and part of the perf program that police chief gascon is using has a section about community policing and on foot beats. and they generously quote the controller's study that was commissioned in 2007 in the execution of those foot beats. that is well refrpblsed -- referenced in the controller's report, in the letters that had been sent to us. so we very much appreciate, i think, the question of, is foot beat something we can legislate and we'd like to see more of? i anticipate that the concerns that will be shared with us by the assistant chief in the police department is that it's a question of staffing. we get that. it is a question of staffing which is why we put the onus back in the police chief and the police department to make those judgment calls. however, though, i think it's important that the people of san francisco weigh in on the importance of community policing and a feature of community policing being institutionalized to the degree that it's not seen as a last resort strategy only, but seen as part of a primary strategy in the unfolding and in the deployment of communit

their chain of command is obviously their command staff, the police chief, the police commission, and the mayor himself. the chief executive, he or her who is the mayor would have to then instruct for this to happen. that has never happened. and meanwhile, as many of us who are district supervisors who are concerned about the level of crime, public safety, and distress that went unattended or inadequately attended, at some point we have to be advocates and cheer leaders for our own district and for regions of our city and citywide that i think warrants a level of attention it wasn't getting. with the experiment of foot patrols, we clearly had demonstrated the success of the strategy. this isn't novel. this was practiced for generations. it's a tried and true strategy. so good that that's why other major cities are now returning back to this very strategy and they're not having the discussion -- or they're certainly completing the discussion that, is it extra money that's needed or is it the fact that they want to reorient how policing is done? san francisco is not los angeles. we are

we saw a couple of police officers there, a police suv and a cruiser with a little girl.hose officers moved away shortly after we arrived on scene. we came here trying to learn more information about this case. we do have a vehicle description. let's show you similar vehicle. we are hearing the car was a cadillac seville, this again is a photo of a similar vehicle and we have a more detailed description of this vehicle in particular. this cadillac has 22 inch gold rims and disabled license plates. that plate number is 5-3-0-1-d- d-p. >>> if you have any information about where that car is or who took it richmond police want to hear from you again. the news that we are hearing now is that the five-year-old girl who was in the back of that voak is now in police custody. we are waiting to hear whether or not she has been reunited with her father. we will continue to monitor this and bring you all the details as they occur. christien kafton, ktvu channel 2 news. >> thank you for that update. >>> 6:51. later today bp's board of directors will meet but the company says no final

policing policy. supervisor mirkarimiñ in implementing what i think is a community policing strategy that is often well talked about but not well implemented. you asked a hundred people in this room what you think community policing is and you'll get a hundred different answers. there's nothing institutionalized. when you look at the department orders of the san francisco police department, there is very little that describes anything except references that were memorialized back in 1994. community policing has involved considerably as we have learned from cities like new york, boston, chicago, seattle, many others. and overed years we've addressed the problems that have been spot fires and of chronic distress throughout many of our districts and throughout the city to be able to require that the police department be more engaged. not that they're not and not that community policing v.i.a. a slice of that feature being foot patrols isn't happening but i believe it's time that the voters also have an o

obviously, we have heard from the police and army that the vast majority of police departments do manageir own crime lab, and we have heard from the city administrator that there are concerns with specifically making the type of move that we were contemplating today, but i think the larger question of what we do at the crime lab is still one that is open for significant discussion, and i would very much like for all of the various stakeholders, both inside city government, inside law enforcement, and outside the city government, to work together to figure out what the future of the crime lab is going to be. so i would support that we move this at the call of the chair. colleagues, any further conversations on this? why don't we do that? without objection, i continue this item to the call of the chair. with that, why don't we move to the next item, item seven. >> item 7, ordinance amending the san francisco administrative code by adding sections 30.30 through sections 30.35 to establish public safety and public health training programs for san francisco unified school district high-school

policing policy. i think that's absolutely necessary. that's a good thing. it's the foot patrols that concern me. i would like to support the first part and oppose the second part. president chiu: and so i'm clear, you want to divide out section 2a89.3 on foot beat patrol? supervisor elsbernd: 2a89.2. president chiu: you want to vote on 89.2 separately from the rest of the legislation? supervisor elsbernd: within item 42 and within -- we have two in front of us. just to be safe, i would like to have two separate votes on those. president chiu: our clerk has just advised me if we make any changes today, we'll have to sit for another week for public comment for next week. i just want to advise people of that. supervisor daly. supervisor daly: you're unilaterally dividing the question to make separate votes. you're not making an action to amend. that's fine. president chiu: i've been told that apparently the deadline for submission is today. if i could ask the deputy city attorney, are we able to make an

