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CONGRATULATIONS
to
Our New Hires
and
Retirees:
New
Hires:
Deputy
J. De Leon
Deputy
P. Dungo
Deputy
A. Escobar
Deputy
D. Gala
Deputy
R. Gala
Deputy
A. Gilmore
Deputy C.
Graves
Deputy A.
Jayson
Deputy
R. Loo
Deputy
M. Lu
Deputy
L. Manalang
Deputy
R. Mata Jr.
Deputy R.
Rodriguez
Deputy J. Rosales
Deputy K. Sun
Deputy A. Trevizo
Deputy K. Umali Deputy J.
Wasley
Deputy
E. Wu
Deputy
Sheriff (Retiree) Valerie Carson
Deputy
Sheriff (Retiree) Janice Reed-Stutts
Cadet
L. Borders
Cadet
S. Carnes
Cadet
S. Feng
Cadet
J. Quanico
Cadet
P. Tuiasosopo
Haleh
Davary
Senior
Legal Process Clerk
Tak
Hou Fong
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Promotions:
Undersheriff
M. Freeman
Senior
Deputy R. Aguas
Senior
Deputy E. Cerbone
Senior
Deputy J. Chien
Senior
Deputy B. Davis
Senior
Deputy J. Delatorre
Senior
Deputy E. Espinoza
Senior
Deputy J. Garza
Senior
Deputy M. Li
Senior
Deputy B. Mercado
Senior
Deputy S. Santos
Senior
Deputy V. Zambrana
Retirees:
Undersheriff
C. Koehler
31
years
Senior
Deputy C. Baker
20 years
Deputy
E. Alvarez
12
years
Deputy
T. Courtney
31
years
Deputy
R. Henry
22
years
Deputy
R. Miguel
20
years
Deputy
J. Padilla
31
years
Deputy
O. Taylor
27
years
Deputy A.
Wong
15 years |
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©
2017
San
Francisco
Sheriff's
Department
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A
Message from Sheriff
Vicki
Hennessy
Welcome to the June 2017 Sheriff's
Department Newsletter. The department has been
quite busy as spring gives way to summer.
Goodbye to Carl Koehler, my valued
Undersheriff, for the past 17 months. Carl
stepped down in May. He brought a wealth of
experience and knowledge that served the
department well.
Please join
me in congratulating Matthew Freeman on his new
role as Undersheriff. He took over the duties in
May. Matt is a 26-year department veteran who
has held every rank, and brings his meticulous
management style to City Hall. He was born and
raised in San Francisco, and attended Sacred
Heart High School, City College of San Francisco
and Skyline College.
Since I've been Sheriff, I've made it
a priority to replenish our ranks, but it takes
time. A lack of hiring from 2012 to 2016
seriously affected our department numbers.
Employees retired, separated or were promoted,
but weren't replaced. We've been hiring deputy
sheriffs and have more recruits attending
academies. But in the meantime, we still must
meet minimum staffing mandates. I must ensure
our jails, courts, community programs, support
functions and contract locations are staffed
appropriately daily to maintain safe, secure and
efficient operations. For this reason, and
knowing we were entering the high vacation
season, we instituted the Fair Share Overtime
(Fair Share) program. Fair Share requires deputy
sheriffs and senior deputy sheriffs to bid on
the overtime they prefer. They must work at
least 12 overtime hours per pay period.
Sheriff's lieutenants and sergeants must work 8
overtime hours every other pay period. Fair
Share is in effect through September 8. We are
meeting with the Deputy Sheriffs' Association to
review the results. So far, the outcome has been
promising. By everyone doing his or her part, we
can make it through this difficult
time.
On this note, we have increased our
recruitment efforts. At the Career Information
Night this month in Bayview, deputy sheriffs, as
well as cadets and Department of Emergency
Management and Department of Public Works
civilian employees, shared information with more
than 50 attendees about working for the City and
County of San Francisco. Anyone interested in
becoming a deputy sheriff should check out our
recruitment booths at community festivals and
events throughout San Francisco, including the
Pride celebration at Civic Center on June 24-25.
