he was upset mrs. suhr and i were having a better time talking than greg and i were. but all the prior speakers said things that i echo but i think i bring another dimension to the table. having come from the outside and having not only worked in two other police departments but also helped work with many other action around the country to reform themselves, when i came to san francisco i did not have any allegiances. i had no prior knowledge of people. i had the opportunity to take an unbiased, clean slate look if you will at the different players that were available. and myself, having also commanded one of the most difficult stations in the lapd in the watts area i recognized the quality of individuals that we need to have in those stations and how important that is. one of the things i did is looked at greg's background when he was a captain in mission and the work that he did in mission. and one thing that impressed me was how he related and worked with young people. because the reality is for us to be effective in doing what we do we have to bring young people i

mr. sweet. he will allow chief suhr to start off with an introduction to the new staff. chief? >> thank you, commissioners. that phone has been troubled ever since i was appointed. i would like to introduce the new command staff, if i could get them to stand up. i will introduce them. they're not helping. we have commander tong, deputy chief schmidt, commander militello, commander lee, commander beale, deputy chief of dudley, deputy chief cashman, commander correa, deputy chief shin, and commander tomioko. they are very experienced group. i look forward very much to working with them. i don't think we have had this much diversity your seniority on the command staff may be ever. at the same time, we were able to realize a $1 million-plus savings off the top echelon of the police department in the assembly of the staff and the reorganization of other non- sworn personnel. we look very much forward to working with the commission and moving with the san francisco police department for. >> thank you, chief. we want to welcome you. as i said yesterday, you do represent san francisco.

mr. herley, you have been a police chief and dealt with police conduct as a consultant. do you have anything to add to what chief suhr has said about preventing misconduct in a police department? >> thank you for having me. i do have to point something out. i was not the president of the california police officers association. it was the california police chiefs association. i spent 21 years in the city of torrance in southern california before coming up here, a city of to under 50,000, about 350 personnel. -- 250,000, about 350 personnel. much smaller organization. completely different type of agency. but one of the things we found was to my career and particularly at the beginning, there was really no classis% -- classes pe se, and we started a course on how to be a successful chief. a very strong component of that was an ethics, and what is the chief's responsibility within their department relating to at the experience included in that, it had to do with the abuse of power and misconduct. i was -- i guess you could say "a whistle-blower." i put together a case in which three officers i have worked with had been n

suhr says the officers involved will be disciplined. >> they did find that there was inappropriate behavior, but i don't think it rises to the level as suggested by mr. adachi. >> reporter: guerrero and other mission statement officers are seen in other surveillance video, there are under investigations during suspected deaths in drug busts. eight southern officers are also being investigated for illegal searches caught on video. prosecutors have released 811 cases stemming from the scandal. >> it should be amply clear to everyone that this is not something that's being swept under the rug. >> reporter: another 1,500 cases are under review. in san francisco, david stevenson, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> police in the east bay are searching tonight for a man who sexually assaulted a woman inside her home in the oakland hills while her two kids were sleeping near by. the attack took place in oakland's montclaire neighborhood. police say the woman heard her dog barking about 3:00 this morning, when she went to investigate she was confronted by a man with a gun. >> she was robbed of some personal items, some cash and a sexual assault did occur. >> i'm very

suhr says the officers involved will be disciplined. >> they did find that there was inappropriate behavior, but i don't think it rises to the level as suggested by mr. adachi. >> reporter: guerrero and other mission statement officers are seen in other surveillance video, there are under investigations during suspected deaths in drug busts. eight southern officers are also being investigated for illegal searches caught on video. prosecutors have released 811 cases stemming from the scandal. >> it should be amply clear to everyone that this is not something that's being swept under the rug. >> reporter: another 1,500 cases are under review. in san francisco, david stevenson, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> police in the east bay are searching tonight for a man who sexually assaulted a woman inside her home in the oakland hills while her two kids were sleeping near by. the attack took place in oakland's montclaire neighborhood. police say the woman heard her dog barking about 3:00 this morning, when she went to investigate she was confronted by a man with a gun. >> she was robbed of some personal items, some cash and a sexual assault did occur. >> i'm very

suhr says the officers involved will be disciplined. >> they did find that there was inappropriate behavior, but i don't think it rises to the level as suggested by mr. adachi. >> guerrero and other mission station officers are also seen in two other surveillance videos. they are under investigation for allegedly stealing items during drug busts. javier tenerio says officers robbed from him while searching the home of his stepson. >> we asked him for the search warrant and he said, i don't need one. >> this opens up a whole other pandora box. >> reporter: prosecutors have dismissed 119 cases involving testimony from officers tied to the surveillance tape scandal. >> that it should be amply clear that this is not something that is being swept under the rug. >> reporter: in fact, the da today dismissed 26 narcotic cases -- excuse me 1,500 cases involving southern station officers are under review. reporting live in san francisco, david stevenson, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> this is get away day for the memorial day weekend. despite higher gas prices, 34.9 million americans plan to travel this year. let's take you out to the roads and take a peak on how t