Haight Ashbury Patrol 9/11/10

Saturday September 11th 2010, we the San Francisco Guardian Angels will be patrolling the Haight Ashbury Dist. today. But this is not just any other patrol, this patrol is dedicated to a leader in the Guardian Angels. The Chapter Leader for Richmond Calif. and his code name was Shadow. Shadow had past away from health problems, we knew Shadow well, and we had patrolled with Shadow many time's. He was a true leader and he was a true friend, for us to show our respect we the San Francisco Chapter wore Black Ribbons on our color's for this day. We all knew this patrol was going to be done for Shadow, and everyone knew to be at the headquarters on time. As we all arrived at the HQ, we change into our uniforms, we did prebrief, and now we prepare to hit the streets.






There will be two teams for this patrol today, Nemo will lead team one, and Matador will lead team two, we have three first aid techs today, we will use all radio's for communication today, now we are ready to hit the streets. We march to the bus stop, we get on bus #6, we get to our stop in the Height Ashbury Dist. we march down the main street of Height, post up a few time's, all clear.



We get to the end of Height, we run into an old school member of the Angels, he introduced him self as Derrick. This guy was cool, he explained to us how it used to be like back then, and how we looked today, it was all good, Thank You Brother for your service.





Now we march into the Golden Gate Park and we all know what to look for, but it is all calm, and it is all peaceful but we are here for a tour and we will do our tour of this area. We did pick up, beer bottles, wine bottles, whiskey bottles, through-out the park and smelt dope in a few area's, this was it, all clear.





As for this one moment in the park, we did have to take this photo at a fountain where we all had pointed our finger's to heaven to say, This Is For You Shadow, that was great.








Next we march on, out of the main park through the tunnel, back on Height Ashbury main street. This was not good, we came up on this guy, this guy was on drugs, this guy did not know who he was, where he was, and that he was feeling real bad. First aid checked him out, check his blood presser, check heart beat, everything that the could do, the decision was to call for the EMT'S, we did, they arrived, he went to the hospital.





Next we march, we march down Height Ashbury main street again, posted up a few time's, all clear.





Nemo then advises the teams to call it a day, and we march to the bus stop, we get to the bus stop, we get on bus #71, we get to our stop at Market, we march to the HQ. We are now at the HQ, and we all know what we must do, we do our debrief, but there is a moment of silence and a prayer for our brother Shadow. Now we change back into our street clothes, and we reflect the day as to one of our best day patrols ever. First Aid Techs did a Great job today!



Nemo and Matador did Excellent as leaders today!
CHAPTER LEADER/JERRY LONGORIA/J.D.
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Cook Out in The Haight 7/11/10

Sunday July 11th 2010, we the San Francisco Guardian Angels will be going over to the Haight Ashbury Dist. for a cook out (BBQ) today. We where invited be one of the community leaders in this area, he his also one of our supporters for our chapter here in San Francisco. All the angels will be meeting at the HQ who are interested in going over to the cook out (BBQ). We are all ready and we are all in color's, but this is not a patrol, this is a cook out (BBQ), so we are in a low-key mode. We go to the bus stop, we get on #71 bus, we get to our stop.




We are now in the Haight Ashbury Dist. The house is not far from our stop, about a block away, we get there and right away they are inviting us into there home. There is soda's and water, there is food, and there is a stair well in the back yard that goes up three story's, WOW.



But this all fun and it is all very exciting, this is good that we get a chance to come here once a year to meet with the community this way. It helps our relationships, it helps the community, it helps the awareness of the neighborhood, and helps the angels feel that we are doing a good job. We do meet a few people, and we do answer a lot of questions, and we do not try to wear out our welcome.



This is another part that we must do as Guardian Angels, we must connect with this city and get involved with this city as much as possible, no matter what neighborhood or community. You'll never know how much this helps unless you do it, and do it for the Guardian Angels.



As it gets later in the day, we decide it is time for us to leave, we give our thanks and our blessing for inviting us. We regrouped outside, we get to the bus stop, we get on #71 bus, we get to our bus stop downtown on 6th street. As for the HQ it is two blocks away, we get to the HQ, we take off our color's and we call it a day. We all had a great day, we all had great food, and we all had fun, this is what happens when you become a member of the Guardian Angels.


