October 1959 - San Francisco Police Officers Association

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SAN FRANCISCO OLI Official Publication of the San Francisco Police Officers' Association OFFICERS SAN FRANCISCO POLICE OFFICERS' ASSOCIATION President ---- ----------------- ------------------- Sal Weiner st Vice Pres - ---------------------------- Robert McKee 2nd Vice Pres- --------------------- Raymond White Treasurer ----------------------------------------John Burke Secretary --------------------------------Peter Gardner Sgt. at Arms -- --------------------- Robert O'Brien DIRECTORS Co. A --------------------------------------------Peter Serna Co. B ----------------- ---- ----------- George Holmberg Co. C ------------ ----------------- --- Nicholas Galousin Co. D --------------------------------------Charles Korelec Co. E ----------------------------------------Waldo Reesink Co. F - ----------- ------- -- ----- ------ Anthony Rodriguez Co. G --------- ----------------------------------- Ernie Raabe Co. H -------------- -------------------------- John Farnham Co. I -- --- ---------------- ----- Eugene Messerschrnidt Co. K (Fixed Post) --------------------Mario Polo M/C ----------------------------------------Thomas Combis APB -- ---------- Emmett Cooney - John Mackey City Prison ----------------- --------- ------ Oscar Tiboni Bureau of Imp - ---------------- -------- Gerald Flynn Juvenile Bureau ----------------Lawrence Lawson Headquarters ----------------------------Joseph Green Academy--------- - -------------------------------- Ted Dolan Range ----- ----------- -------------------------- Frank Parenti Warrant Bureau ------------------------Libert Myers Published the tenth of every month in the City of San Francisco, California, by the San Francisco Police Officers' Association in the interest of improved law enforcement among all San Francisco police officers. PUBLICATION OFFICE 990 Geary Street, Phone PRospect 6-7240 San Francisco 9, California Peter C. Gardner----------------------Editor Marcus Griffin----------------------Publisher George Bohot---------- Business Manager and Managing Editor ASSOCIATION EDITORIAL COM- MITTEE: Peter C. Gardner, chairman. Members: Thomas E. McDonald, Mario Amorosa, Richard Patten, Nicholas Galansin, James J. Diggins, Edward V. Comber. ASSOCIATION BUSINESS COM- MITTEE: Ted Dolan, chairman. Members: Carlton Vogelsang, Sol Weiner. NEWS COVERAGE: San Francisco Police Officers' Association, San Francisco Police Credit Union, San Francisco's Police reserves, retired police, veteran police, police specials, San Francisco Sheriff's department, Peace Officers Research Association of California, National Conference of Police Associations, California law enforcement agencies. OFFICIAL PUBLICATION: The San Francisco Police magazine, combined with the San Francisco Policeman, is the only publication endorsed by the San Francisco Police Officers' Association and the San Francisco Police Credit Union. Magazine profits are paid into the treasury of the San Francisco Police Officers' Association and are used for maintaining Association activities and in promoting better law enforcement. ASSOCIATION OFFICE: Officer Peter C. Gardner, secretary. 683 Miramar Ave., Phone JUniper 5-5055, San Francisco 12, California. MEMBER National Conference of Police Asse ciations, Washington, D.C. Peace Officers Research Association of California (PORAC). San Francisco Chamber of Commerce. OFFICERS WIDOWS' AND ORPHANS' AID ASSOCIATION President --------------------------------Michael Buckley Vice Pres - -------------- ---------------- --James Diggins Treasurer ------- ---------- ---------- -------- -Gerald Flynn Financial Secretary ----------------Owen Fogarty Rec. Secty - ------------- ---- ------- Thomas Fitzpatrick Trustees Michael Barling Robert McKee Bernard Becker Daniel Murphy John Dolan I DIRECTORS, DEPARTMENT WELFARE FUND Chairman------------------------James J. McGovern Donald Scott John Burke Louis Lang Robert McKee Raymond Freeman Willis Casey Ted Terlau Peter Serna Alan Rosenbaum SAN FRANCISCO POLICE CREDIT UNION The official pubJcation of the SF Police Credit Union Park Station - HE 1-1856 Hours: 10 am. - 3 p.m. 5:30 p.m. - 9:30 p.m. Tuesdays. close 8 p.m. Closed Sat., Sun. & Holidays STAFF Harry C. Valdes p irso -- ------ ----- -- --- ------ Treasurer James Diggins ------ - ------- --------- -Assf Treasurer David Roche ---------------------------- Asst Treasurer Elliott Blackstone - ---- - -------- - -- -------- ----------- Clerk Andy Valenti - ----- ----------------------- --------------- Clerk BOARD OF DIRECTORS Louis Barberini --------- ------- ------------------ President William Hamlet - -------------------- ---Vice President Edward Comber ------- ---------- ----------------- Director Harry Valdespino ----------------------------Treasurer Louis Lang -------------------------- -- ------------- -Director James McGovern -- --- -- -------- ----------------Director Canton Vogelsang ------------------------------Director NEXT MEETING TUESDAY, -NOV. 17th IJOVRE HAIL 18th and Guerrero 8:00 P.M. Be there! 2 SAN FRANCISCO POLICE