You also can visit our website.
Speaking of Pride, we will show our
support of the LGBTQ community by joining the
festive parade atmosphere June 25. The Color
Guard will lead our contingent, followed by
deputy sheriffs, civilian employees and family
and friends marching down Market Street.
The Community of Veterans Engaged in
Restoration (COVER) celebrated Memorial Day -
and the program's seventh anniversary - with an
afternoon of food, songs, poetry and speeches at
County Jail #5. Keynote speaker and COVER
cofounder Sunny Schwartz reiterated the
importance of leaving no veteran behind, and
COVER cofounder and Women's Resource Center
Program Coordinator Aida McCray unveiled a quilt
designed by COVER inmates.
I made a promise when I became
Sheriff to ensure the staff receives adequate
training. We offered mandatory firearms and
defensive tactics training and held the first
California POST-certified gender awareness
classes in the past year. Deputy sheriffs also
received crisis intervention training and will
attend implicit bias workshops in our next
training cycle. Additionally, supervisors -
primarily sergeants and lieutenants - took part
in sessions on leadership values, incident
reports and witness statements this spring.
My goal is to provide continuous
educational guidance to staff. Last year we
added classes for supervisors and middle
managers. I facilitate training on
professionalism and expectations, which I enjoy
because it creates a dialogue with supervisors
and mid-level managers responsible for directing
the day-to-day operations. I learn as much as I
impart. These men and women are impressive, as
they are the "boots on the ground" and perform a
difficult job with dedication, compassion and
diligence. I intend to add classes designed to
promote a greater understanding on subjects such
as brain development, drug addiction and mental
health classes for our civilian staff and
deputies.
As I've mentioned in previous
newsletters, I meet monthly with the Domestic
Violence Consortium and the Department on the
Status of Women. We used their input to draft an
employee-involved domestic violence policy. This
document provides a roadmap on what to do if a
sworn or non-sworn employee is arrested for
domestic violence. Additionally, we are
completing a brochure in five languages on how
to get a temporary restraining order served by
the Civil Unit at no charge. The brochure will
be circulated through the Superior Court Clerk's
office and available on our
website.
The San Francisco Law Enforcement
Assisted Diversion (SF LEAD) is scheduled to
begin in September. The Board of State and
Community Corrections, which is responsible for
all state prisons, jails and probation
departments, awarded $5.9 million to the City
and County of San Francisco. SF LEAD is based on
a Seattle program in which law enforcement,
public health and the district attorney provide
a choice of diversion or court in certain cases.
The San Francisco Department of Public Health,
Police Department, Sheriff's Department,
Adult Probation Department and District
Attorney's Office collaborate on the program.
Eligibility will be determined by the offense
committed and mental health and/or substance
abuse status. Adult Probation will manage the
diversion drop-off and will be open 24/7.
Every year, Prisoner Legal Services
(PLS), led by directing attorney Nick
Gregoratos, sponsors several law school interns.
These future barristers assist PLS in working
with inmates on numerous legal issues, from
simple legal questions to complicated child
custody or eviction issues.
I spent time speaking to and
welcoming the interns in May. This year's
interns are Mathew Dalton and Myra Hernandez (UC
Hastings), Justine Joya (University of San
Francisco) and Whitney Cowell and Michael Doi
(Golden Gate University).
Finally, as we enter the summer
months and vacation time of the year, I wish you
all a safe and enjoyable
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Matthew
Freeman
Appointed
Undersheriff
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Undersheriff Matthew
Freeman |
Twenty-six-year veteran Matthew
Freeman brings his principled and diligent
management style to City Hall as the new
Undersheriff. Sheriff Vicki L. Hennessy promoted
him in May, replacing former Undersheriff Carl
Koehler, who retired earlier this year.
Sheriff Hennessy said of Undersheriff
Freeman, "Out of many qualified candidates, I
thought he was best positioned through his
training, experience, ability to communicate and
his work ethic to be the Undersheriff who would
work best with me."
His new duties include leading the
merger of the Central Records Unit and Central
Warrant Bureau, and several capital improvement
projects, including an upgrade to County Jail #2
security systems.
