The San Francisco Police Department and the San Francisco Police Officers Association are very proud to announce the addition of two new Police Chaplains who will be serving the members of the SFPD and their families.
In a Hall of Justice ceremony on January 25, 2011, Assistant Chief Thomas Shawyer swore in Reverend Pastor Staci Current. Pastor Staci will serve as a full time Chaplain.
On Friday, January 28, 2011, the San Francisco Police Department lost a civilian member that, unfortunately, most of our members never had the honor of meeting but have been or will be touched by his vision of the BRICC, the Bay Area Regional Information and Crime Center.
The monthly meeting of the Widows and Orphans Aid Association was held in Room 150 at the Hall of Justice. President Matt Gardner called the meeting to order at 2:03 p.m.
Roll Call of Officers: President Matt Gardner, Vice-President Mark McDonough, Trustees Bob Mattox, Al Luenow, John Centurioni, Treasurer Dean Taylor, Secretary Joe Reilly were present, also present: former Treasurer John Fewer; Trustees Harold Vance and Bill Gay were excused.
By Greg Corrales
"All I asked for was to be given a warrior's death"
Staff Sergeant Clay Treska, who after twelve years in the Marine Corps was diagnosed with terminal cancer, and given five months to live. He battled the disease and is now an Ironman triathlete.
Let Me Introduce Myself
By Joe Valdez
First, I would like to thank Steve Landi, Larry Chan, Troy Carrasco and Dave Brandt. It was an honor to stand with you guys; you will always be friends of mine.
In a closely watched case, the Court of Appeal for California’s Second Appellate District rejected in late January a legal challenge brought by Orange County against the County’s own retirement board regarding the “3% at 50” benefit. Orange County had claimed that the past service portion of the 3% at 50 formula (i.e., applying the enhanced benefit formula to past years of service already worked by current employees) violated California’s Constitution.
The following members of our law enforcement family need our help:
Frankie Shouldice
Frankie is the 12-year old son of Inspector Ronan Shouldice of CSI. Frankie is battling leukemia.
A “Friends of Frankie Shouldice” account has been established at the SFPCU #1373520 – MartyHalloran
Force Science® News
Chuck Remsberg
Editor-in-Chief
Forwarded to the Journal by Michael Nevin
The first small sample of "near-miss" reports about officers who survived potentially fatal injuries has been reviewed by the VALOR Project--with some surprises emerging.
Death and taxes are inevitable. – Haliburton
The art of taxation consists in so plucking the goose as to obtain the largest amount of feathers with the least possible amount of hissing. – J.R. Colbert
Should a Police Officer seek the help of a professional tax preparer, especially one who is familiar with filing tax returns on behalf of law enforcement personnel?
By Will Aitchison
While most of the focus at present is on the proposed changes in Wisconsin's public employee collective bargaining laws, not as much attention is being paid to what is going on elsewhere around the country. What follows is a brief summary of some of the proposals that would restrict public employee collective bargaining rights:
May 1, 2024
