hello, welcome to assignment 7. today on our program, realtime crime. an exclusive tour inside a new war room designed that give police a high-tech advantage.

>> and also an investigation gun owners that are not supposed to have weapons and why police aren't going after them. >> and in a aspiring bay area fighter picture the limits. >> san francisco is using a had i high-tech operation to fight crime. vic lee gives you an exclusive look at the operation. >> when a peaceful demonstration suddenly turned ugly. police to have react quickly but events happen so fast they be getting confusing information. there is gunfire in the middle of the night. a high-tech gunshot spotter picks it up. more shots are fired nearby. where is the gunman going? in both situations, the responding officers every second counts. >> we have a gang-related shooting on saturday night we can push and pull the information so our night

captains can use this facility also. it's like a 24-hour war room. >> interim police chief says this war room will be able to coordinate police response to crime as soon as they happen. the facility is in a nondescript building at the foot of potrero hill. when it opens the state of the art facility will be known as brick, the bay area regional crime center. >> this will be the 24-hour command post. there will be officers that will be housed in this facility to a certain extent have their finger on the pulse of the activity of the city 24 hours a day. >> it's being built with a million dollar federal immigrant. >> some the main hub for any communication that comes through this city. >> the chief gave us an exclusive tour of the facility, godown knows all about the concept. he opened this similar operation

in los angeles. what straits from this from ordinary centers it will be a clearinghouse for up to the minute am data. the enable police to respond based on realtime information. >> we have crime mapping data. we can map crime. the analysts will pull the crime information among all ten districts. >> what are the trends and what you are thinking in terms otegy. >> strategy. >> what we're doing right now is partnering with tenderloin police. >> part of the data will come from a comstat crime tracking system which former chief george gascon installed two years ago. they figure out the long term trends in eoch category and has been successful police tool. >> i do believe that statistics tell us a good deal and offers us an opportunity to react to them but to take that long term.

>> brick computers will integrate that with realtime data like shot spotter and information from 911 calls as they come in. for example, following a series of armed robberies in several neighborhoods, brick's computers will map out any previous pattern of robberies there. a description of the car and suspect and their trail to see if a pattern emerges. >> we can get that information out to the other nine districts so everybody is on the samepage. page.>> reporter: eventually thl is to integrate neighboring police departments into this operation to truly make this into a regional crime fighting center. >> kristen: new green technology is beings used in grocery shioys richard hart reports on drive to discover a better way to fight food spoilage. >> green tag says new way to fight food spoilage.

it's so difficult to monitor the shelf-life of produce. a temperature variation of two degrees can cut four days off the life of berries and bananas. current technology monitors a whole truck regardless of which side travels in the sun or other factors. this goes with every pallet. >> we have one tag that can be quickly read out. >> a big deal to somebody picky like molly stone's ken stone. >> paper trail is following merchandise with invoices. we go through every box hand by hand. >> wireless visibility would enable them to determine which food to put out first and don't throw out the whole bunch. and bio pharmaceuticals spoil, too. >> current packaging it use is

packaging that is unfriendly to wireless signals. so the only way to read this is with a wire. with a wireless solution everything can be monitored in transit. >> it makes it possible with a new generation of chips made by santa clara intelflex.>> it's at is hundred times weaker than a traditional tag. >> reusable with battery that has last for years. the next step is green. >> up next, 7 on your side. a background check goes incredibly wrong. how one local man was victimized twice. a bay area man with a lot of fight. they are using his victory to develop a better artificial leg. [ female announcer ] most women in america aren't getting the calcium they need. but yoplait wants to change that.