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Haight Ashbury Patrol 7/10/10

Saturday July 10th 2010, we the San Francisco Guardian Angels will be patrolling the Haight Ashbury Dist. today. We do have a guess chapter that will be joining us on this patrol, (The Solano County Guardian Angels Chapter). This is the Haight Ashbury Dist. and we do know what to expect, the reason being for this patrol there was a murder last week and now people are afraid, calls where coming in. Now we prepare; we have two chapters for this patrol, we have first aid techs for this patrol, we have radio's for this patrol.






We even contacted the Forest Ranger's that we will be patrolling the Golden Gate Park area as well, they give us the OK. The chapter leader for San Francisco "J.D." and the chapter leader for Solano County "O" will lead team one, the second in command for San Francisco "Scorpion" and the second in command for Solano County "Razor" will lead team two. Next we go into our prebief, all the angels are in color's, all the angels are in there teams, and now we are ready to hit the streets.



We march to the bus stop, we ride the #6 bus to the Haight Ashbury Dist., we get to our stop, we divide the teams. One team on each side of the street, it looks better this way and we can cover more of the area, we do our radio check's, now we march. The Haight Street is not to bad, it is a beautiful day, alot of people are outside, we did feel that the area was calm, so we marched on. Next we stopped for dinner, we got that out of the way, we regrouped, we got into our teams and we began to march. But we had to stop and post up because we where asked to take a photo with this couple from Spain, as we where talking with them the man spoke up and said he was a cop in Spain. This was COOL! showed us the badge and all, they did asked if we had a chapter in Spain and we explained we did not, but it could happen some day, they then thank us for the work we did and we march on.



Next we march right into the Golden Gate Park area, it seems calm, but expect the unexpected, first thing you smell is POT but this the Haight and that smell is everywhere, but not the POT, because they hide there shit when they see the Guardian Angels. We march around the area, we post up around the area, we show our presents around the area, this is how we do things in this area. It is done this way because, on one side of the park you have POT HILL for all the pot heads, and on the other side of the park you have a PLAY GROUND for kids. As long as each other stays on there side there may not be a problem, but some how, some way this has been working out for years.





Next we decide to march out of the park and head back to the HQ, but there will be some stops along the way. We march all the way down Haight Street to our bus stop, we get on the #71 bus, we get to our stop on 8th street, we march down the block to HOLIDAY INN, this is where the 2010 World Convention is going to be held at and we just wanted to get a feel what is going to be like. We march on to the UNITED NATIONS PLAZA, great place to visit but there are bad guys all around this place, it is all clear.



We march on, we get to the HQ, we debrief, we did make a few mistakes today but we have to learn from them and not try do them again.



We like to thank, THE SOLANO COUNTY GUARDIAN ANGELS CHAPTER! for there support.
CHAPTER LEADER/JERRY LONGORIA/J.D.
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Haight/Ashbury, bus patrols

Saturday March 6th 2010, we the San Francisco Guardian Angels will be patrolling the Height Ashbury Dist. and doing bus patrols today on two buses, (bus #71 & bus #38). All the angels and our guest from San Jose Chapter start arriving at the HQ around 12:00 noon, to change into uniforms and to do prebrief. Again this is a back to back patrol, it take focus and it takes patience because this is going to be a long patrol. There will be two teams, I J.D. will be team one and Scorpion will be team two, we will have two first aid techs and we will be using all radios for communication for this patrol. Now we are ready to head out into the streets, first we march to the bus stop on Market Street & 5th, next we get on bus #71.



We all know what to do on the bus, and that is looking for drinking on the bus, doing drugs on the bus, writing graffiti on the bus and not let any freeloaders come in the back door of the bus, the ride is All Clear. Now we are at Haight Ashbury Dist. We get off the bus, we march down the main street of the area, the area is All Clear. Next we march right into the Golden Gate Park, before we do we call the Park Rangers, (they give us the OK).



As we march around the area, we are greeted, we are thanked, but as we got to the back of the park there were some things scattered on the ground, along with needles a butchers knife, we cleaned up the area and marched on.







This area seems to be calm, cool, and collected, but not so fast, as we were starting to march out of the park, we come across a male that was so beat-up that this guy needed to go to the hospital. Right away we called 911, they arrived, they observe him, they walked him to there ambulance, put him in and left.