policing is not only react if. the more elegant type of police in this is not a crime that occurred. mego a larger step further. we meet with our community. but need to the community have to look at the resources that we have available that we deployed and we apply to this based on the partnership and this could be the tool. this is not the only tool and i think it is extremely simplistic to say it could be equated it to community policing. it could be 200 years ago in an annex that we would -- when i started in this business, i was there for anyone to say what we were doing was community policing. to walk into the neighborhood and get to inertia, that is community policing. community policing is a much broader concept. to put this, this is absolutely so. we have more police and then what we have had in many years. this is a tool to slug it is talking to the neighbors and trying to anticipate what might happen in the neighborhood is like having the patrol in some areas, just like it is improving our technologies th

the oakland housing authority police department hired 6 laid- off oakland police officers. spokesman marcus walton tells me the officers were scheduled to start today. the oakland unified school district department is h the process of hiring three. hayward police have hired one, the alameda police department is in the process of hiring 3 laid off cops. the contra costa police department is hoping to hire laid off oakland officers but they are not specific in numbers, the same goes for san matea. >> domenic resident a is a recollection take told me more police agencies are looking at these seasoned and trained officers, you can expect more to be hired away. you didn't want to talk about the negotiations. dana, consider this, the officers got what they wanted all along, a three-year guarantee '06 no layoffs and they were already agreeing to pay up to 9% into the deal so you know it looks like they got the deal they wanted. >> big game of chess. all right. joe vazquez, thank you. >>> oakland police have arrested a second suspect in connection with the fatal shooting of a virgi

police are walnut creek are preparing for a tense situation in the police shooting trial. week, they have on organizing a rally in support of the former police officer convicted of involuntary manslaughter in shooting death of oscar grant. now there's word that supporters of oscar grant's family also plan to attend that rally on monday. some of the people we talked to in walnut creek are now concerned. >> i am concerned about it. i think that this is an issue that the two sides will never, ever agree on. i think they both think that justice has not been done. >>> the organizers are getting the word out on facebook and other web site, to show their support for he, his family and others involved in law enforcement. others are angry he was not convicted of murder. >>> oakland police are now releasing pictures of the people who looted business following the verdict. police want your help in identifying the people in these photos. several businesses were looted including the sears store, a foot locker and several small family-owned businesses. business owners who were affected

the shooting prompted a massive police response. officers from several marin county law in forcement agencies took part in the manhunt. police eventually found the suspect hiding in some bushes. he is accused of shooting and injuring one per, the condition of the victim is unknown. >> san francisco police are now considering a very controversial law enforcement program, ktvu's christien kafton joining us live with the details of what it is they are thinking about. christian, good morning. >> reporter: yeah, a big change for san francisco residents who are calling police for non- emergency and nonviolent crime. they might soon see civilian crime-fighters coming out instead of uniformed police officers coming out in vehicles like this one. it is part of a new program. the police chief is backing the program saying it will allow officers to focus on dangerous crimes and crimes in progress as well as giving victims better response time. this is using civilian investigators to respond to nonviolent and property crimes like burglaries and

police say they are not done yet.bert handa is live in san jose with more on the sweep. >> reporter: the san jose police department is the lead agency in this search for people accused of buying and selling child pornography, an ongoing investigation that's still looking for more victims and more information on the suspects. >> i'm tired of this! >> reporter: this is the home of roger schultz, one of 15 south bay people police revealed today who were arrested for buying, selling or trading child pornography, involving very young children. >> these are vicious, sadistic, demeaning photographs. >> reporter: san jose police led a bay area wide task force of law enforcement answers called internet crimes against children. that specializes in utilizing internet technology. >> to go out and look for known pornography images that are being traded on publicly available sites from. there, once we find the images we backtrack to find out who is in possession of those images. >> reporter: police confiscated hard drives and numer

