ODES OF MY FATHER

By Gerald G. Doane

My father, Gerald Francis Triplett, born March 15, 1909 near Ceres, California, was one of seven children born to my grandparents, William Wright Triplett and Cora Harriman Triplett.   The William Wright Triplett family were farmers, cannery owners, and teachers.

On September 21, 1935 in Alameda, California at the home of my grea

• Language: English
• Publisher: Code-4-Productions
• Release date: Dec 31, 2018
• ISBN: 9781732482050

Gerald G. Doane

I began learning about safety and security after enlisting in the United States Marine Corps in 1957. During Boot Camp, one of our tasks was to learn, by rote, the Ten General Orders. These General Orders were the policies and procedures of the Marine Corps established for Marines while standing interior guard. Later in my Marine Corps career, I learned, as a Radio Telegraph Operator, much about information security. In 1963 I became a San Francisco Police Officer. As a State of California Peace Officer my principle job was to enforce the safety and security policies (laws) of the state, to protect life and property, and to keep the peace while respecting the rights of the individual citizen. In 1973 I was fully promoted to Sergeant and was assigned many tasks including writing and editing a two-volume manual of policy and procedure, teaching officer safety and security protocols, and managing training programs. In 1978 I transferred to the San Rafael Police Department where I was promoted to lieutenant and became a Watch Commander and leader of two special operational units. In 1980, I left law enforcement to manage the security policies of CrownZellerbach Corporation, a major multinational forest products corporation. While there, my job was to protect the assets of the corporation by managing the security policies established by the corporation's Board of Directors. This is when and where I managed the considerable safety and security policies of the corporation. In 1986 CrownZellerbach Corporation became controlled by outside interests who broke the corporation into parts and sold the parts to others. I retired and formed my independent investigation and security consulting firm. During the period 1980 to 1997, I was a member of the American Society of Industrial Security (ASIS) and was a Certified Protection Professional (CPP). In 1997 I retired my business. My wife and I moved to Oregon and purchased a small farm. But I was not through with safety and security just yet. It seemed working our small farm was not enough stimulus in my life. So, I took a job with the Portland, Oregon Police Bureau (PPB) where I worked the front desk at Central Precinct on the night watch, and, worked our small farm during the day. At the PPB, I monitored site safety and security systems, assisted in citizen requests for police services, and performed administrative and support duties for our officers. Police work was still in my heart and brain. I retired from PPB in 2009. I did some volunteer work with the Central Cascades Fire and EMS (CCF&E) located in Crescent Lake, Oregon from about 2010 until 2013. I was an elected Director at Large to the department's Board of Directors. Both my wife and I were also volunteer firefighters at CCF&E until we left Oregon and returned to California. In addition to my work, I have extensive teaching experiences at The San Francisco Police Academy; City College of San Francisco; San Jose State University, Administration of Justice Bureau; Northwestern University, The Traffic Institute; The Canadian Police College. and other venues such as the Kansas City, Missouri Police Department, the Texas Department of Public Safety, and the Hennepin County, Minnesota Police Chiefs Association. My academic career included attending Oklahoma State University; receiving an Associate of Arts degree from City College of San Francisco; receiving a Bachelor of Arts degree from Golden Gate University; receiving a Master of Public Administration degree from the University of Southern California; and, earning a Life Time California Community College Instructor Credential for Public Services and Administration/Police Science.

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ODES OF MY FATHER

Author

Gerald G. Doane

Publisher

Code-4-Productions

Copyright © 2018 by Gerald G. Doane

All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form or by any means without the prior written permission of the Author.

ISBN: 978-1-7324820-4-3

eBook ISBN: 978-1-7324820-5-0

Produced in the United States of America

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Foliage, by Gerald Francis Triplett

A Child’s Strength, by Sydney Dell Triplett

No and Yes, by Gerald Francis Triplett

Dream in Despair, by Gerald Francis Triplett

Solitaire, by Gerald Francis Triplett

Last Eve’s Sup, by Gerald Francis Triplett

A Marriage by Force, by Gerald Francis Triplett

Beyond the Veil, No. 1, by Gerald Francis Triplett

Play the Game, by Gerald Francis Triplett

Prophets One to Three, by Gerald Francis Triplett

One Seed, by Gerald Francis Triplett

The Melody, by Gerald Francis Triplett

To Usury, by Gerald Francis Triplett

Beyond the Veil, No. 2, by Gerald Francis Triplett

Pish, by Gerald Francis Triplett

The Lantern, by Gerald Francis Triplett

A Caravan, by Gerald Francis Triplett

The Atrocious Weed, by Gerald Francis Triplett

The Other Side, by Gerald Francis Triplett

This Kettle Pot, by Gerald Francis Triplett

Maker of All Motion, by Gerald Francis Triplett

From Nakedness, by Gerald Francis Triplett

The Witness by Gerald Gregory Triplett

Wonder Ink, by Gerald Francis Triplett

I Crawl, by Gerald Francis Triplett

The Phantom, by Gerald Francis Triplett

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