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actions of these officer. however, i will stand down for officer solomon. i would be remiss if i did not mention and acknowledge that this is the last medal of valor award ceremony that mark will attend as an active member of the standards as the police department. mark is retiring next friday after a 32-year career. at present mark solomon. [applause] >> please, it is not about me. it is about them. thank you. thank you. it is my distinct honor to stand before you and speak on behalf of these fine officers, sergeant scott ryan, a albertalbert lieu and reyes. tuesday, june 7, 2011, the fbi contacted the san francisco police department robbery abatement team providing them with specific information about two incidents that occurred in irvine, california. an armed white male suspects driving a gray bmw had committed to armed bank robberies. the suspect had already proven himself dangerous and desperate when he attempted to run down responding deputy sheriffs in order to effectively escape from one of the bank ro

sgt josh espinoza, officer ha, and officer solorzano. december 31, this batch had a call that a vehicle was on fire at 1645 folsom street and indicated -- they did not indicate if anyone was in the car or not. sgt espinoza was the first unit on the scene. he arrived on the scene, did a quick survey and then notified dispatch of what was going on. while surveying the scene, he realized an individual was trapped in the driver's seat in the car was engulfed in flames. fully knowing the danger that was in front of him, he did not hesitate. he immediately ran to the car and began to attempt to remove the individual from the burning vehicle. once he reached the vehicle, he realized the person was unconscious and still strapped in his car. at this point the flames began to blow over the windshield. the fire department was still not on scene. even though the heat was intense and possibility of the gas tank could explode at any time, sergeant espinoza did not retreat. at this time, officer ha and solorzana arrived on scene. they were amazed at wh

he then quickly pointed a handgun toward officer griffin. officer tursi yelled gun.he return fire to stop the deadly threat. the suspect appeared to a bid struck as he stopped firing and continue to drive away from officers. the suspect drove across all lanes and struck parked cars. it took a position of cover, not knowing the suspect had been injured by returned fire. when additional units arrived, it was discovered the suspect had been seriously injured and was found unconscious. officers rendered aide, called for an ambulance, and retrieve the hand and the suspect had used. tonight officers patrick grant and michael tursi are being recognized for their efforts. they are being awarded the gold medal of valor. [applause] >> captain paul chignell, along with officers tastings ahastingd lopez. >> good evening to you all. my pleasure to introduce richard hastings and that lopez. -- matt lopez. saturday, july 16, 2011, officer richard hastings and asked matt lopez were on duty and in uniform. their primary assignment was to be on a fixed post detail on the imminence of

an elected officer as "any person who holds an elected office or has been elected to an elective officebut has not yet taken office." >> how can an act of domestic violence be transferred into saying that is in its conduct in relation to his office? it may well be a violation of the second clausez it be an act that is in relation to the duties of the office to which he is elected? >> because his own conviction in paris his ability -- >> [unintelligible] >> there are some jurisdictions that say you cannot take misconduct that occurred before an election and in charge it afterward. but even those jurisdictions have a principle that when someone is convicted of a crime, it is the date of conviction that matters. the reason for that principle -- there are two of them. one of them is that the goal is to protect the office and to protect the public. having a role that when you have something as serious as the conviction of a crime where the conviction occurs during the term, it is to protect that office. the second reason is that the actual conviction is conclusive evidence that the conduct o

many of officers recognize are not first generation san francisco police officers. four of the six are not first generation san francisco police officers. can i get the other generation of police officers that gave us these police officers to stand up and be recognized. [applause] >> talk about raising your kids right. another recognition i want to make is we are going to experience in the next 30 days of record exit of police officers, especially commissioned officers due to the sun setting of the retirement program. many of the people that are going out red nominations tonight. if i could, all officers that will be retiring and leaving us, they we think you for your service by getting you to stand. [applause] that is going to close our program. know that all of these officers when they get back to work, they will go out again looking for trouble and probably find it. i trust they will demonstrate again what these officers do every day, and that is keep this city safe. the command staff and commission will be available for pictures. family and kids for sure. if you

officer. officer jones, seeing the threat to the officer and everyone else nearby, fired a shot to protect an officer. almost immediately after that, officer tapang was able to catch up with the suspect and wrestle him to the ground, and they were able to take the suspect into custody and secure the pistol. when they checked the weapon they found it had 22 rounds of ammunition in the magazine. so it was clearly a catastrophe waiting to happen as these officers took action. they could have taken a defensive position. they could have taken cover and employed officer safety tactics, but instead, the move to forward to take action to protect their lives, the other officer lives, and hundreds of others on broadway at that time. clearly what they did was an act of heroism and very courageous under the circumstances there were facing. they were outgunned. so without a doubt, officers tapang and brian jones prevented serious injury or a life that night. for that reason they are being presented a bronz

