photo 1. SMPD Police Chief Timothy Jackman gets a high-five from teammates after a strike at the SuperBowl-A-Thon XII fundraiser for the Westside Shelter and Hunger Coalition at the AMF Bay Shore Lanes on Friday, February 1. (#2 photo, l-r) SMPD team members: Captain Alfonso Venegas, Chief of Police Timothy Jackman, Lieutenant Daniel Salerno, Captain Wendell Shirley, and Deputy Chief of Police Phillip Sanchez get ready to bowl.
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