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EVENTS - ACTION
Rafael, Greggy, Ann and Rick
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First Annual Officer Jane
Warner Picnic
June 6, 2010, Dolores
Park (The Castro)
District 8 supervisor
candidate Rafael Mandlemann
(pictured left side of
picture with Ann, Glen Park,
and Greggy, one of the
sponsors) stopped by the
wonderful picnic to remember
Officer Jane Warner who
passed on May 8. Rafael
spent some time discussing
the nature of crime in the
Castro, and the lack of
local alcohol-free social
venues. Candidate Scott
Weiner paid his regards
earlier in the event.
Castro
Community on Patrol
sponsored the event. Their
Executive Director Damian
Ochoa and Officer Jane's
long-time friend Emanuelle,
add Jane's hat and remember
Jane beside her poster. Rick
Choy, former consultant to
the Special Neighborhood
Policing group of officers,
signs the
Patrol Special's Letter of
Support. |
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Damian watches
Emanuelle hangs
Jane's hat on
memorial poster |
Rafael, Ann
and Greggy |
Rick signs
Letter of Support at
Memorial
Picnic for Officer Warner |
Please view other actions and events
you may take in San Francisco to support and learn about
safety and the Patrol Special Police:
http://www.sfspecialneighborhoodpolicing.org/call_to_action.html
LETTER OF SUPPORT FOR COMMENDATION
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Please
write a letter of support to Capt. Anna
Brown, Central District SFPD, for a Medal
of Valor to be awarded to Patrol Special
Police Officer Robert Burns for performance
on Feb. 7, 2010.
Steering Committee members Ann
Grogan and Ken King discuss
safety
concerns with Rebecca Prozan, candidate
for Glen Park Supervisor 2010, Jan. 30
at Cafe Bello
Please take this online
survey to help Ms. Prozan understand our priorities in Glen Park.
View all
candidates as of March, 2010.
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SAFETY AWARENESS/SELF DEFENSE CLASS
Level One Basic.
View new photo gallery. Our safety class
was
supported by Supervisor Dufty, and
mentioned on the 12:30 am news, NBC Channel
3, February 18, 2010. If you missed our
class, you may participate in others across
the city (one scheduled on
April 13 at 2 pm at the Metropolitan
Community Church on Eureka Street) |
 On March 7, 2010, 12 people met at St. John's
School to discuss safety awareness and self
defense in a class led by black-belt martial
arts instructor
Ken
Craig and his four assistants. Ken
founded the non-profit Triangle Martial Arts
Association and offers seminars throughout the
city, plus the organization has groups in other
cities and countries as well. See,
www.TriangleMAA.org. Students first learned
about other safety options such as NERT
(emergency) training by the Fire Dept. and SAFE
home watches, then heard three SFPD officers
discuss crime patterns in Ingleside and other
safety techniques. Officer Cal and Ann discussed
how the Patrol Special program supplements the
SFPD which is facing a serious budget shortfall
this year and will be cutting back SFPD officers
or hours. The group seeks to expand Officer
Cal's hours this year to 2 pm so that he is on
patrol when school children get out.
Supervisor candidate Rafael Mandlemann attended
the class to observe and learn about our
concerns.
Instructor Ken then spent 2 hours discussing
safety strategies, techniques, legal implements,
and mindset (stay tuned for a summary of what we
learned). He concluded class with a very useful
practice of various simple techniques for
avoiding a confrontation, or if not possible,
how to escape or implement simple strike-back
techniques. Ken stressed that the goal is to
evade and avoid attack, that legally, no more
force can be used than is necessary to do just
that, and that there are no guarantees of any
outcome no matter what decision you make..
 Every
person has to think through in advance of going
out of their home, where and how they are going
then choose the safest alternative in advance of
a confrontation. We also need to think through
now, how we will respond and what we are willing
to give up and do in order to protect ourselves.
He stressed that everyone deserves to protect
themselves, even as they would protect their
children or parents from attack. It was clear
that psychological preparation, as well as
physical readiness and alertness, are the
foundational elements of effective self defense.
GPsafetyprogram@gmail.com
Click here to see the
picture gallery.
WALKALONG WITH OFFICERS CAL OR JIM
(ongoing) - Please let us know if you wish to
schedule a walkalong with our officer, to see how
the Village reacts, what streets are patrolled, what
incidents happen and what service is offered. You
may also call Officer Cal to schedule the date and
time: (415) 794-6343.
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