next to him is our san francisco police chief, greg suhr, newly appointed to that office last month. congratulations, chief. >> thank you, your honor. [applause] >> chief suhr has surfed in the department for 30 years. and as chief he will be overseeing a department of 1,800 police officers. next we have peter herley who is now acting as police consultant. he is the former chief of police of tiburon and the former president of the california police officers association. next to mr. herley is sharon wu, the chief assistant of operations in the district attorney's office. she oversees the criminal division, including the victim witness program and the alternative dispute courts. anne irwin is an attorney in the public defender's office. ms. irwin was recently involved in several of the cases involving the videotaped evidence which resulted in the dismissal of over 90 cases. you've read about those in the newspaper. and finally, we have civil rights attorney john burress. he specializes in civil actions brought against police officers for abuse of power, brutality, and wrongful death. le

i am not an apologist for greg suhr or the district attorney, but they have to find a solution. without the state, law enforcement does not work. [applause] >> so, chief suhr -- [laughter] what do you do about this problem of the end justifying the means? so, how you teach your young officers or train them not to abuse their power and not to get these bad guys anyway they can and does not matter how they operate? how do you teach trainees about this? >> first, thank you for having me. this is a bit of an away game for me. [laughter] [applause] >> either way, it is your home town. >> that is true. >> you might feel like you're on the hot seat on this panel draws that is ok. i can handle it. >> the background is extensive. certainly, after i have come in, there are psychological profiles. there are lie-detector tests. so, we really do try to get it right. only one out of 11 applicants to the police department makes it through. yet, we still get some folks to do some things we would rather have them not do. but character is everything, as has been discussed, in the police department

saying being a whistle- blower, but encourage proper at 6, and i think -- proper ethics, and i think greg suhr stated very properly its starts in the police academy. u.s. no other position probably in the united states -- certainly not for some of our elected officials. yet no one who gets more scrutiny and more background checks and psychological checks and an 18-month probationary period. we as law-enforcement administrators hope that those kinds of people who do not meet on moral and ethical standard, we hope they do not pass or get through. sometimes they do. i find it interesting that this is the -- it has been 20 years, 15 months, and two days since the rodney king incident in los angeles. when i watch that incident. -- when i watched that incident, it gave me shivers. what bothered me -- it was not only the people hitting rodney king -- but it was the other 19, 20 officers who stood around and did nothing. and allowed it to go on. that bothered me as much. and i was a police chief at the time. one of the things a new chief and parents is the department culture -- inherits is the departm

commissioners know that i want to commend san francisco police department, in particular, chief greg suhr, who was my captain at the baby station. we had a great working relationship. cap -- captain corrales, as well as the current captain. in particular, this is something that many people do not experience, and i hope they do not experience, on june 6, 2011, there was a shooting in front of my house, and it happened at 10:00 a.m., and their two bullet holes in my garage door. there was a man who was severely injured as a result of the shooting, and ironically, 10:00 is the time i am usually leaving, and it was in the direct line of sight of where my automobile is as they go to my car. the only thing that was indifferent as i checked a couple e-mails as i heard the gunshots ring out, and it sounded like it came out of my garage. so when i heard what appeared to be some running in my building, i did what any american would do, stayed in my house and waited until i heard the police sirens. the long and short of it was when i went outside, everything was calm. there were police from the miss

san francisco police chief greg suhr who worked the tenderloin for years joined the party. >> we love saint anthony's and all they do. >> reporter: they have helped the needy since 1950 so this was a birthday party in which it, what else, helped the needy. >> where would all these people eat if it wasn't for saint anthony's? >> probably rolling over dead. >> reporter: some 250 volunteers many from bay area high schools handed out 10,000 barbecued chicken meals in just four hours. >> it is overwhelming but it's like, you know, people don't know where the next meal is coming from. we don't turn people away. >> reporter: mark ate with his 3-year-old grandson. hubbard says saint anthony's was here to help when he was homeless. >> a lot of critical issues down here but won't this, a lot of people would be in worse shape. >> reporter: the charity's executive director says just 10 years ago, they served around 2,000 meals a day. now that number is up to 3,000. >> here people really do share and so i think there's also still a lot of hope and promise. >> reporter: of course, they are always i

p.m., but hit two bystanders and there were treated for their wines police chief greg suhr defense is unfortunate that anyone else got injured the alternative when you have a suspect out there with an offensive weapon i will take every time as having 22 rounds parade around of the border >> he has multiple felony charges in the north beach area they say more needs to be done to keep that area safe >> police said he approached people an area and fired a people unpin people fired back him the suspect was taken into custody they to details and did a 14 year-old boy has died further shooting that happened on sunday night they were standing when a car full of people drove by and started a fire no arrests have been made in this case. >> a live look outside it the james lick freeway and we will be right back. this is your captain speaking, we are fourteenth in line for take off. looks like it's bumper to bumper on the interstate. i gotta get to cleveland! remove your belt, your watch, your shoes. i wonder what gas costs today. seven dollars for a pillow! an extra bag costs what? i hate traff

. >> reporter: chief greg suhr expressed concerns about an officers decision to fire his weapon while chasing a suspected drug dealer. it happened around 2:00 a.m. saturday. just as bars and clubs were closing and the sidewalks were filled with peel. >> the place shouldn't really be firing into a crowd of people as an officer -- they shouldn't be firing where there were innocent bystanders. >> reporter: having just arrive in san francisco hours earlier, this man was shocked. he says police should have given more thought before firing. but the chief says there wasn't time. he says the 20-year-old suspect jesus rodriguez threatened officers as he ran down broadway. >> he turned and pointed what ended up being the firearm behind me which is described as a tech nine machine pistol, fully loaded, 22 in the magazine, one in the chamber ready to go. >> reporter: police say one officer fired one shot hitting the two bystanders. both were treated and released from the hospital. >> the department could not feel worse about having two bystanders injured. however the alternative of having a suspe

. >> reporter: chief greg suhr expressed concerns about an officers decision to fire his weapon while chasing a suspected drug dealer. it happened around 2:00 a.m. saturday. just as bars and clubs were closing and the sidewalks were filled with peel. >> the place shouldn't really be firing into a crowd of people as an officer -- they shouldn't be firing where there were innocent bystanders. >> reporter: having just arrive in san francisco hours earlier, this man was shocked. he says police should have given more thought before firing. but the chief says there wasn't time. he says the 20-year-old suspect jesus rodriguez threatened officers as he ran down broadway. >> he turned and pointed what ended up being the firearm behind me which is described as a tech nine machine pistol, fully loaded, 22 in the magazine, one in the chamber ready to go. >> reporter: police say one officer fired one shot hitting the two bystanders. both were treated and released from the hospital. >> the department could not feel worse about having two bystanders injured. however the alternative of having a suspe

last night police chief greg suhr had a community meeting about it. police say the officers were chasing a suspected drug dealer near broadway street on saturday night when the suspect pointed a pistol at them. one of the officers fired but the bullets struck two bystanders. the tourist were treated and released. the officers are on paid administrative leave. >>> federal investigators are poring over video and photographs taken by spectators at friday's air race crash in reno. [ screaming ] >> ten people now confirmed dead and more than 70 are injured. some critically. a still photograph of the plane shortly before it crashed is especially revealing. it shows the p51 with a piece of its tail missing. you can see it highlighted there. it's called the elevator trim tab. it keeps the plane stable in flight. >>> u.s. government is testing the system in california that could alert people of an earthquake. it's based on a computer code developed at cal tech and uc- berkeley. the system is still in a test phase where about 30 scientists get the warnings on t