On Saturday May 16th 2009, we the San Francisco Guardian Angels began the day with prebreif, first half of the day patrolling the Tenderloin, second half of the day First Aid and CPR class. I J.D. will be leading the patrol with 9 other angels, total 10 angels, we got outside the building of the Bayanihan House to team up and headed down 6th street toward the TL.
Got to Turk St. same old stuff different day, smoking crack, drinking, and the drug dealing, but we posted up as we usually do, and it got quiet, a bit peaceful. As for this spot we do what we can to the best of our abilities, we have took chances and we have took risks but we are a team, and a team sticks together because we watch each others back, that is why we do this.
We care, we DARE TO CARE, you have be trained and you have to have experience to go to these kind of places. Next to 201 Turk Building for our break, but we headed right back out into the streets because there is so much going on today, the Bay To Breakers and we had our training back the Bayanihan House, so we called it a day in the TL. Got to HQ to find out the trainer for our class was not there, he had to call it off because he could not get away from the class he was in. Plan B, patrol UNION SQUARE, we are not just going to call it a day we are going out on patrol. So we headed to Union Square, posted up on a few corners, went around a few blocks, we took photos with a lot of tourists, and we got to show off our colors in places we don't always go to. Not a bad day, and we came back safe, did our debrief. Thank You guys for a great job, your chapter leader J.D.
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Monday, May 18, 2009
Tuesday, May 12, 2009
May 9th patrol
We began the day with 9 guardian angels, this day was suppose to be spent on self-defense training, but the instructor did not show up, this happens I guess, its just we try to get as much training as possible when we can. We did have other things to do in case things like this happens, we began our updates about upcoming events and other training classes.
So looks like we are on track and we are on schedule and we are on the same page. Now we get ready for our patrol, we have been getting alot of calls from UNION SQUARE, we thought we would go and check on this just to see how things are really like there, but everything was fine and there was a lot of tourists, so we made a U-TURN and went into the Tenderloin. One patrol one team to go into the Tenderloin, we must focus on a good and productive patrol because I JD will lead this patrol. Got to Turk St. all hell was all over the place some people just don't care about themselves and some people do, you see a lot of it in the TL. But we posted up as we do and things got quiet and cool, next we went to 201 Turk Building where we can take a bathroom break and water break.
Then we headed down the street, talk to a few neighbors that are happy to see us out in the street, we do get people that really like us and then we get people that really hate us. But we keep moving to other streets, post up a few more times, things got better and we began to feel a little bet more relaxed. Time to head back to the HQ to do our debrief, and to be thankful for another safe and productive day as a Guardian Angel.
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So looks like we are on track and we are on schedule and we are on the same page. Now we get ready for our patrol, we have been getting alot of calls from UNION SQUARE, we thought we would go and check on this just to see how things are really like there, but everything was fine and there was a lot of tourists, so we made a U-TURN and went into the Tenderloin. One patrol one team to go into the Tenderloin, we must focus on a good and productive patrol because I JD will lead this patrol. Got to Turk St. all hell was all over the place some people just don't care about themselves and some people do, you see a lot of it in the TL. But we posted up as we do and things got quiet and cool, next we went to 201 Turk Building where we can take a bathroom break and water break.
Then we headed down the street, talk to a few neighbors that are happy to see us out in the street, we do get people that really like us and then we get people that really hate us. But we keep moving to other streets, post up a few more times, things got better and we began to feel a little bet more relaxed. Time to head back to the HQ to do our debrief, and to be thankful for another safe and productive day as a Guardian Angel.
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Wednesday, April 15, 2009
Mission patrol, 4/11/09
We started the day with prebrief, we had 13 Guardian Angels. Today is the day that we are going back into the Mission after awhile of being in the Tenderloin, we will have the same two teams, a lead team and a shadow team.
We will use our radio's for this day, for better communication and for a better patrol. Keep in mind it is a nice day and Easter will be tomorrow, anything could happen but we are ready. Got to Mission Dist. 16th st. same routine and our same tour, first stop Hunters Alley not to bad, expected worst, but did pick up a few needles with drugs still in them.
