To: All Members
From: Martin Halloran
As we enter into the fifth month of negotiations with the Department of Human Resources (DHR), it has become increasingly evident to the POA negotiating team, that the city is either not taking these proceedings seriously or it is steering bargaining towards an inevitable date with an arbitrator. The POA has been bargaining in good faith but DHR has offered, so far, nothing but fiscal takeaways or restrictions on your workplace rights. The POA had hoped that these negotiations could set us forward on a path to recruiting and retaining the best and the brightest candidates. Based on the direction that DHR is taking, that doesn’t appear to be the case.
In an ongoing effort to bring important issues to light with the community that we protect, this month’s POA paid Public Service Announcement addresses these issues. The POA will continue to bargain in good faith with DHR but without some drastic changes by the City then we will not be able to reach an agreement. Sadly, the public will suffer with officers leaving the department in higher numbers and with fewer applications to join the SFPD.