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the officer then proceeded to render first-aid to officer youngstrom. there were also citizens that stopped to help as well. officer youngstrom was then transported to john muir medical center where he remains in critical condition and lacey was also taken to john muir where he was later pronounced dead. that is the statement. it be able to take a few questions. please raise your hand. >> [ inaudible ] >> corning, that's in tehama county up north. >> spell that name. >> which name? >> suspect. >> christopher common spelling middle name boone and last lacy, 38-year-old from corning, california. >> you are listening to jimmy lee with the contra costa county sheriff's department these are the first details we've heard about what led up to the shooting of officer youngstrom yesterday on i-680 after a traffic stop he and his partner responding to a report of a dead deer his partner said he was going to stop this jeep for having an obstructive license plate. the suspect has been identified as christopher boone lacy the officer approached him on the drivers's

officers are committed to making sure injured officer kenyon youngstrom is never alone. they are offering support to his family and the colleagues who worked-w >> somber. a lot of reflection. a lot of question marks as to how this type of incident could occur. >> reporter: youngstrom was shot by a driver he pulled over on i-680 in alamo yesterday morning. another officer who arrived as back-upshot and killed the driver. colleagues describe 37-year-old youngstrom as a man with his feet planned firmly on the ground. he's married and has four kids. >> a real conscientious officer, caring, family man, christian man that is going to get his family and us through this, he has a strong christian faith. >> reporter: youngstrom has worked at the chp for seven years. >> we've been getting calls, whatever you need, we are here for you, banning together there's strength in young at this time. >> reporter: youngstrom was shot in the neck and is on life support his colleagues are trying to brace themselves for what is next. >> we've been told the injuries are not compatible with human

chp officers are sang there is little hope for the officer. he graduated from the chp academy in 2005. he's a family man husband and father of two sons and two daughters. before the chp he was an army reserves. >>> it's a time that we reflect it's a time to remember that when we get up and russia to eat at the job that we have we may not be coming home. every time you get in your craw there is fatalities have occurred. >>> this morning officer youngster is being treated at john muir medical center and is in mentioned he was in critical condition but last night. officer young trumpet is from the field in place that martina's for five years. a >>> pit first call about the shooting on interstate 680 came about 820 in the morning. ho ho >>> hoss of the shots fired on an officer on the freeway. >>> the officer found a young street and shot the young strum lynn had for help in turn to the insurance side. the shooting caused a huge back up on interstate 680 all day yesterday. the northbound else off the lanes were completely shut down throughout the

the officer was not hurt. three other people were arrested within days of that july incident. . >>> continuing coverage now the police shooting in vallejo that left one man dead. that man's family rallied on the front steps of the police station today. the chief of police held a news conference explaining why fired those deadly shots. >> they were shot down. they were --. >> family of 23-year-old mario ro me ro who died sunday morning and joseph johnson who sur vooifd the shooting rallied the department today look for answers. his first words directed to the family of the dead man. >> on behalf of the city of vallejo and the vallejo police departments, i want you to know that we send out our sympathy to the family of mr. ro mer row. >> police initially said the officers were on patrol. they were in the area sunday morning investigating a burglary. romero opened his car door with a pellet gun. police showed off the similaritys to a real gun today. the chief says the officers opened fire to protect themselves. >

tuesday night about one of his officers. though the seven year old the kenyan young strum was shocked. >> officer of young sturm served as a dedicated police officer appeared the acting chief says that his family members are currently by his side. >> there is thanks to his extended family in france and--and the community can. >> we're asking for everyone's prayers as officer youngster-- youngstrom >> he is always playing with the kids in the courtyard care that can tell he's a good dad. >> it is always a worry when you go to work every day whether not your coming of your family. he's been a great family man. i've helped him with many projects. i know he is devoted to his job here i cannot believe what happened to him. >>justine: that are reading to a place during the very busy morning can you can >> i heard popping noises pin i thought it was a semi pin >> i looked over and saw the officer already down pin when i knocked over i saw the second officer on the hill firing down at the suspect pin side realize what happened all i

