Mark your calendars for the following meetings and events by the POA and its friends and supporters. All dates and times are subject to last minute changes, so always contact the event coordinator to confirm dates and times. If you have an event you would like posted on our calendar, contact the editor at journal@sfpoa.org. Download the calendar.
By Martin Halloran, President
This has been a trying year for police officers and communities across the country as incidents in Ferguson, Mo., New York, Baltimore, Texas and elsewhere have sparked national debate about police conduct. We have had our own struggles in San Francisco, where I publicly condemned seven San Francisco police officers involved in a text messaging scandal. It is easy, however, to make broad generalizations about policing but more challenging to appreciate the difficult situations our officers face daily.
By Martin Halloran, President
The San Francisco Police Officers Association I SFPOA offers its deepest condolences to the family and friends of Hayward Police Sergeant Scott Lunger. He was senselessly gunned down during a traffic stop on July 22, 2015. He was just 48, and a 15-year veteran of the Hayward PD. He leaves a wife and two daughters. Contact the Hayward Police Officers Association for donation information at 510-293-7207.
July 17th, 2015 -- SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - The union representing San Francisco sheriff's deputies has filed a complaint against the Sheriff's Department in the wake of a shooting that sparked debate over illegal immigration, the San Francisco Chronicle reported on Friday.
The newspaper said the San Francisco Deputy Sheriffs' Association connected the apparently random shooting of Kathryn Steinle, 32, by Juan Francisco Lopez-Sanchez to a department policy to block information about inmates from federal immigration authorities.
It has been over a month now since the tragic, senseless, and preventable murder on Pier 14 of the young and innocent Kate Steinle. The POA took a position on this early on, before anyone else, and I stand by what I said. For that, I have received a number of hate emails and voice messages labeling me as a racist and the POA has an anti immigration organization. That is simply not the case; so let's talk about the facts.
July 1, 2024