policing and foot patrols. you know, if you want to see about foot patrols, you should have been at the carnival last friday. that's the hayward playground, 600 kids running around having a great time and all going up to the police and shaking their hands because they know them. five years from now maybe they will be running around doing something else with the police. you know, you talk about staffing. dealt with, but the relationships that have been built and support between police officers and scheduling providers, 8 organizations that have supported this, we have sen this in the neighborhood where things happen, and the police can call people and we need you to resolve this issue. last week some things have happened, and i was asking how we build up these partnerships. i have concerns because we are grateful the sargent is moving to lieutenant, and he is someone who has been supportive and understands the community and dynamics. who will place us out there if it is not mandated? we had something happened a

why, we don't have enough police. why? we are paying the public works assistant $165,000 a year. >> council members delayed the vote until monday night. in the meantime, the feds could be swooping in to help to keep oakland streets save. the opd needs help with gangs and drugs that is where the feds come n. >> we won't ask them to come in and cover the beat. we will ask them to dismantle criminal enterprises in the city of oakland. >> a slew much federal agencies will help to handle the problem. >> a man is accused of impersonating police. a central coast police officer noticed 27 year-old mark poleap parked in a car, talking in a radio on monday. like a police cruiser, it was out-fit wide a dash karnlgs a siren, computer and radios. the real cops n realized he was bogus when his id didn't pan out. >> our theory is he has been posing as a police officer, making traffic stops, engaged in illegal conduct with the citizens. we are interested in getting information to determine if we have victims out there. >> found no, sir th

force to beef up police resources. he says the individuals will be trained, paid professionals who will help with investigative work while officers spend their time on patrol duties. the city has hired 36 of these people with plans to hire 15 more. >>> two people are behind bars now accused in the deadly shooting of a virginia man who was in the bay area for a job interview last week. the suspects are identified as 24-year-old george huggins and 33-year-old althea housely. they were both recognized from surveillance video. huggins was arrested yesterday in west oakland for the july shooting for 45-year-old jinghong kang. police say he went to a home to meet housely but didn't know she had been arrested on saturday. police say a good samaritan recognized huggins, tackled him and told nearby neighbors to call police. investigators believe the killing was committed to get drug money. >>> the obama administration is scrambling to repair any political damage from the release of classified documents on the wickileak website.

it shows rough treatment by police. kraig debro just spoke with the former police of chief and joins us with more. good afternoon, kraig. >> reporter: good afternoon, tori. the officer involved works at the tara vell station right behind me. this is the second tape in two months that involved the san francisco police officer caught on amateur videotape. just last month, you might recall an amateur video camera recorded and ported on youtube, the auctions of officers following a pride parade. now, those officers are under investigation african-american mature videotape surfaced following a confrontation involving them. in this latest videotape recorded on sunday and posted on youtube overnight, two officers strug struggle with the suspect, police say she's a suspect. the former chief of san francisco says the officers are responsible for the suspect's safety. >> once you get a prisoner handcuffed, the responsibility for the security of that prisoner is greatly increased, you know, because they are physically in your cust

police and oakland police officers. neighbors tell us they are concerned, particularly in light of the recent case of oscar grant, another man killed by a b.a.r.t. police officer. >> people are going to be crazy about it and b.a.r.t. with oscar grant, they're going to get all crazy. >> oakland police are taking the lead on this case, pointing out it happened on oakland streets and not b.a.r.t. property. in a statement this afternoon, b.a.r.t. called the loss of life unfortunate and promise to investigate in an trans parent manner. and oakland mayor called on everybody to work together. the man has not been identified but they described him as hispanic, between 30 and 40 years old. >> b.a.r.t. board member carol ward allen stoke about how b.a.r.t. is responding to the shooting. allen is the director of b.a.r.t. police review committee. she said the agency has learned from the oscar grant incident and is making every effort to make information about today's shooting out to the public as quickly as possible. >> we pro acti

unfortunately for him on sunday police say he had too much to drink and lost a gun battle with police. >> was definitely under the influence of alcohol. >> reporter: following the 12 minute gunfight, the i-580 gunman drunk and rambling about starting a revolution. >> dissatisfaction with some of the liberal politics and politicians, how things are progressing in the united states of america. that's about all i can tell. clearly he had individuals targeted that he felt in his mind that needed to be eliminated and that's what he was bent on doing. >> reporter: police say they found evidence the two primary targets were the aclu in northern california in san francisco's financial district as well as the philanthropic district. police say williams planned to camp out in front of the offices and eventually open fire on staffers. >> a charitable organization we help nonprofit organizations, we help people proservices in low income communities. we address social problems. the work we do is in the best traditions of america. i can't imagine why somebody would want to target us. >> reporter: a