officer youngstrom approached lacey's jeep. >> the dash cam video, it shows that officer youngstrom and lacy had a short conversation. then, without any warning, lacy pulled out a gun and shot officer youngstrom in the head. >> investigators said the second officer ran up the embankment and shot lacy in the head. he died at the hospital. >>> we have more details now about the gunman. authorities say his only previous run in with the law was a dui in marin county six years ago. christopher boone lacy grew up in bend, oregon. he attended san francisco state and earned a masters in computer science. lacy lived in sausalito, about a year and a half ago, he bought land outside of redding. in 10 minutes, a search for a motive in the shooting. we talk to a neighbor of christopher lacy and learn what authorities seized at his mobile home. our coverage continues at ktvu.com. we have posted tonight's chp news conference on the bay area news tab. >>> former president bill clinton was tonight's featured speaker at the democratic national convention, telling delegates there that this country is on t

they just raised the flag here at the office where this injured officer works.an just came down the street where he works. we're also getting word of a vigil being planned in cordelia. >> officers, family and friends keeping a vigil for kenyon youngstrom at the hospital around the clock. coming up at 8:5. officer youngstrom's relatives arriving from around the nation to be at his bedside. >>> berkeley police are searching for robbers in a robbery that happened at chaning. two tunes were robbed for their baps. they were not injured. the suspects are described as african-american, 5'1"0 and one was armed with a gun wearing a purple sweatshirt. the other one wore a fleece pants and a dark jacket. >>> police say javier compos was shot outside at a taco bell on barrett avenue. police say it appears the shots were fired over a family dispute. the shooting is the 13th homicide this year. >>> police arrested two teenagers on suspicion of setting fires at two schools. the one on saturday was at jordan school. they set fire at a structure at crispy cream. a witness -- kri

it is part of the obligation of office. i think the duty and obligation of the office are related. the argument offered to us that the limit of what the sheriff has to do is in that handful of specified tasks and nothing else identified by the mayor, signed by the board of supervisors, selected by the office holder, him or herself, as a way to advance the purposes of the office, are not part of the job. if anybody challenge that, i would say, if you drove your official card to it, it is not just the limit of those five items. the sheriff's job is much broader. not that it is easy after that, but i just want to come up for my part, scooped away that argument constraining us and then we can figure out what the duties of the office of sheriff are. chairperson hur: i agree with that. ok. i think we agree that the duties are broader than what is described in the charter. what are we to make of the relationship test? i am torn, in some ways, because i am troubled that there is case law that addresses what is expected of an officer. i think those cases could have some relevance to what we

was shot by the officer.officer then it shot the suspect. the suspect is dead and the officers critically injured, not expected to survive. the reason for the shooting is not known and it's the reason they pulled the driver over is not known. >> continuing coverage in san ramon, a witness tells kron4 that as he was driving to work tuesday morning, he heard a loud noise and the thought perhaps it was a truck backfiring but then looked over and saw an officer of rain down on the ground. he says that was all unbelievable. he says it could have been even more exotic other wholehearted seriously injured. cahow >> being strong for each other in times like this is important >>george: the traffic impact are still being felt by this incident even with four lanes go opened on the 680 southbound and all lanes open northbound, it is still a major traffic jam throughout alameda county. but >> continuing our coverage of southbound 680, drivers were stuck in traffic for hours as a result of the chp officer involved shooting

officers do have their own personal cell phones, but if you would like them, the officers who don't have phones or don't have access or don't want to use their own phones. how are we dealing with that? >> so the district stations have three phones that the captains can use, however, as far as getting phones to all of the officers, it would be a high-cost item, the service provided would be high also. and we are looking for some device, and some sort of pba phone, what have you. but working with director jeffen to find out what device that would be so that we only spend our money well. >> that makes sense. and i want to say since we have beverly up ton here if we could give her a minute, or two to chime in. because they have been engaging in these monthly meetings and have been connected to the providers. >> great. >> commissioner kingsley. >> thank you for your report, this evening. i appreciate it. something i picked up on as you spoke regarding the academy classes that presently there is discussions on whether or not to include an hour of the academy class on cultural diversity and lan

the officers appreciated it. i would like to see more officers there in the near future. that's one commentary. but in addition to that, i want to thank the commissioners for the work on the report we've been working on wrerches reference to the less than lethal. that's all i have to report this evening. commissioners, anything to report? let's move on to line item d. >> line item d, commission announcements amounted scheduling of items identified for consideration at future commission meetings. >> commission chan, i think there's an item we both discussed that we'd like to add chngeddle >> commissioner chan: i wanted to defer to commissioner turman to explain. >> commissioner turman: yes. at the i think two commission meetings ago we discussed -- sorry, the last commission meeting, we discussed firearms review board procedure, and we are currently looking at the dgo's that accompany that particular procedure, as well as we've had some discussion about the commissioners' role in it as well. and in understanding and trying to ferret out exactly the problems we think it wou

