Author: SAFPPA Editor

The Pensioners’ Association will have its Board member meeting on Tuesday, September 8 at 1:30 p.m. via the software application called Zoom.

Our guest speaker is Greta Ratliff, Vice President of operations at Hear in America, who will have offer likely to be of interest to our members. Hear in America currently serves more than 10 million members nationwide by bringing quality hearing care services to professional groups, like ours.  

We invite all our members to attend. 

To get the Zoom meeting information, fill in the form below.

Zoom allows our members to call into the meeting on their phone.

Or they can download the Zoom application to their desktop computer, tablet or laptop. The Zoom website will have all the information you need for downloading. By downloading the Zoom app  you can use your computer’s video camera to add a video stream to the meeting. It would be great to see you!

 

 

There is loud but small group attempting to defund and repeal bargaining for SAPD families at City Council. If these groups are successful in defunding and repealing our rights under 143 and 174, the long term impacts to our retiree healthcare and pension fund could be devastating as well as the consequences to the morale and welfare of our police work force.        

To stop this movement, the silent majority needs to rise up and start letting their voices be heard to put a stop to this nonsense of defunding our police. Retirees can play a huge role in helping.

This link https://publicsafetyfacts.com/policebudget/  sends the mayor and every city council member an email asking them not to redirect nor defund the police budget. If you do not wish to place your home address on the post, you can use the location of a substation closest to your residence. The message is what is important.

This second link https://sanantonio.legistar.com/Calendar.aspx is to the city council agenda meetings. It lists all council meetings and agenda items. On the far right side of the meeting dates you will find a “ecomment” link. Please open that link and fill out the comment section and place statements to support the police and state “No to defunding” and “No to repealing Civil service 143 and Collective Bargaining 174.” You may also copy and paste the comments from the first link regarding the budget and drop them into the ecomment section of council meetings.

Any assistance is greatly appreciated…

The SAPD Training Academy Firearms staff will hold retiree qualifications on September 10 and 11. Call 210-207-6229 to get on the schedule. 

Morning qualification starts at 0900 and an afternoon qualification starts at 1400.  When you call to sign up please specify time and date. 

NO WALK-INS! We are limited to 30 shooters per time slot so we will absolutely be taking no walk-ins.  If you are not signed up for the specified time/date, you will not be allowed to qualify.  No exceptions.  You will need your firearm, at least two magazines, a holster, 50 rounds of ammo and a check payable to COSA.

MASKS WILL BE REQUIRED AT ALL TIMES EXCEPT ON THE FIRING LINE, NO EXCEPTIONS.  Your own eye and ear protection is highly recommended. 

Call Range staff at 210-207-6229 during normal business hours to get on the schedule.  September and October schedules will be posted shortly.

The Pensioners’ Association will have another online Board member meeting on Tuesday, August 11, at the usual time of 1:30 p.m. We invite all our members to attend. 

The Board has cancelled meetings since April in response to the Covid-19 pandemic.

The August meeting will make use of the software application called Zoom to  conduct the meeting. 

Our members may call into the meeting on their phone. Or they can download an application to their desktop computer, tablet or laptop. The Zoom website will have all the information you need for downloading. By downloading the Zoom app  you can use your computer’s video camera to add a video stream to the meeting. It would be great to see you!