police believe this man might have been responding to the same ad. >>> police need your help findingderly man who suffers from again shaw. look at his photo. he was last seen at the elderly care facility. he's 6'2" with brown eyes and gray hair. he walks with a limp. because of the dementia, he probably couldn't find his way home. if you have any information, contact san francisco police. >>> a baby in los angeles county has become the sixth death this year in california's whooping cough epidemic. whooping cough cases are now five times higher compared to last year. those cases are expected to peak between now and set. doctors are urging booster shots for this dangerous disease. >> the risks of getting looping cough are far better than any other consequences of the vaccine. >> tomorrow, the contra costa county officials will provide the vaccine at -- >>> 7:35. well, a big crowd is expected for this morning's funeral service for the late gospel star, bishop walter hawkins. ktvu's jade hernandez is at the paramount theater in oakland. i know people were lining up and there is a big tri

city unions who have approved to contribute pensions but police haven't. now, they struck a deal with city council they may decide to pitch in but much rests on the shoulders of oakland residents. here is the plan, to rehire officers, includes a four-year 360 per year parcel tax. they paragraphed it 5-3 to put it on the ballot to fund police and fire services. property tax increase requires two-thirds approval. council will only put this new tax on the ballot if the oakland police officers association agrees by august 10th to contribute 9% in their pension funds. if it airline passes, 80 officers are re-hired and union is guaranteed no layoffs for three years. it would help raise $54 million a year but police union says the only way they will make their contribution if the parcel tax passes. and they voted another measure on the ba89, to keep parking taxes until 2015 without the requirement of a minimum police staff of 739 officers. you need both measures to pass in order to bring the police force back up above 803 officers right now there are only 694. if

a local store sells police supplies told me they normally ask for a police id. and that most stores have accounts with police agencies. so they know almost all of the customers. investigators believe polini got equipment from the interneat strobe lights. that spotlight. yes, they're available online. i can't see anything that is not available. >> now, we talked to a neighbor of polinis. she told us that polini works in high tech and has been in and out of jobs and is currently unemployed. the police and sheriff's department are asking for your help to try to locate possible victims of crimes that he may have committed. >> police are hunting for a man who threatened to sexual assault two young women today in santa cruz mountains. women say they were ambushed and that after they refused to comply, the man stole a backpack and ran off. last seen on the gap trail at castle rock falls. he is described as clean shaven about five four with a stocky build. >> six people are dead, nine others are injured in a greyhound bus crash out sifd fres know. california patrol says

he worked for the san jose police department for 30 years and became police chief in 2004. under his leadership the police department made some great leaps in technology. last few years the department has come under fire for aggressive police tactics and allegations of racial profiling against latinos. the mayor had nothing but praise for davis this afternoon and issued this statement. he said -- i would like to thank chief davis for three decades of exemplary service to our community. he's done a great job for our community and i'm sorry to see him leave. davis will retire at the end of october. you can hear the interview at 6:00. >>> his pit bulls malled his step grandson and today, a concord man heard the charges against him prosecutors filed felony child endangerment charges. his 2-year-old step grandson was killed last thursday when he walked into the garage where the three pit bulls were being kept. he told the investigators the door to the garage was usually locked with a deadbolt and jacob could not reach it. he told them he never trusted one of the dogs but didn't

the oakland housing authority police department hired six laid-off oakland police officers. the oakland unified school district police department is in process of hiring three. the hayward pd has hired one, alameda department is in the process of hiring one to three laid-off oakland cops and the contra costa county sheriff's department is hoping to hire several of the laid-off officers. but it isn't releasing specific numbers. same goes for the san mateo police department. now, the police union would have to approve this deal within the next few weeks to make it all official but they got what they wanted, that three-year no layoff guarantee that was the sticking point that thread to the layoffs in the first place. >> thank you, anne makovec in oakland. >>> a second suspect in custody. 24-year-old george hugguins arrested yesterday, investigators believing he is one of the two people who shot and killed 45-year-old jinghong kang in oakland. the victim came for a job interview at google. police say that kang had just left the dentist when he was robbed of $17 and shot anyway.

