January 2019 Tenderloin Task Force of the 1990s— Service, Shenanigans, and Savagery You can’t make this stuff up

By Paul Chignell, kill. The winner bagged twenty-five in were the scores of prisoners yelling and Former President and Current Legal less than an hour. questioning when they were going to be Defense Administrator Arrests were prolific in the Tender- allowed to head off to the jail, the officers loin. Two currently retired sergeants bet coming and going, suspected murderers There are no names mentioned in this against a group of officers as to whom trying to maneuver out of handcuffs, article due to the nature of the events, would make the 5,000th arrest for the and other officers racing out of the fa- and more importantly the statute of first nine months of 1992. They won cility to an armed robbery in progress. limitations. Furthermore, attributing with a key felony arrest with the 5,000th Managing the place was like dropping incidents to names will make the officers arrest number. The arrestee was then into the infamous Star Wars movie bar not mentioned jealous. with no plan of action. A Tenderloin Task Force reunion treated with a full and nutritious meal is being planned for March 2019. The before being conveyed down to the Hall Service organizers seek to invite everyone who of Justice jail. The Tenderloin neighborhood is a served in the noble capacity as a Tender- Despite the deplorable conditions in neighborhood but much more. Many loin Task Force member. the basement, a number of officers made have tried to figure out how to gentrify the Hibernia Bank their home 24/7. Dis- this area which is home to so much The Beginning solutions, separations, financial travail, misery and human need but the process There has never been a more closely and other causes made the environs of has been averted for a number of factors. knit patrol unit within the confines of #1 Jones sleeping quarters for a number Most prevalent was that for years state a hell hole of a police facility — sur- Paul Chignell of officers over the years. Seeing one of officials dumped parolees in the neigh- rounded by a police “district” with as the officers appear in his bathrobe when borhood and the service providers for many of society’s problems — ever in The term Tenderloin “Rats” quickly I arrived at 6:00 a.m. was, however, dis- the poor and disenfranchised have been the modern history of the San Francisco became their name. It was two-fold; ob- concerting. relegated to the Tenderloin. Police Department. It was named in viously the rats ruled the day both inside The massive iron gate wasn’t as im- Over the years, refugees from south- April of 1991 the Tenderloin Task Force and outside the building, but RATs also pregnable as you might assume. One east Asia poured into the Tenderloin or, more succinctly, the “TTF”. defined one of the major tasks of the of- estranged spouse of an officer attempted designating one of the neighborhoods This geographic area formerly en- ficers—to abate robberies that were so on a number of occasions to scale the as “Little Saigon.” Single room occu- compassed the Central Police District’s common place on the streets. Robbery gate to confront her former mate but pancy “hotels” sprouted throughout the One-Car sector—an area of the Central Abatement Team was their second logo. was rebuffed by station personnel. On district, which were in habituated by where all kinds of miscreants, victims, The officers of the Tenderloin were many occasions drug dealers escaping the elderly and new arrivals. The crack and city institutions existed or resided. hardworking, treated each other as fam- their predatory bosses or gang affiliates cocaine explosion was burgeoning in the The convergence of necessity and ily, and were often irreverent blue-collar being chased by associates with guns 1990s as drug dealers from all over the politics resulted in the formation of the types who either did get in trouble, or would scale the gate attempting to Bay Area and central America made the Task Force. Its mission was to take action barely stayed out of trouble. scurry to safety. Tenderloin their bailiwick. on the burgeoning violent crime, open Their activities outside of enforcing air drug dealing, and a mix of societal the law were legendary. Come to think ills that often could only be addressed of it their activities in enforcing the law Seeing one of the officers appear in by police presence. The Shorenstein were just as legendary and often close to family were catalysts, as they owned the edge of misconduct. Their camarade- his bathrobe when I arrived at 6:00 property and wonderful cultural icons rie was cemented due to the tough streets in the neighborhood, and they wanted and the horrific building they worked a.m. was, however, disconcerting. safety in the area. The crime rate in the out of—many for eleven (11) years. Tenderloin was out of control, so the I arrived at the TTF as a new lieuten- Of course the gate did keep out the The service providers offered mag- administration of the Police Department ant in the Spring of 1997, fresh from stints various Chiefs of Police. As far as my nificent assistance to those in troubling created the Task Force by hand select- in a cheap suit as an Inspector in Auto sources tell me—Chief Willis Casey only times. St. Anthony’s, Glide Memorial, ing some sixty-five officers, sergeants, Theft at the Hall of Justice. visited once—on his farewell. No one St. Boniface and scores of non-profits lieutenants and a captain to police this else bothered to show up. worked assiduously to provide for the Shenanigans postage-stamp sized district that started Of course there was controversy never ending hunger, and other human My first lineup was important—fresh on Market Street to the south, Geary on occasion at the TTF. A legendary needs. in my new uniform with lieutenant’s Street to the north, Grant Avenue to the retired command staff member who The police officers in the TTF joined bars on my collar. I convened twenty east, and Leavenworth to the west. spent a couple of stints at the TTF was with the city and private institutions to officers in my cramped office to give The dominant issue for the depart- conducting a lineup one day when a share in assistance. They paid special the orders of the day and to ultimately ment in the Spring of 1991 was where wise cracking sergeant kept interrupt- attention to the thousands of children send the officers out on the street to their would these officers be housed? ing him. The sergeant being interrupted who lived in the district amongst the “beats and assignments.” As I began The site available for lease was a ven- got tired of the ribbing and grabbed a crime waves and filth of the streets. reading the litany of robberies that had erable San Francisco landmark; the Hi- number two pencil and broke it in half. They established safe passage to the new occurred in the district over the past bernia Bank building at #1 Jones Street, He then turned to the wise cracker and Tenderloin school, gave gifts on holiday twenty-four (24) hours, a seasoned patrol located in the middle of the morass said “You want that to be your neck?” occasions, and donated generously to officer spit a wad of chewing tobacco of Market street grit and a Tenderloin Another word was not uttered. St. Anthony’s and other thriving institu- into the garbage can adjacent to my neighborhood with a plethora of issues The basement of the Hibernia Bank tions. Most importantly, they responded desk. This was the welcome to the new and demographics. For those of you who was ground zero for misery, practical quickly to the 9-1-1 calls that were so lieutenant! I dismissed the miscreant to have not had the pleasure of viewing jokes and 1990s police work. The focal often life threatening. another room for a tongue lashing, but the Hibernia Bank in its glory, it was point was the temporary holding area Tenderloin officers often would see this was the first of many glimpses of a site to behold. The curtains and gold for arrestees awaiting transport to the the juxtaposition of affluent theatre pa- trim, the 19th century walls and doors, the challenges a commissioned officer County Jail for booking. The charges trons entering the Golden Gate Theater the high ceilings and ballroom feeling would face with the personalities of the were almost always felonies because for a world class performance or the ar- were amazing. Tenderloin Task Force. I would experi- rival of the Vide-President of the United arresting felons in the Tenderloin was Unfortunately, the officers were not ence many others in the four (4) years States for a gala fundraiser at the Hilton like fishing in a barrel. The caverns and treated to 19th century architecture and of glee at the TTF. Hotel. But close by were drugged-out upstairs of the building would be vis- civility. Instead, they were housed in the A longtime buddy of mine who ar- folks sprawled on the sidewalk, avari- ited by narcotics officers, federal agents, basement of the bank. Their lockers were rived as a Cadet at the TTF, and is now cious drug dealers plying their trade on and outside local police agencies while placed in old bank vaults, and the ameni- a high ranking member of our depart- older junkies, hordes of streetwalkers they all waited for their catches to be ties of a proper work place were wholly ment, reminded me of the creative ways making a buck on O’Farrell street, and processed prior to going to the county missing. The entrance was guarded by a rats were addressed in the 1990s. A cur- horrific crimes that are distressingly jail. Tenderloin officers would show the ten-foot iron gate that led through an al- rent retired captain who in the 1990s difficult to describe. outsiders the old tunnel that Hibernia ley way into the sordid basement. From was a patrol officer walked around the bank officials during the day went to Savagery the opening of the Task Force on April basement of the Hibernia with an air drink at a tavern on Jones Street that was A handful of the young officers in 1, 1991 until the officers moved out to rifle. All of a sudden you would hear a now blocked off from use. They would the Tenderloin Task Force moved on to their new police station on the 300 block loud “whoosh” and then a rat would fall elucidate the history of the vaults where higher ranks in the San Francisco Police of Eddy in the year 2000, the Hibernia from a crevice or landing near the ceil- hundreds of deposit cards were still on Department, but many remained and was their home, a rat infested and stuffy ing. In another foray in the early 1990s the shelves containing only Irish names are now serving at the “new” Tenderloin hole where officers spent their working various officers would go hunting with from decades ago. Station, christened at 301 Eddy Street in hours entering, exiting to the streets of BB guns on the streets and bet against But the most pervasive atmosphere the year 2000. grit, and entering again. each other on how many rats they could January 2019 POA Journal Page 7

rooftops several stories up to observe the the humane society was called to remove drug dealing starting at 5:00 a.m. Their many exotic birds. compadres in clothing akin to a Charles Of course, not all crime and quality Dickens novel roamed the streets to buy of life involved violence but the need the dope. Close cover teams backed up to eliminate the “johns”, who were the with outside cover were trained to cut purveyors of young women enslaved to off escape routes and waited patiently vicious pimps was a priority. Residents for the drug deal to go down. The ar- and merchants on O’Farrell street com- rests were made over and over again, plained constantly about the wave of throughout the district. Parolees were street walkers on their street. The trash, snared, and those on felony probation noise, double parked vehicles, sex in cars were sent back into the criminal justice and roving pimps were intolerable. system. These efforts were often success- One female Tenderloin officer volun- ful, and in other instances the vagaries teered for the decoy operation, and she of a criminal justice system gone awry was an instant success. As she strode were disappointing. slowly down O’Farrell at Hyde in a mini But the officers and their supervisors skirt, a multitude of customers solicited were not deterred. Each time a street was her for a variety of excursions. Over the saturated with the dealers, the officers next few weeks the prostitution and met the challenge. pimp activity was gone. Caught in the The depth of the violent crime has net were city employees on duty driv- been chronicled in the media year after ing marked city trucks, off-duty public year. April 1992, first anniversary of the TTF. safety personnel, and many out of town Vicious homicides, insane shoot- customers of every stripe. The Vice Some of those who learned street group of predators was taken on. Guns ings, mayhem, assaults and domestic Crimes Division also made a number of police work at its finest have done so and knives were dropped on the street turmoil were common. Suicides from cases on suspected pimps. despite the perverted sense of reform in by the group and many were arrested roof tops and suicides averted due to The neighborhood crime watch the SFPD, and imparted tried and true with felony warrants and weapons patiently trained negotiators as well as group were ecstatic as were the nearby principles of attacking street crime as it charges. from young officers unable to await the merchants. negotiators—saving a life. should be done in 2018 San Francisco. The constant open air drug dealing One night a young victim transvestite The Tenderloin Today Reforms are necessary and are embraced on virtually all of the streets 24/7 was was held by her ankles over a high roof- Unfortunately, the crime picture in but the genesis of street policing need a constant source of complaints from top by a predatory gang intent on turn- 2018 is more than vaguely similar to the not be “reformed” and should never be. parents, merchants and city officials. In the 1990s, street toughs from Rich- ing her into a prostitute after kidnapping late 1990s. Tremendous police work and The dealers were virtually all from the mond and Oakland came on BART to her from her boyfriend on the street. The community organizational progress is East Bay or recent arrivals from Central find their prey in the Tenderloin. They lunatic band of felons gang-raped her being made to improve the lives of resi- America. Often they were affiliated with ran into a buzz saw in confronting Ten- and left her for dead. Tenderloin officers dents in the Tenderloin. gangs and were well aware of the tactics derloin officers as those toughs made went door-to-door and found every one But a highly dysfunctional criminal their forays on BART. The sergeants run- of police and the never ending support of the animals and arrested them. justice system, a Public Defender not ning the squads of officers were focused of the San Francisco Public Defender. Another night officers went to a crime content to perform constitutional du- on protecting victims and ensuring that So police tactics had to be, of course, scene where recent arrivals from Cuba ties but rather to harass police officers, their officers, when pummeled by a gang constitutional and one step ahead of the were fighting with machetes. As the of- and a city government constrained by of criminals, suffered retaliation that predators. The recipients of the drugs ficers arrived, all three were hacked to political correctness, inhibits change in was lawful but swift. were universally men and women of near death as they were fighting over the Tenderloin. One such event occurred on the 100 color on their way down in a spiral of a perceived slight and a dispute over a St. Anthony’s, Glide, St. Boniface and block of Turk street when an officer was crack cocaine addiction. large number of parrots and macaws in a large contingent of non-profit agencies beaten and “dumped” by a gang trying Tenderloin officers were up to the the small single occupancy room. No carry on their good work. to occupy that territory. Two sergeants challenge. Armed with binoculars suspects were arrested, but two ambu- Tenderloin officers will continue their closed down a two block area and a highly trained officers scurried up to the lances were called for the carnage and good work regardless.