"It's fantastic working for our
department," he said of his new role. "It's a
very dynamic environment."
Undersheriff Freeman joined the
Sheriff's Department in 1991, and started his
career at the old County Jail #3 in San Bruno.
He has held every rank in the department. In
addition to his service in the jails, he worked
in Court Services, the Station Transfer Unit and
the Institutional Patrol Unit. As a captain, he
supervised all units and sections in the Field
Operations Division,
including Civil, Court
Services, Transportation, and the Emergency
Services Unit. Before his promotion, he served
as Chief Deputy of the Custody Operations
Division.
Born and raised in San Francisco,
Undersheriff Freeman graduated from Sacred Heart
High School, and attended City College of San
Francisco and Skyline
College. |
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Deputy
Sheriffs Attend National, California Peace
Officers Memorial
Ceremonies
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From left:
Sgt. J. Pineda, a British Metropolitan Police
Constable and Sgt. J. Dolly at the memorial in
Washington,
D.C.
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Sheriff's Department deputy sheriffs traveled to
Washington, D.C. and Sacramento to attend somber
national and state memorials that honored brave
law enforcement officers who lost their lives in
the line of duty.
Sergeant J. Pineda and Sergeant J.
Dolly represented the department at the National
Law Enforcement Officers Memorial ceremony
in Washington, D.C., on May 14. This memorial
paid tribute to the 143 law enforcement officers
nationwide killed on the job in 2016. The
National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund
engraved the officers' names on the memorial's
walls. Including the 2016 numbers, the memorial
contained 20,538 names, dating back to the first
known slain officer in 1791.
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Honor Guard members Lt. C. Krol, Deputy V.
Josif, Deputy B. Staehely and Deputy W. Chan at
the commemoration in
Sacramento.
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In Sacramento, Honor Guard members
Lt. C. Krol, Deputy B. Staehely,
Deputy W. Chan and Deputy V. Josif attended the
41st California
Peace Officers Memorial Ceremony on May 8.
This event memorialized the 10 California peace
officers who died in the line of duty last year
and five officers from the past.
Law enforcement representatives and
immediate family members of the officers marched
in the Walk of Honor. At the California Peace
Officers' Memorial Monument, the names of the 15
officers were formally added. The beautiful and
solemn memorial ceremony featured a riderless
horse, a 21-gun salute and released
doves.
President John F. Kennedy established
National Police Week in 1962 to venerate law
enforcement officers killed in the line of
duty.
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Sheriff's Department
Attends
Career Day at Middle
School
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Deputy
Segundo spoke about her law enforcement
career.
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Knowing it is never too soon for
children to think about the future, Deputy I.
Segundo, Deputy N. Leal and Five
Keys School and Programs'
Joanna Hernandez engaged
Everett Middle School students with practical
advice at the school's Career Day on May 5.
Deputy Segundo offered the children
three tips for pursuing a law enforcement
career: stay out of trouble; work hard
academically; and get involved in your
community. Deputy Leal emphasized not allowing
anything to interrupt career goals, and Ms.
Hernandez encouraged the children to finish
school.
Career Day brought together 20 men
and women from nontraditional careers in which
minorities are underrepresented, including
medicine, teaching, construction, coding and
research. The speakers urged the students to
recognize and develop their own
potential.
The school thanked Captain M. Fisher,
the Sheriff's Department and Five Keys Schools
and Programs for making the day
thought-provoking and motivating for the
children. |
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Sheriff's
Department Holds
Recruitment
Events in June
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(From left) Deputy M. Creshon, Deputy N.