police say they are looking for at least three suspects. >>> police are investigating a series of breakinsral office buildings. palo alto. for the last five months burglars have broken the windows and then stolen electronics. the most recent occurred in the 1700 block of embaring odor 0 road four weeks ago. the first one happened last february. police are not sure if they are connected and right now are asking for the public's help. >> 6:34. police in they ton say they have arrested all of the teenage suspects in a series of strong armed robberies. police say the four teenagers targeted younger victims, stealing cell phones, ipods and other mobile electronic devices. investigators say they found all of the stolen items earlier this week at the house of a 17- year-old clayton valley high school football player. police say two arrested are from clayton, the other two from concord. >>> we have an update for you about a story we first told you about yesterday. 61 year old robert turner is in police custody. witnesses say he stabbed one woman and shot and killed another. her family members say

police made several officers.jumped into the melee with no invick shun -- instructions. >>> 8:46. in germany, an investigation is underway into exactly what happened at a music festival over the weekend, where 19 people were killed. take a look at amateur video of the techno music event. they call it the love parade. this is saturday. now, it's estimated more than a million people were at the festival. there's one tunnel, the only way in and out reportedly, the police asked people inside the festival to turn around and leave because it was so overcrowded. but others were still piling in through that one tunnel and all of the confusion sparked a panic, then a stampede. in addition to the 1 people who were killed. more than 300 others were hurt. the organizers of the event say there will be no more of these parades. >>> and a music event in southern california ended with the arrest of two dozen people. the all-night electronic music party drew people to the national orange show event saturday night for the audio exi

you've heard from the police. you've heard from the city attorney and a confidential memo to the supervisors and to the mayor. you've heard from the mayor of a city that has its ordinance in place already and testified to its utility there. you've heard from the sheriff, the district attorney. the controller has yet to weigh in. but i expect when he does, he will note that there is no substantial cost, if any, to implementing this which is great in these budget times in a week when we've seen 80 layoffs of police officers in oakland and are facing a substantial budget deficit next year and for god knows how many years to come. so i should also note that supervisor alioto-pier, you've heard from her as a sponsor. you've heard from members of the public in letters and in public comment, articulating their frustration with the deficiencies in existing law. and you've heard from state courts and federal courts as well. so with all of that that has been presented by me and by others in writing and in person , i don't t

i was really happy to see a lot of interacting with the police apartment and command level staff. so not to take up too much of your time, however, that, i felt, and i think commander crenshaw can tell you was very successful. we're moving forward on outcomes, including some training that the commander can talk to you about for security from the police the farm and in conjunction with the police apartment, and promoter permitting and licensing, as you talked about, we are moving forward on as well. we would like to focus on not just being reactive but being proactive so we do not have violent outside nightclubs. i would like to point out the majority of 99% of nightclubs are safe. people come in san francisco from all over the world and from close by go home safe and have a great time. obviously, there's occasions where that does not happen, and we believe we have done exactly where you have asked to do and been swift and consistent about how we manage those nightclubs going forward. supervisor chiu: thank you. first, i want to compliment you and your staff. i know you are using s

and the school district and those who run the police athletic league. very appreciative of their enthusiasm and optimism. the chief says he really liked this idea. he frankly was surprised san francisco does not have something in little more institutionalized. >> i agree with you again. 343. the police activity lead -- we just graduated 28 young men and women on friday, ages 13 to 18 that now will be intense in both english side and bayview station. leadership skills, the goal attainment -- it was a fantastic class. it was a four-week academy where they learned a lot about themselves. again, we came from an environment where the explorer program is probably referencing exactly what you're talking about. each police station in los angeles had somewhere between 25 and 40 explores in each of those stations, leadership skills, and a lot of those explorers went on to beat full-time members of the police department. i think it is something that is severely needed here, and it is something i think can take a lot of discussion. it needs to be acted on. i concur