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The Widows’ and Orphans’ Aid As- bills, and the beneficiary payments to the arrested an armed suspect after he had Academy and worked the following sociation of the San Francisco Police designated beneficiaries of passed mem- committed of a robbery of a liquor store. assignments during his short career in Department held their monthly meet- bers John Bagot and Robert Quigley. The Officers, while on patrol in civilian the S.F.P.D.: Taraval Police Station (May ing on Tuesday December 11, 2018. The Trustee Ryan Walsh made a motion to dress, recognized the suspect from the 28, 1972), Potrero Police Station (June 17, meeting commenced at 1230 hours at pay the bills and beneficiary payments. description broadcast over the Police 1973), and closed out his Law Enforce- 850 Bryant Street, room #150, in San Trustee Al Luenow seconded the motion. radio, and had to disarm him by force ment career at Ingleside Police Station Francisco, California. The motion passed without objection. to effect the arrest. (September 21, 1975). Robert transferred to the San Francisco Fire Department on Roll Call: Secretary and Past Presi- Report of Visiting Committee: No Walter Van Dehey, age 91: Walter September 25, 1977. dent Mark McDonough was present and report this month. Archibald Van Dehey was born in San assumed the chair of President for this Francisco, California on August 7, 1927. Report of Special Committee: Sally Report of Trustees: The WOAA meeting only. Treasurer Dean Taylor, Walt entered the San Francisco Police Foster has been a one-person Committee received the sad news of the passing of Trustees Al Luenow, Lou Barberini, Department on April 16, 1952. Walt was for the Constitution and By-Laws re- two WOAA members: and Ryan Walsh, and Bookkeeper Sally assigned to star #1686. Walter Van Dehey write. The mail-out for membership vot- Foster were present. President Leroy Lawrence Lawson, age 90: Lawrence graduated from the Police Academy on ing has been delayed due to a two hun- Lindo, Vice President Ray Kane, and R. Lawson was born in San Francisco, May 26, 1952 and worked the following dred plus members who have changed Trustees Jim O’Meara and Rob Forneris California on June 8, 1928. Larry was assignments during his 30 year career: their address and declined to notify the were excused. President Lindo called in raised in the Polk Gulch and North Taraval Police Station (May 26, 1952), WOAA. Once again, we have received per conference call and was available. Beach areas of San Francisco. Larry at- Park Police Station (November 25, 1957), assistance from retired S.F.P.D. Captain tended St. Brigid’s Grammar School, St. City Prison (promoted to the rank of and current POA Defense Administrator Approval of the Minutes: Trustee Ignatius High School, and the University Q-50 Police Sergeant and transferred Paul Chignell. Paul has sent out letters Al Luenow made a motion to accept the of San Francisco. Larry cherished educa- on March 1, 1968), Potrero Police Sta- to all of the WOAA members who have minutes from our November 2018 meet- tion, maintained lifelong relationships tion (March 18, 1968), Ingleside Police not provided their new address. Paul’s ing. Trustee Lou Barberini seconded with fellow track and football athletes, Station (March 4, 1972), Southern Police effort has been a huge success as I am the motion. The motion passed without and never went a day without appreci- Station (February 7, 1973), Potrero Police receiving several emails per day from objection. ating God. His accomplishments were Station (June 17, 1973), Support Services the aforementioned members with up- Receiving Applications, Suspen- many, but the wealth he accrued dur- Bureau/Records (promoted to the rank dated information. When we (and Paul) sions, and Reinstatements: There were ing his lifetime was measured in the of Q-60 Lieutenant of Police on February have exhausted all efforts to find the no new applications or suspensions this love of his family and friends, and the 8, 1979). Van Dehey retired at the rank members, we will mail-out the proposed month. Treasurer Dean Taylor reported many wonderful people he encountered. of Lieutenant with a service pension on changes for a membership vote. that suspended member Alec Cardenas Whether it was on the asphalt court February 16, 1982. Walter passed away Unfinished Business: See Report of paid his dues and late fees. Trustee Al with childhood friends at Helen Wills in Waterford, Maine on August 7, 2018 Special Committee. Luenow made a motion to reinstate Playground, the meadows and beaches at the age of 91. Walter was raised in Alec Cardenas. Trustee Lou Barberini of Marin with his Portuguese relatives, San Francisco, California and attended New Business: No report this month. seconded the motion. The motion passed walking a Beat as an S.F.P.D. Officer (11 Lowell High School. Walter enlisted in Good of the Order: No report this and Alec Cardenas was reinstated as years), teaching and coaching at City the Army Air Corps during World War month. a member in good standing. Interim College of San Francisco to appreciative II. Upon his discharge, Walter went to President/Secretary Mark McDonough students (32 years), working security College and graduated with an AB in Adjournment: Interim President read aloud the following names of sus- at the Hyatt Embarcadero (26 years) or Police Science. Walter not only served in Mark McDonough led our board in a pended members who have only 20 days slipping $5 to his grandchildren and the S.F.P.D. for 30 years, but also served moment of silence for all our members remaining in 2018 to pay their dues and great grandchildren, his joy always over 20 years in the Air Force Reserves who have passed, and in particular the late fees. On January 1, 2019, the named centered around the interactions and and retired as a Lieutenant Colonel. He recent passing of Lawrence Lawson members who have not paid their dues relationships he had with people. There enjoyed hunting and fishing as well and Walter Van Dehey. McDonough and fees will be, per Article III, Section were thousands of stories; running as being an outstanding pistol shot, a informed the board that our next sched- 4 of our Constitution, automatically track against Ollie Matson; playing master marksman holding several cham- uled meeting will be on Tuesday January dropped from our roll by order of the with teammates of the legendary 1951 pionships. He was a Mason in Crocker 8, 2019 at 5pm at a restaurant of choice President per the WOAA Constitution Dons Football team; arresting the infa- Lodge, California for 62 years and was by out-going President Leroy Lindo. and By-Laws: (Active members) Saqib mous “Cockeyed Bandit”; card gaming active in the Mt. Tirem Lodge, Maine We will conduct our regular business Aslam, Antonio Austin, Mohammed and barbeques at Rio Nido; getting fed from 1996 on, during which time he meeting followed by a dinner in Leroy Azam, Riley Bandy III, Nicholas Bill- like a King at the Hyatt Embarcadero; promoted the year-end school awards. Lindo’s honor for his outstanding year ings, Timothy Brophy Jr., Danny Cama- playing Bocce Ball at the Elks Club in He loved football, being an ever loyal as our president. Leroy provided a calm cho, Justin Clayton, Lary Cortes, Jassen San Mateo. There was always a similar San Francisco 49ers fan from the team’s and cool presence under some stressful Dongon, Joshua Enea, Matthew Eng, theme; whether one was a Mayor or a very beginning. Walter was a lover of moments of business, and delivered the Robert Glenn, Danny Guo, Richard housekeeper, Larry treated all with re- animals and in particular his pet cats. leadership he has exhibited throughout Heppenstall, Shane Herbert, Renae spect, and honored and valued who they his career at every rank he attained in Robert Van Dis, age 68: Robert Hofmann, Kostyantyn Ivanov, Ryan were as individuals. Because of this he is his long Law Enforcement career. Van Dis was born in San Francisco, Jensen, Matthew Kabanuck, Chris remembered by many and forgotten by California on October 3, 1950. Robert To All Members: Please visit our Kohrs, Yuka Nagamine, Brandon New- few. Larry is survived by his wife Partri- passed away peacefully on December website at sfwidowsandorphans.org. A man, Michael Nguyen, Phong Nguyen, cia (Burke) of 67 years, five children Dan 16, 2018 surrounded by family and close member can access a beneficiary form Jessica (Nantroup) O’Connor, Bianca (retired S.F.P.D. Captain) (Laurie), Mike friends. He leaves behind his wife of 46 on our website (sfwidowsandorphans.org) Padilla, Edgar Parker III, Michael Phil- (retired S.F.P.D. Sergeant), Lori Frischerz years, Patricia Basazza Van Dis, and his for any changes necessary. Click on the lips, James Sayasane, David Serrano, (Greg), and Lawrence “Buzz” (Anne), 12 children Monica (Christopher Ray), and Resources Box on the upper right side Kristopher Stoffel, Anthony Tallerico, grandchildren and 11 great grandchil- Stephen (Allison) along with his adored of the face page, and click on the form. Carlton Tiamson, and Justin Webster. dren. Larry was preceded in death by his grandchildren, nieces, and nephews. He Print the form and complete it with your (Retired members) Thomas Abraham- daughter Nancy Washmera (Ray). Law- will miss his best buddy and grand-dog contact information. The form must be sen, Guillermo Amigo, Julia Angalet, rence “Larry” Lawson entered the San Oly. Robert attended Glen Park Gram- signed by a notary or a WOAA Board William Arrieta, Regina Berrigan, Francisco Police Department on July 5, mar School, Balboa High School, and Member. We express our thanks and Omar Bueno, Jonathan Catlett, Anton 1950 and was assigned to star #538. Larry San Francisco State University. Robert gratitude each month to the men and Collins, Mario Delgadillo, Lori Dutra, graduated from the Police Academy on June 17, 1950 and worked the following “Butch” Van Dis played organized base- women who support our organization. Joseph Filamor, Lisa Garcia, Gregory assignments during his 12-year career: ball through High School and earned Thank you and Merry Christmas to Hicks, Ronald Kall, John Kowal, Ken- Richmond Police Station (July 17, 1950), All City honors in his Junior and Senior retired San Francisco Police Captain neth Lui, Molly O’Leary Klier, Roger Co. K APB (September 17, 1951), HDQ years as a catcher. In 1964 Butch was and current POA Defense Administra- Peters, Richard Randall, Darryl Rodg- Juvenile Bureau (January 25, 1954), Larry honored as the Police Athletic League tor Paul Chignell, retired San Francisco ers, Richard Ruiz, Melissa Tierrafria, was promoted to the rank of Assistant Boy of the Year. He served in the San Police Lieutenant Rene LaPrevotte who Allen Vugrincic. Dropped members Police Inspector on March 16, 1959 while Francisco Police Department for five is the host of the Gold Country Reaper may apply for reinstatement by submit- assigned to the Juvenile Bureau and was and a half years before transferring to website, retired San Francisco Police Ser- ting the application in writing, and must later granted a leave of absence to the the San Francisco Fire Department un- geant and current long-standing editor also pay their outstanding dues and San Francisco Board of Education on til his retirement in 2004. Butch loved of the POA Journal Ray Shine, David Ng fines. A dropped member who applies September 5, 1961. Larry submitted his watching the San Francisco Giants, of Personnel, Sgt. Rachael Kilshaw and for reinstatement must, in addition to the resignation to pursue a life as an Educa- cooking, reading, watching the news, Risa Tom of the Police Commission Of- application and payments, per Article tor and exited the San Francisco Police and family get-togethers. Robert had fice, and to the entire Traffic Command III, Section 6, shall submit a document of Department on March 5, 1962. Larry was worked as a Police Cadet before enter- and Officers who graciously afford us a “sound health” from a physician. awarded a 2nd Grade Medal of Valor for ing the San Francisco Police Department location for our meetings and files. Communications and Bills: Treasur- services rendered on December 16, 1956. on February 14, 1972. Robert wore star Mark J. McDonough, er Dean Taylor read aloud the monthly Larry and his partner Edmund Sarraille #2025. Robert graduated from the Police WOAA Secretary January 2019 POA Journal Page 11

The POA Journal was notified* of the recent POA Grieves for Slain deaths of the following SFPD members, non- Deaths sworn employees (n/s), or affiliated persons: LAWRENCE R. LAWSON LYNDA ZMAK Newman, CA Officer Age 90, Former SFPD; Age 67, Retired SFPD By Tony Montoya, President, SFPOA CCSF Teacher/Coach Died December 22, 2018 Died December 7, 2018 Notified by M. Ortelle Notified by M. Ortelle WALTER A. VAN DEHEY Age 91, Retired SFPD Died December 6, 2018 Notified by Susan Van Dehey

*Notifications are made by a POA member, family member, or other reliable source. The POA Journal believes the information to be true and correct, however the staff or employees of the SFPOA make no official confirmation. Submitting Obituaries and Memorial Tributes Any member may submit a separate memorial tribute to a deceased mem- ber. Any such piece will not appear in the matrix, but will be placed in the Mail section, or, with prior approval of the editor, as a sidebar piece. The Journal will also accept and publish in the Mail section short letters about a deceased member written by a person in the immediate family. However, the Journal will not reprint obituaries or photos that were published in any other print media, web site, or Internet blog.

Newman, California—K9 handler Corporal Ronil Singh was shot and killed in the early morning hours of December 26, 2018. The shooting occurred during a Family of Fallen SF Firefighter routine traffic stop in the rural community located in Stanislaus County. The young officer was just 33. He leaves a wife and infant child. Needs SFPD Support I speak for all of the SFPOA’s members when I extend condolences and sympathy to this fine officer’s family, co-workers, and friends. If you’d like to help the Singh family, here is the link to the memorial fund: https://tinyurl.com/y88ac3yn Another Victim of Flawed Sanctuary Policies Naturalized Fiji/American Immigrant — To: All Members Corporal Ronil Singh — Slain by a Criminal Illegal From: Tony Montoya By Tony Montoya, been convicted of crimes in this state, Please support our fellow SFFD firefighter’s family. Steve Pacatte was a proud SFPOA President and has never face deportation because member of the SFFD as well as family and friend to members of the SFPD. Unfor- the policies/law prohibited law enforce- As you read this issue of the Journal, tunately, Steve passed away while driving to work in a head on collision. Steve’s ment from alerting the proper federal chances are that Newman Police Corpo- fiancé is pregnant with their first child and a Go Fund Me has been set up for authorities that he was here illegally, and ral Ronil Singh is being laid to rest, or Colleen Bialas and their baby. Our deepest sympathy and condolences to Steve’s that he had committed crimes. family and friends. will be laid to rest in the coming days. Please visit the Go Fund Me account: The deliberate deadly assault on one Here are a few hypothetical scenarios: https://tinyurl.com/y85r6cng of our brothers is difficult for all in our • If the suspect never illegally entered profession to handle and grasp. It is so the United States. Result: Corporal painful that at this time of year when Singh would be alive today. many are celebrating peace, fellowship, • If the suspect was detained for ille- joy, and family that such a horrific sense- gally entering the United States and In Memoriam… less attack has taken the life of a young given a due process hearing through man serving his community. The SFPOA The following San Francisco Police Officers were killed or died in the the Federal Government. Result: and our members mourn for Corporal line of duty in the month of January of … Corporal Singh would be alive today. Singh and we offer our deepest condo- 2000: Inspector Kirk B. Brookbush, killed in SFPD helicopter crash. • If the suspect after his first arrest and lences and prayers for his family. then his second arrest, in the United 2000: Officer James F. Dougherty, killed in SFPD helicopter crash. Corporal Ronil Singh likely was States, was detained by authorities 1972: Officer Code Beverly, shot by sniper. seeking the American dream when he to determine his immigration status 1970: Officer Eric A. Zelms, jumped and shot by commercial burglars. immigrated to this country from Fiji and after local authorities alerted them 1955: Officer Thomas J. Guzzetti, shot by gunman in a bar. sought his citizenship through all the (which we are not allowed to do). proper and legal channels. Ronil then 1948: Officer William L. Bowman, killed in a motorcycle collision. Result: Corporal Singh would be found his calling to serve and he entered 1939: Officer Walter Salisbury, shot by a gunman attempting to lynch a prisoner. alive today. into law enforcement. Prior to serving in 1932: Officer William E. Manning, shot while arresting robbery suspect. the Newman Police Department, Ronil This is a tragic case of another police 1931: Officer Elmer Thoney, killed in a motorcycle collision. was an officer in two other agencies in officer being ambushed and gunned 1921: Officer Thomas Hanna, killed in shootout with residential burglars. the Central Valley. He exemplified all down in cold blood. What is painfully ironic is that the officer who was lost 1918: Officer John Hurd, struck by a streetcar. that is good and rightist in our noble his life in the line of duty came to this 1916: Officer Thomas Deasy, shot while investigating suspicious person. profession. His alleged assassin, on the other country legally to contribute, to serve, 1909: Sergeant Antone J. F. Nolting, shot by drunken soldier on leave. hand, exemplifies all that is wrong with and to protect people of this country and 1902: Officer Eugene C. Robinson, shot by suspicious persons. the one who brutally ended his life was some who illegally enter the United here illegally, was a convicted criminal, Learn more about San Francisco’s Finest who died in the line of duty: States, and vividly spotlights again what and was serving nobody but himself. Visit the Officer Down Memorial Page at is wrong with the sanctuary city policies www.odmp.org/agency/3445-san-francisco-police-department-california in San Francisco and other parts of the Rest in peace Corporal Ronil Singh. state of California. This suspected cop You have served your community and Read Men of Courage, by Captain Thomas G. Dempsey (retired) killer is here in California illegally, has your country well. We shall never forget.