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and last year graduated from an automotive college if sacramento. >> since the economy is bad i've been looking for anything. >> he applied for security at this walmart. he was offered the position pending a background check. >> i felt good. i thought i had a position and looking forward to a job working for them. >> the background check was in his mailbox waiting for him after he returned from a funeral in los angeles. >> they had like a whole list of criminal charges for a me. >> a number of charges, criminal sexual contact, assault with intent to commit violent felony and battery. he shared the same birth day but the middle names is different. this patrick's middle name is chad and the other one was

different. >> i had my driver's license and passport, a copy of my birth certificate and even a print out from the social security department. >> all of those documents show him with a middle name of chad. despite that walmart denied him employment. they say this is based on information provided in a consumer report. >> i felt i had been taken. i wasted a lot of my time. i was confused. >> 7 on your side hasarned thee learned the other patrick is serving time in a state prison in new mexico. in fact he has been in prison since 2009. we showed patrick the inmate's photo. >> wow, he has a bald head like me, too. >> a consumer attorney blames what happened to patrick on a lack of enforcement. >> there is no federal or state agency that making these companies actually clean up

their records and make them accurate. >> we contacted both walmart and the background check company. walmart outlined patrick's right to appeal and said that he did no not do that. consumer can still dispute the report but the employer is not obligated to extend a job offer. walmart chose to offer him a different position. >> i still had a job but it was great that i wasn't the person on that balk ground check. >> he declined the interview but applied again at roseville hundred day but this time he knew what that do. he immediately filed a formal appeal with a background check company screening one. they ruled in patrick's favor and confirmed that patrick padia of vallejo has no criminal record. >> the guy upstairs was telling me, don't get a job at walmart

or hundred day because i got something in store for you later on. >> i'm michael finney, 7 on your side. >> a disabled bay area man is chasing his dream of competing in mixed martial arts with help of experts at ucsf. >> nor is he missing the devastating kicks. in fact about the only thing he is missing is his right leg. >> it was one of those things where i put myself in a situation there was a crossfire going on between two rival gangs and unfortunately ways shot. >> now five years after that, san jose native is hoping to compete in mixed martial arts.

he is training with professional fighters who knows the road is a long one. >> i have to start off small but my main goal is to compete with able-bodied people. >> the problem with the technology with his leg, he would get sweaty naturally and it would slip and his leg would fall off literally while he was training. >> to overcome the obstacle of his artificial leg, he turned to matthew giar balance did i. >> when you have someone like this, that excites us but we want to match their desire with the technology that is available. >> garabaldi recommended the high fidelity socket. it's designed with a tighter cut that features open cuts and to make it clear closer to the

bone. >> it gives the soft tissue a place to go and you get closer to the bone. that provides control. row tailings control, vertical stability. >> he says the advanced cut along with computerized fitting systems are helping athletes push the limits of prosthetic limbs. >> back in the gym, he and his trainers are seeing a difference. >> and therefore it's more solid and they can use it very well. the only thing we have to worry about is padding it so you don't knock anybody out of it. >> using it a safe way something that carlos would have to clear. he trains with and without the device honing his skills in mixed martial arts and perhaps inspire others. >> i want to break more boundaries of people with

disabilities compete with normal people. the are give them bert morale. >> terry: word phenom is used a lot in sports. mike shumann meant one that certainly deserves the name. >> she fell in love with table tennis. >> table tennis is so intense and complicated. you have to focus so much. you have to be one step ahead of your opponent. >> it's checkmate as she became the youngest national champion of the sport. >> i'm really fortunate to be able to do this. >> she is very accomplished. she has enough trophies to last

a lifetime. >> she is really to do whatever asked to do to get better. in matches, she really believes in herself. boy, is he is a born fighter. >> she plays first in the pan american teams in february and be traveling to the netherlands in pay mai along with her 13-year-old teammate. >> i was honored when i first met her. i was talking to ariel, like i can call her as my friend. >> you don't win as much without skill and her fighting spirit. >> i think the strength of my game is i fight for every point. i just have to keep fighting. >> i thought i was good at the game but she took me to school. her passion for the game will

hopefully accomplish her goals. >> the goal is to be an olympic champion and maybe in the future to help promote the table tennis. >> she has to practice a little more. and abc news investigates police in california aren't disarming group of can i eat heart healthy without giving up taste? a man can only try... and try...and try. [ male announcer ] honey nut cheerios tastes great and cahelp lower cholesterol. bee happy. bee healy. ♪ to cinnamon. td introducg cinnamon burst cheerios. 20% day value of fiber bursting with the delicious taste of cinnamon. new cinnamon burst cheerios. prepare your taste buds. wow, you look great! thanks! it's this new wish yourself thin program. i just wish it and it happens.

