San Francisco Police Officers Association

The San Francisco Police Officers Association (SFPOA) is the largest police trade union representing the San Francisco Police Department, with around 2,200 members as of 2016.[1] It was founded in 1946[2] and by the late 1980s had around 1,750 members, amounting to the majority of San Francisco police officers.[3]

Advocacy history

On February 12, 2006, the head of the San Francisco Police Officers Association said that Mayor Gavin Newsom showed "a complete and total lack of respect for the rank and file" in his response to a San Francisco Chronicle series examining San Francisco officers' use of force.[4] In October 2006, the vice president of the San Francisco Police Officers Association, Kevin Martin, was issued a restraining order from Susan Leff, an attorney for San Francisco's police watchdog agency.[5] Both assemblywoman Fiona Ma and Mayor Gavin Newsom been endorsed by the San Francisco Police Officers Association in part due to their opposition to legislation that would increase Californians' access to police disciplinary records by rolling back a 2006 California Supreme Court ruling.[6]

In 2016, the SFPOA hired political communications expert Nathan Ballard for what was described as a "counterattack" against police reform attempts following the controversial killing of Mario Woods by officers and concerns about racism in the city's police department.[7][8][9] The union's campaign against reform proponent George Gascón was criticized for using exaggerated crime figures, and Ballard acknowledged having misread the rates.[7]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Reform panel: SF police union's misinformation campaign continues". The San Francisco Examiner. Retrieved 2016-04-10.
  2. ↑ Eterovich, Adam S. (2000). Croatians in California, 1849-1999. Ragusan Press. p. 274.
  3. ↑ Waste, Robert J. (1989). The Ecology of City Policymaking. Oxford University Press. p. 43.
  4. ↑ Bulwa, Demian (2006-02-13). "Police union president takes Newsom to task". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved 2009-03-14.
  5. ↑ Sward, Susan (2006-10-18). "Restraining order issued for police union VP". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved 2009-03-14.
  6. ↑ Sward, Susan (2007-07-27). "Police stifle bill on discipline hearings access". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved 2009-03-14.
  7. 1 2 Ho, Vivian (2016-03-24). "Amid push for S.F. police reform, union escalates counterattack". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved 2016-04-10.
  8. ↑ http://www.sfexaminer.com/poa-hires-crisis-manager-improve-temper-tantrums/
  9. ↑ http://www.sfexaminer.com/sf-police-union-claims-gascon-made-disparaging-remarks/

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