Volume 28 Issue 1 - Santa Ana Police Officers Association

VOLUME 28
NUM 1
JAN.-MAR.
2014
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Mik
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Rosie Reed, Chela Joseph
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Rodger Andrade
Chuck Elms
John Franks, President
Cra. Jeff Krutsinger
Ofc. Bill Sweet
David Angel
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Bo Her
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Chuck Elms
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John Franks, Chairman
Cpl. Bryan Atkinson
FSI Leonard Correa
Sgt. Matt Craig
CPL. Mike Gonzalez
CRA. Jeff Krutsinger
Ofc. Skip Lampman
Sgt. Gerry Serrano
Det. Robert Valdez
David Angel
MEMBER SERVICES ADVOCATE:
Ret. Sgt. Mark Strohman
EDIT
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EDITORS:
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Brian
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Sgt.-at-Arms
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Johnny
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Chuck Elms
Investigation
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Jose
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Patrol
Nelson
Menendez
Patrol
John Franks, POA President
Rosa Ponce de Leon
AFFILIA
TIONS
AFFILIATIONS
SAPOA maintains membership in the following organizations:
California Coalition of Law Enforcement
(C.C.L.E.A.)
Southern California Alliance of Law Enforcement
(S.C.A.L.E.)
Public Employees Staff Organization (P.E.S.O.)
California Peace Officers Memorial Foundation
(CPOMF)
Orange County Coalition of Police & Sheriffs
(O.C.C.o.p.s)
Fraternal Order of Police
(F.O.P.)
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EDITORIAL
1. Opinions expressed in this publication are not necessarily those of the Santa Ana
Police Officers Association or the Santa Ana Police Department.
2. We welcome and encourage articles and pictures about, or of interest to our
members.
3. Articles, photos, ideas, suggestions, letters to the editor and information may be
submitted to the editor at the SAPOA office, 1607 N. Sycamore, Santa Ana, CA 92701,
telephone: 836-1211
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address if non-member). All articles submitted must be signed, but upon request of
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available space, reflecting diversity of interest and points of view.
6. No responsibility is assumed for unsolicited materials.
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Nearly 50% of what
the Association does on
behalf the membership, is
provide medical, dental,
vision, long-term disability
and retiree health
benefits.
It’s obvious to everyone
that over the years our
membership’s insurance
costs have spiraled out of
control; but the good
news is we have finally
arrived at a point where
we have some individual
control over our future
costs. Starting with our
January 2015 renewal,
our health insurance
rates will be comprised of
two components, our
individual participation in
the CarePlus Wellness
Program and our group’s
loss-ratio. Loss ratio
basically refers to the
amount of money the
insurance company pays
out versus what they take
in. The breakdown will
consist
of
70%
dependent upon wellness
participation and 30%
upon our loss ratio. This
will be the first time ever
that our group has had
that kind of control over
our renewals.
As a reminder, you can
access the Wellness
programs two ways. You
can
log
onto
www.sapoabenfits.com
and select the wellness
program links or you can
log directly onto RedBrick
Health
at
www.redbrickhealth.com
.
I encourage all of
members to engage in
the programs offered.
The first step is to
complete the online
health assessment. The
assessment
is
a
“snapshot” of your
current health and
completion earns the
par ticipant a $75.00
incentive.
The
assessment is open to all
enrolled members (and
retirees) as well as their
covered spouses or
domestic partners. The
second component is the
biometric screening. This
is a simple health
screening that you can
complete
at
the
upcoming POA screening
in April or by visiting your
doctor and asking them
to complete the Redbrick
health form (PDF offered
online). This component
is only open to the
enrolled members, and
NOT spouses or domestic
partners. As with the
online assessment, you
will earn a $75.00
incentive
for
participating.
Last year in 2013,
48% of the active
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In this issue we get to
see a snapshot of how we
wrapped up 2013 and
experience what has been
a great kick-off for 2014.
Our generous members
outdid themselves once
again by organizing and
participating in various toy
drives as well as giving to
senior citizens at St.
Francis and our combat
veterans down in San
Diego.
This
year,
Mike
McCarthy made good on
his promise for more family
events among the 31
Family and hosted a Super
Bowl party with his family.
Many of our members
stopped by to hang out and
some who couldn’t hang out
still managed to drop off
treats for the gang to enjoy.
The Women’s Flag Football
team saw the largest
attendance ever with two
football matches to raise
funds for friend and
member of our extended
family, Andrew Tachias. At
the same time, attendance
to these fundraising events
by our Command staff is
the best I’ve seen at this
Department.
It is always a blessing to
experience the family
coming together for a
common interest. Recall
with me the JamFest we
had in March of last year,
which was one of my most
memorable experiences of
people from every part of
the Station who joined
hands to put on a fun show
for our friends and family.
My friend Otto was
gracious enough to write
about it for the Reliable
Source.
The band
members had never played
together and rose to the
occasion with only two
months to prepare.
Well, the music bug hit
everyone equally and we
decided this should be a
regular thing for the 31
Family, so we’re back in
2014. Every band member
is excited to perform for
you again this year. A few
of the guys already have a
set list prepared for the this
year’s event since they have
been jamming together
since the show. DJ Dom
has agreed to alternate
with the band for an all 31
event.
SAVE
THE
DATE:
Saturday, May 31st at
1800 hours we will gather
around the stage at the
POA once again.
This year the event will
include a dance floor and
banquet style tables for our
friends to mingle, relax, and
of course, dance the night
away. Vivian’s Cigar lounge
will be back by popular
demand and we will also
have food and adult
beverages available. We
accept any and all donations
for a raffle. All proceeds will
go toward our own Widows
and Orphans fund. We are
also thinking of doing a
show for Christmas, so we
will end the year in style.
