department is establishing a street crime team in october and a dedicated burglary units next month. 100 burglaries are not committed by 100 different people . the i hope is being proactive and getting these individuals off the street before they have an opportunity to commit a crime is the ultimate goal. >> the laws that have been there are becoming really soft. >> reporter: there working to keep juveniles in custody longer. this business owners has he plans to patrol his own streets at night >> i'm taking it upon myself to come around here at night and different times of the day. we have crime during broad daylight also, but i'm afraid we will see a lot more vigilante is him if this problem doesn't get solved. >> reporter: reporting with ktvu fox2 news. >>> coming up, a supreme court ruling decides how the dna of juvenile offenders can be used. find out what happens to the dna of young people who have committed misdemeanors. >>> in richmond for rallying for a cyclist that was arrested. we will tell you what is happening with the charges against the 39-year-old activist. >>> traffic

and business alarms even if they're unverified, and he's starting a proactive burglary task force next month. >> this unit is going to be specifically assigned to take down burglary crews that are probably not only responsible for burglaries, but for robberies. so you take down five or six crews, you're solving 100 burglaries and possibly many more. >> reporter: for some, it's a start. >> time will tell whether there's enough money to really address the issues. >> reporter: city leaders say increased patrols in this area already have netted 22 more arrests over the past two weeks. reporting live in san jose's willow glen neighborhood, ian cull, nbc bay area news. >>> developing at this hour, at least seven people are now dead after a semi truck smashed into a packed greyhound bus in new mexico. it happened along the arizona-new mexico border this afternoon. investigators say the semi truck's tire blew out, causing it to cross the median into oncoming traffic. 40 passengers were taken to the hospital, some in critical condition. the driver of the truck was not hurt. >>> one of the most destructive fires in

the department is also establishing a street crimes team and a dedicated burglary unit next month. >> 100 burglaries aren't committed by 100 different people. my hope is by being proactive in taking these individuals off the street before they have the opportunity to commit a crime is what our goal is. >> officers enforce the laws that are there, that will be solid. >> reporter: the chief says he is working with judges to keep juveniles in custody longer. in the meantime this business owner says he plans to patrol his own street at night. >> i have taken it upon myself to come around here at night, at different times of day. we have crime during broad daylight, but, i am afraid we will see a lot more vigilante is if this problem doesn't get solved. >> reporter: at tonight's meeting, the chief address staffing, saying two years ago, the department had 900 officers. right now, there are 1100 officers covering a city of 1 million people. alex, he says it will take time to rebuild, and that they are in the process of doing that. >> in the meantime neighbors will have to be patient. >>> ne

among the things they're working on to reduce violence, next month they are launching a proactive burglary unit, and in october it will launch a street crimes team dedicated specifically to quality-of-life issues. in san jose, betty yu, kpix 5 news. >>> arrest in the kidnapping and robbery of a san jose state student, police have taken 20- year-old solomon bell into custody. he is now in the santa clara county jail, accused of pulling a gun on a student at a 7- eleven. and then forcing him to withdraw money from several atms nearby. police say it happened eight days ago in broad daylight. on sales -- san salvador street right across from the university campus. the student was not hurt. >>> extra counselors will be on hand at balboa high school tomorrow, after a gun went off in a classroom today. police swarmed the campus just after 11:00 this morning. three nearby schools also went into lockdown as a precaution. photos taken inside one classroom show students huddled together in the dark. with the door barricaded behind them. the district says one student suffered a minor injury unrelated to th

the department is establishing a street crimes team in october, dedicated burglary unit next month. >> 100 burglaries are not committed by 100 different people. my hope is being proactive and taking them off of the street before they commit a crime is what our goal is. >> there are not enough police officers to enforce the laws. >> reporter: the chief said he is working with jeff roseen on how to keep juveniles in custody longer patrol his streets at night. >> i'm taking it upon myself to come around at night and different times of the day, we have crime during broad day light, too. i'm afraid we are going to see more vigilantes if this doesn't get solved. >>> ntsb released information about a plane crash that killed five people from the east bay on august 5th, three realtors from danville and two family members were flying from concord to orange county when it crashed in santa ana. it will pilot made contact with the control tower in and that ana and told to hold over a shopping center. witnesses say they saw the airplane enter a left bank turn and descend towards the ground at a ste