>> officers. >> the officers declined. >> thanks for confirming that. >> 33% of the officers to homemediation was offered declined. now on to our second quarter. you have the report in your packets. we have posted it on line -- we have posted it on line. during the second quarter, the occ received 882 complaints and closed 227 complaints. there were feared to take actions -- failure to take action in 23 cases. our staffing remains stable with 16 investigators. one of them is a temporary investigator, left because his six months were just about up and he had obtained permanent employment as a lawyer. in the oakland city's attorney's office. we continue with our strategic plan for training and the police department offered two trainings, led by lt. joe mdfadden and representatives from cfi. the commander also gave trainings on mta. i have spoken to several times about the budget and what happened in the second quarter. the occ had an enhanced budget which one investigator had. the city comptroller for the first time in five years gave the occ a clean bill of health. on the numerous aud

just said officer is down. >> both officer and suspect were taken to john muir hospital. the suspect died there. >> this is a the tail end of the morning commute. it happened and there were a number of eye witness who's remained on the scene. >> the highway emptied while investigators from numerous agencies, chp and sheriff's department and district attorney gathered evidence. and police were looking for a female driver of a black nissan and thought there was never car involved but it turned out that they were wrong. the suspect, now dead acted alone. vic lee abc 7 news. >> and there is a vick yil being held by family and friends z abc 7 news joins us from john muir medical center in walnut creek. >> this has been a difficult and emotional day here, we're at john muir. there is a mood of deep sorrow. the officer put on life support. the chp tells us he's being kept alive for family and friends. a lot of people believe to be family family and friends were making their way here to the hospital to see the wounded officer. the patrol public affairs office tells abc 7 news the

"official misconduct means any behavior by a public officer in relation to the duties of his office, will fall in its character, including any failure, and neglect, or refusal by an officer to meet duty required by law, or conduct that stands below decency, good faith, and right action required of all public officers, including a specific conflict of interest or violation of a governmental ethics law." commissioner renne: that is option 2 below? -- option two? chairperson hur: that is option two . if you will indulge me, i will summarize my view. i think you understand it. perhaps i can give one last shot at explaining it. i think this charter provision was meant to be narrowed. i think it provides the mayor with an extraordinary tool that can be very useful and very consistent with how the public intended it to be used. but given the force of the tool, i think that people wanted it to be interpreted narrowly. to me, the best way to interpret this provision is to have as clear a line as we can as to what it means to relate to the duties of his or her office. while i appreciate sugges

officer youngstrom's family, friends and fellow officers arrived here at the hospital throughout the day and the evening yesterday with relatives coming in from northern and southern california. >> i have been speaking with officer youngstrom's family. they've asked me to convey their thanks to their extended family and friends, the law enforcement and public state community and the public for their support. >> reporter: chp officers have been having a tough time dealing with youngstrom's shooting. they all seem to have a tremendous amount of respect for him, saying he's a great guy. officers have been committed to keeping someone here throughout the night to make sure that youngstrom is never alone. they all too say they appreciate all the concerns they are receiving from the public all of the care all of the worry they say it means a lot to them when people are reaching out to them youngstrom is in critical he's on life support, he's community is working on planning a vigil for him tonight in cordelia at a park at 700 oak brook drive, 7:30 tonight. amy hollyfield, abc7 news i am >>

a second officer fired back, killing the driver. the exact chain of events is still unclear as is the reason for the initial stop >> for the latest on the shooting log on to cbssf.com and you can also see videos throughout the day including exclusive video taken moments after the shooting. >> tonight, what michele obama needs to do to convince the nation that her husband deserves a second term and why she might make the president cry >> sunshine for many of you, the golden gate is one of the exceptions. coming up in weather, find out why a stormed down by mexico will have an impact on our weather as soon as tomorrow >> clearing the way for space shuttle endeavor but not everyone is happy a,, i'm so glad you called. thank you. we're not in london, are we? no. why? apparently my debit card is. what? i know. don't worry, we have cancelled your old card. great. thank you. in addition to us monitoring your accounts for unusual activity, you could also set up free account alerts. okay. [ female announcer ] at wells fargo we're working aro