There’s only one issue,
we need to name the band
and you can help! The band
is as diverse as the people
in it, and the idea is to
showcase
everyone’s
favorite music and talent
for your enjoyment. This
year you will even hear
some latin beats and some
Top 40 songs in the mix.
Send your suggestions to
[email protected].
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by Pastor Bob
One of the tasks of a
chaplain is to bring
encouragment to the
men and women in law
enforcement. The role of
an encourager however, is
not confined to the
chaplain, and can become
a part anyone’s life that
wants to make a
difference for the people
around
them.
Encouragers commit
themselves to giving
others encouragement
daily. Roman philosopher
Lucius Annaeus Seneca
obser ved, “Wherever
there is a human being,
there is an opportunity for
kindness.”
Encouragers know the
little difference that
separates hurting from
helping: Because you are
seen as a leader the little
things you do every day
have a greater impact on
others than you might
think. In thinking beyond
the job you hold the power
to make another person’s
life better or worse by the
things you do today. Those
closest to you – your
spouse,
children,
extended family and even
neighbors – are most
affected by what you say
or do. So are the people
you come into contact
with every day at work,
whether it is with your
fellow of ficers in the
station or out on patrol.
Because the men and
women
in
law
enforcement have to be
confronted with the
negative aspects of life, it
is all the more important
to counter balance that
with some positive. Like
darkness, the negative
tends to separate and
isolate as well as blind us
to seeing anything good.
Encouragement helps to
brighten our perspective
to see things in a more
balanced fashion.
Yes, you must be
strong to confront the
dark side of society. You
have been trained to
know how to take down
the bad, but don’t forget
that you also have the
power to recognize and
lift up the good in those
around you.
May God bless you and
keep you safe, Chaplain
Bob
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Hired Guns Joins Local Organizations for a Toy Drive
By Art Carranza
Our yearly Toy Drive in
collaboration with Helping
Hands Santa Ana, Sports
for all Children and Our
Union Local Laborers
Union 652 was a huge
success. The event was
held on December 21st,
2013 at the Laborers
Union hall on East
Chestnut in Santa Ana.
Hired Guns LEMC is an all
law
enforcement
motorcycle club with
several
chapters
throughout the United
States and Italy. Our
mother chapter is based
out of New Jersey.
Several Of ficers from
SAPD and the Jail are
members of Hired Guns
LEMC and were also
involved in this Toy Drive.
We have several
events throughout the
year that we host and
participate in, but our
yearly Toy Drive was put
together by our club to
identify and assist needy
families and at risk youth
during the holiday
seasons. Mayor Miguel
Pulido,
Councilman
Roman Reyna, and
County Recorder Hugh
Nguyen, attended our
event and gave a speech
commending our club
with regard to the
goodwill effor t toward
assisting the needy
families and children we
identified. We were able
to assist over 200
families and children with
various needs such as
clothing, food baskets,
gift certificates, and toys.
I would like to thank the
POA and Chief Rojas for
supporting this effort.
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By Kenney Aguilar
On Friday, 12/20/13,
the PAAL held its annual
Christmas Toy Drive and
Party for 185 PAAL
students. 98% of the
PAAL kids come from lowincome homes and, for
some,
the
PAAL
Christmas Party is the
only time a child will
receive a present for
Christmas. Volunteers
from Santa Ana College
hosted holiday-themed
games while students
from the Orange County
School of the Arts sang
Christmas carols. PAAL
Guitar Class instructor,
Manuel Ortega, also led a
guitar performance by
PAAL student musicians.
The event also served as
the EOW shift for Officer
Tom Serafin #1571 who
served as Director of the
PAAL since its inception
in June 2007. The PAAL
Staf f and students
presented Officer Tom
with a collage portrait
bearing all of their
signatures. Thank you to
all SAPD officers, civilian
employees and to the
POA for the support in
making this a special
Christmas at the PAAL.
Thank you Officer Tom
Serafin, enjoy your
retirement, and best of
luck in your new position
as Executive Director of
the Pythian Youth Camp.
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Our association sponsored Mrs. Mejia’s “last” 5th
grade class as she plans to retire at the end of this
school year. Det. Cpl. Michelle Miller assisted me
this year and she was a hit with the students. They
found so much enjoyment and encouragement from
her stories about her family and her journey as a law
enforcement officer. Thank you Michelle, you’re the
best. We provided the students with Quick Silver &
Roxy backpacks filled with toys, school & art supplies,
candy & personal items. As always, they were so
grateful for their gifts, especially their backpacks.
The girls went crazy over their “One Direction”
folders. The homemade food was great as always.
The students sang Christmas Carols for us and drew
pictures for our association. They also gave us an
album with their pictures and thank you letters. I
look forward to next year…Felix Navidad y Prospero
Ano Nuevo. The Pio Pico Holiday Party was held on
December 20, 2013.
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By Sandra Gatt
On December 20, 2013, the Santa
Ana Police Department provided a
Christmas celebration to the
seniors of St. Francis. Since 2005,
Santa Ana Police employees have
been opening their hearts to the
residents. Gifts are provided by
our employees and given to every
resident at the home. The success
of this event is due largely to the
department wide participation,
from the gifts that are purchased,
the dinner that is provided by our
POA, to the employees that come
celebrate with the seniors. This
year 67 seniors and 15 nuns were
given an unforgettable Christmas
celebration and as with the
previous years, it was a memorable
and fun-filled night for all.