Bista, San Francisco Board of Supervisors
President London Breed, Senior Deputy A. Knox,
Senior Deputy D. Novak and Deputy J. Lawsha at
the Juneteenth recruitment
booth. |
Sheriff Vicki L. Hennessy invites all
interested in becoming a deputy sheriff to check
out the department's recruitment booths this
summer. Recruiters are available to answer
questions and offer advice at the following
community events:
- San Francisco Pride, June 24, 7 a.m.-7
p.m., Civic Center Plaza
- WCA Youth Academy, June 29, 10 a.m.-4
p.m., San Bruno
- Fillmore Jazz Festival, July 1-2, 10
a.m.-6 p.m., Fillmore and Jackson
Streets
- Nihonmachi Street Fair, August 5-6, 10
a.m.-6 p.m., Japantown
- PISTHAN, August 12-13, 10 a.m.-6 p.m.,
700 Howard Street
- Oakland Pride, September 10, 7 a.m.-7
p.m., Broadway and 20th Street
- Bay Area Blues Festival, September 23,
10 a.m.-6 p.m., Polk and
Pacific
Deputy sheriff applicants must meet
these minimum qualifications:
- Be at least 20.5 years or older and a
U.S. citizen
- Possess a high school diploma or
GED
- Cannot have any felony
convictions
- Have a valid Class C driver's license
Additionally, about 50 people
attended the City and County of San Francisco's
Career Information Night on June 13. Deputy
sheriffs, cadets and Department of Emergency
Management and Department of Public Works
civilian employees shared information about
working for the city, and navigating the
Department of Human Resources application
process.
For up-to-date information on
recruiting events, contact Senior Deputy D.
Novak at doug.novak@sfgov.org
or (415) 554-7217, or visit the Sheriff's
Department website. |
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COVER's
Completed Quilt
Last month, we
reported on the quilting class at County Jail
#5. Here's the Community of Veterans Engaged in
Restoration (COVER) pod's completed quilt. The
quilt was unveiled at COVER's seventh
anniversary and Memorial Day celebration.
From left: Chief
Deputy P. Miyamoto, COVER program coordinator
Ron Perez, COVER cofounder Sunny Schwartz and
COVER cofounder and rehabilitation services
coordinator Aida McCray. Kneeling: Captain K.
Paulson. |
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Tips
for National Safety Month
June is
National Safety Month, which reminds everyone to
practice safety at work and at home every day.
This year's theme is "Keep each other
safe."
The National
Safety Council will highlight a
different topic every week on its website during
June. Here are some tips from
the National Safety Council:
- Prevent slips,
trips and falls - Clean up spills and leaks,
keep aisles and exits clear of items, and
replace worn or damaged flooring.
- Eliminate fire
hazards - Employees are responsible for keeping
unnecessary combustible materials from
accumulating in the work area.
- Prevent falling
objects - Stack boxes and materials straight up
and down to keep them from falling. Place
heavier objects on lower shelves, and don't
stack objects in areas where workers walk,
including aisles.
- Clear clutter -
Clutter can lead to ergonomics issues and
possible injuries because workers have less
space to move.
- Store materials
properly - Storage areas shouldn't have an
accumulation of materials that present hazards
for tripping, fire or pests.
- Determine frequency
- All workers should keep their work areas tidy.
- Think long-term -
Housekeeping should be done regularly, not a
one-time
initiative.
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Healing
and Hope Workshop Gives Women Prisoners a New
Perspective
In 2010, Sheriff's Department program
coordinator Cheryl Dawson, M.A., M. Div., looked
for a way to use the principles of restorative
justice in counseling women prisoners. The
result was Healing and Hope, a 22-hour intensive
workshop she designed to move them through
cycles of revelation, accountability and making
amends. Twelve County Jail #2 prisoners took
part in the most recent workshop, which ran from
Friday evening, April 28, through Sunday
afternoon, April 30. Dawson last held the
workshop in 2014.
Dawson opened her workshop with a
movie that featured injustice - this time it was
"12 Years a Slave" - then created a safe space
in which the women were encouraged to discuss
their experiences. She prompted them to consider
their own cultural experiences and injustices.
"I begin with an examination of cultural
influences and institutions that have shaped the
lives of the women," Dawson said. "They have
such shattered self-esteem and have been failed
by schools, hospitals, foster care, social
services. No one has kept them safe. Women have
experienced having no voice, being property,
being devalued. I want them to know they are
wonderful and loving human beings who have
perpetrated injustice and now take
responsibility."