and among the things they are working on to reduce violence next month launching a pro- active burglary unit and in october launching a street crimes team dedicated specifically to quality of life issan >>> police say a man wanted for the kidnapping and robbery of a san jose state student is behind bars. 20-year-old solomon bell is in on student at a 7-eleven and forcing him to withdraw money from several atms nearby. police say it happened eight days ago on san salvador street across from campus. the student was unhurt. >>> extra counselors will be on hand at balboa high school in san francisco this morning after a gun went off in a classroom yesterday. police swarmed the campus in mission terrace. two other nearby schools also went into lockdown. the school district says that one student had a minor injury unrelated to the gunfire. police took a total of four students into custody. >>> new video of another apple store heist this one at the santa rosa plaza mall about 8:00 wednesday night and you see three thieves in hoodies run in and grab as many of the devices as they can. they got away

alarms even if they are not verified which is new and that the department will launch a proactive burglary unit. also in october they will start a street climbs unit. it is for all of san jose. a lot of folks say they are seeing an increase of crime and lack of police response. by the way, san jose police department uses two different mapping systems for crimes. you can see what's hapg. i will post it on my twitter feeds. i'll put it up on facebook as well. today in the bay. >> certainly understand their frustrations there, thank you. >>> we have a live look for you now. fans are arriving now to join family and friends of aretha franklin in a final farewell to the queen of soul. she will be buried today, two weeks after her death from pancreatic cancer. >> hundreds spent the night in line. the church plans to allow one thousand fans inside. it follows a week of celebration. her fans have come from far and near to say good-bye. >> i knew i had to get here, yes. >> it is for her fill tropical services. i feel like i needed to be here. >> the funeral is expected to last some five hours. it will in

but -- burglary unit. but we did he not have any burglary detectives.oactive to stop the burglary crews. then we'll solve a lot of burglaries and a lot of other crimes as well. you take five or six crews off the street, you'll be solving about a hundred burglaries or more. >> reporter: some may say it all sound good but this comes after you had a meeting in willow glenn. is this just this willow glenn or something that you have on thinking about? >> we handpicked the officers many months ago. it was a good platform to tell the community what we're.com. >> reporter: how many ours? >> i will not give out the specific numbers. but a good amount of officers. they'll be proactive. >> reporter: speaking of proactive, i heard some of the residents talking about you cannot have a cop on every corner or block. some say about patrolling their own neighborhood and some perhaps aren't? >> a lot of frustrated people were at the meeting and but they were extremely support at this time. my response was we need to have these meetings and cannot have individuals driving

and business alarms even if they are unverified and he is starting a proactive burglary task force next month. >> this unit will be assigned to take down burglary crew that is are not only responsible for burglaries but for robberies. you take down five and possibly more. >> time will tell whether there's enough money to address the issues. >> today in the bay.nd pice relw o-year-old double murder case thatas stalled despite the fact there could be hundreds of witnesses. police released surveillance video. some 300 people were there. you can see them franticly trying to take cover when shots were fired. investigators released a clip showing two persons of interest here. they made sketches of the mens faces and hoping they the combination of the video as well as those drawings could help jog some memories. >> someone is not ready to talk. there are reasons people don't talk. some may have fear. some don't want to get involved. two men were killed that night. >>> one destructive fires in california state history. the fire is finally 100% contained. there is a containment line built around the fire. it doesn'

unit. how are you doing it before and how does this change give you more bang for your buck? >> we were doing it with patrol force before. we were limited with the burglarye pro-active. take the criminal element off the street before they commit crimes. so having a unit that's going out and taking down these crews are not only going to solve dozens of burglaries but solve other crimes as well. >> reporter: you have a lot of female officers that are coming in from the academy. talk to me about that. did you specifically target it or was this organic something that just happened. >> we absolutely targeted it. you know, we needed to, you know -- hiring female officers is an issue for san jose and statewide if not nationally. we are low in numbers. so we needed to go out and recruit it. so we're proud to say that, you know, in our last three academy awards, we have had 23 female officers become part of the force which is incredible. and so we're proud of that and it really speaks to the diversity of our academies and they are growing. the diversity is exceptional. >> that helps the entire police department. speaking of the police department, we'll end with t

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