President's Message Archive

Wednesday, May 01, 2013
Well, That’s It, Folks...
It's been an incredible 35 years for me. Actually it's been an incredible 59 years. To have the...
Monday, April 01, 2013
A Stand Alone, and Stand-Up Guy
When Kevin Martin retired in November, I immediately asked Marty Halloran to assume the role of...
Friday, February 01, 2013
Old Trench-Fighter Returns to the Fray
Paul Chignell Accepts POA Staff Position When Steve Johnson decided to retire just weeks after...
Tuesday, January 01, 2013
It’s 2013 – Your Time, and Your Turn, is Now
2012 saw the retirements of key individuals from the POA. I also will retire this year. The...
Thursday, November 01, 2012
Kevin Martin is Moving On? Say it Ain’t So…
It is rare when words escape me, when everything you want to say seems inadequate and falls short...
Monday, October 01, 2012
Brian Stansbury Wins Election to Retirement Board
Dedicated campaigner rises to the challenge Let me begin with a hearty congratulations to POA...
Friday, September 21, 2012
Supervisor Eric Mar Disrespects Slain Police Sergeant
In the summer of 1971, Sergeant John V. Young was senselessly gunned down at the public service...
Wednesday, August 01, 2012
We are Republicans with Democratic Needs
Police officers are unlike any other union members in the country. Unlike most blue-collar workers...
Sunday, July 01, 2012
What Time is it? I Think My Watch is Running Fast…
Is it that time already? That sure went fast… A discussion I have had with scores of members over...
Friday, June 01, 2012
Trip to Harvard Shows We Are on Right Path
Treasurer Marty Halloran and I recently traveled back to the Boston/Cambridge area where we had...
Tuesday, May 01, 2012
John Tennant Moves On
When I took over as president of the POA in March of 2004, I needed to fill several vital positions...
Sunday, April 01, 2012
Passing the Baton; the Most Critical Part of the Race
During the last POA general election, I was dismayed by a numerical realization. In the initial...
Thursday, March 01, 2012
Not Just Drumbeating; Personnel Crisis is Real
For quite some time, I have been warning the Mayor’s office, the Board of Supervisors, and the...
Sunday, January 01, 2012
2011 Wasn’t so bad; 2012 Could be a Challenge
2011 was an eventful year to say the least. Our objectives at the beginning of the year were to...
Thursday, December 01, 2011
They Have Our Unqualified Support
It would be easy to sit back and gloat over our trouncing of Jeff Adachi in the November election,...
Tuesday, November 01, 2011
Let Me Say That Another Way…
At the October 19th POA Board of Directors meeting, I used some regrettable language when referring...
Saturday, October 01, 2011
November Election Will Impact SFPD - Members Need to Get Involved
While the November election features several key races including Mayor and District Attorney, the...
Thursday, September 01, 2011
Key Political Endorsements Decided by Board of Directors
At a specially scheduled Emergency Board Meeting on Wednesday, August 24, 2011, the POA Board of...
Monday, August 01, 2011
You Did the Right Thing
I want to thank the membership for their overwhelming yes votes to ratify the contract re-opener....
Wednesday, June 01, 2011
Just Who We Needed
I first met Greg Suhr in 1981 while we were both working midnights in the Central District. I...
Sunday, May 01, 2011
So, You’d Like a Roll in our “Sweet Clover?” Well, First Raise Your Right Hand…
Other than notorious bandits like Bernie Madoff and a handful of other Wall Street criminals, the...
Sunday, May 01, 2011
Congratulations, Chief Suhr
On behalf of the men and women of the San Francisco Police Officers Association, I congratulate...
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...
Tuesday, February 01, 2011
Thank you for the opportunity
Dear Members, First of all, regardless of whom you voted for, thank you for logging on and...
Monday, January 10, 2011
POA President focused on process of hiring new Chief
I was taken by complete surprise to learn that George Gascon accepted the interim position of...
Wednesday, December 01, 2010
Proposition B: The Battle’s Won, but not the War*
(*Corporate Billionaires vs. Ordinary Public Employees) In an unprecedented joint effort between...
Monday, November 01, 2010
Police Suicide: It’s Time We Talk About It
There is little point in avoiding the serious conversation surrounding the three recent suicides...
Monday, October 04, 2010
It's Election Season
It's that time of the year again, and the San Francisco Police Officers Association has met with...
Friday, October 01, 2010
Dear Mr. Brown,
Dear Mr. Brown, It came as a great disappointment to those of us in public sector labor and safety...
Wednesday, September 01, 2010
Jeff Adachi: Reformer, or Fat-Cat Front Man?
Over my 20 years of involvement in the POA, I have definitely met my share of quirky and agenda-...
Sunday, August 01, 2010
POA General Counsel John Tennant’s excellent article on contract re-negotiation...
This month, I asked Editor Ray Shine to run POA General Counsel John Tennant's excellent article on...
Friday, July 23, 2010
Concessions Letter
Dear Members: Two issues in the recently ratified "concession" vote involved a misunderstanding...
Tuesday, June 01, 2010
Brady Ruling Crafting New SFPD Policy
The recent attention given to the "Brady" decision and the subsequent grandstanding by San...
Saturday, May 01, 2010
A Call to the Table is not a Call for Service
The reality of life truly hit home on our recent trip to the annual Harvard-sponsored seminar on...
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