Next we march to the bus stop to get on bus #71 to do another bus patrol, we get on the bus going outbound all the way to the Pacific Ocean, the ride is All Clear. We get to our stop, we get into our teams, we now are ready for a long march to our other bus stop, but this area is the Pacific Ocean, there is no crime, there is no violence, there is no drug dealing, but there is the exercise that we need for this long march. Everyone did not know what to expect from this patrol, but it did have an impact on us, because it took endurance, and it showed how we can get into any environment and still stay focus on what we are doing.









We all got to our bus stop, both teams, we get on bus #38 going inbound, we look for all things that we look for on the bus, the ride is All Clear.



We get back into the city and to our stop, we get into our teams and we call it a night and march back to the HQ. We get to the HQ, we open up the office, now we do debrief, this is a good day, we all came back safe, we all came back alive, and we all had fun. This patrol had little mistakes, the leaders did a very good job, we do need to have different patrol leaders and this will come in upcoming patrols.

We the San Francisco Chapter would like to THANK the San Jose Chapter for there help and their leadership!

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Haight, Golden Gate Park patrol, 11/14/09

Saturday November 14th 2009, we the San Francisco Guardian Angels will be patrolling the Haight Ashbury Dist. today. All the angels start arriving at the HQ around 11:00am to get ready for patrol, to change into uniform and to do our prebrief. The leader of this patrol will be Williams, he has been in the chapter for some time now and we need to see if he can lead the patrol. Williams will be lead team and Scorpion is his shadow team, next we partner up and hand out all the radios for communication. I J.D. and Greencard will be observers and only observers, this is not first time we have tried this, we have to see how this patrol turns out.

Williams makes the call let's move out, we all march to the bus stop, we get on bus #6 to the Haight Ashbury Dist. we get off at the main street of the Haight, we post up, we team up, and we march down the main street to Golden Gate Park. There were no bad guys, no drug dealers, and no gang bangers, this is good for the main street of the Haight. Now we are at the Golden Gate Park, the teams are ready so we march into the park and before you know it Williams team acknowledges drug activity and drinking in public from a group, so we all post up while he and his partner makes communication with the group, the group hides everything they have and denies they had anything.



At this time the SFPR, San Francisco Park Rangers arrive, one ranger comes up to the group and Williams and ask is there a problem, the group calmed down and said the angels should not be here and that we are the ones that started it by interrupting their partying. The Ranger said there is no partying in the park and that they needed to move along, they said they would if the angels would, the Ranger called his supervisor to come to the area, he showed up and talked to me and Greencard and advises the chapter to call ahead of time to check in first if we could before we come into this district, we agreed and receive their phone contact.

Williams marched us out of the park back to the main street (Haight Ashbury), our next stop is David's house, David is one of our supporters, we get there, and David invites us all to come in, we all talk about the neighborhood on how it is getting, and how it is getting a little better, next we thanked David and marched back to our bus stop. We get on the bus, we get back to the HQ, we began our debrief, and everything turned out not to bad, everyone learned something today and everyone came back safe, I would like to thank Williams and his leadership on a well done job!

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Haight-Ashbury patrol, 8/8/09

Saturday August 8th 2009, we the San Francisco Guardian Angels will be patrolling the Height Ashbury distritc today. Today there will be a time change for this patrol, 11:00am to 7:00pm, a good 8 hours is just the basic time for a patrol and enough time to reach certain areas that we want to patrol. We now begin with our prebrief and plans for the day’s activities, there are 9 angels for today's patrol and we are just going to be 1 team for today, I J.D. will lead this team.

We are all changed into our uniforms, we are all focused, and we are all ready to go out to patrol. We march to the bus stop, today's bus is the #7, or the #71, or the #6, we get on the bus stop with no problems, next we get to the Haight Ashbury Dist. to the area that we are patrolling. The Haight Ashbury Dist. is different from the Mission Dist, and different from the Tenderloin Dist. but it does have crime and it does have bad guys, and it is good that we have the support of the community behind us.

We march down the main street of this area all the way to the Golden Gate Park, we did post up on some corners but there were no problems. Now we march right into the Golden Gate Park on this beautiful day, and soon as we get to where the trees are there are some bad guys that are calling us every name in the book that hate the Guardian Angels with all of their hearts, but we are ready in case it escalates, but nothing happens so we move on. We march around to the Koret Children’s Quarter, a playground for the kids, and we post up outside around the gate to observe safety and drug activity, there where no problems. We did what we could to do a good patrol for this area, we next begin to march out of the park and guess who we run right into the same bad guys again, they cuss us out again, there where no hands put on anyone and that was it, we showed no fear and we did not back down. We march out of the park feeling pretty good, next we march back down the main street of the Haight Ashbury Dist. there where no problems. Got to the bus stop, posted up and this man came up to me J.D. and ask to take a photo of us all, I said sure, he said come with him to his house where he had this set-up for a professional picture, this was a good photo and we cant wait to this guy e-mails it to us.