San Francisco Police Officers • They Work to Make Your Day see their stories • sfcitycops.com Page 12 POA Journal January 2019 Retirements Kelly Blackwell-Garcia Steps The San Francisco Police Officers Association congratulates the following Down from BALEAF Post members on their recent retirement from the SFPD. These veterans will be difficult to replace, as each takes with them decades of experience and job knowledge. The most recently retired members are: • Officer Julio Bandoni #50 from Medical Liaison • Lieutenant Richard Goss #1416 from Medical Liaison • Officer James Riordan #1233 from Medical Liaison • Officer David Serrano #1440 from Medical Liaison • Officer Jennifer Thompson #4230 from Medical Liaison

All of the above listed on SFPD Personnel Order #25 (November 28, 2018) and #26 (December 12, 2018) Re-dedication of SFPD Police Memorial, November 18, 2014. Past SFPOA President Martin Halloran, Retired SFPD Chief Greg Suhr, BALEAF President Kelly Blackwell- Thank you Ray Allen for your Service! Garcia (survivor), Sgt. Fairfield PD, Matthew Bloesch (survivor), Simone Attie Spiral of Gratitude artist, and Margo Perin, poet. To: Retired POA Members From: Val Kirwan It has always been an honor and privi- last year. Since our inception in 1999, we lege to serve on the Board of BALEAF. As have been able to assist law-enforcement December 19, 2018 Vice-President for three years and Presi- members and their families throughout Earlier today at the POA monthly Board of Directors meeting Retired dent for the past seven years, BAY AREA the nine Bay Area counties and beyond Director Ray Allen stepped down from his position on the Board. I had the LAW ENFORCEMENT ASSISTANCE with over $1 million in financial assis- opportunity to work with Ray over the years while I served on the Board and FUND will always be an organization tance due to the generous donation of I want to thank him for his dedication to all POA members and his leader- I will hold near and dear to my heart. those who support BALEAF. ship on the BOD. Ray served for over ten years as the representative for POA I have cherished my time on the Thank you for all the faith and respect retirees and he never wavered in his representation. I wish Ray well in his Board, but there are jobs only a Mom I have received over the years. In work- new adventures and thank him as a recently retired POA member. can do and it’s time for me to focus more ing with BALEAF, I have learned and At this same meeting POA President Tony Montoya appointed me as the on my family. I was inspired to serve on grown a lot, and I’m honored to have new Director for retired POA members. I am humbled and honored to have the Board of BALEAF by Al Benner, a worked with many dedicated Board been considered for this important position and I accepted knowing that I pioneer in the field of peer support and members. Thank you to President Tony will bring the same strong passion of duty to this new role as I did to previ- support of officers facing critical inci- Montoya, Former President Martin ous positions I held at the POA. dent stress. Throughout my eleven-year Halloran, and members of the SFPOA During my years of service in the SFPD I was an elected POA representa- tenure as Vice President and President, for your undying support. I would also tive from Ingleside Station, the Airport Bureau, and I served on the Executive I have strived to embody the mission of like to thank my mother’s, Sandy and Board for the past 5 years as the Sgt-At-Arms. As a career long member of the BALEAF and its founders. Being part of Toni, my brothers, Patrick and Kevin, POA I was appointed to serve as the representative on the California Peace this team, we were able to accomplish my husband, David and my children Officers Memorial Foundation for 10 years, The California Coalition of Law so many things, including a few firsts Tom, Antoinette and Noah for your love Enforcement Associations for 7 years, and the Golden Badge Foundation for such as the re-dedication of the SFPD and support. I wish the entire Board 5 years. I also served in the POA as an OCC representative, Chairman of the police memorial and Spiral of Gratitude, of BALEAF and all active and retired Poker Committee for 6 years, and on other various committees including the dedicated to our Fallen Heroes, and the members of the Department and their NYPD Survivors Trust Fund after the 911 attacks. Santa Rosa Fire Relief Fund. Providing families the very best in the future. I intend to handle my new position with the same enthusiastic energy as family support also defines the BALEAF Sincerely, Ray Allen. I will listen to your concerns and recommendations and bring mission, and it was an honor to be part of Kelly Blackwell-Garcia them forward to the POA Board of Directors. There are many retired mem- the support for the Etcheber family this bers of the SFPOA and we shall be heard. I consider it a privilege to be the one representing ALL of you. Please feel free to email me at VKirwan@sfpoa. org with any issue or question and I will do my best to assist you. Thank you for the opportunity to represent you.

Seeking Information on Old SFPD Relic; Readers Respond By Val Kirwan, retired SFPD Thanks to the readers who contacted the POA regarding information on the SFPD belt buckle we printed in last month’s Journal. One of those who responded was Gerry Fennell who told us that it was his brother, Robert (RIP), retired SFFD who made the buckle. Robert owned a side business making custom buckles, money holders, badges and stars for members of the SFFD and SFPD while working for the fire department. Robert continued his business after he retired. The buckle in question was made using the “Lost Wax Process”. It was hand designed and the center piece of the buckle was made from a casting from the front door knob of the old Hall of Justice. Gerry also added that their father Gerry Fennell was a member of SFPD from 1930–1968 and retired at the rank of inspector. Another respondent was retired SFFD member John P. O’Shea who wrote, in part, that the buckle “…is not an “old SFPD relic”. It is a contemporary work of art, cast in the last 20 years by Lieutenant Jerry Fennell, SFFD. The one you have in your possession is number 84 out of a run of 500 antiqued brass buckles that he made for SFPD members. I have one that is identical in design, except for the letters SFFD instead of SFPD.” January 2019 POA Journal Page 13 Thinking About Money: A Thoughtful Approach to Managing Wealth

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The San Francisco Police Department Medal of Valor Award ceremony took place on November 14, 2018. Honored were those officers who displayed the courage, tenacity, and the professionalism necessary to accomplish their mission to serve and protect. The following summaries, submitted by the commanding officer of each nominee, describe just why these officers were chosen for recognition. We would like to thank Sergeant Rachel Kilshaw and Risa Tom of the Police Commission for their assistance in providing us with the summary information. Stay safe.

left her at the top of the stairs. Officer Alvaro, Cummings, and Keating picked up Summary of Medal of Valor Actions the gunshot victim and carried her a little over half a city block. These officers had PHOTOS BY SEAN MELODY/PHOTO LAB no protective shields, only their Class B uniforms. For these heroic actions Officer Alvaro, Officer Cummings, and Officer Keating are being awarded the Bronze Medal of Valor.

L-R: Off. Ryan Champlin, Off. Thomas Anderson On December 12, 2017, Officer Thomas Anderson and Officer Ryan Champlin responded to a call for service regarding a woman attempting to hang herself with vehicle jumper cables from the 3rd floor fire escape. When they fouond her they noticed that she had wrapped one of the vehicle jumper cables around her neck and fastened the other to the metal railing. Once she saw the officers approaching she L-R: Off. Cornelius Keating, Officer Jeremy Cummings, Officer Kamakana Alvaro attempted to jump, trying to kill herself. The officers grabbed her but she forcefully resisted their efforts and at one point even attempted to drag the officers over the railing with her. The officers finally managed to secure her for medical evaluation. For these heroic actions Officer Thomas Anderson and Officer Ryan Champlin are ✰ ✰ ✰ ✰ being awarded the Bronze Medal of Valor. On September 14, 2017, Officer Victor Custodio and Officer Nicholas Urbano were inside a building when they heard gunshots and people scattering from the ✰ ✰ ✰ ✰ area. They crossed the street where they contacted an individual holding a firearm. They engaged the suspect and ordered him to drop the gun. The suspect, upon seeing the officers, dropped the weapon and began to flee. Officer Custodio gave chase while Officer Urbano secured the firearm. For these heroic actions Officer Custodio and Officer Urbano are being awarded the Bronze Medal of Valor.

L-R: Off. Michael Tursi, Officer Donn Peterson, Sgt. Thomas Maguire

On March 17, 2015 Sergeant Thomas Maguire, Officer Michael Tursi, and Of- ficer Donn Peterson received a phone call from one of their confidential informants. The individual alerted the officers to the location of a stolen car. The officers located L-R: Off. Nicholas Urbano, Officer Victor Custodio the vehicle which then drove off as they approached. The officers pursued on foot with the driver of the car hitting other vehicles creating a serious risk to the pub- lic. The officers exhausted all means necessary to take the driver of the stolen car ✰ ✰ ✰ ✰ into custody. Sergeant Maguire and Officer Tursi fired their duty weapons at the suspect. The suspect was struck, incapacitated, and ultimately taken into custody. On September 25, 2014, retired Sergeant Joseph Fischer, Sergeant Mark Obroch- The suspect would succumb to her gunshot wounds at the scene. For these heroic ta, Officer Omar Alvarenga, Officer Christopher Cotter, Officer James Johnson, actions Sergeant Thomas Maguire and Officer Michael Tursi, and Officer Donn Officer Robert Kellogg, Officer Kurt Macaulay, Officer Ryan McEachern, and Peterson are being awarded the Bronze Medal of Valor. Officer Gordon Wong were all working when a carjacking suspect led outside po- lice agencies on a vehicle pursuit into San Francisco. This pursuit travelled through ✰ ✰ ✰ ✰ numerous district station boundaries with the suspect still evading the pursuing officers. Dispatch informed the officers where the suspect vehicle had finally crashed and they responded to the scene. Then, while good Samaritans attempted to help On July 30, 2017 Officer Kamakana Alvaro, Officer Jeremy Cummings, and the driver of the damaged vehicle, he fired a gun at one of them. Officers at the Officer Cornelius Keating responded to a call of shots fired. The officers recog- scene of the accident began giving commands to the suspect to drop his weapon nized the address from previous contacts where numerous guns and ammunition but he would not comply. Instead, the suspect raised and pointed the firearm at had been seized. They were also aware that the subject who lived there with his the officers. Officers Alvarenga, Macaulay, Johnson, McEachern, Wong, and Cotter mother had prior military experience and suffered from mental illness and para- all discharged their firearms in an attempt to stop the threat, striking the suspect. noia. Sergeant Pasquinzo made contact with the subject who was barricaded inside The suspect succumbed to his injuries on scene. For these heroic actions Sergeant the residence. This individual then advised the sergeant that he had just shot his Fischer, Sergeant Obrochta, Officer Alvarenga, Officer Cotter, Officer Johnson,- Of mother. Sergeant Pasquinzo convinced the suspect to bring his mother to the front ficer Kellogg, Officer Macaulay, Officer McEachern, and Officer Wong are being door. The suspect complied and dragged his injured mother to the front door and awarded the Silver Medal of Valor. January 2019 POA Journal Page 15

L-R: Commander David Lazar, Off. Gordon Wong, Off. Ryan McEachern, Off. Kurt Macaulay, Off. Robert Kellogg, Off. James Johnson, Off. Chris Cotter, Off Omar Alvaranga, Jr., Sgt. Mark Obrochta, Sgt. Joe Fischer, Chief William Scott. ✰ ✰ ✰ ✰

On November 11, 2014, Officer Edu- ard Ochoa, along with other officers observed a narcotics transaction and decided to investigate. The officers split up with Officer Ochoa taking the high ground to approach the main suspect. Officer Ochoa yelled, “Police, show me your hands.” At this point, rather than heed to the officer’s warning, the suspect reached into his front waistband produc- ing a firearm. Officer Ochoa, fearing for his life and the life of his fellow officers, L-R: Off. James Trail, Off. Paul Dominguez, Off. Nathan Chew fired at the suspect striking him. The suspect was taken into custody and transported to SFGH. For his heroic ac- ✰ ✰ ✰ ✰ tion Officer Ochoa is being awarded the On September 26, 2017, Officer Rey- Off. Eduard Ochoa Silver Medal of Valor. naldo Serrano responded to a call of a suspicious person walking in traffic at ✰ ✰ ✰ ✰ the San Francisco International Airport. Officer Serrano made contact with the suspect attempting a conversation but On April 16, 2017, Officer Carolyn Gassen, Officer Ronald Kuchac, Officer he refused to answer any questions. The Kwanjai Laokwansathitaya, and Officer Tracy Turner responded to a call regard- suspect then pushed a luggage cart into ing a person with suicidal tendencies. They encountered the subject on the third the officer. The suspect walked away floor hallway who was verbally confrontational and attempted to leave disobeying from Serrano once again. Serrano feared the officer’s orders to stop. The officers attempted to detain the subject. A physical for the mental health of this individual altercation ensued. The subject managed to get his right arm around the neck of and approached him again. The suspect one of the officers, rendering him unconscious. The altercation continued as the turned around suddenly yelling, “You’re subject tried to throw himself over the hallway railing which would have resulted going to die.” The suspect then attacked in a twenty-foot fall. The subject then attempted to unholster another officer’s Officer Serrano with a dagger cutting firearm. The officers were finally able to gain control of the subject and take him him numerous times. For his heroic into custody. For these heroic actions, Officer Gassen, Officer Kuchac, Officer- La actions and the injuries sustained, Of- okwansathitaya, and Officer Turner are being awarded the Silver Medal of Valor. ficer Serrano is being awarded the Gold Officer Turner is also being awarded the Purple Heart award for the injuries she Off. Reynaldo Serrano Medal of Valor and the Purple Heart. sustained during this incident. ✰ ✰ ✰ ✰