But we move on, with Scorpion leading the lead team and me leading the shadow team, checked Kid Power Park all clear, checked Aliot Park all clear, and all the other alley's we checked were all clear. This is a very fine day, no problems and everyone was in a good mood, so we decided to call it a day. From 24th st. we marched back to 16th st. with no problems, caught the #14 bus and headed back to our HQ, did debreif, and called it a safe day, and everyone did not expect this kind of a day, but they do happen. Read the rest
We will use our radio's for this day, for better communication and for a better patrol. Keep in mind it is a nice day and Easter will be tomorrow, anything could happen but we are ready. Got to Mission Dist. 16th st. same routine and our same tour, first stop Hunters Alley not to bad, expected worst, but did pick up a few needles with drugs still in them.
But we move on, with Scorpion leading the lead team and me leading the shadow team, checked Kid Power Park all clear, checked Aliot Park all clear, and all the other alley's we checked were all clear. This is a very fine day, no problems and everyone was in a good mood, so we decided to call it a day. From 24th st. we marched back to 16th st. with no problems, caught the #14 bus and headed back to our HQ, did debreif, and called it a safe day, and everyone did not expect this kind of a day, but they do happen. Read the rest
Tuesday, April 7, 2009
Tenderloin patrol, 4/4/09
This weekend we had Guardian Angels from the Solano and Oakland chapters. We began our day with a prebrief and 16 Guardian Angels. JD led the first team and Scorpion led the shadow team.
We started the patrol at Turk St. and posted up on a few corners, but there were no problems. We went to O'Farrell St., Geary St and then we went to Ellis St. and the drug dealing was really bad. We posted up and things got a little quieter and some of the dealers left while residents came outside. You could tell the difference of the kind of people that ran the corners and those that wanted to go to the store.
After a short while a police car pulled up in front of us and the officer asked who was in charge. I spoke with him and he shook our hands because he had gotten a lot of calls from the local residents about the drug dealing going on that day, but by the time he arrived most of them had left since we were on their corner now. This was good because it shows the Guardian Angels and the police are on good terms and we can work together. But most of all the neighborhood, the community respects us as we respect them.
We will help out as much as we can because we do Dare to Care. Got back to our HQ. We came back safe from a good patrol. We would like to thank:
Omar, Solano Chapter Leader
Ajax, Oakland Chapter Leader Read the rest
We started the patrol at Turk St. and posted up on a few corners, but there were no problems. We went to O'Farrell St., Geary St and then we went to Ellis St. and the drug dealing was really bad. We posted up and things got a little quieter and some of the dealers left while residents came outside. You could tell the difference of the kind of people that ran the corners and those that wanted to go to the store.
After a short while a police car pulled up in front of us and the officer asked who was in charge. I spoke with him and he shook our hands because he had gotten a lot of calls from the local residents about the drug dealing going on that day, but by the time he arrived most of them had left since we were on their corner now. This was good because it shows the Guardian Angels and the police are on good terms and we can work together. But most of all the neighborhood, the community respects us as we respect them.
We will help out as much as we can because we do Dare to Care. Got back to our HQ. We came back safe from a good patrol. We would like to thank:
Omar, Solano Chapter Leader
Ajax, Oakland Chapter Leader Read the rest
Saturday, April 4, 2009
Mission patrol, 3/28/09
We began our day with a prebrief and 14 Guardian Angels. This is a big day for us as we had a reporter from Mission Local following our patrol for a story. This is good for our chapter and Guardian Angels all over because it tells what we do, how we do it, and why we care. If there is anyone who would like to do a story on us, get the truth by going out on patrol with us, please contact the chapter leader, JD. My email is on the top right corner of the blog.
We had two teams today. Scorpion led the first team and JD led the shadow team. Daredevil will assist the reporter. We began on 16th and Mission at our starting point. Next we headed up 16th to get lunch and ran into a problem. A guy was drunk off his ass that was in a way to start something, somehow, someway. But we got his booze, he calmed down and went his own way.
As the day went on, we checked our alley ways, picked up needles and a crack pipe. Made it to our ending point at 24th and Mission St. with no other problems. We headed back to 16th where we came across a woman smoking marijuana and we sopped her and asked her for the bag full of marijuana she was openly carrying. She gave it up and we disposed of it to keep the public areas safe and drug free.