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POA members now
have to ability to
purchase a 529 college
savings plan through
American Funds with no
up-front sales charge.
This charge in the past
could be as high as
5.75% on all new,
incoming investment
money. Because the POA
has decided to sponsor
this plan, members can
now purchase a college
savings plan without
paying this upfront fee. If
you have a current 529
plan elsewhere, there will
be no up front sales
charge if you choose to
roll it over into this new
plan.
A 529 plan is a taxadvantaged investment
vehicle to help the
intended ‘beneficiary’ pay
for the future expenses
associated with higher
education. The cost of
college can rise faster
than inflation! Inside a
529 plan, you can invest
in mutual funds and
bonds in hopes of growing
your investment over
time (remember when
your money is invested in
the market, it can also
decrease in value).
A 529 plan is meant to
pay for most expenses
associated with ‘higher
education’ such as an
undergraduate,
graduate, professional or
vocational
degree.
Qualified
expenses
include tuition, fees,
books, room and board,
laptops, supplies, and
many more.
The
beneficiary of the 529
plan can be anyone: your
children, grandchildren,
nieces, nephews, friends,
or even yourself!
529
plans
are
attractive to many
investors because they
are “tax-advantaged”,
meaning as long as the
money is used for higher
education expenses, the
investment gains are not
taxable.
When you
contribute to this plan,
you do so with after tax
dollars, the money grows
tax deferred and as long
as used correctly, you
may withdraw it for
qualified
education
expenses tax free! If your
beneficiary does not need
all of the money inside
their 529 plan you have
two options: You can
transfer the funds to
another beneficiary in
your family, or you can
cash it out. Important
note: If you cash it out for
purposes other than
higher education, you
could be subject to
income taxes on all gains
plus a 10% penalty (these
plans are meant for
college savings only).
In summary, if you are
looking for a way to invest
money for someone’s
college education, a 529
plan is a good way to go!
Now with the POA
sponsored plan, they are
even more attractive with
a zero up front sales
charge.
For more information
on the POA sponsored
529 plan through
American Funds, please
contact our Financial
Consultant:
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Samantha
Meredit
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Cur
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Curtin
@ (949)833-5840
Email:
[email protected].
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Every year, Mothers Against Drunk Driving (M.A.D.D) and the Office of Traffic Safety, honors police
officers throughout the state who make a noticeable difference in the communities they serve to
apprehend drunk drivers. MADD’s criteria for a Deuce award is for an officer to make 25 or more
arrests in a calendar year for DUI, DUI drugs, or any arrest involving minors drinking and driving. With
our various programs that are in place and our strong commitment to DUI enforcement, we have
several nominees for this year’s MADD Awards:
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Cpl. Bell – 59 Ar
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This year, MADD will be honoring these officers for their enforcement efforts at the City Council
meeting on April 1, 2014 at 1800 hours. Please take a moment to congratulate them for a job well
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4th Annual
Women
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On Saturday, January
25 th , the Santa Ana
Women Hogs Football
Team took to the gridiron
for the 4th consecutive year
to help support a worthy
cause. This year’s event
honored the sacrifice of
Riverside Police Of ficer
Andrew Tachias.
In
February of 2013, Andrew
was critically injured when
he was shot eight times
with a high powered rifle by
Christopher
Dorner.
Andrew’s Training Officer,
Michael Crain, was killed
during the incident. It is
nothing less than a miracle
that Andrew survived, and
we were privileged that he
and his fiancé were in
attendance on game day.
This year’s event drew
teams from the Riverside
Police Department, Orange
County
Sherif f’s
Depar tment, and the
Orange County Probation
Department, as well as
your Santa Ana Police
Department. In an added
twist this year, the matchups were not known until a
drawing held minutes prior
to the event.
We
apparently had scouting
issues last year. Yes, I said
scouting; these coaches
mean serious business
when it comes to women’s
flag football. The event
began with music by DJ
Dom,
the
always
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entertaining stylings of
John Corby with an assist
by Skip Lampman, team
introductions,
the
presentation of colors by
an
Honor
Guard
representing SAPD, OCSD,
and RPD, and the singing of
the national anthem.
Department heads and
representatives such as
our own Chief Rojas,
Deputy
Chief
Doug
McGeachy, Chief Probation
Officer Steve Sentman,
Riverside Police Chief
Sergio
Diaz,
and
Undersheriff John Scott
were in attendance
demonstrating
their
support.
The games kicked off
with a match-up between
the Orange County All
Stars and the Riverside
Pistols. Riverside brought
an outstanding team for
their first year out, and held
their own against the more
experienced All Stars. The
game was exciting with
several interceptions,
touchdowns, and a lot of
physicality. Ultimately, the
Pistols fell to the All Stars
with a final score of 14-6.
Between
games,
Andrew came onto the field
and was immediately
surrounded
by
his
Riverside
Team.
Representatives from all
four teams presented him
with an inscribed crystal
football memorializing the
event in his honor. Andrew
was truly moved by the
event and honored to be the
recipient of this year’s
fundraiser.
The second game
matched your Santa Ana
Hogs against Probation’s
Gridiron Girls. Probation
also brought a good team
for their first year playing,
but was no match for our
more experienced team,
fast
receivers
and
outstanding zone defense.
We had a pick-six, played
great defense by not
allowing them to put any
points on the board, and
ended the game with a 260 victory. GO HOGS! This
year’s Hogs were again
coached by Jim Schnabl and
Chuck Elms. The team
roster included Tammy
Franks, Sandy Gatt, Irene
Gomez, Elizabeth Granados,
Caprice Kirkpatrick, Maria
Orozco, Rosa Ponce de
Leon, Shannon Rackley,
Sonia Rojo and Carol
Salvatierra.
