October 2020

SB 731 (police officer certification) was a horrible bill. There are no ifs, ands or buts about it. It was deeply flawed, written in private and the bill’s author, State Senator Steven Bradford, attempted to ram it through the Legislature at the last minute without taking a single suggestion from either the Governor or any law enforcement professionals. Horrible bill, horrible process.

Mentally challenged individuals who live in San Francisco have a hard enough time without being played as pawns by the SF Police Commission.

Members of the Commission are trying to figure out how they can arbitrarily dump 20,000 extra calls for service made by people in crisis every year to some other agency other than the SFPD.

There can hardly be an objection to doing so from the Department since it frees up officers to handle the issues they’ve been trained to deal with.

The pandemic has made a mockery of any sense of what a “normal” routine is. During this time people are trying to find all sorts of ways to handle stress. Some meditate, some workout, some play music, others cook. I find going to the dump to be a great way to relieve stress and to handle the negativity that has been thrown towards our chosen profession. I do not wear my heart on my sleeve, and some would say I’m stoic.