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Those Who Gave It All

Those that are underlined are linked to their biography page at the California Peace Officer's Memorial.

The Stockton Police Officer's Association

Steve Leonesio, President (E-Mail)

Mark Anderson, Vice-President  (E-Mail)

Greg Spears, Treasurer (E-Mail)

Eric Azarvand, Director (E-Mail)

Lon Hudson, Director (E-Mail)

Chris Martin, Director (E-Mail)

Patrick Mayer, Director (E-Mail)

Robert Molthen, Director (E-Mail)

David Padula, Director (E-Mail)

James Ridenour, Director (E-Mail)

Corky Mayer, Retiree Representative

The SPOA's History

The first document record of the Stockton Police Widows and Orphans Association was February 13, 1914.

The first recipient of survivor benefits for the Stockton Police Widows and Orphans Association was Amelia Briscoe, the widow of Jack Briscoe, who was killed in the line of duty in 1917.

The members of the Association voted September 9, 1953, to start a loan service offered to its member.

In 1974, the members voted to change the name of our Association to the Stockton Police Officers' Association.

The SPOA's Stated Purpose

The object of this Association is to render aid to the Widows and Orphans of all of it's deceased members; to consolidate and to harmonize conditions in said Police Department, and to protect and promote the members' wages, hours and terms and conditions of employment.

The SPOA's Past Presidents

1914-15             C.O. Smith
1916                    J.H. Jackson
1917             J.W. Hanan
1918                  C.W. Potter
1919                       J.C. Dewey
1920        I.B. Washburn
1921                   F.H. Ingalls
1922                   F.J. McHugh
1923        H.A. Vogelsang
1924                   J.A. Norris
1925                 W. McLachlan
1926       J.P. Shoemaker
1927                   F.P. Brown
1928                        S. Chance
1929         C.C. Fredricks
1930           B.H. McGlothen
1931                 D.W. Reynolds
1932              G.E. Cannon
1933                  F. Grantzow
1934                  R.E. McHugh
1935                    E. Stuart
1936                H.A. Sanders
1937                      L.D. Morril
1938               B.S. Knight
1939                C.T. Thorton
1940                        B. Cassidy
1940-41            J. Harbert
1942               C    .A. Monk
1943                      W. Darling
1944        J.A. MacDonald
1945                     W. Joyce
1946                         L.R. Case
1947                   C.D. Berg
1948             H.E. Robinson
1949                 H. Schwinden
1950             F.C. Gregory
1951               J.G. Johnson
1952                    G.D. Brooks
1953              E.J. Delaney
1954                W.A. Saxton
1955             R.W. McLachlan
1956                A.A. Meyer
1957-58     G.A. Thompson
1959                    W.J. Helmer
1960               F.B. Garrett
1961                  C.J. Faselli
1962                  J.A. Cecchetti
1963                 R.L. Cress
1964                   J.F. Byrne
1965                  D.L. Faulkner
1966                 I.A. Pesetti
1967                     E. Medina
1968                      B.D. Wingo
1969-70             R.N. Lund
1971             E.R. Williams
1972-74                  D.L. Perry
1974-75       A.E. Jackson
1975-76         J.T. Marnoch
1976-77            J.W. Espinosa
1977-78            D.H. Swim
78-80    D.  Knickerbocker
1980-83                  D.H. Swim
1983-84       P.A. Winston
1984-92               R. Neeley
1992-95     D. Knickerbocker
1995-96             J. Hughes
1996                J.J. Staropoli
1996-2006         D. Reeder
2006-2008   G. Gray
2008-Present Steve Leonesio