Every year I am
impressed with the pride
each team takes in
representing their agency.
These teams recruit
experienced coaches,
practice twice a week for
months just to play in one
game; and come game day,
play with everything they
have.
Every year we
attempt to emphasize the
larger importance of the
event beyond playing in a
football game. This year
that larger importance was
never more clear than when
Andrew walked onto the
field while still obviously
recovering from his injuries.
It was a recognition deeply
felt by every player and
coach present. Thank you
to everyone who purchased
tickets, made a donation, or
volunteered their time for
such a worthy cause. We
were able to raise over
$10,000.00 this year, and
enjoyed the largest crowd
to date.
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Onlyy a Cop
By Harry T. O’Reilly
I was at a cocktail
party
recently
in
Manhattan and my host,
in ef for ts to get
conversation
going
between people with
mutual
int erests,
introduced me to a shiny,
well-groomed young man
who had recently earned
his master’s degree in
criminal justice. When
he learned that I was a
retired cop who was now
teaching at John Jay
College, he remarked
that his father was a cop.
When I asked where his
father worked, he
replied, “Oh, you wouldn’t
know him. He never did
anything important. He’s
only a cop in the 32nd
Precinct.” My host saw
the look on my face and
before I could put my
drink down so both
hands could be free to
choke him, he whisked
the kid off to a neutral
corner to protect him,
rushed back, and begged
me to forget about it. I
couldn’t, so I’m writing
this column in the hope
this message will reach
that young man and so
many people like him who
are so quick to minimize
the role of the working
policeman in our society.
I’ve never worked in
the 32nd Precinct, and I
don’t personally know
any cops who do; but I’ve
visited there a few times,
much against my will,
when I was “flown” in to
supervise a detail of men
who were supplementing
the precinct’s manpower
during various crises
over the years, and I
know what it is like to
work there. I don’t know
that kid’s old man, but I do
know policemen, and I
know that whether your
beat is in New York City’s
Harlem district or in a
suburb of Los Angeles,
the natur e of the job
doesn’t vary that much.
The volume of activity may
be greater or less, and
the surroundings may
appear to be different,
but the dangers and the
problems and the
stresses
and
the
hear taches are very
much the same.
Listen closely, son, I’m
going to tell you about
your father.
Your
reference to him as “only
a cop” upset the hell out
of me, because “only a
cop” implies a sense of
failure or lack of
achievement because
he’s not a sergeant or
lieutenant or higher. How
many brothers and
sisters do you have? Did
grandpa die and leave you
a ton of money? If not,
are you aware of the
financial r ealities of
raising and educating a
family? Do you have any
idea of how difficult the
competition is to be
promoted
in
an
occupation where there
are limited vacancies and
oppor tunities
for
advancement? Are you
aware that if you have to
work a second, and
sometimes and third job
to make ends meet, that
maybe you are too weary
to study or to attend
promotion-tutorial
classes? Are you aware
that for many men, being
“only a cop” can be so
fulfilling that there may be
no desire to be
promoted?
Have you ever noticed
those green, white, and
blue bars over your
father’s shield? Have you
ever asked what they
represent? I can assure
you, he didn’t get them in
a Cracker Jacks box.
Each one of them
represents a superior
achievement in a job
where bravery, courage,
danger, and brilliant police
work are considered
routine. While the chiefs
and bosses were sitting in
headquarters sending
down orders to “use
restraint” and while the
sociologists were trying
to explain (if not to justify)
why people were rioting
and looting, he was more
concerned with staying
alive as boards, bricks
and rifle fire came down
from the roof tops.
Despite his own fears, he
was very careful as he
fired his revolver towards
the rooftop not to hit one
of the innocent, curious,
decent people who struck
their heads out of the
windows
of
the
apartments where they
had
barricaded
themselves in fear.
He never told you
about the time when half
a cinder block thrown by
a “social protester”
crashed through the roof
of the radio car, narrowly
missing his head as he
and his partner drove
along a side street on
patrol. He never told you
about the rats, the pissy
hallways, the fights or the
dead babies. You never
knew that when you were
a kid he wrestled with you
on the living room floor
while
the
Popeye
cartoons blared out of
the television set that a
few hours earlier he was
wrestling around on a
filthy sidewall; with
someone who was intent
on taking his pistol from
him and blowing his head
off.
You wonder why he
didn’t show too much
emotion when you cut
your hand playing ball and
had to get stitches.
Perhaps he has become
jaded to pain and
suffering. Perhaps he felt
that your hurt was small
in comparison to the
accident which he
handled the night before
where he saw brains
splattered across a
windshield and a severed
arm and smelled fiery
death. Perhaps you
should be proud and
grateful that after that he
still had enough feeling
left to kiss the boo-boo
and hug you and pat your
head, brief though the
moment of tenderness
may have been.
When you complained
of him “never being
home,” he was usually out
moonlighting to make the
extra money required to
pay off the house that he
couldn’t afford, but
bought anyway, in order
to get you away from the
old neighborhood when
he saw the violence and
crime increasing. When
you complained that he
“wasn’t there when you
needed him,” it wasn’t his
choice-he was out earning
the money to pay your
tuition while you whined
to your friends about how
he didn’t care about you
or understand you.
When he came home
from work after a hard
day and seemed a little
abrupt to you, you sulked
and felt abused and
unwanted. You didn’t
know that yet another
case had been thrown out
of court due to some legal
technicality after he
risked his ass making the
arrest; or that he had
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Regarding Dental HMO plan
We are in our second
year of our new CarePlus
Insurance program.