Sgt. Rachel Kilshaw, Sgt. (now Lt.) Michael Koniaris, Sgt. Joseph McCloskey, ret. On October 15, 2015, Sergeant Joseph McCloskey and Sergeant Michael Kon- L-R: Off. Tracy Turner, Off. Kwanjai Laokwansathitaya, Off. Ronald Kuchac, Off. Carolyn iaris were flagged down by a citizen. The citizen advised the sergeants that a man Gassen was throwing bottles near a construction site and that the man was going to hit a car or hurt someone. As soon as the sergeants approached the suspect he attacked Sergeant McCloskey slamming him to the ground. Sergeant Koniaris was trying ✰ ✰ ✰ ✰ to get the suspect off of Sergeant McCloskey . The suspect was on top of Sergeant McCloskey and was attempting to remove Sergeant McCloskey’s firearm from his On October 14, 2016, Officer Paul Dominguez, Officer Nathan Chew, and Of- holster. Sergeant McCloskey yelled to Sergeant Koniaris, “He’s getting my gun!” ficer James Trail responded to the Taraval District to assist in a perimeter search Sergeant Kniaris continued to try and pull the suspect off of Sergeant McCloskey. for the suspect who had just shot a police officer. The suspect finally emerged from Sergeant McCloskey then told Sergeant Koniaris “He’s got my gun, shoot!” Sergeant a backyard running at the officers with a firearm in his hand. The suspect refused Koniaris discharged his firearm stopping the threat the suspect posed. The suspect to drop the weapon ignoring the officers’ commands. The officers then discharged succumbed to his injuries. For these heroic actions Sergeant McCloskey and Sergeant their firearms ending the threat. For these heroic actions Officer Dominguez, Officer Koniaris are being awarded the Gold Medal of Valor. Sergeant McCloskey is also Chew, and Officer Trail are being awarded the Gold Medal of Valor. being awarded the Purple Heart for the injuries he sustained during this incident. Page 16 POA Journal January 2019 My Memories of George H.W. Bush By Ron Roth, and at promptly 6:30 Vice President and Retired Barbara Bush walked out of their room and directly to the elevator where I was Memories are strange things. Some- anxiously waiting. The Secret Service times, driving by an intersection in San Supervisor introduced me to the stately Francisco will bring back the memory couple and both could not have been of an arrest I made on that corner. Other friendlier. We posed for a quick picture times a song, sound or smell will spark for the White House photographer and my memory of something I have long off they went. The detail was not over forgotten. This week, the passing of Pres- until my squad entered the “Vice Presi- ident George H.W. Bush brought back dential Suite” and finished off the break- some vivid memories about encounters fast buffet, supplied by the Fairmont for I had with this famous and impactful the royal couple. one-term president. Years later, after George H.W. Bush In 1985, I was a brand new Sergeant became President, he decided to visit on the midnight shift at Central Sta- San Francisco. After Desert Storm One, tion when I was told to respond to the the protestors in our City were ready Fairmont Hotel to assist the US Secret for him, as San Francisco demonstra- Service. It seemed that then Vice Presi- tors were famous for, particularly with dent Bush and his wife Barbara were Republican presidents. I was working on spending the night at the hotel and they the VIP Detail at Special Investigations, were already in their suite. As this was assigned to the US Secret Service to as- my first “VIP” detail, I really wasn’t sure sist in the protection of the President what to expect. Upon meeting the USSS while in San Francisco. His one stop was Shift Supervisor, I was told to post my at the Hilton Hotel on O’Farrell Street for squad of officers at various elevators a lunchtime speech. and stairwells for the entire midnight As was customary, his motorcade en- shift to protect the Vice President and tered at the rear entrance on Ellis Street his wife while they slept. Not the most While the President was inside giving exciting or glamorous assignment, but his speech, the demonstrators were gath- we all did what we had to do for those ering steam. They deduced that since long, boring hours. President Bush entered on Ellis Street At about 5:30am, the Secret Service and the motorcade was still there, upon Supervisor told me that all my officers exiting, the motorcade would proceed should hold their positions as the VP westbound on Ellis to Jones, where the and wife exited their room and walked procession would turn south, en route to the elevator at 6:30. The Supervisor to the direction of the freeway. As the then asked me if I’d like to meet the Vice President’s speech was wrapping up, the President. Of course I eagerly answered crowds at the Jones and Ellis checkpoint yes, and he told me to meet him at the grew exponentially. designated elevator at 6:20am. I probably At that point, along with the USSS, got there at 6am, not to miss a thing, we decided that we needed an alternate plan. We decided to park all motorcade and was able to safely leave Panama, cars, and a few extras, perpendicular to via Air Force One. On Air Force One, a the Ellis Street north curb, facing straight national reporter asked President Bush out. The Presidential limos were still in- if he felt that he was in danger by the side the Hilton loading dock. After this demonstration in Panama. The President jockeying of vehicles was completed, we quickly replied something like: “That noticed that the crowd of demonstrators was nothing, you want to see demonstra- was becoming very aggressive. They lit a tors, you should go to San Francisco!” huge bonfire in the middle of the street at After these two encounters with Jones and Ellis Streets in an effort to stop President Bush and many of his accom- the anticipated Presidential motorcade. plishments in office, I became a Bush fan As always, we had a pedestrian-free and had hoped he would win a second safety zone all around the hotel, with term. This was not to be and in late 1992, barricades surrounding the perimeter. President Elect Bill Clinton was coming When it was time for the Presidential to San Francisco. I was still working VIPs move, with precision, several SFPD and at Special Investigations and was now the CHP solos and a few Presidential staff SFPD liaison for the US Secret Service. vehicles departed the curb along with I advanced the daytime visit to the St. the USSS “spare Presidential limo” Francis Hotel, at Post and Powell Streets, (complete with flags on the fenders). As and also devised the motorcade routes to they all pulled away from the Hilton, and from the freeway, including alternate this mini entourage went west on El- routes for the Presidential motorcade. lis, directly towards the demonstrators This was coordinated with our solos, who and the bonfire. As they came within a got prior copies of all routes. hundred yards of the commotion, this President Elect Clinton was very mini motorcade, which included the popular in our Democratic town and Presidential look alike, stopped in the the crowds in Union Square had swelled middle of Ellis. As the crowd roared, during his visit. Due to the crowds, we thinking they had trapped President decided against using the eastbound on Bush, the real Presidential limo carrying Post Street route and needed to switch Bush 41 departed with his full protective it quickly. The Secret Service left that motorcade, east on Ellis, the wrong way, in my hands, as I knew the City better with our SFPD solos clearing the path than they did, and I had previously com- ahead. When a small group of demon- municated alternate routes to our solos, strators on Ellis, just east of Mason, saw who would lead the way. Just before the the President go by, one protestor threw President departed the hotel, I called a full Coke can at the Presidential limo, the “Alternate 2” route to our solos, who striking the President’s windshield. This left promptly to clear the way. I was in distraction caused the President’s driver an unmarked car in the Presidential to briefly swerve, but he was able to cor- motorcade when we departed the St. rect immediately and drive President Francis Hotel. “Alternate 2” route took Bush safely to SFO. us north on Mason and west on BUSH A few weeks after this incident, Presi- Street toward Market. As we turned onto dent Bush was in Panama, at an outdoor BUSH St., while looking at the street event, when the Panama military used sign, I know that more than one solo clouds of tear gas on some nearby very joined me with a snicker as we gave one violent demonstrators. As the tear gas last San Francisco tribute to our outgoing was blown near the Presidential stage, President George H.W. Bush. President Bush was quickly evacuated January 2019 POA Journal Page 17 George Brown Memorial Golf Tournament

Letter about the golf tournament in memory of George Brown, written by Denise Brown, his wife. A Story Of A True Fighter! George Brown started his career with ING Financial Services and he worked with the municipal workers of the City and County of San Francisco, mostly police and fire, as a consultant for their retirement. In his occupation as a finan- cial consultant, he was known to many as their “retirement services” guy and spent most of his day networking with his clients. He loved meeting with his longest drive. Lunch and beverages will L-R: Marty Lurie, Leo Pierini, Al Casciato, Angelo Spagnolli, Julio Bandoni, Gianrico clients, whether it was in an office, at a be provided on the course. Dinner will Pierucci PHOTO BY PATRICK BURKE precinct, the airport, a café or of course, follow at the Lake Merced Golf Club on the golf course. with a silent auction, raffle and many George had a passion for life and from great prizes. There are also many levels the first moment I met him I knew he of sponsorship opportunities available. California Law Enforcement Columbia was the one. He said, I can’t cook, but For more information about all aspects I make great reservations. That’s the of the tournament please contact Denise Association Honors Retirees thing about George, he always knew Brown at 650-740-4531 or email her at how to make things happen; one way or [email protected]. The California Law Enforcement his life. The presentation was made another! When George was diagnosed Columbia Association, an organization by KNBR Sports Radio’s Marty Lurie, About The ALS Association with ALS in August of 2013, although we of Italian-American Public Safety Of- who made a special trip from the Major Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), knew it was an uphill battle, we made ficers, held its annual Christmas Dinner League Baseball Owners’ Meetings in also known as Lou Gehrig’s Disease, is the best of every day! George was an on Sunday, December 9 in which it also a fatal neurodegenerative illness that af- Arizona to honor his long-time friend. amazing man who fought courageously hosted members of the International fects nerve cells in the brain and spinal Also acknowledged during the eve- and never gave up. His infectious smile Police Association - Region 9. The event cord. The ALS Association’s mission is to ning’s events were retired Inspector/ lit up a room. He lived life to the fullest was held at the San Francisco Italian discover treatments and cures for ALS, Sergeant Gianrico Pierucci and Officers and never turned down a round of golf; Athletic Club, in the heart of North and to serve, advocate for and empower Angelo Spagnolli and Julio Bandoni for unless it was cold out. He would say it Beach. people affected by ALS so they can live their years of service. All had retired was because of his Jamaican blood. He The evening’s events featured a pre- fought with such conviction on a daily their lives to the fullest. from the SFPD during the past year. sentation to retired San Francisco Police basis, kept a positive attitude through About The Captain Al (Croce) Casciato with a Life- The California Law Enforcement Co- the toughest times and when someone Golden West Chapter time Achievement Award for his service lumbia Association is an organization walked into the room he greeted them The Golden West Chapter currently to the people of the City and County of that promotes the history of Italian- with that infectious smile! Everyone serves more than 1,700 people with Americans in the Public Safety Profes- that met him knew it was his “signature San Francisco and the State of California ALS and their families in 31 counties in in additional to his many contributions sion and welcomes all individuals in par- move”! California and the state of Hawaii. The through various organizations to the ticipating in its social events. For more ALS Association Golden West Chapter About The George Brown betterment of the many individuals he information about the association, visit is dedicated to the fight against ALS in Memorial Golf Tournament has come in contact with throughout http://www.cacolumbia.wordpress.com. In memory of our fighter, George many ways, including funding global Brown, we will be holding a memo- research efforts, supporting scientific rial golf tournament to raise funds for and clinical collaboration, connect- care, research and all around support ing people with ALS to clinical trials, for the ALS Association Golden West partnering with multidisciplinary ALS Chapter. The tournament will happen clinics and centers, educating the pub- on Monday, June 17, 2019 and will be lic about ALS, providing professional held at the Lake Merced Golf Club, care management services to families 2300 Junipero Serra Boulevard in Daly facing ALS, pursuing important public City. Registration will start at 9:00am policy initiatives, and bringing the ALS THE ULTIMATE BACKUP and a Four Person Scramble format will community together. All of these are es- begin at 11am. There will be a variety sential to The ALS Association’s ultimate of contest opportunities: closest to the vision: to create a world without ALS. hole, hole in one, putting contest and

