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Monday, August 01, 2011
This and That
Confidence… Read More
Monday, August 01, 2011
You Did the Right Thing
I want to thank the membership for their overwhelming yes votes to ratify the contract re-opener. You exhibited common sense and good judgment in approving a plan that secures our raises while at the same time assuring we will suffer no layoffs in the foreseeable future. Read More
Wednesday, June 01, 2011
Just Who We Needed
I first met Greg Suhr in 1981 while we were both working midnights in the Central District. I walked the 41 beat in the Tenderloin, while Suhr and his partner, Dan Toomey, worked the One Car in the same area. It was apparent from the beginning that young Officer Suhr had a tremendous career ahead of him. He did his job, didn't complain, and went about his business. Read More
Wednesday, June 01, 2011
Close Encounters
By Steve Johnson Read More
Wednesday, June 01, 2011
San Francisco Police-Fire Post 456
by Greg Corrales Read More
Wednesday, June 01, 2011
A Tale of Two Cities – SF Shows the Way on Pension Reform; SJ Goes Nuclear
The contrast is remarkable: In San Francisco, Mayor Edwin Lee sits down and actually negotiates with his City’s labor unions over a ballot measure amending the City Charter to help get rising pension costs under control. Read More
Wednesday, June 01, 2011
Guardians of the City
by Liane Corrales PROCLAMTION Read More
Wednesday, June 01, 2011
This and That
The Eagles soar… Read More
June 3, 2011
SFPOA Mourns Loss of Firefighters Killed In Line Of Duty
The men and women of the San Francisco Police Officers Association extend sympathy and condolences to the families and friends of Firefighters Vincent Perez and Anthony Valerio. Both men succumbed to injuries suffered while battling a fierce blaze in the Diamond Heights neighborhood on June 2, 2011. Read More
Sunday, May 01, 2011
Nick's Notes
Department Softball in Full Swing Read More
Sunday, May 01, 2011
Police-Fire Post 456 News
By Greg Corrales “To persevere, trusting in what hopes he has, is courage in a man. The coward despairs.”  - Euripides, Heracles, 422 BC Read More
Sunday, May 01, 2011
So, You’d Like a Roll in our “Sweet Clover?” Well, First Raise Your Right Hand…
Other than notorious bandits like Bernie Madoff and a handful of other Wall Street criminals, the fact remains that the real perpetrators of the US economic meltdown remain at-large, sitting on a beach in some tax-sheltered Shangri-la like the Cayman Islands.  Meanwhile, local and national politicians and the pot-stirring media have successfully vilified public employees and their unions.  Ther Read More
Sunday, May 01, 2011
Close Encounters
By Steve Johnson Read More
Thursday, May 05, 2011
Counsel's Corner - May 2011
Because of the demands of negotiations in both San Francisco and San Jose  -- aimed as they are, in part, at “pension reform,” a euphemism if ever there was one – I find myself unable this month to write a piece of the quality that I believe the reader deserves.  Therefore, I offer in its place a re-print of a an article I wrote a couple of years back that should prove interesting given the cur Read More
Sunday, May 01, 2011
Congratulations, Chief Suhr
On behalf of the men and women of the San Francisco Police Officers Association, I congratulate Greg Suhr on his recent appointment to Chief of Police. Although there are many other experienced individuals among our ranks who are qualified to lead this fine department, I feel that Greg Suhr is the best fit for this time and these circumstances. Read More
April 27, 2011
106 San Jose cops get layoff notices
By Sean Webby and John Woolfolk swebby@mercurynews.com After months of nervous anticipation, 106 San Jose police officers are getting notices this week that they may be laid off as the reality of the city's dire financial picture cast a gloom over police headquarters and City Hall. Read More
April 27, 2011
The Deferred Retirement Option Program (DROP) is up for review
The Deferred Retirement Option Program (DROP) is up for review by the members of the SF Board of Supervisors. The Board will be looking at an actuarial report to decide whether/not the DROP Program is cost efficient. While the initial actuarial data is not encouraging we believe that a very good case can be made to continue the program. Read More
Friday, April 01, 2011
FALEO’s 1st Annual Birco Scholarship & Tuvera Fellowship Awards Dinner
By Jurnation Reymundo On Friday, March 18, 2011, The Filipino-American Law Enforcement Officers Association (FALEO) held its 1st Annual Nick-Tomasito Birco Scholarship & Bryan Tuvera Fellowship Awards Dinner at the Marriott Hotel in San Mateo, California. Read More