During the initial change,
we negotiated for an
improved dental HMO
plan
that
was
comprehensive
and
affordable. Precept did an
excellent job working with
Cigna and developed our
current DMO plan. You
are not alone in thinking
is this plan too good to be
true. The coverage is
extensive with virtually no
additional out of pocket
charges. Unfortunately,
some of our members
have had some difficulty in
getting plan dentists to
honor the specific details
of the plan. We have
worked with ProView who
has in-turn worked with
Cigna to address these
concerns. Cigna provided
the following response:
To all Cigna DHMO plan
participants:
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understand there has
been some concern about
the Cigna DHMO plan. We
appreciate your feedback
and have shared it with
your Cigna account
management team as
well as Cigna Provider
Relations. As you know,
the DHMO plan you are
on has no copays for
most services. This
means that you should
not be asked to pay out of
pocket at your dental
office for any services
unless the schedule
clearly states that the
service may incur
additional costs. Some
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rehabilitation for multiple
crowns, bridges and
prosthetic appliances over
a dental implant. This is a
fairly new plan that Cigna
offers and all DHMO
contracted providers are
being educated about the
plan on an ongoing basis. It
is suggested that you bring
your Patient Charge
Schedule with you to your
dental appointments and
share it with the dental
office staff if you are asked
to pay anything out of
pocket. The Schedule
should have been mailed to
your home when you first
enrolled in the plan. If you
need another copy, you can
download it from our
member
website
www.mycigna.com or on
the POA benefit website at
www.sapoabenefits.com. If
you are asked to pay
anything out of pocket that
is not listed in the schedule,
or if you have already paid
out of pocket for expenses
that you feel you shouldn’t
have, please contact
ProView at 1-888-6907518 or Cigna Customer
Service at 1-800-Cigna24
as soon as possible so they
can contact your dental
office. In addition, if your
provider has questions or
concerns about the plan,
please have them call Cigna
Provider Services at 1800-Cigna24.
We
apologize
for
any
inconvenience and hope
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membership participated
in the online assessment
and 44% participated in
the biometric screening.
Of the retirees who
participate in our group
insurance,
21%
participated in the online
assessment and 24%
participated in the
biometric screening.
Because our renewals
are dependent upon our
total participation, we will
mail the Redbrick health
form to the participating
retirees, who in turn can
have their own doctors
complete the easy tests
(blood pressure, blood
sugar, cholesterol). The
participation for the
actives seems low for last
year and that’s because
the spouse participation
was low. Our goal for the
2014
Health
Assessment is 75% and
70% for the Biometric
Screenings.
So there you have
it, if you are a twoparty or family
participant, you can
earn a minimum of
$225. There are also
additional wellness
options
available
including a healthy
rewards and activities,
Condition and Case
Management, and
Prenatal Programs.
Each of them offers
different levels of
financial incentives for
participating. Please
take the time to learn
more about these
programs by visiting
www.sapoabenefits.com.
If you have any
questions, you can
contact the POA at
(714) 836-1211 or
the SAPOA Benefits
Center at (888) 6907518.
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been hauled down to the
civilian complaint review
board again on some
unwarranted charge
because his accuser
knew that lodging
charges against the
officer can be helpful to
the defense in a criminal
prosecution; or that an
overzealous boss who
never worked in a combat
zone before was on his
back over some petty
rules infraction.
Maybe your pop is at
fault for not sharing his
job-related problems with
his family. Maybe we all
are. Maybe in our efforts
to protect our loved ones
from our frustrations and
pain,
we
fail
to
communicate to tell them
the very facts which
would help them to
understand our anger.
Perhaps you would have
understood if your father
was a “hollerer,” one of
those cops whose wife
always complains that he
“takes the job home with
him,” the guy who yells
and rants and gets it off
his chest and then goes
back the next day to do
the job again. Maybe your
pop needed that kind of
ventilation to void himself
of the frustration he felt,
and the humiliation and
painful criticism of his
work at the hands of the
self-styled “community
leaders,” who by their
visible and vocal presence
purport to represent a
community
whose
decent, hard-working
people do not share their
views of the police, but
who are more concerned
with day-to-day existence
and survival in a poverty
area than they are in
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politics or community
affairs.
When he came home
late for dinner with a few
drinks on his breath,
maybe he had to stop off
so that he could open his
heart about some painful
aspect of the job to
brother of ficers who
could understand what
he was saying, rather
than to inflict pain on
those of you who he
chose t o protect.
Perhaps
he
underes timated the
strength of you and your
mother, who might have
willingly shared the pain
and commiserated with
him; or perhaps it would
have been too much for
you to handle. Who
knows.
Your father has
listened to the stationhouse rhetoric for years.
He knows the old timers
who claim to have given
up, but who still fight you
to get up the stairs first
on a gun run; he knows
the young buffalos who
bitch beyond reasonable
bitching but still do the
job; and he knows the
angries, the men who
never seem to feel good
about
themselves
because of the seemingly
endless struggle against
an
unrealistic
bureaucracy
that
demands so much of
them and offers so little
in the way of reward or
compensation. After all
they are “only” cops.
Your father has sat in
the back room of the
precinct and listened to
the negative remarks and
ethnic slurs of his
colleagues which, to an
outside observer might
indicate a deep-rooted
hatred for the people of
the community. But he
tolerates the remarks,
not because he’s afraid
to take a stance, but
because he knows that
cop’s true feelings, and
that the same cop who is
doing the bad mouthing
would not hesitate for
one instant to crawl into
a burning tenement and
risk his life to save a child
of the same ethnic
minority which he was
defaming a few hours
before.
