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Published Date: Monday, October 01, 2012“With or without a weapon, Marines are always armed.”Pentagon spokesman George Little, responding to media reports suggesting Marine security guards at the U.S....
View ArticleOctober is Breast Cancer Awareness Month.
Published Date: Monday, October 01, 2012By Sherie WongIngleside Station Everywhere you look everything is pink. Pink water bottles, pink t-shirts, pink ribbons. Merchants soliciting donations,...
View ArticleClose Encounters
Published Date: Monday, October 01, 2012We think it is safe to say that those individuals who comprise the criminal-element in San Francisco are, by far, a collection of the most...
View ArticleUniformed SFPD and Muni Transit Supervisors all “Ride the Same Bus”
Published Date: Monday, October 01, 2012Many parallels in duties and responsibilitiesTeamwork on the Street Benefits Police Officers, Transit Supervisors, and the PublicBy Ray Shine,Retired, Co. Kread...
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Chief's Corner
Published Date: Monday, October 01, 2012On September 11 we marked the 11th Anniversary of the attack on the Twin Towers in New York City where hundreds of police and firefighters made the ultimate...
View ArticleKevin Martin is Moving On? Say it Ain’t So…
Published Date: Thursday, November 01, 2012It is rare when words escape me, when everything you want to say seems inadequate and falls short of the mark. But, that is the very predicament in which I...
View Article“DESTINATION: SF”
Published Date: Thursday, November 01, 2012The Headline of the September 26 Examiner read:“DESTINATION: SF”Unprecedented series of events big and small to bring1 million people to The City next...
View ArticleASK MIKE…THE RETIREES’ CORNER
Published Date: Thursday, November 01, 2012RETIREMENT BOARD ELECTIONread more
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Published Date: Thursday, November 01, 2012“The American Legion is impressed with Congress today. Those who deliberately lie about military service, wear medals they did not earn or make claims of...
View ArticleThis & That…
Published Date: Thursday, November 01, 2012The Great American President and patriot Theodore Roosevelt, in an address in Sorbonne, France in 1910, delivered the following passage that resonates so...
View ArticleIt’s 2013 – Your Time, and Your Turn, is Now
Published Date: Tuesday, January 01, 20132012 saw the retirements of key individuals from the POA. I also will retire this year. The importance for younger members to become involved in this...
View ArticleClose Encounters - The Finale
Published Date: Tuesday, January 01, 2013A few weeks ago, I accompanied a young officer to an interview at the Office of Citizen Complaints. During our preparation, the officer noted that he couldn’t...
View ArticleCounsel's Corner - May 2012
Published Date: Tuesday, January 01, 2013Auld Lang SyneAt this time of year, the words of the old Scots poem, written by Robert Burns in the late 18th Century, and sung aplenty at New Years events...
View ArticleOfficer, Protect Thyself
Published Date: Tuesday, January 01, 2013By Martin HalloranSFPOA Vice PresidentI’m sure at one time or another most of us have heard that biblical proverb “Physician, heal thyself.” The phrase alludes...
View Article127 Law Enforcement Officers Killed Nationwide in 2012
Tuesday, January 01, 2013Officer fatalities declined 23 percent compared to 2011Washington, DC — Law enforcement officer fatalities nationwide decreased by 23 percent during 2012, with 127 federal,...
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Blood Drive Wednesday, February 27, 2013
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View ArticleOld Trench-Fighter Returns to the Fray
Published Date: Friday, February 01, 2013Paul Chignell Accepts POA Staff PositionWhen Steve Johnson decided to retire just weeks after Kevin Martin stepped away, I knew that losing these two great men...
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Published Date: Friday, February 01, 2013Has it really been 18 years between Super Bowls here in the City of Saint Francis? Hard to believe but our Forty Niners claimed their 5th Super Bowl victory...
View ArticleBook Review: CAN'T QUIT YOU, BABY
Published Date: Friday, February 01, 2013By Ellen DouglasReviewed by Dennis Bianchiread more
View ArticleBook Review: TENTH OF DECEMBER
Published Date: Friday, February 01, 2013By George SaundersReviewed by Dennis Bianchiread more
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