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On December 18 the Post participated in one of its most important activities. week, commuting between the Capitol Commander Gary Gee, Vice Com- and his home in New Kent County in mander Willie Durkin, Post Chaplain his red Mustang. “It’s the best job I ever Jeremiah Morgan, me and my daughter had,” he said. Maria conducted our annual holiday Wayne Gotke, 72, a retired federal visit to the patients at the Community law enforcement agent, already owns Living Center at Ft. Miley. We handed several pieces of memorabilia from the time his father, also named Wayne, spent out 91 Christmas cards from Police-Fire in a German prisoner-of-war camp dur- Post 456 and thanked the veterans who ing World War II. On December 14, the will be spending the holidays at the San Antonio native received perhaps CLC for their service to our nation. The Gary Gee, Willie Durkin, Greg Corrales, Jeremiah Morgan at Ft. Miley Community Living the most valuable piece of memorabilia: Post also donated $1,000 to the CLC to Center His father’s inscribed gold wedding be used for unfunded programs for the ring, recently rediscovered more than 75 resident veterans. In Virginia, Mrs. Trump checked out The San Francisco Police-Fire Post years after it was lost in Stalag Luft III, the Joe Vass, just shy of his 91st birthday, the F-22 Raptor stealth fighter jet and ad- meets on the second Tuesday of every German POW camp later made famous has plenty of energy to spare. He’s enter- dressed an audience of service members, month. Our next meeting will be on by the movie “The Great Escape.” Gotke ing his eighth year at the Virginia Divi- noting that many had just returned from received the ring during a presentation Tuesday, January 8, 2019. We meet at the sion of Capitol Police, where he serves as deployment. “I’m honored to be able to at the Kerr County War Memorial on Park Station community room. Meet- inventory and supply officer, the person say welcome home and thank you for the grounds of the county courthouse in ings start at 1600 hours. All veterans police officers ask for help with uniforms answering the call of duty,” she said. Kerrville. The story of the ring’s return is and equipment. He just observed his with a law enforcement or firefighter one of post-war reconciliation and efforts “I have said this before, but it’s worth 68th anniversary with his wife, Barbara, background are welcome. Questions to pay respects due to former POWs. It repeating. We know that we are free in September. should be directed to Post Adjutant Greg began in September, during a routine because you’re brave. And I speak on At 16, Vass joined the U.S. Navy after excavation by a team from the POW behalf of my husband when I tell you Corrales at (415) 759-1076 or at gc1207@ his mother told the recruiter he was 17, Camps Museum of what was one of the we are forever grateful for your service.” comcast.net. and saw service during the war as a many prisoner huts at the camp which, gun-range finder on three destroyers, during the war, was located near the including one torpedoed by a German German town of Sagan. One of the vol- U-boat. After he left the Navy in 1947, he SF Dispatcher of the Month joined the U.S. Marine Corps the next unteers was excavating a dirt-filled year. That earned him a trip to Korea, sink and drain in what had been the Department of Emergency Management where he was assigned to a demolition bathroom of barracks No. 139. As he 1011 Turk Street, San Francisco, CA 94102 team that detected and disarmed mines. knocked the accumulated dirt out of Division of Emergency Communications SAN FRANCISCO DEPARTMENT While in Korea, Vass was wounded by the drain, a metal ring fell out. Upon Phone: (415) 558-3800 Fax: (415) 558-3843 OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT Mary Ellen Carroll a grenade that exploded as he tried to London Breed Division of Emergency Services closer inspection, they realized that Executive Director kick it out of his foxhole, but he found a the inside of the ring was inscribed Mayor Phone: (415) 487-5000 Fax: (415) 487-5043 way to avoid transfer to a hospital ship with the words “Ann to Wayne 1942.” Date: December 1, 2018 that would have taken him out of action After the ring was cleaned, a researcher with his unit. and guide at the camp museum pains- To: Jordyn Moody, Public Safety Dispatcher Vass has served as a security police takingly reviewed records kept by the From: Lisa Marie Gerard, Employee Recognition Coordinator staff sergeant in the U.S. Air Force and prisoners themselves looking for a POW patrolled in his own boat for the U.S. in the South Compound section of the Re: Communications Dispatcher of the Month — December 2018 Coast Guard Auxiliary while he was camp named Wayne. There was only working as police chief in Poquoson. He one, Wayne Gotke. Like all those who’ve The Department of Emergency Management has selected you as Com- worked briefly for the Henrico County been touched by the ring, Gotke said munications Dispatcher of the Month for December 2018. Division of Police after leaving the Ma- he is surprised that, after being lost for On October 8th channel received rines in 1955 and then in a Marine Re- more than three-quarters of a century, a request for service advising there serve unit. Vass assembled a small police the ring was finally found. “You could were three males casing vehicles in force in Boykins, a town in Southampton have knocked me down when I was told the area of Flood Avenue & Foerster County, and later ran his own security that they’d found the ring,” he said. He’s Street. As you were relieving the firm in Williamsburg. After giving up decided that the ring will be passed on dispatcher for a break, units had just his business, he volunteered in the to his own son, who is 43, lives in Austin begun response to the scene. There Virginia Defense Force and eventually and is also named Wayne. were marked units along with plain became security chief for the Virginia Melania Trump made history last clothes officers enroute. National Guard’s 224th Aviation Regi- month by flying in a V-22 Osprey air- Just after units arrived on scene ment in Sandston. He worked there until craft during a visit to a pair of military 3H38 located two of the subjects and his state retirement in 2011. He worked bases. The White House says it’s the first began surveillance. Within minutes, for a short time as private security at time a first lady has flown in an Osprey. the unit advised they would be tak- state parking decks in downtown Rich- The tilt rotor aircraft takes off and lands ing on three subjects. Two of the mond, but soon found an opportunity vertically. Mrs. Trump flew round trip males took off and one subject was at Capitol Police, which needed a sup- between Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling detained. Units further advised that ply officer. Vass also is a founder and in Washington and Joint Base Langley- as one of the outstanding males was treasurer of the Capitol Lodge, #79, of Eustis in Hampton, Virginia. First ladies running, he had reached for his waistband and had something in his hand as the Fraternal Order of Police. The lodge usually don’t take solo helicopter rides. he ran off - now he was a possible 221. This observation certainly escalated the was founded this year, 400 years after When they do travel by helicopter, they seriousness of the situation and increasing the risk to officer and public safety. Capitol Police began as an arm of the often are accompanying the president Even though you had the role of providing a short break to the dispatcher House of Burgesses, and is open to state aboard Marine One, a more traditional assigned to the channel, you dutifully remained on the channel during this law officers. Now, he works 28 hours per aircraft. incident, which evolved into a confirmed 221 and lasted over an hour. You continued your diligence in maintaining thorough communications with the officers in the field as well as your colleagues on the Operations Floor. This included perimeter set up and continued documentation as units Contribute to the Journal; checked on multiple properties in the area along with a few that had open It’s Your Paper. garage doors. All outstanding subjects were located including the 221 subject. Our colleagues in the field were appreciative of the “good teamwork”, as they Send us your stuff; unit news or events, good deeds, shared with us on air. Lieutenant Schiff contacted Communications to express fundraisers, sports highlights, kudos, comments or invites. his and his officer’s appreciation of you, the dispatcher and all you did. The deadline for the February issue is Monday, January 21, 2019. We commend you for your dedication and professionalism in your han- dling of this event. You are a true asset to DEM in the Division of Emergency Contact [email protected] or phone 415-861-5060 for more info. Communications. Congratulations, Jordyn!!! January 2019 POA Journal Page 19 www.lris.com Who Wants to be A Police Officer? Job Applications Plummet at Most U.S. Departments

December 7, 2018 police chief in Hampton, Va. “We’re see- not inclusive, you’re going to lose them.” pass policing by, Seattle Deputy Police ing a lot more media coverage of officers When Wexler asked the room if any- Chief Marc Garth Green said. “Number Chuck Wexler talks to police chiefs being prosecuted, and that weighs heav- one had problems recruiting for diver- one is validation,” he said. “The valida- frequently, as head of the Police Ex- ily on a lot of officers’ hearts.…That’s a sity, every hand went up. tion that they’re putting their life on ecutive Research Forum think tank in stressor on whether I want to stay in this The trend toward fewer police officers the line. There’s no respect for that.” He Washington. Recently, he asked a room- position or not.” per capita has been steady for 20 years, blamed the news media for undermin- ful of chiefs to raise their hands if they Russ Hamill, an assistant chief of according to findings from the Bureau ing respect for police authority. wanted their children to follow them police in Montgomery County, Md., of Justice Statistics. Although the U.S. A recent survey of 800 college stu- into a law enforcement career. Not one said he would prefer that his kids enter population has risen from 267 million dents majoring in criminal justice found hand went up, he said. another profession — “even lawyers,” he in 1997 to 323 million in 2016, the num- that they didn’t have the misgivings of- Nationwide, interest in becoming a said to big laughs. “It just has changed ber of full-time sworn officers per 1,000 ten cited by longtime cops, said Charles police officer is down significantly. In so dramatically,” Hamill said. “I see the U.S. residents has dropped from 2.42 in Scheer, a criminal justice professor at Nashville, job applications dropped treatment of our street officers out there. 1997 to 2.17 officers per 1,000 residents in the University of Southern Mississippi. from 4,700 in 2010 to 1,900 last year. In I think it’s time for somebody else to take 2016. The raw number of sworn officers “They’re not afraid of increased scrutiny. Seattle, applications have declined by the torch for a little bit.” peaked at nearly 725,000 in 2013 and is This generation expects social media nearly 50 percent in a department where It wasn’t all doom and gloom in the now down to just more than 701,000. and scrutiny. They’re not afraid of the the starting salary is $79,000. Even the gathering of 250 law enforcement ex- Houston Assistant Chief Lori Bender perception of police.” He said African FBI had a sharp drop, from 21,000 appli- ecutives at the Marriott Wardman Park said Houston should have 2,000 more of- American students were often deterred cations per year to 13,000 last year, before Hotel. The police commanders traded ficers to efficiently handle its population. by family members who were “not too a new marketing campaign brought an ideas on how to recruit, and retain, qual- Some of that is attributable to in- hot on the idea” of a relative becoming upswing. ity police officers, including lowering the creases in police efficiency. Wexler a cop and a misunderstanding of how And retaining officers once they’ve requirement of a college degree, relaxing theorized that some decline may be from often officer-involved shootings occur. joined is getting harder, too. In a PERF rules on prior drug use and easing tat- the gradual retirements of the 100,000 Scheer suggested a college football-style survey of nearly 400 police departments, too policies. Making departments more officers hired nationwide as part of an recruiting approach where an applicant’s 29 percent of those who left their police welcoming to minorities and women, initiative by President Bill Clinton in whole family is wooed. job voluntarily had been on the force less in part by providing them with men- the 1990s. Wexler had a number of new officers than a year, and an additional 40 percent tors and physical training, has enabled But whatever the reason for officers present to offer their views. Clario Samp- had been on the job less than five years. Tempe, Ariz., to maintain its recruitment leaving, replacing them has gotten son, a young officer in Newark, said he At a PERF gathering in Washington numbers, Chief Sylvia Moir said. tougher. Nearly 66 percent of the nearly gladly donned a body camera every day on Tuesday of police chiefs and com- The videos of police misconduct and 400 police departments surveyed said to defend his policing. “For the older of- manders from across the country, many fatal shootings have damaged the per- their number of applicants had de- ficers, it’s an adjustment,” Sampson said. attributed their declining numbers to a ception of American police officers but creased. Hiring in a healthy economy “I do believe that because of the cameras diminished perception of police in the not irrevocably, said Antoinette Archer, is one problem, police officials said, and how the media looks at it, we have years after the shooting and unrest in director of human relations for the police because private industry can offer bet- to do more training.” Ferguson, Mo., in 2014 and an increase department in Richmond Many people ter salaries. in public and media scrutiny of police are “taken aback by the brutality, not by Still, pay isn’t the main reason many From The Washington Post made possible by technology and social the profession,” she said. “If we can be media. inclusive” of women and people of color, “There’s an increased potential for of- “those individuals who can see a part ficers to be criminally liable for making a of their fabric in the department will good-faith mistake,” said Terry Sult, the come forward. … If the environment is www.lris.com San Antonio Police Union Questions Lowering of Hiring Standards 4 Personal Injury December 11, 2018 hiring practices are in line with current standards. The proposals were reviewed SAN ANTONIO, TX — Police union by our Training Advisory Committee, 4 Workers’ Comp President Mike Helle believes the which consists of SAPD officers, citizens changes will have an effect on the qual- and also our legal team. These changes 4 Disability Retirement ity of the men and women serving and were reviewed and approved by the San protecting the Alamo City. Antonio Police and Fire Commission. We “The person that you’re putting your believe that certain youthful transgres- 4 Uninsured Motorists faith and hands into can take someone’s sions should not disqualify an applicant life if they feel that it’s justified to do who has demonstrated a higher level of 4 Auto Accidents so. You need to have the most qualified maturity and responsibility with age. people in order to do that,” Helle said. These mistakes made early on in life 4 Off-Duty Injuries SAPOA sent a letter a Mayor Ron should not permanently disqualify Nirenberg expressing its concerns and someone from serving their community asking the city to reverse the commis- as a police officer. These changes bring sion’s decisions. Below is the letter and fairness and common sense to our hir- the changes to the hiring standards: ing process.” Integrity Expertise Results SAPOA Letter to the Mayor The mayor has not yet responded to KSAT 12 obtained the following state- our request for comment. ment from SAPD’s public information www.JonesClifford.com office: From KSAT 12 Tel. (888) 625-2251 or (415) 431-5310 “The rule changes we made to our

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Since I’ve been here, a criminal investigation into allegations partment over the implementation of a The union in November argued that he’s never been involved in any decision that the city’s fire union head outed controversial new response policy that the policy was “unilaterally imposed” about who I investigate,” Craig said. homicide witnesses on social media, has firefighters responding to some calls without regard for the bargaining unit “This has nothing to do with infring- potentially endangering them. on a less emergent basis without lights or the public. The city’s Law Department ing on his First Amendment rights. Police Chief James Craig confirmed and sirens. has countered the claim is “baseless.” Launching this criminal probe had the investigation Thursday afternoon It’s not clear what, if any, laws might Jones put the new system in place nothing to do with his criticism of this during a news conference, saying the have been broken with Nevin’s postings. in August that classifies runs by two department and its response time to this Wayne County Prosecutor’s Office will At least one legal expert believes posting codes: one for emergent runs, which uses homicide. However, it had everything determine whether Detroit Fire Fighter a potential crime witness’ information lights and sirens, and the other for non- to do with the release of information Association President Mike Nevin will online could pose problems. emergent calls, which does not. containing confidential and sensitive face charges. Since someone could use the personal Jones has argued that disregarding information relative to several witnesses “It not only undermines a criminal details to find the witness and their as- traffic signals and speed limits with the to a homicide.” investigation, in this case a homicide, sociates, “that’s inviting trouble,” said activation of lights and sirens for every Duggan’s spokesman, John Roach, but it also can, and does, put a witness Brad Shear, a Maryland-based attorney single run — even when it’s not urgent declined to comment on Rataj’s claims. to a homicide in harm’s way,” Craig told who focuses on social media law related — is unnecessarily dangerous. The fire commissioner could not be reporters at police headquarters, adding issues. Jones and his staff have noted the de- immediately reached for comment on Nevin later removed the postings, which “… Just the fact this person may have partment receives 400 to 500 requests for Thursday. contained unredacted police reports that some information that could convict fire-related incidents per week. About Rataj declined further comment after contained “confidential and sensitive” someone puts them or their family in 50 percent, they contend, are non-life- Craig addressed the investigation on information about at least two potential harm’s way,” he said. threatening. Nevin’s social media posts. witnesses to the crime. Mike Rataj, an attorney representing During a council committee ses- Craig noted Nevin asserts that it took Nevin sent the media a package, Nevin, would not address why his client sion last month, the fire administration the department about 40 minutes to get which he also reportedly posted on shared posts with unredacted police said the department had 17 firefighter- to the homicide scene in question. But Facebook, that included audio files of reports. He said city officials are “trying involved crashes in 2017. Craig explained that the initial call was police dispatches, and a police report to silence” Nevin for exercising his “First But the union has detailed numer- put out by dispatchers as an unknown of a shooting that occurred Nov. 23 at Amendment right to speak out on behalf ous runs that have been dispatched trouble call, which typically isn’t treated Junction and Warren on Detroit’s west of his members.” improperly since the code system went as a top priority run. side. The report included the first name Rataj said the Police Department on into place and said it fears Jones’ policy Firefighters arrived on the scene of a woman who told police about the Wednesday attempted to Mirandize could endanger the public and Detroit’s and determined there was a shooting shooting, along with her phone number Nevin, but Rataj contacted internal af- firefighters. victim and then contacted dispatch for and address. fairs and told them “he’s not making a “This data speaks for itself, it is sick- assistance. Craig said the case remains “The Detroit Fire Fighters Association statement,” he said. ening and repeats itself in many forms under investigation but added from the will continue to express professional “They are trying to concoct some kind every day/night in the streets of Detroit,” time authorities were alerted that there factual concern publicly over Detroit of criminal case against him,” Rataj said. Nevin said in the release of the unre- was a homicide, the response was six Police / Fire and EMS mismanagement, “There’s no crime. To use the criminal dacted reports to the media. “If Detroit minutes. The initial call for unknown manipulation and flat-out misrepresent- process to try to silence somebody who Public Safety personnel is so disorga- trouble, Craig told reporters, “might ing public safety response to the public,” is trying to protect members and let nized and undermanned as to not have have been 40 minutes. I’m not certain.” Nevin said in the news release. the public know what’s going on, that’s the ability to properly back each other “If we have a priority one call, and Craig said releasing that informa- criminal.” in emergency events, what response can it took us 40 minutes to get to it, I’m tion put the tipster in danger. He didn’t Rataj rather contends that Craig, Fire the 911 caller expect?” not going to deny it,” Craig said. “We’ll elaborate Thursday on which charges Commissioner Eric Jones and the Dug- He called for police, fire and EMS investigate, and we did look into this he’d seek, telling reporters that he didn’t gan administration are coming down to be restored to “adequate strength to matter, because initially when I heard want to discuss possible charges. He said on Nevin for his ongoing criticism of properly protect the city’s 139 square about it, I was very concerned.” his investigators have had several con- public safety leadership in Detroit that miles, human life depends on it.” Rataj said he intends to take action versations with assistant Wayne County Nevin has argued is “manipulating” Craig denied Thursday that there on Nevin’s behalf, but he declined to prosecutors and spoke with Wayne and “misrepresenting” response times. was any effort on the part of the Police provide details on what it would be, or County Prosecutor Kym Worthy about “The chief should be very careful and Department to silence Nevin. Craig also when. the case. The county’s public corruption the mayor should be very careful if they stressed that he alone sought the crimi- “This guy is a dedicated firefighter. unit is reviewing the facts. are going to go down that road,” Rataj nal review of Nevin’s alleged conduct He is tough as nails and he’s not afraid The Prosecutor’s Office spokeswoman said. “File that one under: Be careful on social media. of these people,” Rataj said. “He’s not go- said late Thursday that the office hasn’t what you ask for.” “The mayor and Jones were not ing to play politics with people’s lives.” “hasn’t been presented” with paperwork The system, which Jones and Mayor involved in the decision to launch a From The Detroit News