He has shared the joy
of birth - in fact, there are
kids walking around the
neighborhood bearing his
first name, just as you do
- because he delivered
their mothers of babies in
a taxicab or in an
overcrowded sweltering
tenement apartment. He
has smiled with his
people, and he has
grieved over the deaths,
the shameful waste of
precious life, which is
part of the life style of his
community.
He has stood in the
rain with tears streaming
down his face as they
buried yet another of his
brothers who was killed
in the line of duty. You
never heard about it, but
he lost a piece of himself
each time it happened,
and it happened far too
many times. Your “only a
cop” description tells me
that perhaps you think
your old man isn’t too
smart; yet he had the
wisdom to insulate you
from the hardships and
hurts of his life and to try
and raise you in an
atmosphere of normalcy
that was denied him for
at least eight hours a day
for the greater part of his
adult life.
Now son I’ll get off
your case. I can
understand your feelings,
and so can your old man,
believe it or not. I am not
looking to lay any guilt trip
on you. Maybe your
father didn’t talk to you
enough. Maybe you
weren’t listening. As the
song says, “There ain’t no
good guys and there ain’t
no bad guys.” But I’d like
you to take a step back
and take a good look at
your old man again.
You’re looking at a man
who has seen more of the
evil and negative side of
life than anyone else you
have ever known, and yet
he is still able to be sweet
and gentle when the time
is right to be soft. He is a
strong man, with a
strength born of surviving
a steady diet of painful
episodes, any one of
which might shatter a
lesser man. He has been
through the fire that can
destroy or purify, and he
has
emerged
as
tempered steel. Try
talking to him sometime
about the theory you have
learned on the way to
your master’s.
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Garyy K
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As a retired old geezer,
I find that certain cameos
persist in memory. And
oddly enough, many don’t
include a stressful
incident, a tremendous
case closure, or anything
grand. For me one such
cameo involves a fellow
rookie and another
cameo features the late
John Morrissey. In about
May of 1965, I was a far
less-than-stellar rookie
struggling to pass
probation
in
a
department widely known
for washing-out a high
percentage of incoming
trainees. A favorite
phrase of then Chief of
Police Edward Allen was,
“Be good or be gone.”
And to my young eyes,
this policy was being
carried out with gusto. To
illustrate: One morning
near the end of a
graveyard shift, I drove
past a fellow rookie, Bud
Schort, sitting in his unit
beside the road with his
head down. I stopped,
approached, and saw he
was sitting there crying.
He told me this was the
final
day
of
his
probationary year, and
the watch commander
had just told him he had
been “washed-out.” I was
amazed
that
management had waited
until the last day of his
probationary year to
make this decision. I was
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more amazed that he had
then been sent back out
into the field af ter
receiving this news. But
that was another era
under a different chief.
And I am told things
changed greatly after
Allen left.
Back
to
John
Morrissey. On a swing
shif t night sometime
after the above incident,
I made a pedestrian stop
on a WMA about 20-25
years, at Harbor and
McFadden. The stop was
going very well, with no
problems at all, when
John Morrissey drove by
and decided to stop and
support a new officer.
We greeted each other
and John stood by while I
finished the F.I. card and
sent the guy on his way.
Though we were not close
associates, I knew John
to be a well-regarded
veteran
officer.
Accor dingly, I felt
complimented that John
had stopped-by. We
chatted for a minute or
two and John left. I then
went 10-8.
About 15-20-minutes
later, Dispatch told me to
“10-19 W.C.” With no little
trepidation, I returned to
the Station and reported
to Lt. Garrison. He asked
how things were going.
Fine. He asked if I had just
made a ped check at
Harbor and McFadden.
Yes I had. He then told me
the guy I had stopped just
phoned the department
to report I had pushed
him against the side of
the unit, slammed the
fingers of one hand in the
door, and thrown him to
the ground. Interesting
charge since I was then
the
skinniest
and
gawkiest kid currently in
SAPD uniform—definitely
not
given
to
aggressiveness
or
equipped for same. At
any rate, with all the
calmness I could muster,
I told Garrison that
nothing of the sort had
occurred.
Keeping a “game face,”
Garrison he told me he
believed this because he
had already spoken with
John
Morrissey.
Morrissey reportedly told
Garrison that on his
arrival, (1) neither officer
nor
subject
was
breathing hard; (2) the
officer’s uniform was
clean and not disarrayed
from combat; and (3)
both officer and subject
were conversing in a
cordial and calm manner.
So there you have it. Had
not John Morrissey, with
all of his credibility, cared
enough to stop and back-
up a rookie, the subject’s
wild charges would have
likely been given some
credibility and I would
have been in difficulty.
Shortly thereafter, I had
an untimely exit from the
department due to an offduty fracas with a first
wife’s boyfriend — a novel
and
ill-advised
demonstration
of
aggressiveness. A few
years later, I was able to
start again in another
department and enjoy a
long, fulfilling career. And
I never forgot the lessons
learned one night long
ago at Harbor and
McFadden.
Other officers from
that era will doubtless
have
many
more
memories of John
Morrissey. And that is
good because it has been
said that a person is not
really dead so long as one
person still remembers
him. I and many others
will remember John.
Ken Tomlinson
SAPD
1971 – 1997
RIP
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By Mauricio Estrada
Eight years ago, Rick
Ashby approached me with
a question: what did I think
the chances were that we
could organize a successful
Christmas gif t drive for
service
members
recovering from combat
wounds at the Naval
Hospital in San Diego? I
told him that I was one
hundred and ten percent
certain that our brothers
and sisters at the Santa
Ana Police Department
would overwhelmingly
suppor t such a great
cause. I knew that because
even then, with only a few
years under my belt, I had
already witnessed many
acts of kindness and
generosity on the part of
my fellow employees.