We got back to HQ for a debrief. What a great day to handle all these problems while a story was being put together. We did come back safe and we did do our jobs as the San Francisco Guardian Angels! Read the rest
We had two teams today. Scorpion led the first team and JD led the shadow team. Daredevil will assist the reporter. We began on 16th and Mission at our starting point. Next we headed up 16th to get lunch and ran into a problem. A guy was drunk off his ass that was in a way to start something, somehow, someway. But we got his booze, he calmed down and went his own way.
As the day went on, we checked our alley ways, picked up needles and a crack pipe. Made it to our ending point at 24th and Mission St. with no other problems. We headed back to 16th where we came across a woman smoking marijuana and we sopped her and asked her for the bag full of marijuana she was openly carrying. She gave it up and we disposed of it to keep the public areas safe and drug free.
We got back to HQ for a debrief. What a great day to handle all these problems while a story was being put together. We did come back safe and we did do our jobs as the San Francisco Guardian Angels! Read the rest
Tenderloin patrol, 3/21/09
We began our day with a prebrief and 14 Guardian Angels. We have two new recruits to join us for this day. Their code names are Zorro and Storm. Code names are necessary because we don't want to call out our real names in the streets. We divided into two teams for the day.
We had a lead team and a shadow team. JD took the lead team and Scorpion took the shadow team. We patrolled both sides of the street covering: Turk, Eddy, Ellis, O'Farrell, Geary, Taylor, Jones, Leavenworth, and Hyde St. We would like to thank this community for inviting us. We have to stand together and we have to work together to have a better community. We don't like drugs and what they do to people so if you are using drugs we urge you to seek help for yourself.
We came back to HQ and everyone came back safe. We did a great job today knowing we don't get paid but it feels good in our hearts. Again, thank you Tenderloin community for your support. Read the rest
We had a lead team and a shadow team. JD took the lead team and Scorpion took the shadow team. We patrolled both sides of the street covering: Turk, Eddy, Ellis, O'Farrell, Geary, Taylor, Jones, Leavenworth, and Hyde St. We would like to thank this community for inviting us. We have to stand together and we have to work together to have a better community. We don't like drugs and what they do to people so if you are using drugs we urge you to seek help for yourself.
We came back to HQ and everyone came back safe. We did a great job today knowing we don't get paid but it feels good in our hearts. Again, thank you Tenderloin community for your support. Read the rest
Trip to LA, 3/13-15/09
We traveled to Los Angeles on Friday for new Guardian Angel graduation ceremonies, awards, and LA patrols. On Saturday, our first patrol was in Huntington Park. It was a beautiful day with no problems. Our second patrol was Venice Beach and it went well also.
Guardian Angel founder Curtis Sliwa was with us and lots of people stopped to ask questions. Next stop was the LA HQ and Dojo for self-defense training and take down moves. Everyone had a great time and we always can use more training. Third patrol was Hollywood Blvd. at night. Night patrols can get dangerous because of the bars, clubs, and the drinking. One patrol broke up a fight, they did a very good job and we maintained a lot of presence on the street that prevented other things from happening. After patrol we went back to the hotel to prepare for the next day.
On Sunday we had graduations and awards. This will be remembered as a time that 11 chapters came together, all of California. I myself will never forget this trip. Curtis Sliwa's speech touched our hearts and our lives. Now we come back to San Francisco a better Angel, a smarter Angel, an Angel that will always be a roll model. We Do Dare to Care! Read the rest
Guardian Angel founder Curtis Sliwa was with us and lots of people stopped to ask questions. Next stop was the LA HQ and Dojo for self-defense training and take down moves. Everyone had a great time and we always can use more training. Third patrol was Hollywood Blvd. at night. Night patrols can get dangerous because of the bars, clubs, and the drinking. One patrol broke up a fight, they did a very good job and we maintained a lot of presence on the street that prevented other things from happening. After patrol we went back to the hotel to prepare for the next day.
On Sunday we had graduations and awards. This will be remembered as a time that 11 chapters came together, all of California. I myself will never forget this trip. Curtis Sliwa's speech touched our hearts and our lives. Now we come back to San Francisco a better Angel, a smarter Angel, an Angel that will always be a roll model. We Do Dare to Care! Read the rest
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