A Mini Cooper with lights and siren

San Francisco Chronicle ^ | 4/3/5 | Phillip Matier, Andrew Ross

[SmithL]

UCSF Police Chief Pam Roskowski has taken a Mini to the max, shunning the big SUVs that chiefs often favor for a Mini Cooper.

A $31,000 silver metallic, glass moon-roofed, chrome-trimmed, alloy- wheeled wonder complete with portable lights and siren.

The vehicle is raising a few eyebrows on campus, but the fully loaded car met Roskowski's criteria: "mobility, enough power to be driven on the freeway to do our business and ... easy to park.''

Roskowski, who joined UC in 2003, gets to pick her wheels as part of her university contract, and has handed off her not-so-old Honda Accord for the sportier Mini.

This is not the first time that Roskowski has left some skid marks when it comes to matters of the motor.

Back in October 2001, in her last job as police chief of Corvallis, Ore., Roskowski got into a tiff with her own troops when she tore up a citation and refunded a $175 towing charge for an acquaintance whose son's car had been hauled away after a friend who was driving it was busted for DUI.

Roskowski then changed the police department's towing policy, telling officers they could tow cars only when they posed a threat to public safety.

All of which prompted an Oregon Department of Justice investigation, which went nowhere. The Corvallis cops nonetheless gave her an overwhelming vote of no confidence, accusing her of both inept leadership and fiscal mismanagement.

Roskowski turned around and, just weeks after landing her UC job, filed a $6 million defamation suit against the Corvallis police association and the Teamsters local.

Just the other day, according to the Corvallis Gazette-Times, a federal magistrate recommended that a district judge dismiss the suit -- noting that the chief's claims of emotional distress had been undermined...

[SmithL]

Macho cops need not apply in Sanctuary Francisco.

[kingattax]

[claudiustg]

---Roskowski, who joined UC in 2003, gets to pick her wheels as part of her university contract, and has handed off her not-so-old Honda Accord for the sportier Mini.---

Your tax dollars at work California!

[U S Army EOD]

She sounds like a true liberal.

[Squeako]

Roskowski...has handed off her not-so-old Honda Accord for the sportier Mini. This is not the first time that Roskowski has left some skid marks when it comes to matters of the motor.

If I win her old Honda in the auction, please remind me to get new seats.

[teenyelliott]

mini cooper ping

[bray]

From Corn Valley to San Fagsisco. Sounds like a nice fit! Wasn't it the Wicked Witch of NY who said women are less corrupt than men?? Her and her are good examples of female corruption.

Pray for W and Our Freedom Fighting Troops

[sgtbono2002]

Another Police Chief that worked her way up the affirmatiove action ladder. Why would UC hire a police Chief that got discharged from another city. Yes: folks they wanted a PC "Lady" for Chief.

They will get what they paid for. Incompetence.

[jocon307]

These are the cutest cars ever made. We have lots of parking conflicts in our house/driveway. I told hubby today we should replace all the vehicles (one is even a hummer!) with mini-coopers, we'd be able to fit about 10 of them I think.

[RichInOC]

"This is a self-preservation society...a self-preservation society..."

[Sender]

SF...Where guns are evil, fiction is truth, and women are not required.

[Finger Monkey]

Regardless of the reason for purchasing a Mini. The soopachaaaged Mini Cooper S (for soopachaaaged) is a fantastic vehicle. It hugs the road, turns on a dime, and, of course is soopachaaged. Unlike turbo, soopachaage is there all the time, just waiting to pounce, like a kitten.

It is a very macho car. I can't keep men away from it. They have Mini envy.

Especially my father who was a race car driver in his yout. I let him drive it and he wants one.

Besides, it gets really, really good gas mileage, and I can blow away anyone.

Go Granny, Go.

Please excuse my lack of humor and wit, it is early, and I stayed up way too late, and then the time gods stolt an hour from me. DAMN YOU TIME GODS! DAMN YOU TO HELL!!

[brazzaville]

Good morning.
"She sounds like a true liberal."

If she was police chief in Corvallis you can bet she is.

Michael Frazier

[Andy from Beaverton]

Milwaukee, WI: While the bonnet stripes and contrast roof were deceptive, an observant consumer with a tape measure discovered the truth. Actual length: 14 feet 9 inches

Miami, FL	Houston, TX
Boston, MA	Tempe, AZ

[martin_fierro]

Roskowski

[elmer fudd]

"Regardless of the reason for purchasing a Mini. The soopachaaaged Mini Cooper S (for soopachaaaged) is a fantastic vehicle. It hugs the road, turns on a dime, and, of course is soopachaaged."

There's a lot to say for small cars. During work hours I have to drive an F450 dually utility truck complete with a boom assembly. It probably weighs in at around 10,000 and stands about 10' high. When I get into my Nissan pickup at the end of the day it feels like stepping into a gokart and I love the nimbleness and accelleration.

[teenyelliott]

and I can blow away anyone

Whatever. I' put my V8 Sequoia up against your teeny car anyday, sister.

[Finger Monkey]

Man, I have sreen name envy.

elmer fudd.

I just picked one of the air, without much thought, and now . . . Damn my lack of cleverness.

[Finger Monkey]

Yeah, WHATEVER, you drive like an old lady, and there is NO WAY you can beat me on a turn, sissy.

[L98Fiero]

"Besides, it gets really, really good gas mileage, and I can blow away anyone."

Well, maybe not anyone. ;) Who needs sooopachaaage when you've got good old American muscle. :)