they did not police themselves terribly well, but they policed each other. it made my job easier, and they were very willing to perfect each other's shortcomings, and they busted each other all the time. made my job easy. it was win-win. i looked like a model parent. inclusion works. i think giving more power to the people, the entertainment commission is good. sfpd -- they always follow through. let the entertainment commission police their own. let everyone do their jobs. in power them. it works. -- empower them. it works. >> good morning president chiu and esteemed members of the public safety committee. i'm vice-president of the california music association commission, a nonprofit association of a new orders, operators. a new orders, operators industry professionals, artists and fans dedicated to the preservation and in richmond of a state and fiber using culture committee. i'm also a co-founder of vintage 415. we own and operate five venues in san francisco. and here today to express support for this proposed legislation to expand the entertainment comm

police say the shooting of a 24- year-old man prompted a massive police response for the gunman. they say 49-year-old edward alcolorado was the victim's roommate and shot him in the stomach during an argument. officers from several law enforcement agencies took part in the manhunt and within an hour they found alcolt hiding in the bushes. he was arrested at 2:00 a.m. and is scheduled for arraignment tomorrow afternoon. >>> san francisco police continue to search for one of the men involved in a shootout over the weekend. it happened early saturday morning when officers tried to stop a car they believed had been carjacked. but the driver with a passenger inside took off, leading officers on a chase. the car crashed on arkansas street where police say one of the suspects started firing at officers. they fired back but no one was hit. officers arrested one of the suspects while the other is still on the loose. >>> also in san francisco police want witnesses to come forward following the deadly shooting of an alleged gang member in the bay view district. 24-year-old kerry dawson was

police records show it took 27 minutes from the time that police arrived before localis was rushed to the hospital. the delay police say was because the scene was not secure and they would they had to locate the gunman first. his roommate said he wasn't resisting, just waiting for police. >> if they had said come outside with your hands up, he would have come outside with his hands up. >> her family says because police waited she bled to death. >> and they responded more towards the give, the suspect instead of my mom first. you know, my mom had victims rights. >> there wasn't any reason for them to let her -- let her bleed out like that. you know, they could have rushed up there. >> reporter: the family says they are talking to a lawyer. >> i am not going to stand and let them get away with letting my sister die. you know, they were out of line. [ music ] >> reporter: exactly what motivated this violence is still unclear, but the suspect's roommate says bobby turner had stopped taking his medication and said he was hearing voices. live in san jose, lloyd lacuesta, ktvu, channel 2 new

in the meantime, oakland police are explaining why b.a.r.t was also involved. >> reporter: oakland police were quick to point out b.a.r.t officers were called in because the suspect armed with knives was seen walking towards the b.a.r.t station. >> both bart and oakland police officers fired shot? >> we believe so yes. >> the suspect was walking on east 12th street. >> early report from a witness was he was yelling shoot me when the b.a.r.t officers first made contact with him. >> reporter: the man took off and b.a.r.t officers chased him and then oakland police stepped in. we tried to tase him. it is not effective and he continues to flee. >> reporter: the suspect kept running. at least five officers chased him onto 33rd avenue. >> the man then turns towards one of the officers who has tased him or attempted to tase him. knife in hand charges the officer. at that point other officers on scene who are there to protect the officer who has the taser in hand discharges their firearm striking the suspect who then falls to the ground and did not survive his wounds. >> it was really fast like t

goes to the police union and the voters passed partial tax than the police force could be brought back 83 officers kron4 is will tran got reaction from residents in oakland to. >> the oakland police officers might have their ongoing matters with the city council. but when it comes to getting support from the people oakland that there doesn't seem to be a problem there even if it means the residents will have to pay more to rehire the officers. >> you said your finance the type you're willing to pay 3 duron $60 more every year? why is there? >> we need them we need more policeman oakland. the deer valley of which are getting more. >> there is not enough parents being parents' jobs, there's not enough grandparents there's more grandparents during police jobs. we need them. i spoke to a woman who refused to go on camera because her opinions are strong. she said she places the blame for all of this on the city council who negotiated with the police officers to begin with. she says now they're asking us to pay more every year. she says she would rather move out didn't do that. report from o