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the california department of justice have maintained the system since 2007. it is supposed to keep guns from the 18,000 people listed who purchase guns legally but are not allowed to own one. >> in some instances, knocking on the door, in some instances they are on parole or base officer and work it through the process. it's been very successful. >> the list matches registered gun owners with court records of people who have been convicted of felonies and certain misdemeanors have a restraining order, are mentally ill or mibtd from owning a gun. >> san francisco police begin using the list two months ago. since then, they have had 200 people on the list and already looked into half of those. they seized 53 guns. >> every gun i get off the street is one less gun of being used in a crime. >> hundreds of people are in the system.

law enforcement agencies give reminders to sign up for the program and every month, the state department of justice sends out an updated list for police departments that ask for it. but many police departments make any effort to follow up on the list. >> state firearms bureau says 37 police departments and three sheriffs offices in the state have not done so. laurie. >> he displayed erratic in the past. he shot his mother 16 times in her home in baldwin park in southern california. he went next door and killed a neighbor and four-year-old daughter. perez pleaded guilty and will spend of his life in prison. >> there needs to be a stronger process to get people to relinquish their guns. >> ben is with the legal community against violence. >> there have been studies that show a significant connection

between people with past misdemeanor convictions and arrests and the likelihood of future crimes committed. >> but there were problems. the registered address of the gun is not always where it is today and the list does not match individuals who purchase long guns. in california, more long guns were sold than handguns. state bureau of firearms generates the list. >> the bureau of firearms investigates in california the most people in the system. >> each bureau they investigate more than 1700 people and seizes more than 1200 firearms. >> anywhere from hundreds of guns from a single individual to a single gun, but a gun is a gun and it can be used in a harmful way. >> marsh is one of a handful of state officers that confiscate guns.

>> the bureau has 20 agents, from the oregon border to san diego. >> those ors work many other cases. that means for the list to be effective. local police and sheriff's deputies to have help. >> we provide a list of people in the city. they are prohibited from owning firearms. if they have the manpower available, then they can investigate those people in their system. >> the bureau says many police departments facing budget cuts can't afford to follow up and there is no uniform policy on what they do with the list. we checked with several cities. oakland police have used the list for more than two years. >> it was in the 400 range. >> an undercover officer gets the information and gives it to patrol officers to follow up. >> we found firearms with drugs. we found firearms with drugs and large amounts of cash. >> reporter: san jose police use it as reference tool but do not

ago tism but sue prohibited gun owners. east palo alto and redwood city told us they had not subscribed to the database but would now that we asked them about it. >> i tell other agencies, if you are not using it, it's a great resource. it's worked out well for us. still ahead a look of the work of an innovative photogra that helped can you enjoy vegetables with sauce and still reach your weight loss goals? you can with green giant frozen vegetables. over twenty delicious varieties have sixty calories or less per serving and are now weight watchers-endorsed. try green giant frozen vegetables with sauce. [ speaking spanish ] ♪ [ male announcer ] old el pas. old el paso. feed your fiesta.

a man who stopped time is being celebrated at museum of modern art. don sanchez gives us a look. >> those western landscapes are considered masterpieces. yosemite on a huge scale. 17 feet long panorama of san francisco. it captures the spirit of the city. what he did was a breakthrough. >> he was a pioneer.

you had to really know what you were doing and technically complicated process. you had to coat a negative and make the photograph while it was still wet. >> he had his back room trick. he added clouds to the skyline because of overexposure. he came here from scotland and left a legacy. >> the work at yosemite is impressive. motion studies that were considered innovative. >> lee land sanford commissioned him to show that all four hoofs were off the ground when a horse lands. >> people were astounded an then he took it further. shot a series of still pictures showing movement and then he created a motion picture. the film pioneer. >> this is really the first motion picture projecter. first time photographs in

motion. >> the photos were put on disks that sat in the projecter. it lasted just one second but led to the king's speech and everything that has come before. >> he had a sense of how revolutionary his work was. >> now we can get a perspective in this retrospect i have it h his work. >> that is all for this edition of assignment 7. i'm kristen sze. thank you so much for joining us. we'll see you back here next i'm. justice y, we've got tickets to the game,

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