Minutes of the Police Association meeting The meeting was called to order by First Vice President McKee, who substituted for vacationing President Sol Weiner, at 8:20 P.M. Roll Call of Officers: Pres. Weiner (E): 1st V. Pres. McKee (P); 2nd V. Pres. White (E); Treas. Burke (P); Secty. Gardner (P); Sgt.-at-Arms O'Brien (P); Directors: Co. "A" Serna (P); Co. "B" Holmberg (A); Co. "C" Galousin (P); Co. "D" Korelec (A); Co. "E" Reesink (P); Co. "F" Cole (P): So. "G" Raabe (P); Co. "H" Farnham (A-); Co. "I" Mcsserschmidt (A); M/C Combis (A), Fixed Post Pola (A); APB Cooney (P); City Prison Tiboni (A); Juvenile Lawson (A) ; Bureau of Insp. Flynn (P) ; Headquarters Green (P); Academy Dolan (P); Warrant Bureau Myers (P). (A) Absent (E) Excused (P) Present. Reading of the minutes of the last meeting waived. Committee Reports Treasurer's Report rendered. M/S That the bills he paid. Passed. Communications: All relative to OASI (See Legislative Committee Report). (The meeting was based on the report of the Board of Directors which was read and acted on item by item.) Publications Committtee (Gardner) Reported protests over political ads in our magazine. M/S that we accept political advertising. Tabled. Blood Bank Committee (Vogelsang) 257 units of blood on hand. The recruit class now at the Academy donated 31 pints. It is hoped that in the near future donors and those who go to donate but are refused will be able to get blood without paying the $8.50 service charge. OASI Not Wanted Legislative Committee (Dolan) The status of Social Security for policemen: The National Association of Manufacturers, Chambers of Commerce and organizations similar to these want to eliminate local and state retirement systems. In California AB1969 will bring us under OASI if we vote for it. It was due to the action of the Sacramento County Sheriff's office that this bill was carried. The audience being packed with their people and when the chairman of the committee called for comments only the pros were heard. A OCTOBER, 1959 Congressman from Sacramento submitted HR213 which was a House Bill that would remove policemen's exclusion from OASI. When this bill went to the Senate, Senator Kuchel proposed the amendment to include California policemen. AB1960 and HR213 both passed. OASI Stuck New York Cops New York has it as full supplementation. They tried to get out and were told that it would take them seven years to do it. Their state constitution guarantees their right to belong to a local system but Governor Rockefeller has proposed a change in that law. OASI is bad for policemen because you must work to 65 and there are no disability provisions, t h e r e f o r e you either have to die or reach 65 to get any benefits. We should oppose it because it is too expensive for what we would get out of it and the fact that there are no disability provisions. National Conference of Police Associations (Dolan) 70 delegates were at the meeting in Houston. This meeting was disrupted by the passage of HR213. 12,000 new members bringing the total to 168,000. Robert Allen of San Antonio, Texas was elected President. A full report will be given as soon as the minutes are received. The NCPA has asked for an additonal $50.00 from each member association. M/S that $50.00 he sent to the NCPA. Passed. Annual Conference P.O.R.A.C. (Galousin) The meeting of the Bay Area Chapter was held in Stockton. Attending were Assemblyman Biddick and State Senator Short who explained the structure of committees in the state legislature. The committees which affects law enforcement the most is the Judiciary Committee. The Criminal Law is one sub-committee and the Civil Law the other. Extremists and radicals serve on the criminal so the laws are sometimes hard to explain. The Annual Conference of P.O.R.A.C. was held in Berkeley October 13 through 16 at the Claremont Hotel. The Bay Area Chapter underwrote the cost of the conference and all were asked to attend at least one session. Board of Directors recommended that we underwrite the expenses of our delegates. M/S that We concur with the Board and appropriate $250.00. Passed. Christmas Party No individually wrapped presents, just a show and a small stocking with a small toy and some candy for each child. Sergeant-at- Arms O'Brien appointed chairman. Two-Man Cars Favored Two-Man Cars----The Board of Directors went on record as being in favor of two-man cars. This subject has been broached to the Administration. They are also in favor and the problem is being studied. Retirement Committee (Dolan)--- Committee needs more money to operate. M/S that an additional $100.00 per month be made available to the Retirement Committee for expenses. Passed. Co-ordinating Council S. F. Police and Fire. Fluctuating retirement temporarily shelved. Next June the Council wants to back the retired people and in November all city employees will go for the fluctuating retirement together with survivors benefits. New Business: M/S that we pursue the idea of entering into a gum ball machine program to get revenue for the P.A.L. and report back to the Association. Passed. Director Harold Cole submitted his resignation as Director of Co. F and (Continued on Page 4) On our cover . The two cover pix span more than 50 years of "bike" service by motorcycle officers of the SFPD. San Francisco's first police motorcycle is shown at the top (taken prior to about 1913) and was recently found in an album of the McKevitt family. Doing the honors in the top pie is Officer Edward J. McKevitt, San Francisco's first motorcycle officer. Officer McKevitt has three sons in the Department: Inspector Edward J . , Jr., Sergeant Merritt, and Patrolman Dick (on disability retirement). The bottom photo, showing Officer Carl Decker, was taken some half-acentury later. (The new car was loaned for the pix by Sales Manager Don S. McIntire, Jr., Cadillac Motors, 1000 Van Ness.)
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