Indeed, these are some of
the best traits that we have
as an organization. And so
Operation
Wounded
Warriors was born. Every
year since then, you, the
great members of our
family, have stepped up and
made it a success.
This year was no
different, except for the
name. It has gone through
some of my terrible
revisions, but thankfully
Brian Mercer came to my
rescue. We are now,
Brothers in Blue Support
our Wounded Warriors!
Along with John Hamlin,
Jorge Arroyo, OCDA
Assistant
Inv.
Lucy
Hernandez, and Joe
Castellanos, Brian has
really breathed new life into
our yearly program. They
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did an outstanding job
raising funds by designing
and selling those awesome
t-shirts and sweatshirts
that you see all the cool
people wearing. By the way,
we will continue to sell the
shirts and sweatshirts all
year long, so hit Brian up if
you want any.
We also reached out to
teachers for cards and
lett ers t o the service
members, thanking them
for their service and
wishing them a Merry
Christmas. Chief Rojas’ kind
wife, Tara, really came
through for us. She and her
fellow teachers made large
posters and had their
students write cards.
Cassandra
Hawkins
brought so many letters
from her teacher mom that
each service member got
multiple letters and cards.
Cassandra was also quite
the sales woman for our tshirts!
Our trip to San Diego
went very well. With the
help of a few Police
Explorers, retired SAPD,
Deputy
Chief
Doug
McGeachy and his wife, Rick
and Sandee Ashby, we were
able to deliver more than
70 gif t bags to our
Wounded Warriors. Each
bag included a Brothers in
Blue Support our Wounded
Warriors
t-shirt,
sweatshir t, cards and
letters, a challenge coin,
and a Visa gift card in the
amount of 20 dollars.
We personally thanked
each service member for
their service and sacrifice
as we handed them their
gift bags. Afterwards we
sat down with them to enjoy
a nice lunch of pizza and the
always excellent cookies
made by Deputy Chief
McGeachy’s wife Nance.
During the lunch, we raffled
off 4 Android Tablets, much
to the delight of the service
member s who received
them. All the warriors were
very grateful for their gifts.
We could not have
accomplished this very
successful
program
without the support of the
Santa Ana Police Officer’s
Association. What I really
mean is that we could not
have done it without each
one of you, my fellow
employees. Without your
continued generosity of
time and money, we would
not have been able help our
wounded warriors in their
journey towards recovery.
These men and women,
many of them still in their
teens, gave so much for our
country. They lef t their
homes and families,
marched into strange
lands, and suf fered
grievous wounds. They did
it for you, and for me, and
for that, we should be
eternally grateful. Thank
you to everyone who helped
us show them that we are.
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Super Bowl XLVIII was a
hit at your POA! We had
on-duty officers, off-duty
officers, retirees, and
families come to by to
support their favorite
team, "Station 31". We
broke from our huddle
and got into our positions.
Officer Nelson Menendez
on the grill, Annette
McCarthy and Mellie
Clark holding the kitchen
line, Sergeant Theron
Reed and his wife Bonnie
running cross routes for
the last minute supplies,
Dallas and Savannah
McCarthy had double coverage on the jumper, and
Officer
Caprice
Kirkpatrick making the
extra point on clean up.
Thank you to our players
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for helping the team put
on a much needed relief
for our brothers and
sisters
who
worked
Sunday to keep our city
safe.
Original Mike's heard
about our event and graciously stepped in at half
time with donations of
appetizers. This pushed
our party over the top and
as with any Super Bowl
party we ate too much.
There was one teammate
who without a doubt deserves the MVP for her
hard work and that is Annette McCarthy with her
tri-tip chili and homemade
cornbread that fed the 31
Family.
The actual game was a bit
one sided, but with everyone there it was a win-win
for this family. Sharing
smiles, stories, drinks,
and great food made the
day truly SUPER. The
jumper was paid by donations, which was much
appreciated, and the new
furniture at the POA
made up the VIP seating
section. Remember, as a
SAPOA member you are
part of a SUPER team and
always welcome. We will
be planning the next 31
Family event soon so hope
to see all of you there.
-Mike
Hanging up
the badg
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badge:
Retir
ement
tirement
By Mic
hael McCar
Michael
McCartthy
There have been a lot
of retirements lately, with
more scheduled to occur
this year. How do you look
at the end of 30-years of
service?
Is it an
accomplishment,
a
reward, a realization that
you are no longer a police
officer? I have a awhile to
go to reach that mark, but
thoughts of what it would
be like often run though
my mind. Will the feeling
be similar to playing in the
last high school game as
a senior knowing your
equipment gets turned in
and your locker goes to
the new up and comers?
Will it be like the day I
exited the Army, so happy
to finally be home with my
family but hit with
sadness that I won’t get
to fight side by side with
my brothers and sisters
anymore. Jobs that make
you count on the person
next to you are the best
in my opinion; we build a
bond with partners that
will last a lifetime. The
only ones who will totally
understand
this
phenomenon are those
that wear a badge or a
unit patch. For those
retired or those counting
days until your badge is
hung in the shadow box a
major congratulations is
in order. Truth is there
are a lot of you I miss and
are going to miss. I’m
sure a part of you will be
happy to step away, but
I’m willing to bet your
heart will miss having
that badge over it.
Written below by an
unknown retired brother
in blue.
