The Holiday Season is upon us again. It seems to come faster every year. One more month and it will be 2016. For those of us in the San Francisco Bay Area, it means gearing up for Super Bowl Sunday. If you plan on being here and don't have a room yet, you might try the outlying counties (Walnut Creek, Hayward, Richmond, Pleasanton, Pittsburgh) then you can take BART in and enjoy the festivities but escape the traffic.
I hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving Day, with Family and Friends. With Christmas around the corner, keep your awareness up at work and around your home. This is the time when depression hits many people. Please reach out to friends, seniors and co-workers let them know they are not alone (especially if they have suffered the loss of Family this year, financial hardship, etc.).
Stephanie Harding has made contact with Safe Guard Armor the donation of 2 ballistic vests. This offer applies only to women in the US, UK, and Canada (due to shipping). If you or someone you know in law enforcement needs a vest and their department doesn't supply them let me know. The application deadline is Dec. 6th. I will need a short 1-2 paragraph explaining the need and why she should be chosen.
If you have any articles for the magazine please send them to me. The deadlines are December 1, March 1, June 1 and September 1.
I am currently working on booking a date for the next Region 10 Training Seminar. I am hoping I can find a hotel in San Francisco with reasonable rates, don't laugh, it's possible. If not I will be looking at the Marriott Hotel in Walnut Creek.
Please have a Safe and Wonderful Holiday Season!
Merry Christmas
Fabian