the police were -- none of the police say anything. there were just gathered together followed him while he was walking backwards all the way through the streets. then all the sudden i hear a little pop and then right after that i hear pop pop pop pop. >> reporter: police say at least five officers opened fire including both bart police and oakland police. >> more dangerous like right here because people are going to get crazy about it and the bart and oscar grant and stuff. >> i don't want to leave my oakland because this is my city. happen in these things i think i will get out from here. >> reporter: oakland police are taking the lead on this case saying happened on object land streets, not on bart property. bart has released a state helicopter calling the loss of life unfortunate and say they will conduct their own investigation in a transparent manner. in the fruitvale district of oakland for ktvu. >> in another statement the mayor said any time there is a loss of life it's a matter of great conner sadness for us all. it's very im

police say no one else was captured on the tape. they also tell us the clothing matches the description they've received from the witness. sergeant mike gant says he's elated because this surveillance video could be key. >> it helps tremendously. it's a casebreaker. >> reporter: gant says similar video has helped him solve two other homicide cases. the surveillance tape has also clarified that the suspects are a man and a woman, not two men as police originally thought. they describe the pair as black between 18 and 25 years old. the man is 5'8" to 5'10" between 160 and 170 pounds. the woman is shorter between 5'3" and 5'4ed" between 140 and 150 pounds. >> i'm hoping somebody in the public will see this video and recognize who these two people are and realize this was a senseless act and call us. >> reporter: oakland police and crimestoppers are offering a reward up to $20,000 for information leading to an arrest in this case. live in oakland, priya david clemens, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> suspected 580 shooter byron williams did not

as an oversight body, i believe the police commission should work with the police chief to set policies that foster respect for police officers individually and also as the department as a whole. i believe the commission should support the most effective possible and believe it is important for the poolice commission to continue to work aggressively to reduce the backlog of complaints involving officers and updating technology used by officers and the department. i expect to have to grapple with complex issues, and in doing so i will take input from populations in our community involved in the hearing from mayor newsom, each of you, and other individual supervisors. so i stand before you with a substantial commitment of time and energy, but my son is going to college in a month, and i am happy to make the city a beneficiary and look forward to serving san francisco with all of you, and thank you for your consideration. >> thank you for your leadership over the years. how would you use your unique mediation skills? the second question is, a lot of things have to do with racial and ethnic

concord police say so far there are no arrests or suspects in this case. >> san francisco police are trying to figure out who tried to steel automated teller machines. the suspect aat the present attempted to rip them from the wall. police are still trying to determine if the thieves actually got away with any cash. investigators say that thget away vehicle they be a white van reported stolen out of hayward. >> a known gang member is said to have been shot more than 40 times. kerry dawson was sitting in the driver seat of a ford fusion at about 1:15 when police say he was shot several times. he was taken to the hospital where he died. they are still working on a suspect description. also in the city tonight, the search continues for a suspect wanted for an armed carjacking and for shooting at police. investigators say around 5:30 officers spotted a car matching the description of the vehicle that had been car jacketed. the car crashed and then the suspects got out and ran and fired at the officers. the officers fired back. one suspect remains at large. >> highway patrol carried out s

the police in oakland are trying to get ready for november 5th.hat is sentencing day for mehserlie. yesterday, oakland police held a meeting with other law enforcement agencies. they want to avoid a repeat of the violence from earlier this month. >>> in the meantime, the contra costa county times reports last week's pro-mehserlie rally will end up costing $60,000. some were count ire demonstrators. >>> members of the community are turning out right now to help a veteran police officer. also, the president was talking about education today defending his race to the top program for schools. and will the bay area see warmer temperatures by the weekend? meteorologist mark tamayo has warmer temperatures ahead. our real national pastime? saving money. and like baseball people love their stats. i started bringing my lunch to work -- 50 bucks a week in my pocket. here's a good one: state farm insures 40 million drivers. more than geico and progressive combined. i saved because i'm accident-free. of course, with so many ways to save including discounts of

police out here rather quickly this is about 3:40 this morning. officers say they were quick on scene, about nine minutes they were here inside the hospital and got the man to give up the gun. they detained him. all the while, he was yelling, "i give up. i give up. please don't shoot me." he was taken to another hospital for evaluation and believed perhaps mental issues. the work they're woman police say they didn't know each other, it seems to be just random. she is okay this morning no one hurt inside the hospital. we did see oakland police here for at least an hour, taking statements from employees. i can tell you that i spoke with a couple of families leaving, coming in and out of the hospital at the time, they are were advice is thing here, they were in and out so fast, no one said anything to them either and they didn't know anything was going on. christie smith, nbc bay area news. >> thanks, christie, hopefully, like you say, everything is okay there it can be tense and scary moments. >> very. just two weeks ago, police shot a mentally unst