Got back to the bus stop, caught the bus and headed back to downtown, we were on the bus talking about the Filipino Festival and decided to go and check this out as we where on our way back to the HQ anyway. Got off the bus at 3rd street to march to the Filipino Festival, we arrive and there where a lot of people but no bad guys. So we march to the HQ, got to the HQ, change back into our street clothes and begin our debrief, everyone got a chance to speak about the day and everyone said we all did a good job for today's patrol.
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Community BBQ, July 19th

Sunday July 19th, 2009 is the day for the cookout in the Haight Ashbury Dist. We will meet at David's and Virginia's house with all of the neighbors of their community. David and the neighbors of this community are very excited to see us arrive, but we are very excited to be there as well. We as Angels meet everyone and we try to talk to everyone just to let them know that we are back in this neighborhood and we are going to do our best to make it a safe neighborhood. We are also there to present David and his wife an AWARD for his achievement of the neighborhood watch program he had started called RAD, Residents Against Drugs.

They both have came along way and their community has came along way but it is for the better and for the good. We as Angels know if it wasn't for people like David and Virginia and their community's support we would not be as strong as we are as the San Francisco GUARDIAN ANGELS. We give David and his wife the award and everyone was happy for them and we were feeling very proud at that moment as well. After that we took some photos, we thank everyone, and we went on our way back to our HQ and called it a day, a day that we will always remember. Read the rest

June 6th Patrol, Haight-Ashbury

Today is Saturday June 6th 2009, we have a lot on our schedule. The day starts with prebrief, the prebrief is a huge matter today because of the CONVENTION that will be held in N.Y. next week, this is very very important, and we all know this. After discussing this matter we went on to plan out our patrol for today, our area today is the Haight/Ashbury District.

We have patrolled this district before and we have been wanting to get back there, the reason is we have not received any calls from this district lately. Until recently, we were requested and we are excited to go back there, we have 10 angels for this patrol, two teams, Greencard will be lead team, I J.D. will be shadow team, and we are using all radios for communication.

We do have a contact person, his name is David, and his group is called Residents Against Drugs (RAD) but we will not meet with him until later in the day, he advised us. So we got into our two teams, paired up and headed to the bus stop, caught the #71 bus to this area. Got off at the beginning of Haight St. cut the teams in half, one on one side of the street the other on the other side of the street and marched down to the end of the strip. Stopped for lunch at McDonald's, we went inside to eat and saw a homeless man asleep in one of the seats, the manager of the store asked if we could remove him, and we did by waking this man up and asking him to leave, and he did with no problems.

As we regroup for patrol, we headed into Golden Gate Park, we are on the look out for a gang calling themselves The Fillmore Kids. We begin by cutting the patrol again to cover more area of the park, Greencard's team came across some bad guys that may have been the Fillmore Kids but were not, words were said and one of the guys had got into Greencard's face, so Greencard had to push this guy away for invading in his space, but everything cooled down and we moved on. We got to the family kid park and we patrolled around the area for a while, talked to a few kids, talked to a counselor that came up to us about one of their kids running away from their group home, he gave us a description of the 14 year old girl and his phone number in case we hear anything.

It was getting later into the day, so we marched out of the park, we posted up at Golden Gate Park's main entrance where an incident had occurred. This is where the call had originally came from, of a couple, a man and a woman had gotten robbed and beat up by the Fillmore Kids. But it was OK on this evening, next we headed back up Haight St. to David's house for a meeting, he had pass on to us on how the neighborhood has gotten, as the meeting was coming to its end he did invite us to the neighborhood cookout in his back yard, we used to come to these all the time and it was time to come back to them for the neighborhood.

This is a good thing, to get the support back, and to stay in touch, we are very glad to come back to this neighborhood, The Haight/Ashbury District. We said our goodbyes and headed back to the bus stop, caught the #71 bus, made it back to our new HQ 953 Mission St. suit 201.

We had great day, we had a safe day, we did our debrief, and we did have one promotion today COBRA to LT. Great job guys from your chapter leader, (J.D.) Read the rest