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Like Us www.facebook.com/ SFPOA * The POA has verified that this quote was made by an SFPD member. January 2019 POA Journal Page 21 Book Review Dark Sacred Night By Michael Connelly graph. Perhaps his years working the crime sitting idle for some time, a “cold case,” Reviewed by Dennis Bianchi beat in Los Angeles honed not just his writ- but Harry has a personal interest in it as ing craft but also his sense of street crime, he had rescued the murdered victim’s Michael Connelly is the bestselling and helped him develop a good rapport mother in a previous Connelly novel. Bal- author of over thirty novels and one with police officers in the Southern Cali- lard becomes interested in Bosch as she work of nonfiction. With more than fornia region. If someone is searching for a has heard about his LAPD reputation as seventy-four million copies of his books writer who consistently provides excellent an excellent investigator. Their combined sold worldwide and translated into police procedural novels, Mr. efforts are the main theme that carries the forty foreign languages, Connelly should be one of novel. There are, however, many other he is one of the most suc- their first reads.Dark Sacred cases that both of them become involved cessful writers working Night is no exception. His in outside of that murder investigation. today. A former newspa- gether evidence that to an untrained eye clear description of different For me, those cases might be interesting per reporter who worked would seem insignificant but is in actu- street crime investigations and occasionally provide a bit of humor, the crime beat at the Los ality very important. The hours spent te- brings to life the work that is but create an atmosphere in the plot line Angeles Times and the Fort diously going through old hand-written needed to resolve situations. that comes across as contrived or impos- Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel, information cards isn’t exciting but in He provides some serious sible to believe. Detective Ballard has a Connelly has won numer- this case it provided valuable leads. Mr. excitement from time to friendship with an LAPD helicopter pilot ous awards for his journal- Connelly was well coached regarding time but he also describes and she seems able to summon that he- ism and his fiction. Mr. the real work of investigations. the slow, sometimes dreary licopter at will. Harry doesn’t seem to be Connelly is the executive I’m confident this novel has received work of processing data and the same character as he was in previous producer of BOSCH, an mixed reviews. The author’s past suc- information that takes place novels. He gives a room in his home to Amazon Studios original cess provide a rather strict sounding sitting at a desk. The author a recovering addict and ends up in bed drama series based on board against which Dark Sacred Night gives credit to officers’ thinking talents as with her. That is not the Harry Bosch I his bestselling character Harry Bosch, does not hold up. Readers have come well as physical abilities. recall from previous novels. Towards the starring Titus Welliver and streaming to expect a great story when selecting a In the 2017 novel, The Late Show, Mr. end, when the murderer is discovered, on Amazon Prime. He is also the execu- Michael Connelly book. In my view, it Connelly introduced his readers to detec- Harry operates more outside of the law tive producer of the documentary films, may be time to retire Harry Bosch. He tive Renee Ballard. In Dark Sacred Night than he had previously. I also missed SOUND OF REDEMPTION: The Frank was created years ago and described as she meets retired LAPD Detective Harry any mention of the music Harry always Morgan Story. He spends his time in a Vietnam War vet, which would make Bosch. Harry is now working for the San enjoyed. California and Florida. him a senior citizen today. After writing Fernando Police Department. Bosch still Putting aside my criticisms, it was in- It’s difficult to argue with success, and so many stories about Bosch, perhaps has an interest in an old homicide that teresting to read how police departments Michael Connelly is a very successful crime the author should find another source occurred in the LAPD jurisdiction. The conduct events such as surveillances, fiction writer, as seen in the above para- for his talent. case, the murder of a young girl, has been tailing suspects on the road, piecing to- The Field of Blood: Violence in Congress and the Road to the Civil War By Joanne B. Freeman but the author gives us a very heavily seems to have been their preference), a carpets came as a shock to visitors such Reviewed by Dennis Bianchi researched and highly annotated report pistol, or both. Often, the Congressmen as Charles Dickens. Apparently very little that indicates how truly violent things were given these weapons by their home attention was given to using the spittoons Joanne B. Freeman is a professor of were in the Antebellum Congress, the state constituents, advising them to not accurately that were amply placed about History and American Studies at Yale years spanning from1830 to late 1850. find themselves at a disadvantage. the meeting halls. University, and specializes in early Many students may vaguely recall The author addresses the complex set The book contains both copious notes American politics and political culture. reading about the beating of Massa- of rules surrounding duels and goes into and a large bibliography. There is so much She received both her M.A. and Ph.D. in chusetts Senator Charles Sumner by a detail regarding a famous duel in 1838 literature about the Civil War that it is American History from the University of South Carolina Representative, Preston in which Congressman Jonathan Cilley hard to present new material or present Virginia. Her interest in political violence Brooks. Brooks was angry with Sumner’s of Maine was killed by his colleague material in a fresh manner. Dr. Freeman and political polarization - dirty, nasty, denunciation of slavery and had given a William Graves of Kentucky. I found it gives the reader a different look at our politics - has made her work particularly five-hour speech that had inflamed the surprising that the two men dueled with nation’s great orators from that era. Dan- relevant in recent years. A leading expert attitudes of both Southern and Northern rifles at 80 yards. Both men missed one iel Webster, John Calhoun, Stephen Clay, on Alexander Hamilton, elected officials. Brooks another with their first two attempts, but William Seward and Henry Clay come to Freeman was the lead beat Sumner so long and Cilley was struck in the torso and died life in a different way. I learned that John consultant in the renova- fiercely that there was quickly. Congress passed a law outlaw- Quincy Adams found it not beneath him tion and reinterpretation nothing left of his cane ing dueling in Washington D.C. This law to serve in the House after his term as of Alexander Hamilton’s but the golden handle. had no impact. In 1858, two years after president had ended. home in Harlem, known Brooks had an accomplice, the attack of Sumner, a violent donny- The author writes in her opening as The Grange. Lin-Man- Lawrence Keitt, who held brook took place on the House floor. As notes about a current tale that indicates uel Miranda used Dr. had a gun in his hand, usual, the fight was between Southern- that things are still close to being out of Freeman’s work in writing thus preventing any other ers and Northerners and about slavery. control on occasion. It also illustrates her the successful stage play officials from intervening. Thirty members engaged in the brawl, point that many unethical and violent Hamilton. Sumner’s injuries were during which John Potter of Wisconsin incidents don’t make it to print today. We Freeman has long been severe enough that he grabbed William Barksdale of Missis- should not be surprised to learn how dif- committed to public- was unable to return to sippi by the hair, only to discover that ficult it is to discover how rampant was minded history. Co-host the Senate for three years. Barksdale was wearing a wig. From the the violence in Congressional chambers of the popular U.S. his- The House of Representa- mid-1830s to the outbreak of the War 189 years ago. She writes, “In a long tory podcast BackStory, tives took a vote to eject Between the States in 1861, the author and intimate Politico interview, former Freeman is a frequent public speaker, Brooks but lacked sufficient support to reports that more than seventy violent House Speaker John Boehner revealed commentator, and historical consultant be successful. The solid South viewed incidents took place in the halls of Con- that some time ago, during a contentious whose work has appeared in the New the beating as a just response to Sumner’s gress and the surrounding streets, and debate of earmarks (items tacked onto a York Times, the Washington Post, and speech. This violent act was not the only it wasn’t just Washington D.C. that was bill to benefit a member of Congress’s Atlantic Magazine, among others; she one that took place over the next thirty violent. In 1837 a representative in the home state), Alaska Republican Don has been featured in documentaries on years. The Field of Blood is the first writ- Arkansas House “insulted the Speaker Young pushed him up against a wall in PBS and the History Channel, and been ten account to reveal the depth and foci during a debate, the Speaker stepped the House chamber and threatened him a political commentator on CNN and of violence in Congress during this time down from his platform, Bowie knife with a knife. According to Boehner, he MSNBC. Her Yale online course, The period. Dr. Freeman relied very heavily in hand, and killed him. Expelled and stared Young down, tossed off a few cuss- American Revolution, has been viewed upon an 11-volume diary kept by Benja- tried for murder, he was acquitted for words, and the matter ended. According by hundreds of thousands of people in min Brown French, a man who arrived excusable homicide and reelected, only to Young, they later became friends, homes and classrooms around the world. in Washington from New Hampshire in to pull his knife on another legislator dur- Boehner was best man at Young’s wed- (This introduction was borrowed by the 1833 and worked as a clerk in the House ing debate, though this time the sound ding. And according to the press reports reviewer from her “author’s page” on of Representatives for over thirty years. of colleagues cocking pistols stopped that addressed the incident, it wasn’t the Amazon.com.) The author also relied on the correspon- him cold.” first time that Young pulled a knife in the No matter one’s political beliefs, at dence of members of Congress, often The author also describes the oceans of halls of Congress. In 1988 he reportedly this time I believe it is easy to agree that writing to their families and revealing alcoholic beverages that were consumed waved one at a supporter of a bill that there is a palpable sense of anger and more clearly the level and frequency of by elected officials during these years, would have restricted logging in Alaska.” rudeness in Washington D. C., especially violence in those venues than what was both within the halls of Congress or near- This book is filled with acts of violence among elected officials. It is easy to be- presented by the press. Many elected by. One vice that she spends more than but Dr. Freeman also supplies an occa- lieve the level of personal verbal attacks members of Congress attended to busi- a few pages on is the practice of spitting sional tidbit that makes you smile and in Congress have reached a new level, ness wearing a knife (a Bowie knife tobacco – everywhere. The brown stained want to keep plowing forward. Page 22 POA Journal January 2019 www.lris.com West Haven PD, Losing Officers, Pleads With City to Return to a Traditional Pension Plan