On Saturday and Sunday, Dawson led
the women to discover positivity in themselves,
then acknowledge their conduct. The inmates
spoke to each other about their feelings and
also wrote in journals. On Sunday, Dawson
invited both a minister and a probation officer
to speak to the women about community and
spirituality. Dawson said the workshop was hard
work and can be painful but it benefited the
women. She also credited her coworkers for
making the workshop possible. "The workshop
wouldn't be possible without the women who work
with me," she
said. |
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Sheriff's
Department
Celebrates
LGBTQ Pride
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| The Sheriff's
Department's Pride
patch. |
The Sheriff's Department invites staff,
friends and family to join in the fun at the
47th annual Pride
celebration June 25. The Color Guard will lead
the department's contingent. Sheriff Hennessy
will ride in the parade in a convertible, and
there will be marked units, buses, and deputy
sheriffs in attendance, including those in the
LGBTQ community, and civilian coworkers and
their families and allies marching in the
parade. The department also plans to operate a
recruitment booth at the celebration/rally at
Civic Center on June 24-25.
Lieutenant S. Tilton, one of the
organizers, said he expects a good turnout from
the department. "We're going to have a large
contingent. I'll be there with my partner and
our German Shepherd."
The Pride celebration's theme this year is
"A Celebration of Diversity."
San Francisco Pride is one of the largest
gatherings in the nation. Pride commemorates New
York City's Stonewall Inn rebellion, which
occurred in
1969. |
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Five
Keys, Sheriff's Department Strengthen Ties to
the Workforce Development
Community
By Steve Good
Five
Keys Charter Schools will be the first
charter school in California to operate a
jail-based job center (JBJC). Five Keys and the
Sheriff's Department learned the proposal was
accepted to establish a JBJC in the San
Francisco county jails.
This came about through Five Keys' ongoing
relationship with the Mayor's Office of
Economic and Workforce Development (OEWD).
Five Keys' leadership pitched the concept of a
jail-based job center (JBJC) to operate in the
San Francisco County Jails to OEWD. Five
Keys received a $100,000 grant from
OEWD.
This program will provide men and women who
have multiple barriers to employment with job
readiness services while they are in custody.
Services provided include cognitive behavioral
interventions for employment, career inventory
assessments, resume building and case management
targeted to the county's workforce centers. The
JBJC will deliver programs and services
that increase clients' employability, including
one-on-one case management for reentry planning
and referrals to workforce service partners in
the community.
Funding from OEWD will enable Five Keys
to:
- Hire a full-time
JBJC coordinator who will institutionalize a job
readiness focus for recruiting JBJC participants
from all of Five Keys' program service areas in
two San Francisco jails;
- Leverage
existing staff and resources to build the
framework of barrier removal and job readiness
services for the JBJC;
- Expand job
readiness services into the eight housing units
and education corridors served by Five Keys to
touch 500 to 600 individuals each year through
enrollment in the JBJC, of which 150 will be
considered core clients who receive substantial
job readiness programming and support for
barrier removal;
- Expand reentry case
management services, especially for women and
trans individuals who do not currently receive
equitable reentry support; and
- Work in
coordination with OEWD's Access Point Provider
Network and the dozens of agencies and
organizations that make up the San Francisco
Workforce System to share best practices and
ensure that formerly incarcerated individuals
have the opportunity to change their economic
futures.
Steve Good is
the director of Five Keys Charter
Schools. |
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Prisoner
Legal Services' Summer
Interns
Advocate for Inmates
Every summer, Prisoner Legal Services
(PLS), led by directing attorney Nick
Gregoratos, recruits law students to help
provide legal advocacy, information and
assistance to San Francisco county jail inmates.
PLS interns aid prisoners with legal matters,
such as landlord-tenant dispute negotiations,
re-entry resource referrals, child support and
custody matters, compliance with parole and
probation conditions and court orders, and
resolution of outstanding criminal and traffic
violations in other jurisdictions. This year's
interns (from left) are Mathew Dalton and Myra
Hernandez (UC Hastings), Justine Joya
(University of San Francisco) and Whitney Cowell
and Michael Doi (Golden Gate
University). | |
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