October 1959 - San Francisco Police Officers Association

Vehicle code - continued
quired to maintain the posted minimum
speed.
Sec. 21451 - - Pedestrians. New law
requires pedestrians to wait on curbs of
signal controlled intersections until all
cars within the intersections have
cleared.
Sec. 21460—Highway Lanes. After
September 28, 1959, motorists may see
solid yellow dividing lines in place of
the old white ones. Under a new law
either color is permissible. Laws regulating
passing or driving to the left of
these lines remain the same.
"Raking" Now Limited
Sec. 24008 - Custom Cars. New
section prohibits operation of any passenger
vehicle modified from its original
design so that any portion of such
vehicle has less clearance from the roadway
surface than the lowest portion of
the rim of any wheel in contact with
the roadway. (In hot-rodder terminology,
this lowering of a car is known as
raking.")
Sec. 12512 - Teen Age Drivers.
Persons under sixteen (16) years of
age, who have completed high school
courses in driver training, will no
longer qualify for a driver's license.
The age limit for obtaining a driver's
license has been revised to sixteen
(16) for everyone, regardless of
previous driver education or training.
Sec. 23120—Eye Glasses. New section
prohibits the operation of a motor
vehicle by any person wearing glasses
having a temple width of one-half (1/2)
inch or more, if any part of such temple
extends below the horizontal center
of the lens so as to interfere with lateral
vision.
ALPHA STORES
Complete Line of Groceries, Meats and
Vegetables - Liquor
960 COLE STREET
LOmbard 4-8910
FULTON FOOD SHOP
Groceries - Delicatessen
Wines and Liquors
1801 FULTON STREET
EVergreen 6-9790 San Francisco, Calif
Re-Elect . . DR. CHARLES A.
ERTOLA
SUPERVISOR
INCUMBENT
(Paid Pol. Ad)
By DICK PATTEN
Your closest friend in the radio car
is Mike. Look at him, he can save your
life. This thought should make you
give as much regard to this instrument
as you would your own life or the life
of your closest buddy.
You have seen the microphone almost
every day of your life, but have you
had a formal introduction? If you have,
let me renew your acquaintance. If not,
let me introduce you.
Mike and Little Mike
There are two microphones in most
radio cars. For the sake of introduction,
let me refer to them as Mike and
his brother, Little Mike. Mike, the most
frequently used, is the one on the left
and Little Mike is the one on the right.
Mike and his brother have between
them a control panel which has a power
switch, volume knob, P.A. switch,
channel switch and two indicator lights.
Important Uses
Mike is used for all radio transmissions
while Little Mike is used for the
Loudspeaker P.A. System. In order to
use Mike correctly, the transmitter
switch must be depressed, but care must
be used in the depression and releasing
of this switch as it has been known to
stick in the depressed position, thereby
making every word uttered in the radio
car a matter of common knowledge. As
well as being embarrassing to the parties
involved, this also clutters the air and
makes transmission by other cars impossible.
The Power Switch:
The power switch is the toggle switch
on the left side of the control panel
and is used to put power into the set.
When the switch is in the up position,
the set is on.
The Squelch Knob:
The squelch is used in order to clear
interference and should be operated in
the following manner. Turn the knob
all the way to the right, wait for static,
when the static comes through loud
and clear, turn the knob to the left only
as far as is necessary to cut out the
Elect
TOM GOSLAND
Your Supervisor
- Will Devote Full Time to Job -
(Paid political ado.)
How Mike and Little
tatic. Do not turn the knob all the way
to the left as your best reception is had
by just turning the knob until the
static clears. If the knob is turned all
the way to the left the receiver sensitively
is cut down.
Channel Selector Switch:
The radio car is equipped with two
channels, i.e.
Channel 1—the switch is placed in
the up position. This is the regular
channel and is used for all regular police
patrol car transmissions.
Channel 2: The switch is placed in
the down position. This is the emergency
channel. Channel 2 should only
be used in the necessity of immediate
response by headquarters or in the
event that headquarters should direct
you to switch to this channel.
The P.A. Switch
The normal position for this switch
is in the center. To broadcast over the
P.A. the switch is placed in the up
position. You will receive normal transmissions
and will be able to broadcast
by using Little Mike, the one on the
right.
Benefit basketball
game set for PAL
On Friday, November 20, the newest
entry into the National Industrial
League, the A. J. Lefferdink "Investors"
will play their first game for the
benefit of the Police Athletic League.
Phe game will be played against the
Kirby Shoe Company of Los Angeles
at the USF gym. The Investors are
coached by Jim Walsh, a San Francisco
standout, who starred for Stanford and
later the Phillips Oilers. Jim Walsh's
brother, Tom, is a policeman assigned
to the Accident Bureau.
These teams are made up of former
college stars. Both teams play a brand
of ball that has become more and more
popular all over the country. The tickets
will be $1.50 on a general admission
basis. They will be on sale at Roos-Atkins
and most of the regular box offices
as well as available through the P.A.L.
There will be no general ticket sale
as there is with the ball tickets but it is
hoped that the nature of the benefit
will put all policemen behind the affair
and make it the success that it deserves
to be.
SAN FRANCISCO POLICE