December 11, 2018 sue, but now those flags also are flying retained for police and firefighters. did at the time did not factor in the Social from the top of the department’s orga- The change to a 401(k) in West Haven Security payments. WEST HAVEN, CT — Nearly 10 years nizational chart. applied to any employees hired after “Based on that discussion, the council after the city, as the result of a contro- “We’ve become a training facility,” November 2009. voted against it,” but it ended up going versial arbitration award, switched the said Deputy Chief Joseph Perno, who Since 2009, “17 officers have been to arbitration “and they lost,” he said. Police Department from a chronically has been running the department hired and trained, only to leave for “I don’t think they ever should have underfunded traditional pension plan since Chief John Karajanis went out on another department, with the primary gotten rid of the pension,” Quagliani to a 401(k), police are pushing the city worker’s compensation. reason for their departure being lack of said. “I’ve reached out to the chief and to switch back, saying the change was When officers are hired, “the pension a pension,” Perno told the council. the union president since then. … I did a bad deal. is a form of security,” said Perno, who Based on the total combined cost for ask if they are having discussions with Meanwhile, experienced cops con- made his case to the City Council at a salaries, training expenses and benefits, the city, and they did say that they are. tinue to retire or take their experience recent meeting. “That is the dominant the city has spent about $1.7 million So I am hoping that something will to other departments, and many new reason that we get from all of the officers “with nothing to show for it,” Perno said. happen.” officers come in, get trained and then that have left the department: lack of a Without a pension, “We’re having The West Haven department has move on. pension.” a hard time selling WHPD to young, hired dozens of officers in recent years, The change was initiated in 2009 While a 401(k) may work fine in the bright kids” and “we are having a diffi- yet its actual complement — budgeted to when John Picard was may and ce- private sector, people in the private sec- cult time attracting lateral transfers” and be 120 officers — has sunk to 107 officers mented by the arbitration award in 2010. tor “don’t wear a ballistic vest to work,” retired officers from other departments and is about to drop to 105 as two more In the years since, not having a pension Perno said. “due to our salary,” Perno said, appeal- officers depart, Perno said. plan — coupled with comparatively low ing for the council’s help. Sgt. Scott Kleinknecht, who supervis- pay — has turned West Haven from a Pension issues are not a problem West Haven officials — including es training and recruitment, said that in respected department that drew officers solely for West Haven. Mayor Nancy Rossi and former Police the 31/2 years he’s been in that position, to the equivalent of a minor league farm New Haven’s pension obligation is Chief Ron Quagliani, who was chief he has overseen hiring and training of team, police brass, rank-and-file officers $1.2 billion with some $700 million in when the change went into effect and 19 officers. His original goal was to get and union officials say. two plans unfunded; the Policemen and now is chairman of the City Council — to 124, but it hasn’t worked out. Today’s WHPD is a place where new Firemen Retirement Fund is 43 percent are willing to listen. He expects that by the end of this officers get hired and get trained — at a funded, while the City Employees Re- Perno told the City Council that Rossi month, the number could be down to cost of $70,130 per recruit before they go tirement Fund is at 33 percent. The city “has been receptive, understanding and 103. out on the street — and then take their recently formed a task force to try to helpful.” “As far as I know, the No. 1 driver is experience somewhere else, cops say. address the issue. But in a city running deep in the red the pension and No. 2 would be pay,” Without a pension — and without Meanwhile, a number of Connecticut and under state supervision, it’s hard to Kleinknecht said. any long-term disability safety net in municipalities have switched over some make those kinds of changes right now. “Obviously, the No. 3 is the whole the event officers get hurt on the job — or all of their pension funds to a 401(k) “I can’t say yes, or not yet, because we MARB board,” he said, referring to the younger officers have less reason to stay. for new hires, including in Danbury, are in negotiations” on a new police con- state Municipal Accountability Review And it hasn’t really saved the city Norwalk, North Haven, Branford and tract, said Rossi, who said that as a City Board, which is working with the city to money, police at various levels said. Stratford — although in some cases, Council member in 2009, she opposed improve its finances. This is not the first time the police traditional pension funds have been the change to the current system. “But Cops are not enticed by “the fact that union has raised red flags about the is- we are exploring all options.” we possibly won’t be getting raises for “When they went into the 401K, the four, five years in the five-year plan, officers went into the Social Security” Kleinknecht said. “It’s just not sitting system, Rossi said. “I wasn’t in sup- well with the officers,” he said. port of moving that. I was in support of “It definitely damages morale,” said changing the existing pension to make police union President Detective Sean it more like the requirements of a 401K Faughnan of the lack of a pension. It — maybe not 20 years and out. Maybe hurts “the camaraderie among the other 25 years.” officers, because you start working with And when the city had an actuarial someone who you have a lot of respect study done before going to a 401(k), for, and then they’re gone. “they didn’t take into account the cost “We’re like the training ground for of Social Security,” she said. other departments…” Faughnan said. “It absolutely concerns me” that the “It costs money to train someone, and it’s department is down so many members, like throwing money away … Years ago, she said. “I’m absolutely concerned about West Haven was the police department it. We need to do something.” to come to. Now, it’s, like, transient.” In addition, with the 401(k), unlike Costs and careers with the traditional pension, “there’s no There is a quantifiable cost to being a disability retirement if you get injured department with lots of turnover. on the job,” he said. According to a memorandum from Right now, “You’ll see people go Perno to Rossi, the cost of training a there to basically just get their foot in new police recruit through 26 weeks at the door, and it’s a shame, because it’s the police academy is $70,130, includ- a great department,” Carrigan said. But ing wages, field training, clothing and “it’s basically like a farm team” for the equipment, a bullet proof vest and the departments that do have pensions, he costs for training and administering said. psychological and polygraph tests. A West Haven police officer — born That does not include the costs of and raised in town — who is getting medical benefits or paid holidays. ready to work for another Connecticut Quagliani, who was police chief in police department outside of Greater 2009, said that at the time, “I was ada- New Haven, said that lack of a pension, mant about not wanting to do away with “just mediocre” pay and a schedule the pension because I was concerned system that hasn’t allowed him ever to that West Haven would turn into what have a weekend off are the only reasons West Haven sort of has become — some to leave. sort of training ground for other depart- “It’s a very good department. We have ments.” very good supervision.I like the people I Now, “the salary is average and the work with,” the officer said. “But I have benefits are less than average … so guys a wife and (two) kids to worry about.” are going elsewhere,” he said. The officer said that as a Grade D pa- The study done before the change trolman, he makes about $56,000, with found that “it was cost neutral … I think Grade A patrolmen topping out at about the argument from the mayor at the $71,000 in West Haven, while most other time was we are going to save money,” Quagliani said. “But the study that we CONTINUED ON NEXT PAGE January 2019 POA Journal Page 23 Last of the Scanners: Are Police Security Measures Killing an American Obsession?

Terrence McCoy, radioed communications, a trend driven the company pivoted from the radio to he was living near a Washington fire The Washington Post in part by fear that bad guys and ter- other electronics, and the sense of disil- station and his daughter kept wonder- Published 7:40 am PST, rorists need to do little more nowadays lusionment in the scanning community ing where the trucks were going. The Saturday, December 29, 2018 than download a police-scanning app was great indeed. answer, it often seemed - to tend to an to get all the intelligence they need on “Abandoned,” Henney mourned. overdose. This was an event, he learned, TAKOMA PARK, Md. - Down a quiet, what police are doing and where. Just “Many of us felt abandoned by Radio that occurred thousands of times every leafy street in suburban Washington this year, police in Las Vegas, Richmond, Shack.” year in the city but was rarely reported. lives a man in a white house who listens Virginia, and Knoxville, Tennessee, have It was only the beginning. Police This plumbing of a city’s underside, to nothing but mayhem. He is tall, thin encrypted their radio communication. and other public safety agencies started accessing knowledge few have - all of it and 51 years old - and surrounded by But what police are calling a public switching to a more complicated trunked mingles to yield an intoxicating feeling scanners at all times. safety measure, scanner hobbyists are radio system, requiring the purchase of that has kept Henney, who supports On this day, the scanners of Alan describing as a blow to transparency. additional equipment and sending the himself with rental properties in Dela- Henney - whose tweets of bedlam are Now they’re asking plaintive questions hobby’s expenses soaring. Then came ware’s Rehoboth Beach, coming back followed by dozens of Washington about whether it portends the end of a the terrorist attacks of 9/11 and with it for more. journalists - were going full blast. Eleven pastime once incubated in science clubs increased concern over securing com- He now stood for lunch. He buckled cluttered his coffee table and living and Scout groups. munications. More recently has arrived one scanner onto his belt. Then he put on room, all cued to different radio frequen- “Who’s to blame? Who caused it? . the next generation of Americans, less a black vest with big cargo pockets. Into cies from across the region. There was . . What’s the future?” despaired one enamored of the radio waves, preferring each, he fitted a scanner. He started for the chirp of fire and EMS responders. enthusiast in a YouTube video shot amid social media and newer technologies. the door wearing five or six scanners and The prattle of dispatch. And the broad- his scanners and wires. “I’m not saying enthusiasts my age do got into a car fitted with two extra radio cast of county officials telling of a traffic “Is our hobby dying?” lamented one not exist,” said Kenny Lorber, 27, who antennas and equipped with a catalogue accident, which, he concluded solemnly, chat thread on RadioReference.com. also volunteers with the Montgomery of radio channels. “doesn’t sound very good.” “The easy days of scanning are gone,” County Park Police. “But they are defi- “What if something big happens and Something else that didn’t sound prophesied one post on eHam.net. nitely dwindling.” I miss it? I don’t like to miss stuff,” he very good - the garbled noise coming In the Washington region, the keeper So, too, were the number of people go- said by way of explanation as he drove from one scanner, obscuring District of the scanner code, and a source of sta- ing to Henney’s annual scanning meet- to a local restaurant. There, he set up of Columbia police chatter. To Henney bility in these turbulent scanning times, ings, plunging from a height of roughly shop at a side table, arraying his scan- it sounded like death - not the death of crime or traffic accidents but the demise is Henney - director of the Capitol Hill 50 people in the 1990s to fewer than half ners before him. Sometimes people look of a passion. Monitors group, publisher of the Capi- that number these days. Even longtime at him a little funny, but he rarely pays Across the United States, there are tol Hill Monitor periodical and author scanning buffs started dropping out. attention. His focus is on the news that hundreds, if not thousands, of people of the 534-page Washington-Baltimore “In November, I turned 80 years old,” could happen at any moment. like Henney who listen to official com- Scanner Almanac. He spends his days said Willard Hardman, who wrote the So far that day, there had been only munications on radio signals, sifting at home now, tending to his ailing scanning almanac with Henney. To him, one bit of news that he said “rises to the through a morass of chatter for interest- 87-year-old mother, planning annual scanning is no longer “cost effective.” level of a tweet.” ing news. Some pester crime reporters regional scanner gatherings, listening to “As a result,” he said, “I sold or gave It hadn’t been big. Just an ATV crash with tips. Others, such as Henney, show- the channels he still gets and tweeting away my equipment and left the hobby.” near Camp Springs, Maryland, with “se- case the hard-won news items - like gem updates in the staccato voice of a just- Those who have left, and those who rious but hopefully [nonlethal] injuries hunters a stone - on their social media the-facts-ma’am newsman. Meanwhile, aren’t willing to get going at all, are miss- for the ATV rider,” as he’d reported. But feeds. But soon, Henney fears, all of that he apportions blame for the possible ing out on what scanning buffs describe it had been big enough: Enough for the may end. And then what will become collapse of his obsession. as an unfiltered, fully texturized reality public to know. Enough to distract him of the scanner enthusiasts when there’s High up on the list: Radio Shack. - undiluted by information gatekeepers from the feeling that one day he may nothing left to scan? There was a time when Henney such as journalists and spokesmen. not have any more news to share at all. Over the past few years, an increas- was getting started - just a boy and his “This radio traffic really gives you the Back at his house an hour later, he ing number of municipalities and police scanner, given to him by his father as a pulse of the city and makes you realize saw no one had followed up on his tip. departments, including the District of birthday gift - that Radio Shack was a how many stories are not being told,” But maybe someone would with the Columbia, have begun encrypting their haven for enthusiasts like him. But then said Luke Berndt, who got into this when next one.

West Haven PD, Losing Officers CONTINUED FROM PREVIOUS PAGE area police departments start officers out percent Asian, 0.4 percent other and 0.6 it.” Higher-ups “told me they were really “I see the officers that have left, and in the mid-60s. Native American, he said. optimistic about getting it back,” but they’re excelling in the departments that “We’re one of the lowest-paid depart- The police department is 79 percent “with the change of administrations and they transferred to, and it’s dishearten- ments in the state,” he said. white, 6 percent black male, 1.7 percent the financial issues, we’ve seen nothing. ing,” Butler said. He worries about what “I love West Haven. It’s my home- Hispanic male, 1.7 Asian male, 10.4 per- He was born and raised in West Ha- “we’re missing out on that because of town. I’ve been here my whole life…” he cent white female and just under 1 per- ven and “this is the only department the pension.” said. “Do I think things will get better cent Hispanic female, Kleinknecht said. that I’ve wanted to work for.” A 401(k) for the city? Yes, I do. But I need to take Officer Paul Butler said that when he In addition, “We’re spending so “will get me by” if he stays healthy, he care of myself and my family.” was hired five years ago — knowing much money between hiring, training, said. “But the likelihood of me getting Kleinknecht said he thinks the de- there was no pension — “I was fine with compensating all these officers that end injured is greater than somebody work- partment needs to reinstate a pension it.” Higher-ups “told me they were really up leaving … It might just be more af- “so we can attract lateral officers (from optimistic about getting it back,” but ing a desk job.” fordable or reasonable to put some sort other police departments) to backfill all “with the change of administrations and At this point, at age 27 and single, of plan in place that would … retain those positions. You could offset the pay the financial issues, we’ve seen nothing. with no kids, he’s not going anywhere. a little bit with a better benefit package He was born and raised in West Ha- “But when that changes, I might have to those officers.” for retirement.” ven and “this is the only department leave,” he said. From The New Haven Register “I just think somebody really needs that I’ve wanted to work for.” A 401(k) to step up and say this is the right thing “will get me by” if he stays healthy, he to do, because it’s going to cost us a lot said. “But the likelihood of me getting of money in the long run,” he said. He injured is greater than somebody work- pointed out that “it takes a good 11/2 ing a desk job.” years from the time (new recruits) take At this point, at age 27 and single, the test to go through the academy” and with no kids, he’s not going anywhere. get all the training they need to get out “But when that changes, I might have to on the road. leave,” he said. Not having continuity and officers “I see the officers that have left, and whose faces people know means “you they’re excelling in the departments that lose that community feeling with the they transferred to, and it’s dishearten- police officers,” Kleinknecth said. ing,” Butler said. He worries about what “It also makes it a lot harder to di- “we’re missing out on that because of versify the police department,” he said. the pension.” Currently, West Haven is 51 percent Officer Paul Butler said that when he white, 21 percent Hispanic, 19 percent was hired five years ago — knowing black, 4.4 percent two or more races, 4.2 there was no pension — “I was fine with Page 24 POA Journal January 2019 Classified Ads January Word Find Created by Officer Michelangelo Apodaca, Boat for Sale Vacation Rental Airport Bureau

