Posted on 12/20/2008 12:42:05 PM PST by csvset
San Francisco Police Chief Heather Fong, who rose through the ranks to become the city's first female chief nearly five years ago, will announce her retirement today on a radio program hosted by Mayor Gavin Newsom.
She plans to step down in April, once she reaches her fifth anniversary as San Francisco's top cop and after she helps with the search for her successor, she said. Fong has served in the police department for more than 30 years.
The announcement ends speculation about her long-rumored departure and comes as the city approaches its 100th homicide of the year.
Fong told The Chronicle that she is not being pushed out by the mayor, who has publicly supported her, or by her critics, including members of the rank-and-file, middle managers in the SFPD and the police officers' union.
"None of us can be chief forever," said Fong, 52. "I felt I've accomplished a lot."
Still, she acknowledged in the interview, "It has not been an easy four or five years. There are people who thought they should have been chief."
The critics, she said, can apply for her job. "Now they'll have the opportunity."
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(Excerpt) Read more at sfgate.com ...
OMG!
No wonder that picture gave me the creeps!
That picture looks like a set from a “Police Academy” movie. You couldn’t fake one this good in Photoshop, or could you?
No, I think it’s real. Obviously the moonbats thought it was a GOOD picture to have of her on Wikipedia.
The picture of the commemorative plaque of the transgender riot, which I posted above but doesn’t like to be linked, can be seen here.
Caution, this site is bizarre and plays spooky music if you visit it. Also a transgendered spokesperson. As far as I can tell, it didn’t give me a cookie.
http://www.comptonscafeteriariot.org/
I would. San Francisco is the most visually beautiful city in the US.
Can we arrange to have her residents fall into the ocean instead?
There are a lot of very good cops in San Francisco - they did a great job of dealing with the anti-war nitwits a couple of years back. It’s just that the majority of them are white men, so they aren’t allowed to rise above the rank of Lieutenant.
Bingo - we have a winner. LOL!
Been to SF, not very friendly. I wouldn’t cry if they fell into the sea. (Same way I felt about NO and Katrina.)
The nuts are what makes San Francisco such a great place.
Hey Nully ..... I WAS going to make a comment about that as soon as I saw the pic, but thought I'd better 'couth up' and be a good boy. Silly me. I was right at first glance.
Nam Vet
Another Affirmative Action wonder who thought she was above the rabble. Let’s not forget that she did not qualify for her handgun as required by department regulations. She kept a duty firearm that was supposed to have been turned in.
“In order to carry a gun, even San Francisco’s chief of police must go through firearm re-qualification every six months. San Francisco Police Chief Heather Fong has missed several years of re-training. “I don’t know how many years, but I know that the responsibilities and the duties of the chief are not only demanding but very time consuming and I acknowledge that I have not scheduled that time for re-qualification and that will be handled,” said Fong. Fong said she has notified the San Francisco Police Commission. Its members will meet Wednesday night. They could take disciplinary action against her.”
LOL. And she wears four stars.
Pure hubris.
One would think it would have evolved into something else by now. :-)
The crime rate is soaring and SF is cash strapped. Prosecutions seem to be determined on a cost basis making revenue enhancement more of priority than clearing homicide.
http://powderblog.typepad.com/inside_the_sfpd_blog/2008/12/let-us-rejoice.html
What on earth has taken so long for this to transpire???
Are you sure that wasn’t Michael Dukakis in a Police costume?
Think now they’ll get a nice, respectable Republican Police Chief that’ll actually do something about crime ? Naaaaah.
There are 10,000 comedians out of work, yet you are still trying!!! (your mother said you were very trying!!!)(grin)
I agree with ya.
New Orleans is an outside out house.
too true.
“The New Village People”
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