October 1959 - San Francisco Police Officers Association

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.)