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September 9, 2012
65th Annual Police/Fire Memorial Mass
Sponsored by The San Francisco Fire Department and The San Francisco Police Department   Father John Greene S.F.F.D. Celebrant All members and their families are invited to attend. Sunday, September 9, 2012 10:30 a.m. Read More
Sunday, July 01, 2012
Close Encounters
The woman who coordinated events at the POA Office for the past 34 years, who took care of your insurance needs, who prepared informational bulletins, worked on campaigns, and was the confidante to 5 different Association Presidents has ‘left the building’.  And, yes, that individual would be Yvonne Huey.   Read More
Sunday, July 01, 2012
Counsel's Corner - July 2012
This first column begins with a tribute to my friend John Tennant.  San Francisco Police Officers’ Association has been served, for the past five+ years, by a giant in the field of California public sector labor law.  John, a classmate of our current president at law school, could have worked in any field of law, and for any law firm he wished. Read More
Sunday, July 01, 2012
Police-Fire Post 456 News
“A hero is no braver than an ordinary man, but he is braver five minutes longer” - Ralph Waldo Emerson Read More
Sunday, July 01, 2012
What Time is it? I Think My Watch is Running Fast…
Is it that time already? That sure went fast… Read More
Friday, June 01, 2012
Police-Fire Post 456 News
“All great things are simple, and many can be expressed in single words: freedom, justice, honor, duty, mercy, hope.” - Winston Churchill   Read More
Friday, June 01, 2012
Chief's Corner
May is always an exciting month because it is the last month of the school year or, looking at it another way, the month before summer. This May was “something” in San Francisco and for the SFPD. Read More
Friday, June 01, 2012
Close Encounters
It’s been pretty much a common theme throughout Chief Greg Suhr’s column in The Journal that conducting yourself as a professional in all of your contacts with the public definitely makes a difference. Read More
Friday, June 01, 2012
This & That…
Hey folks, can you believe summer is already here? Is time flying by or what? Soon, the youngsters will be out of school and we’ll be on our ways hither and yon to vacations. I hope everyone has a really great summer and that great times are had by all. Please remember…Safety First! Read More
Friday, June 01, 2012
Around The Department
By Al Casciato …Academy Classes and the Budget: Read More
Friday, June 01, 2012
Trip to Harvard Shows We Are on Right Path
Treasurer Marty Halloran and I recently traveled back to the Boston/Cambridge area where we had been invited to participate in another round of meetings and seminars with the fifty largest law enforcement unions in the US and Canada. Read More
June 5, 2012
SFPOA ENDORSEMENTS FOR JUNE 5, 2012
NO on Proposition “A” (Recology Referendum) NO on Proposition “B” (Coit Tower) DCCC ENDORSEMENTS DISTRICT 17 Read More
Tuesday, May 01, 2012
Officer Jon C. Cook Scholarship Cocktail Reception
Jon C. Cook Scholarship Cocktail Reception Read More
Tuesday, May 01, 2012
IN MEMORIUM SFPD K-9 "Pitt" Star #39
  July 1, 2002 - April 7, 2012   Read More
Tuesday, May 01, 2012
Lions Club International Honors SFPD Officers
On Saturday, April 7th, 2012, the San Francisco Coordinating Council of Lions Clubs, held its 49th Annual Peace Officers, Firefighters and Sheriffs Awards Banquet. During this event, twelve of San Francisco Police Department’s finest were honored for their dedication to duty and service to their respective police districts with honor and distinction. Read More
Tuesday, May 01, 2012
Counsel's Corner - May 2012
Moving Onward, Moving Forward Of all the dispatches to the SFPOA membership I have written over the years, this is the single toughest. It’s because after much reflection and consideration, I have decided to leave my current vocation as a union labor lawyer and embark on a new course in what I hope to be the second half of my life and career. Read More
Tuesday, May 01, 2012
Close Encounters
On Tuesday, March 27, 2012, there was a surprise retirement luncheon for Captain Henry Parra at Patio Espanol. The place was packed with those who had served with Henry during his 34-year career with the San Francisco Police Department and many others who simply admired his leadership style. Read More
Tuesday, May 01, 2012
Chief's Corner
On April 27, 2011, I was sworn in as the 42nd Chief of the San Francisco Police Department. Can it be that a year has gone by already? A look at the calendar shows that it is May 2012, so I guess so. Read More
Tuesday, May 01, 2012
Ask Mike…the Retirees’ Corner
LONG TERM CARE INSURANCE Q. Mike, I am a married, retired member – age 60. I am considering purchasing long term care. What is your recommendation? Read More