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We maintain an index of publications and papers in order to help disseminate, discuss, and improve important ideas in the area of public safety, and the national trends regarding neighborhood and private policing . If you would like to submit your paper for possible inclusion, please email the paper’s abstract to Officer Alan Byard, atbyard@aol.com

  1. Nov. 1, 2011 Letter to the Editor SF Examiner - Time to terminate the 10b program and rely on the Patrol Special Police.
  2. September 9, 2011 Letter to Editor SF Examiner - Dolores Park a 'crack haven' with potential neighborhood policing service by the Patrol Specials
  3. May 12, 2011 PoliceOne.com News - Police officers impaired and imperiled by exertion and exhaustion during attacks. See related article.
  4. April 15, 2011 Letter Addendum of Ann Grogan to the Massachusetts study of the Patrol Special Police, re: facts concerning the Cincinnati, Ohio private police program.
  5. April 13, 2011 - Letter to Editor SF Examiner - Let Specials patrol MUNI.
  6. February 26, 2011 - Patrol Special response to the Mass. study of the Patrol Special Police
  7. February 2, 2011 - Letter to Editor SF Examiner - public library and the homeless
  8. January 29, 2011 - Letter to Editor SF Weekly - "Premium pay" scandal (one more of many).
  9. January 13, 2011 - Letter to Editor SF Examiner - Crime stats under-reported.
  10. December 19, 2010 - Letter to Editor SF Examiner - police union resists progress.
  11. November 22, 2010 - Addendum to Response of Ann Grogan (San Francisco), Patrol Special Client (Glen Park) to the Massachusetts study of the Patrol Special Police.
  12. October 25, 2010 - Wendy McElroy, Independent Institute: "Police Misconduct and Public Accountability".  See, SF Examiner 8/17/09 "Calif. police monitoring use of force among officers.
  13. October 11, 2010 Response of Ann Grogan (San Francisco), Patrol Special Client (Glen Park) to the Massachusetts study of the Patrol Special Police.  Addendum to Response.
  14. October 14, 2010 - Op Ed submitted to the Washington Post, "Out in Left Field, and Going Down? San Francisco bucks the national trend to join private with public policing initiatives"
  15. October 5, 2010 The Jane Warner Plaza resolution passed unanimously!!!!
  16. September 26. 2010 Response of Marcy Berry, President, Libertarian Party (San Francisco) to the Massachusetts study of the Patrol Special Police.
  17. September 9, 2010  Response of Ken Craig, community leader and Patrol Special Client (South Beach) to the Massachusetts study of the Patrol Special Police.
  18. September 1, 2010 "Tale of Two Cities - San Francisco and Oakland" by Dr. James Pastor, professor and security consultant, supporting "para-police" agencies such as the Patrol Specials, as the best policing model. Published in online magazine of ASIS International, the larges security organization in the world with over 40,000 members.
  19. August 22, 2010 - Letter to Editor SF Examiner - why SFPD command level executive employees earn overtime pay?
  20. July 26, 2010 - Letter to Editor NY Times - alternative to some SFPD officers who consider patrolling outside clubs as 'baby sitting'
  21. June 7, 2010 Letter from four Patrol Special clients welcoming new Police Commissioner Angela Chan.  Welcome also sent to new Police Commissioner Carol Kingsley and R. James Slaughter about July 28, 2010.
  22. June 6 and June 9, 2010 Patrol Specials invite San Franciscans to celebrate the life of Officer Warner
  23. May 19, 2010 - Letter from San Francisco Libertarian Party in support of the Patrol Special Police
  24. Blog on proper role and effectiveness of private police and security working along with public police:  http://www.securelaw.blogspot.com
  25. April 15, 2010 - Patrol Special Police provide immediate resource to troubled entertainment businesses
  26. March 24, 2010 -  Patrol Special Police growing in popularity to supplement S.F.P.D. policing
  27. March 17, 2010 - Patrol Special Assistant Police Officer E. Tachihara returns to work after being injured while on patrol.
  28. March 15, 2010 - Op Ed Submitted to SF Chronicle
  29. March 15, 2010 - Alternate public safety resource available now while San Francisco police face cutbacks
  30. March 10, 2010 - City adopts enhanced protections for San Francisco Patrol Special Police
  31. January 30, 2010 SF Police Look For Private Funds KCBS News.  To listen to the story, click here.
  32. January 19, 2010 Letter from Nick Dranias, Director, Center for Constitutional Government, Goldwater Institute, in support of Patrol Special Police
  33. "Tired Cops: The Prevalence and Potential Consequences of Fatigue" Natl Institute of Justice Journal No. 248, 2002 (Ed. note: Patrol Specials typically do not work on overtime and possibly fatigued, as almost all off-duty public police do when they serve on extra security assignments)
  34. January 18, 2010 Merchants and residents celebrate one year of private patrols in Glen Park
  35. January 17, 2010 "Plunder! How Public Employee Unions are Raiding Treasuries, Controlling Our Lives and Bankrupting the Nation." - new book by Steven Greenhut.  More info here
  36. January 15, 2010 SFPD Chief Aims to Involve Community KCBS News.  To listen to the story, click here.
  37. December 15, 2009 SF Board of Supervisors debate security costs.  Just over $2 million of taxpayer dollars spent on private security for Mayor Newsom, other city officials, and visiting dignitaries for the fiscal year 2008-2009 compared to other cities: Sacramento spends $90,000 on the mayor's security, $450,000 in Los Angeles, and $339,000 in Houston.
  38. Letters to the Editor
  39.  November 6, 2009 What is the Proper and Beneficial Role for Public Police?  by Ann Grogan
  40. October 21, 2009 "Managing in the Millennium: A matter of balance" by Carole Moore (first published on officer.com)
  41. August 10, 2009 Providence, R.I.: A Model for Public-Private Partnerships in Emergency Management
  42.  November 21, 2009 Report on the Patrol Special Police - Excerpt Regarding Client Survey Long Form 12-18-09.doc
  43. SecureLaw, Ltd. - a firm led by Dr. James Pastor, noted author and consultant on private policing: http://www.securelaw.info/
  44. August 25, 2009 "San Francisco: Fog City Beacon for Public Justice, or Just More Foggy Thinking When it Comes to Policing?" by Ann Grogan,
  45. August 12, 2009 Summary notes of Public Safety Committee/Bd. or Supervisors' meeting: comments on failure of community policing; testimony of Police Chief 
  46. August, 2009 "Terrorism and Public Safety Policing: Implications for the Obama Presidency" by Dr. James Pastor. You may order this new book at: http://www.routledge.com/books/Terrorism-and-Public-Safety-Policing-isbn9781439815809
  47. Halloween 2008 - Video of Officer on Duty
  48. Fall, 2008 - Publications discussing subscription-based patrol and restitution services
  49. June 2008 "Privatizing the Adjudication of Disputes" by Dr. Brian Caplan and Dr. Edward P. Stringham, , paper prepared conference in Israel.
  50. September 2006  Overlapping Jurisdictions, Proprietary Communities, and Competition in the Realm of Law" by Dr. Edward P. Stringham.

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