R e tir
ed
Of f icer
tired
icer::
“Whenever someone
asks me, “Don’t you miss
the job?” I say “No”, I don’t
miss the circus, but I do
miss the clowns.”
Alw
ays a Cop:
Alwa
Once the badge goes
on, it NEVER comes off,
whether they can see it or
not. It fuses to the soul
through adversity, fear,
and adrenaline. No one
who has ever worn a
badge with pride,
integrity, and guts can
ever sleep through the
‘call of the wild’ that wafts
through
bedroom
windows in the deep of
night.
When a good cop
leaves the “job” and
retires to a better life,
many are jealous, some
are pleased and yet
others, who may have
already retired, wonder.
They wonder if he or she
knows what they are
leaving behind, because
they already know. The
retired cop knows, for
example that after a
lifetime of camaraderie
that few experience, it will
remain as a longing for
those past times. We
know in the law
enforcement life there is
a fellowship which lasts
long after the uniforms
are hung up in the back
of closet. They know even
if he or she throws them
away, they will be on them
with every step and
breath that remains in
their lives. They also know
how the very bearing of
the man speaks of what
he was and in his heart
still is. These are the
burdens of leaving the job.
You will still look at people
suspiciously, still see what
others do not see or
choose to ignore, and will
always look at the rest of
law enforcement world
with a respect for what
they do; only grown in a
lifetime of knowing.
Never think for a
moment you are escaping
from that life. You are only
escaping the ‘job’ and
merely being allowed to
leave ‘active’ duty. So
what we wish for you is
that whenever you ease
into retirement, in your
heart you will never forget
that, “Blessed are the
Peacemakers for they
shall be called the
children of God”, and you
are still a member of the
greatest fraternity the
world has ever known.
Enjoy your new life
because you have
definitely earned it!
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Garyy Labb
(December 2005
Retir
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tiree)
I’d like to welcome you all
to this section of the
Reliable Source, whether
you are already a retiree or
are a future retiree. We
have a group that is known
as the Santa Ana Police
Depar tment Veterans
Association (SAPDVA), that
is composed of former and
retired members of Santa
Ana PD, both sworn and
non-sworn. That covers just
about everyone.
Just prior to Linda Faust
passing away in December
2012, Linda requested that
I “take over” the reins of
SAPDVA from Dick and her,
which I have tried to do. We
have several opportunities
to get together each month
socially. We have a weekly
update as well as a monthly
edition of the SAPDVA
roster. Unfortunately that
roster has been growing
with highlighted yellow
names with the passing of
many of the listed
personnel. We recently lost
two more with the passing
of Steve Arnds in December
and John Heaney in
January.
We’ve had a lot of recent
retirees at the department,
some who have already
contacted me so they can
get on our roster and our
email list. Others of you
have not. If you wish to
contact me with your
contact information, I can
be
reached
at
w s a t i gar y @ y a h o o . c o m .
What we ask for is the
following for the roster:
Last name, first name
(nickname if any) (Spouse /
Significant other name)
Badge #
Dates of Service (DOS) at
Santa Ana PD: mm/dd/yy
– mm/dd/yy
Street address
City, State, Zip
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Home phone: (xxx) xxx-xxxx
Cell phone: (xxx) xxx-xxxx
(only if you wish listed)
Email address:
With that information,
you’ll receive the weekly
updates, any important
information coming up
between the updates, as
well as the monthly updated
roster. The monthly roster
is encrypted with a
password to prevent it from
being opened if your
desktop computer, laptop,
phone, tablet, etc. are
stolen or compromised in
any way. We also have a
Secret Group Page on
Facebook which will not
appear to anyone who is not
a member. We also share
information on that
Facebook page which
currently
has
189
members.
Now for the fun stuff…
we have three social
gatherings a month, all on
Tuesdays…
The second Tuesday of
the month is the SAPDVA
Monthly Luncheon, held in
Santa Ana at 11:30 am.
The third Tuesday of the
month is the Shark Tank
Luncheon (which is open to
retirees and current
personnel, as well as their
family members), held in
Orange at 11:00 am.
The fourth Tuesday of
the month is the SAPDVA
Inland Empire Breakfast,
held in Corona at 10:00 am.
We have evolved over
the years, and anyone, not
just retirees and former
personnel, is welcome to
attend these events. We
love t o see current
personnel come and share
their experiences. We have
heard that a lot of the
current personnel love
hearing some of the “war
stories” from our retirees
who worked back in the 60s
and 70s.
Please join us at one of
the upcoming events. You
may not immediately
recognize some of the
people you used to work
with… there is something
that happens after you
leave the department… you
look healthier and you get a
big smile on your face. Yes,
there is life after Santa Ana
PD!
Please do not hesitate to
contact me if you have any
questions,
Gary
Steve Arnds 05/08/12 at
SAPDVA Monthly Luncheon
John Heaney 09/11/12 at
SAPDVA Monthly Luncheon
Shark Tank Luncheon
01/21/14
Photo by Ted Lucas
Right side of table
R-L: Stu Smith, Joe
Vlatkovich, Joe Perez,
Agnes Lucas
SAPDVA Inland Empire Breakfast
01/28/14 Photo by Gary Labb
L-R: Randy Eldridge, Dick Faust,
Nick Gutierrez, C.L. Jarusek,
Steve Winston, Sam Samora
SAPDVA Monthly Luncheon
01/14/14
Photo by Gary Labb
L-R: Joe Kahapea, Chris
Trinajstich, Randy Eldridge,
Dick Faust,
Ron Irwin, Mike Bailey
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L-R: John Douthit, Leslie
Hodowanec, Michael Darrow,
Paul Gonsalves,
Jim Tavenner,
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