Friday, October 9, 2009

Open Forum Friday

Something on your mind? Let's hear it.
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  1. AnonymousOctober 9, 2009 at 10:52 AM

    I live on Blackford Lane in Willow Glen and some cars seem to drive a little too fast down the street. There are many kids in the neighborhood and I'm concerned about the possibility of someone getting hurt/run over. We've had the speed/radar trailers out in the past, but what will it take to get one (or two) of those speed bumps or other speed-reducing obstacles put in place? Is photo-radar still being used?

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  2. AnonymousOctober 9, 2009 at 4:20 PM

    Does anyone have any information on why we pay a 100,000 dollars to a once "volunteer" at PAL. Currently as an officer I contribute to PAL via my paycheck. I contribute for the kids. I didn't contribute for a salary. Can anyone from PAL please explain?

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  3. AnonymousOctober 9, 2009 at 4:20 PM

    Once again we see our leader Bobby Lopez reaching out in a positive manner for the SJPOA. This is not a political move on his part as he is stepping down as president in Jan. Through this endeavor we ALL can learn from each other to help one another. I hope all Police and Sheriff departments get on board. "SJPOA LEADS THE WAY"

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  4. Joe CitizenOctober 11, 2009 at 8:45 AM

    Anonymous from 10/9/2009 4:20 PM, What are you talking about? What is the endeavor we can all learn from? I must have missed it even though I read this everyday.

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  5. AnonymousOctober 11, 2009 at 8:53 PM

    I see that John Woolfolk at the Mercury has found yet another angle to attack our police officers. It has gotten very old to hear. I have been an officer here for many years and already my body feels like crap most of the time from the daily physical grind of being a patrol officer, and I have 5 years to go. Mr. Woolfolk and our city doctor have no idea of what our job is like and I would like to see them do it for just 1 year, let alone 30 years. Also, if our city auditor thinks we are "abusing" our medical retirements as this article states, then perhaps the city can hire some more police officers so we don't go out so damned short handed every day and night and quit physically and mentally stressing out the officers we do have. If 100 officers do retire in the next few months medical problems within the department are going to skyrocket. This is no different than any sports team overusing their roster of athletes causing them to break down from over use.
    http://www.mercurynews.com/bay-area-news/ci_13534536

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  6. RobillardOctober 16, 2009 at 8:32 AM

    I know SJPD officers are not allowed to go on strike. I can also see how low morale might increase the temptation to slow down self-initiated activity. Is this the solution to the problem of poor staffing and low morale? It would not seem so. Instead, what might be the result of a “work speed up”? If officers did no self-initiated activity until the end of the shift, then made as many car stops as possible and wrote tickets or made arrests at the end of shift, using at least an hour of overtime to do so, provided this works into an officer’s personal schedule, (assuming he or she doesn’t have to pick up kids, make a doctor’s appointment or get to secondary employment right after work etc that day), what would the financial impact on the City be if at least half or more of the patrol division, on all 3 shifts, put in at least 1 hour of overtime each and every day? I understand officers do not get paid for their overtime and can’t use these hours by getting time off, so these hours would accumulate into unfunded liability for the City. I’m sure the City would jump on the Department and overtime would become heavily scrutinized but what can a supervisor say when a citation or an arrest report supports an officer’s use of overtime? What would happen if a supervisor orders an officer not to make the arrest or issue the citation and the officer follows that up with a memo to the chief, AND the SJPOA AND the city manger confirming that this was done and asking for a formal explanation as to why? What would happen should this occur? Would it finally get the City to notice what is going on and the price (unfunded liability) of low morale?

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