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March 1, 2011
Local Community policing in San Francisco could be more defined by legislation
Community policing is often thrown around as a political buzzword, but it could soon become a clearly defined city law.  Read More
March 3, 2011
Diversity, better relations among desires for next SF police chief
Dozens of people from the LGBT and other communities gathered last week to tell the San Francisco Police Commission what they want to see in the city's next police chief. Read More
March 3, 2011
Police union now supporting civilian investigators
The San Francisco Police Department may not be hiring officers any time soon, but new personnel still will be joining  The City’s 10 district stations. Read More
March 4, 2011
SF police respond to Mission gang violence surge
Police beefed up enforcement in San Francisco's Mission District on Thursday in response to a burst of stabbings and shootings that investigators blame on the long-running rivalry between the Norteños and Sureños street gangs. Read More
March 7, 2011
San Francisco's stalled sit-lie law waiting on the printer
The latest cause for pause in enforcement of The City’s controversial sit-lie ordinance? The print shop. “The entire department has been trained up on policies and procedures,” involving enforcement of the new ordinance, which prohibits sitting or lying on public sidewalks, police Chief Jeff Godown said Sunday. “We’re just waiting for the cards to come back from the printer.” Read More
March 10, 2011
Battle erupts about sitting on sidewalks on Haight Street
Four months after voters approved the sit-lie ordinance, San Franciscans still await police enforcement. So some Haight Street merchants have taken matters into their own hands, which is working but provoking a backlash. Read More
Tuesday, March 01, 2011
SFPD/POA Welcome Two New Chaplains
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. Read More
Tuesday, March 01, 2011
Gone Way Too Soon: The Passing of Lance Heivilin
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 B Read More
Tuesday, February 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 2:03 p.m. Read More
Tuesday, March 01, 2011
Police-Fire Post 456 News
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. Read More
Tuesday, March 01, 2011
A Message from the Sergeant-at-Arms
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. Read More
Tuesday, March 01, 2011
State Appellate Court Rejects Orange County’s Challenge to Retirement Benefit Enhancements for Current Employees
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. Read More
Tuesday, March 01, 2011
Helping Our Own
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 Read More
Tuesday, March 01, 2011
First results from ongoing survey of officers who survive wounds
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. Read More
Tuesday, March 01, 2011
Long Term Investing- Brilliant Deduction: Tax Preparation Tips for Police Officers
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 Read More
Tuesday, March 01, 2011
Collective Bargaining Changes: What’s Going On Outside Of Wisconsin
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: Read More
Tuesday, March 01, 2011
Selecting a New Chief; A Matter of Perspective
In my 32 years with the SFPD, I have seen no fewer than14 Chief’s of Police come and go. Some have been good, some have been fair, and some have been outright terrible. During that time, I have witnessed three chief’s who came to us from outside the department. The first two were failures who were supposed to implement change in an “out of control” police department. Read More
February 11, 2011
Police plan OKd to avoid crises with mentally ill
As many as 25 percent of San Francisco's police officers will become part of a specially trained crisis intervention team under a plan designed to dial back potentially dangerous situations involving the mentally ill. Read More
February 10, 2011
Public invited to meetings on police chief search
Residents of San Francisco's west side will have a chance to talk about the qualities they want to see in a new police chief during a special meeting at 6 p.m. today at the United Irish Cultural Center, 2700 45th Ave. Read More
February 9, 2011
SF police to review procedures on mentally ill
A wave of police shootings involving mentally disturbed suspects has prompted the city's Police Commission to look at new ways of training San Francisco's 2,200 officers. Read More