SFPOA

The woman appeared to be unconscious, passed out on a bench near the 900 block of Market Street while a suspect was sexually assaulting her.

Numerous calls were received by Dispatch of what was occurring and Officer Nathan Lim and his partner, Officer Sean Neary responded (along with numerous other Southern police units) and located the victim. They requested immediate medical assistance to evaluate the woman who was still unresponsive. The suspect had already fled the scene.

This one speaks for itself . . .

“I am writing to commend Officer Mohammed Azam for his swift actions and life-saving efforts.”

Hard to believe that at the time of this writing the officers of the SFPD have not been fully vaccinated . . . Something’s wrong there.

Everyone else is sheltering in place while the officers of the SFPD remain exposed to the deadly virus.

What kind of message is City Hall sending to those police officers who put their lives on the line every day?

It sure reads loud and clear that the needs of the officers are not going to be given a priority worthy of the sacrifice they make every day

Sad. 

We can finally close out the year 2020 — one of the deadliest for law enforcement according to the Officer Down Memorial Page. We lost a total of 326 law enforcement officers, 70 alone to the Covid 19 virus. The second highest cause of death was gunfire that killed 50. And the average age of those officers killed was 49 with, approximately, 18 years on patrol.

Just another day at the office . . .

It’s amazing how many great things the members of the SFPD accomplish each and every day. For instance:

The woman caller to the SF Airport Police Administrative Office was in tears recalling her experience while visiting The City several months ago. But these were actually tears of endearment.

The robbery with a gun took place in the Bayview District and, unknown to the perpetrators, the entire episode, including a clear read of the suspect vehicle’s license plate, was captured on a surveillance system located nearby. The footage was discovered by Officer Tay Liong and Officer Curran Gong after an extensive search of the nearby properties.

The officers placed a felony want on the vehicle and the very next day members of the Oakland Police Department located and pursued the vehicle ending up apprehending the car’s driver for felony evasion and outstanding warrants.

Mentally challenged individuals who live in San Francisco have a hard enough time without being played as pawns by the SF Police Commission.

Members of the Commission are trying to figure out how they can arbitrarily dump 20,000 extra calls for service made by people in crisis every year to some other agency other than the SFPD.

There can hardly be an objection to doing so from the Department since it frees up officers to handle the issues they’ve been trained to deal with.

Rumor has it there may be a break-through in moving the Medal of Valor presentations up to this September.

And why not.

There’s absolutely no reason the candidates recommended for their bravery in the line of duty should have to wait years to be recognized. And the longer the Department delays, the longer the list will grow – for example:

Police officers assigned to the Tenderloin Task Force (TTF) know there is no such thing as a routine day in their district. Take, for instance, the incident Officer Leonard Poggio experienced while patrolling TTF territory at 7:30 a.m. when a pick-up truck went racing by him on Turk Street going about 50 mph with a woman in the bed of the truck screaming for help. Officer Poggio initiated a pursuit until the driver of the truck got caught up in traffic. Once that happened the driver of the truck had nowhere to go and Officer Poggio and posse were able detain him.

There are a number of SFPD officers who have been nominated for medals of valor and have been waiting patiently for the process to take its course. It all begins with a recommendation from their Commanding Officer submitted by memorandum through channels to the SF Police Commission. The Commission then later schedules a hearing date when the matter can be discussed in front of a panel of captains and, based on the facts of the incident, the officers can be awarded several different grades of recognition, the highest being a gold medal.