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Friday, April 01, 2011
ASK MIKE…THE RETIREES’ CORNER
By Mike HebelPOA Welfare Officer BASIC COLA APPROVED FOR 2011-2012 Q.  Mike, in a recent issue of the POA Journal you wrote that the Retirement Board would determine, at its March meeting, if a basic 2% cola would be paid for fiscal year 2011-2012.  What happened? Read More
Friday, April 01, 2011
Organized Labor at the Brink
Almost a quarter of a century ago, in the fall of 1987 on a rainy Saturday afternoon in Cambridge, Massachusetts, I sat in a law school classroom as part of a symposium put on by the Harvard Labor Law Project.  The subject was the state of labor law in the U.S. Read More
Friday, April 01, 2011
Police-Fire Post 456 News
By Greg Corrales Read More
Friday, April 01, 2011
Honoring our Dispatchers
During the week of April 10 – 16, 2011, the Department of Emergency Management will be honoring the very dispatchers we work with on a daily basis. Read More
Tuesday, March 08, 2011
Widows' and Orphans' Aid Association
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 1:47 p.m. Roll Call of Officers: Read More
Friday, April 01, 2011
This & That…
Here we go… Read More
Friday, April 01, 2011
Nick's Notes
By Nick Shihadeh,Journal Sports Editor  Northern Station is the Department B-Ball Champion Read More
Friday, April 01, 2011
Close Encounters
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March 24, 2011
Police in Henry Hotel bust deserve day in court
by By Gary Delagnes, featured on SFGate.com Read More
February 13, 2011
Sit/lie ban at a standstill while police work on enforcement plan
Keep on sitting. Keep on lying. The ban on the behavior on public sidewalks citywide - approved by voters in November's election - has been temporarily delayed because of a lag in the police department's ability to get enforcement up and running. Read More
February 14, 2011
Training continues for SFPD before full rollout of sit-lie ordinance
The City’s controversial sit-lie ordinance remains unenforced, but the Police Department hopes to finish training for officers and unveil a public education campaign in the next “couple of weeks,” interim police Chief Jeff Godown said Sunday. Read More
February 16, 2011
SF police describe teen's killer
San Francisco police released a sketch Tuesday of a man wanted for questioning in the stabbing death of a 16-year-old boy in the city's Ingleside neighborhood. The victim, Victor Zheng, and a friend were walking on the 500 block of Holloway Avenue about 10:45 p.m. Feb. 7 when a man walked up to Zheng and punched him numerous times without provocation, police said. Read More
February 18, 2011
Police staffing expected to shrink
The San Francisco Police Department's $470 million 2011-12 budget will pay for a lot fewer officers next year. Because of the city's budget woes, no police academy classes are scheduled for next year, so instead of the 1,861 sworn officers who worked for the department in July, retirements and resignations are expected to drop that to 1,745 by June 2012. Read More
February 17, 2011
Police Commission to Vote on Taser Plan
San Francisco police may get the OK to study and pilot the use of stun guns The San Francisco Police Department may be one step closer to getting Tasers. A recent spate of officer-involved shootings of mentally ill people has reignited the divisive debate over these controversial weapons, which have never been used by the department. Read More
February 19, 2011
Budget toll on SFPD could top 500 officers
Friday's Chronicle brought us the news that as many as 185 police officers may leave the force due to budget considerations. It turns out that was nothing. Try a loss of more than 500 officers. Read More
February 18, 2011
While Pension Group Cancels Meeting, Lee Invites Adachi In Again
Mayor's willingness to include public defender in pension reform discussions is politically tricky Read More
February 22, 2011
Police Taser debate to resume in S.F.
Everybody has an opinion about Tasers. And when the Police Commission once again opens discussion on Wednesday night, we're probably going to hear plenty of them - loudly. Angela Chan is new to the commission, but she's already tired of the rhetoric. Read More
February 25, 2011
SFPD commander David Lazar cleared in tutoring allegation
An internal city investigation has cleared a San Francisco police commander of wrongdoing following accusations that he helped tutor other officers for a promotional examination he then helped to create and grade. Read More
February 28, 2011
Tasers may not be only option of non-lethal weapons for San Francisco police
The Police Department might finally equip its officers with Tasers, but one major obstacle still exists: The police chief has to prove it is the best option available. The Police Commission voted 6-1 last week to allow the department to study the use of Tasers. But the commission wants the SFPD to look into other so-called less-lethal alternatives. Read More
February 28, 2011
S.F. police chief: Citizens question candidates
San Francisco's next police chief should be someone of often contradictory talents, according to local residents who presented their wish lists to police commissioners at a series of meetings. Read More