told me to call the police. i called the police. the police came in about ten minutes. the guy said he's a murder suspect and he said call the police right now. >> the guy holding him down said -- said that this guy is a murder suspect. the other guy who was being restrained, he was not refuting that. >> reporter: aletha housely is the other suspect was arrested on saturday and police say she confessed and gave them details about the crime. police say they wouldn't have solved this crime so quickly if it had not been for the surveillance tape. investigators say they can't understand why it had to happen in the first place. >> it's really a heinous crime. i don't know. i haven't talked to mr. huggins as of yet. i'm in the pro sis of getting ready to -- process of getting ready to interview him. this is senseless. there's no reason why he could have provided me on why he did what he did. >> reporter: they say he was also involved involved in a robbery and shooting on telegraph avenue. mr. kang's killing could get the suspects the death penalty because robbery is a special

police searched the scene for evidence. thanks for starting your week with us. >> topping the news, have you ever reported a minor crime only to wait hours for police to come out and make a report? san francisco police department has a plan to speed the process up. it involves creating a police squad made up entirely of civilians. tomas ramon is live to tell us how it will work. >> the san francisco police department is facing some 735 retirements coming up the rest of the year, which means they'll be a lot of cops off the street. san francisco police department wants to make sure they want as many uniformed street as possible. this entire plan that was conceived by chief george gascon will hire 15 civilian investigators to deal with the smaller crimes, property crimes and make sure everything gets covered. >> san francisco victims of nonviolent crimes have to sit for hours waiting for police to take a report. >> it was like four hours, my apartment was broken in to. >> police are quickly dispatched to nonviolent crimes and

police records show it took 27 minutes from the time that police arrived before localis was rushed to the hospital. the delay police say was because the scene was not secure and they would they had to locate the gunman first. his roommate said he wasn't resisting, just waiting for police. >> if they had said come outside with your hands up, he would have come outside with his hands up. >> her family says because police waited she bled to death. >> and they responded more towards the give, the suspect instead of my mom first. you know, my mom had victims rights. >> there wasn't any reason for them to let her -- let her bleed out like that. you know, they could have rushed up there. >> reporter: the family says they are talking to a lawyer. >> i am not going to stand and let them get away with letting my sister die. you know, they were out of line. [ music ] >> reporter: exactly what motivated this violence is still unclear, but the suspect's roommate says bobby turner had stopped taking his medication and said he was hearing voices. live in san jose, lloyd lacuesta, ktvu, channel 2 new

oakland police say the images were captured by camera phones, police and store surveillance equipment. police are asking the public to help identify people on the videos. >> the photographs are very clear of individuals that were involved in this, i know citizens of oakland are very upset about what happened in their city about having outside people come in and break into businesses. >> reporter: police say with 80 police officers laid off this week, oakland needs strong communities to help combat crimes. >> we understand that we have to be smarting in how we do our police work. >> reporter: concern other crime and police lay offs is so high here at oakland's china town that some business have been talking about hiring their own security guards. but many think that security guards are not as effective as officers. >> we don't see any officers around here anymore. >> reporter: reporting live in oakland, rob roth, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> and in about an hour, community organizers will hold a meeting which is open to the public to discuss whether to hold more rallies. the oakland genera

police commissioner.as a lawyer who has represented individuals on the wrong end of police abuse, i couldn't think of a better police commissioner. you need to confirm her. supervisor campos: thank you. >> my name is juliet and i am the director of a national law center founded in the wake of the 101 california incident in 1993. i learned carol's husband was one of 8 shot in the massacre and that carol had responded by becoming a passionate advocate for gun control legislation. carol's skill as a lawyer and mediator, together with her calm and thoughtful temperment, make her ideal. she is smart, hardworking, conscientious, and conducts herself with integrity. it is a them that shows we have the same response to carol. she is all too aware of the public safety needs of san franciscans and the value of a strong law enforcement community. she will be an outstanding addition, and i urge you to support her appointment. supervisor campos: thank you very much. next speaker, please. >> i have been a resident of s