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That However, the Fraternal Order of apples within their department. number increases to approximately Police said the scrutiny they’re under Both sides agree that police officers NASHVILLE, TN — The number of $48,000 when an officer hits the streets is unfair. don’t make enough money. people applying to be police officers in without a trainer. “People who would be good candi- “It’s on the city to make sure those Nashville has dropped by more than A recent study shows a person needs dates for police officers are seeing that salary and benefits are comparable to 50 percent since 2010. The Metro Police to make $70,000 per year to live comfort- officers are doing their jobs, what they’re risk that’s taken in this job and if it’s not, Department says the scrutiny officers ably in Nashville. trained to do and in the confines of the people aren’t going to do it,” Smallwood receive keeps potential candidates from “It has to be at a point where officers law and they’re being criticized and said. applying. don’t have to move out of county to serve scrutinized for it,” said James Small- The Metro Police Department has “If a bad act happens or something your community, which has become a wood, President of the Nashville chapter 1,429 sworn officers and another 60 in controversial is caught on tape, it’s consideration,” Huggins told News 2. of the Fraternal Order of Police. training. The department is currently presented as ‘the police,’” said Deputy “I don’t think cities do a good enough Smallwood said Metro police already hiring. Police Chief Damian Huggins. “That ef- job of supporting government workers does a good job of getting rid of the bad From WKRN.com fects every police officer in every police and providing incentives when they department across the country.” can,” said Jackie Sims, with the activist www.lris.com Metro police have received 4,792 ap- group Community Oversight Now. plications in 2010. This year, they’ve re- The group created and advocated ceived 2,136, which is a 56 percent drop. for Amendment 1, which passed in Long Beach Police Officer Awarded Huggins says young people aren’t Nashville in November. Amendment choosing the profession for a number 1 creates a community oversight board of reasons – the scrutiny, the economy that will investigate complaints of police $2.5 Million In Retaliation Case is competitive, and many families don’t misconduct. December 11, 2018 According to Alexander’s lawsuit, a want their loved ones to become officers. Sims told News 2 she believes more recruit reported for his first day of duty “They do look for validation in what people will apply to be police officers LONG BEACH, CA — A jury awarded with the department in November 2015, they do from their closest friends and when the board is up and running. $2.5 million in damages to a Long Beach then called a sergeant the next day to say family. I think that’s difficult in today’s “There is so much negative press police officer who said he was subjected he was too afraid to work in a high-crime environment,” said Huggins. centered around policing in America. to retaliation after protesting how man- area and would rather resign. A deputy Also, there’s the pay. Many Metro We’ve got to turn that around, we’ve got agement responded to complaints by a chief directed the sergeant to offer the officers can’t afford to live in Nashville. to look at policies and procedures and recruit who did not want to be assigned recruit an assignment in a safer area, The starting salary in the police rethink them.” to a high-crime area. but Alexander protested that the offer New York State Facing ‘Severe’ “A recruit reported for his first day of duty with the department in November 2015, Shortage of New Trooper Recruits then called a sergeant the next day to November 30, 2018 said. “It turns into somebody’s nearest backup might be 30 miles away or more.” say he was too afraid to work in a high- They’ll have to be super troopers at In 2017 and 2018, 501 troopers retired, this rate. but only 365 were hired. crime area and would rather resign.” The Division of New York State Police While 414 troopers were brought on is losing more officers than it can keep as in 2016, at least 200 of them formed a Lawrence Alexander said he once to the recruit violated the Peace Officer its ranks retire and fewer new troopers new Troop NYC detail created by Gov. supervised a large group of officers and Standards and Training regulations. are brought on, The Post has learned. Cuomo, in part for counterterrorism ef- had his own office, computer and cell The recruit accepted the offer, but the More than a thousand troopers have forts, officials said. phone. He now is assigned to patrol, just deputy chief later rescinded it and the re- retired from the state’s police force since The state is slated to hire 250 more as he was when he first joined the Long cruit resigned, according to the lawsuit. 2015, but only about 750 have been hired troopers in January, but Mungeer Beach Police Department 28 years ago. Alexander maintains he was sum- to make up for the attrition, said New stressed the need for another 250 hires “I dedicated my whole life to the Long moned to the deputy chief’s office and York State Troopers Police Benevolent in order to “get ahead of the curve.” Beach Police Department,” the 48-year- told to go back to patrol or find another Association President Tom Mungeer. “This governor has added manpower, old Alexander said. job. He alleges the department’s denial “We’re right at the precipice, staring and he definitely appreciates what the Alexander, who is a dues-paying of a promotion in 2016 to a coveted posi- into the abyss of a severe manpower State Police can do,” he said. member of the Long Beach Police Of- tion for which he was most qualified was shortage,” said the 25-year veteran of “If we hire 500 troopers next year, I ficers’ Association, said that even his done in further retaliation. the force, who has headed the union for think we should be all right. If we don’t, union failed to help him in his case Alexander said the recruit was “man the past nine years. “I think it’s a public- I think we’re headed to a place that’s against the city. enough” to decide that being a police safety concern for the entire state.” gonna take us years to dig out.” Deputy Long Beach City Attorney officer was not for him, but that man- The agency employs about 5,000 troop- Cuomo has also tasked State Police Nicholas Masero said he and his staff agement was concerned about the de- ers in 11 troops across 62 counties. In in the fight against the opioid epidemic will decide whether to appeal the ver- partment’s attrition rate and the deputy certain areas, such as the western region and MS-13. dict. chief’s reaction was to move him to an- and the Adirondacks, the State Police is A State Police spokesman said the Alexander was a field training officer other part of the city. one of the only law-enforcement agen- Cuomo administration has added 1,900 coordinator responsible for making sure Both the deputy chief and the ser- cies — if not the only one, Mungeer said. troopers since taking office and was the department complied with gener- geant are now retired, Alexander said. “There are times when…you have sensitive to attrition needs. ally accepted Commission on Peace troopers covering twice or three times Officer Standards and Training (POST) From KCAL 9 TV the area they would normally do,” he From The New York Post procedures.

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Holiday Greetings, everyone. We hope you are having a safe holiday sea- son and are enjoying the magic that this time of year brings about. 2018 ended showed support as their fel- on a high note for our Cadets, so let’s low classmates received their get to it! day handing out toys to the community well-deserved promotion. As The PAL Cadets ended their semester at CAL PAC Medical Center Mission a show of gratitude to the staff, with a night of traffic stops training. Bernal Campus (formerly known as the night ended with a deli- The Cadets braved the challenges of St. Luke’s). We spent the day engaging cious pasta dinner. We are very a bitterly cold November night at the with the community and making some grateful to have such wonder- Academy and had a blast doing it. They families Holiday Season a little more ful, hardworking, and talented were placed in two separate traffic stops special. This day would not have been Jiu Jitsu instructors who are and got to taste just a little of what an possible without the continued and dedicated to the success of the officer goes through during a regular generous support of the SF Police Credit program. Those instructors are stop. For some of the Cadets, it was a Union, and our Cadets. A special Thank doing a great job mentoring learning experience they will never for- You also goes to members of the 261st, the next generation of leaders get. The Cadets got to see first hand how 263rd, and 264th SFPD Recruit classes in our community and we are important officer safety, communication who took the time to support the event. thankful for their continued with dispatch and their partner and A final Thank You goes to Donny Perez support. the detainee actually is during a traffic and members of his team at Costco. For stop. Some Cadets stood out and showed more pictures from the event, please visit In the Spotlight some of the traits that you would see in our website. We are excited to introduce, a seasoned officer and we could not be Lt. Jeremias Garcia. Cadet more pleased. All in all, it was a great Garcia is a Senior at Gateway night and a great semester! High School in San Francisco. On December 5th, SFPAL hosted the He hopes to pursue a career annual Cadet Holiday Party at the Scot- in Public Service and wants were treated to a day of ice skating. They tish Rite. It was a way for the Cadets and to give back to the community, which got the opportunity to hit the ice with their families to take a breath during he has demonstrated throughout 2018 members of the San Francisco Police their busy finals schedules and have a by being one of the top 5 volunteers of Department, and display their skills. delicious meal with their friends and the year. He demonstrates leadership Santa also took time from his busy families. It was also a way for SFPAL to in many of our sims and puts forth the holiday schedule to stop by and take say Thank You to all of them for their effort and hard work consistently. For pictures with the group. The kids and hard work and commitment to the com- these and many more reasons, Cadet their families were treated to a delicious munity of San Francisco throughout Jeremias Garcia is our PAL Shooting Star lunch and a t-shirt. It was a great day 2018. We recognized Lt. Jeremias Gar- for the month of December. filled with laughter and joy! The day cia as one of the top 5 Cadets in hours On December 21st, SFPAL partnered would not have been possible if not for volunteered throughout the year. Cadet with Boston Properties and hosted the continued support of Boston Proper- Garcia also stood out during our traffic the 3rd annual Winter Wonderland ties and CBF Electric. Thank you for a stop sims as he conducted himself in a presented by Boston Properties and wonderful event! For more pictures of professional and mature manner; he im- CBF Electric. The event was held at the the event, please visit our website. pressed all of us. He showed a cool and Embarcadero Ice Rink. The event was a calm demeanor during these stressful huge success, topping last year’s event On December 19th, our Jiu Jitsu Upcoming Events sims. Keep up the Good Work! which was tough to do. Much Thanks program held a promotional night at On April 13th, 2019 SFPAL will be On December 6th, SFPAL spent the to Chief Scott and members of his Com- the Academy. 45 students came out and celebrating it’s 60th Anniversary in the mand Staff for taking time from their form of Hall of Fame Gala Dinner. For busy schedules to greet the kids. PAL more information about the event, ticket President Commander Dan Perea was or sponsorship information, please visit on hand to ensure a good time was had our website. by all. Kids from all over San Francisco January 2019 POA Journal Page 27 Sports Nick’s Notes By Nick Shihadeh, Journal Sports Editor SFPD Seals Baseball CHECK IT OUT: Take a look at the pic of the baseball Seals “fall ball” team with this column provided by manager Mark Obrochta. He wanted to let people know that they finished with a record of 6-wins/4-losses in the Bay Area Men’s Senior Baseball League. The ball club will start up again in next year’s spring league and they’re hoping to do better. I wish them luck… The Seals Softball Team Check out the pic of the tournament softball Seals team that competed in a It’s a short column this month because SFPD Baseball Club Fall League Team: Back Row, Glenn “Slumdog” Ortega, Manny one day “toys for tots” tourney in Man- of too much Christmas cheer on my “Manolo” Serrano, Mitch “Mitchalob” Rowan, Denis “Doc” O’Connor, Mike “Monty” teca (Big League Dreams) on Friday, part….Stay well and safe this New Year, Montero. Front Row, Kevin “Zook” Suzuki (F.O.P.), Mark “OB” Obrochta, Niko “Toy December 14th. The team was coming and So See Ya next month…….. Cannon” Hawes, Edgar “Puppet” Gonzales, Kevin “Sully” O’Sullivan (Local 6). off of an impressive tournament in the November “food drive” event (Friday, November 16th also in Manteca) where they went 6-0 and won the B Bracket. Well, they carried on their success by going 5-0 in this tourney and and ended up winning the A Bracket. 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L-R: Jennifer Dudoroff on Quinn, Bob Byrne on Sheldon, Susan Rolovich on Dewey, Zoyee, Michael Popoff, Layla. 145 Law Enforcement Officer Fatalities Nationwide in 2018 Overall fatalities increased 12 percent with firearms-related fatalities the leading cause of officer deaths this year Washington, DC — The number of serving warrants and two officers were The number of officer deaths from declared National Law Enforcement law enforcement professionals nation- killed while handling or transporting other causes also rose in 2018. Forty- Officers Memorial Fund CEO Craig W. wide who died in the line of duty in prisoners. Two officers were inadver- two officers died of causes other than Floyd. “Sadly this reminds us that public 2018 increased over the previous year tently shot by other law enforcement firearms- or traffic-related incidents, safety is a dangerous job and can come according to the National Law En- personnel. One officer was killed while a 14 percent increase over the 37 who at a very steep price. We must never take forcement Officers Memorial Fund, a responding to a burglary; one was killed died in 2017. Job-related illnesses such as the service and sacrifice of law enforce- nonprofit group that has long tracked during a tactical situation and one was heart attacks or strokes were the cause ment officers for granted, and we must officer fatalities. killed while responding to a call for an of 18 officer deaths, a 17 percent increase remember the families of the fallen who The Memorial Fund announced in armed suicidal suspect. over the 21 who died in 2017. Of those 42 are left behind.” its 2018 Preliminary End-of-Year Law Handguns were the leading type of deaths, 15 officers died due to cancers There are currently 21,541 names Enforcement Fatalities Report that 145 firearm used against law enforcement in related to search and recovery efforts of officers killed in the line of duty federal, state, local, tribal and territorial 2018. Of the 53 officer fatalities, 31 officers after the attack on the World Trade Cen- inscribed on the National Law Enforce- officers died in the line of duty over were shot and killed with a handgun; ters on September 11, 2001. Four officers ment Officers Memorial in Washington, the past year, representing a 12 percent four were disarmed and shot with their drowned. three were beaten to death DC, dating back to the first known death increase over the 129 officers who died own duty weapons. and two officers were struck by a train. in 1791. The deadliest year on record for in the line of duty in 2017. Traffic-related fatalities increased Texas, Florida, California, and New law enforcement was 1930 when 307 law Firearms-related fatalities claimed the nine percent from 2017 with 50 officer York had the highest number of officer enforcement officers were killed in the lives of 53 officers in 2018, a 13 percent deaths. Of those, 32 officers were killed fatalities with 11 each. North Carolina line of duty. The last time officer fatali- increase compared to the 46 officers in crashes. Fourteen officers were struck had seven deaths; South Carolina, Geor- ties dipped below 100 for a single year killed in firearms-related incidents in while outside of their vehicle, a 56 per- gia, and Indiana each had five. Two ter- was 1944. 2017. Of the 53 officer deaths, 14 occurred cent increase over the nine officers struck ritorial officers and nine federal officers The statistics released are based on while officers were attempting to place and killed in 2017. Four officers were also died in 2018. Fourteen states and preliminary data compiled by the Na- an individual under arrest. Eight officers killed in motorcycle crashes. the District of Columbia did not lose an tional Law Enforcement Officers Memo- were killed while conducting an inves- Of the 32 vehicle crashes, 16 were sin- officer in 2018. rial Fund and do not represent a final tigative activity. Six officers were killed gle-vehicle crashes, a 14 percent increase Of the 2018 fallen officers, 135 were or complete list of individual officers responding to domestic disturbance and over the previous year when 14 officers male and 10 were female. The average who will be added to the National Law public disturbance calls, each totaling 12. died in single-vehicle crashes. Seven of age was 41 years with an average length Enforcement Officers Memorial in 2019. Five officers were ambushed in 2018, a 50 those single-vehicle crashes involved of- of 12 years of service. For a complete copy of the preliminary percent decrease over 2017. Five officers ficers who were responding to a call for “The rising number of law enforce- 2018 Law Enforcement Fatalities Report, were shot and killed conducting traffic service or as backup to another officer at ment officer deaths in 2018 is disap- go to: www.LawMemorial.org/Fatali- stops. Two officers were killed while the time of the crash. pointing news after a decline in 2017,” tiesReport.