taken on officer chan as our new liason officer. >> this is my third day here recently transferred in to the airport and prior to that in the station valley. so i am glad to be here and forward to working with you >> thank you for the warning because there will be fewer questions from the commissioners >> now i would like to provide you with updates. other than have officer chang jump on board right away. on june 26th. we released 12-132, the bulletin outlined 5.20. and our policy regarding access to limited english proficient persons. and with that it was collaboration with a lot of input and it also talked about the requirements when the officers encounter lep persons and this talked about incidents such as domestic violence, sexual assault and child abuse. the next item that i wanted to let you know about, was that we were having ongoing monthly meetings that included the officer of the complaints and the community-based organizations. but these meetings are a real eye openers for us because we get an input for how it is going and the input that we get is invaluable. miss beverly u

officer. we have a street crimes unit that wears plain clothes and concentrates on robberies and stolen vehicles and car break- ins. they do a great job and make a lot of arrests. the day watch patrol is headed by two lieutenants, four sergeants and 46 patrol officers and two police service aids. those are the civilians that help us take reports so we can put police officers out on the streets. the day watch patrol, we have three shifts. the other starts at 8:00 and 11:00. the night watch, we have to lieutenants. 10 sergeants, 46 patrol officers and two police service aids. the night watch starts at 4:00 and the midnight watch starts at 9:00 until 7:00 in the morning. we have inspectors at the station called the station investigative team headed by six investigators. last year, there responsible for catching the guy who stole the picasso, but they do all the follow-up on all our crime. at central station, f-16's female officers, for asian, three african-american, seven caucasians, and to latin

the officer was not hurt. three other people were arrested within just a couple of days of that incident back in july. >>> and coming up in ten minutes, protesters say the police are lying. what they're saying and the reason vallejo's police chief says his officers are the ones at risk, in the wake of a fatal shooting of a suspect earlier this week. >>> two suspects were arrested at gun-point today after leading chp officers on a high- speed chase through the east bay. it all started when a chp officer tried to pull over a stolen vehicle. the driver took off, eventually ditching the car. the suspects, a man and a woman, ran into a san leandro neighborhood. chp were able to arrest the two about 25 minutes later. >>> nature sent a very loud message today that the nice summer weather is taking a break. [ sound of thunder ] >> a storm cell swept into the bay area this morning, and lightning strikes caused several fires today, although in remote areas. firefighters say they are keeping a close eye on the situation.

officer youngstorm just pulled up to the shoulder. he got out of the car. >> he apparently motions or districts the jeep to pull in behind his vehicle. the second officer initiates the stop and behind the wrangler. >> the jeep is now sandwiched between two cars. officer youngstorm goes to the driver's side of the jeep. the dash board camera on his partner's car records what happened next. >> officer youngstorm and lacey have a conversation. then, lacey pulls out a gun and shot officer youngstorm in the head. his partner approaching from the rear heard a gunshot, how his partner go down, withdrew his own service weapon, and not at the jeep, striking lacey critically. >> we're back here live in martinez, investigators searched lacey's jeep they found a semi automatic gloc handgun and two loaded magazines as well as a knife. investigation continues and the big question, motive, why did lacey shoot officer youngstorm? >> and there is more information about the shooter, sheriff deputies found multiple computers and drives in his home, they

friends and fellow officers showing their support for officer johnson.ight now he remains in critical condition and on life support. tonight we're getting the first eyewitness accounts of what happened. amber lee tracked down two drivers who were right there when all the shootings happened this morning. amber is here now with their dramatic stories of how it all played out right from front of her. >> reporter: we're right off of highway 680 south. drivers told us they were directed to take this off ramp right off the shooting. tonight we tracked down two witnesses who described to us in chilling detail what they saw. >> i've been shaken most of the day by it. i've never really seen anything like that first hand. >> reporter: this witness who asked us not to reveal his identity told us he was sitting in bumper to bumper traffic. he said he saw a chp vehicle pull over a jeep, crossing several lanes of traffic. then soon after he heard noises. >> i started hearing popping and realized it was gunfire. >> reporter: the motorist told us he looked ahead and saw

four people, including a police officer were sent to the office. alex is at the scene now to tell us more >> reporter: that south an fan police officer among the first on scene and actually helped to get the folks who lived in this house out safely as flames tore through. this morning you can see the house is boarded up. the police officer and throw other people who live in the house had to be hospitalized. the fire broke out about 11:30 last night in one unit in south san francisco. the first firefighters who got here found large flames coming from the back of the house. some of that smoke drifted into the neighboring unit as well. crews were called in from different places to help get this under control and the deputy chief we talked with this morning said firefighters were able to knock the flames down. >> they did a great job of confirming the residents were out and getting rescue units and ambulances on scene. there was a law enforcement officer that was exposed to smoke that was also transported >> reporter: everybody who was displaced from t