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

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

with that, chief greg suhr. [applause] >> welcome. i really appreciate everyone being here. in my administration, we do not do a lot of press conferences, but this is really important. october is domestic violence awareness month. it was a major priority of mine and the mayor's to make an impression that we have to take care of our most vulnerable. we will open one is to be the special victims unit in the san francisco police department for the first time where we consolidate the domestic violence units, a juvenile, human trafficking, missing persons, elder abuse and neglect, financial abuse, and sex crimes into one unit. over the next few years, we will go through a huge transition in the police department. some of our most experienced officers will be retiring. we want to make sure we do not lose their expertise and their ability to work with the advocates to make the most successful prosecutions possible for those who would victimize our most vulnerable. often the victims come with children. we wanted to have a warm space that was secure. i think when you find your way in

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

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

. >>> in other bay area headlines in san francisco today, mayor lee was joined by police chief greg suhrficially open the city's first special victims unit. several investigative units will work together to help victims of domestic violence as well as child and elder abuse. they hope it will provide victims better access to police and victim services. >>> on i-80 in vacaville this morning, what a mess. commuters were met with all of this, feathers and chickens after big rig overturned carrying 5,000 live chickens. they were alive. no one was seriously injured. it shut down all westbound traffic for hours while they cleaned up that mess. >>> having trouble keeping up with the rent? you're not alone. rents are up again in the bay area. just ahead, the new batch of renters that is driving price up. >>> and we are usually encouraged to reuse and recycle. why pg&e is being blasted for apparently doing just that. >>> and it looks like today we panned out to be five to eight degrees warmer than yesterday and looking outside right now, way out west we have a bank of some low clouds and fog pushi

i would like to take a couple moments to briefly acknowledged our honorable mayor ed lee, chief greg suhr and command staff, commissioner azuko, and commissioner chan as well. thank you for joining us. i know how busy your schedules are. i believe district attorney gascon is going to be here any moment. i wanted to take a moment to acknowledge our professional partners. child protective

. >> reporter: and since wednesday is training night, police chief greg suhr says he happened to havell these officers ready to go into "occupy sf" but chose not to. >> if we believe that we could go into the camp safely, if we believe that we could go in there and support our the -- agencies that will be doing the clean-up, without having to go have a measured response, we would do that. that opportunity did not present itself last night. >> reporter: meanwhile, there are now about 70 tents at this encampment fully two weeks after the mayor said that's where he draws the line. so will there be a police raid in the future? >> i can't speculate on the time. i think that, you know, we have been very patient. >> reporter: the mayor struggled to answer at a combative news conference. simultaneous simultaneous [overlapping speakers] >>> i think it's not a monolith we're dealing w i think people did have the experience of what happened in oakland. i think there is a genuine feel that they don't want that to happen here in san francisco. >> reporter: so i mentioned about half a dozen politic

san francisco police chief greg suhr led a community meeting to talk about that shooting. suhr explained the situation that officers faced, two men bleeding profusely and a man with knives. he also said wu appeared to be mental problems. >>> governor brown signed a new bill that will protect children from harmful chemicals in baby products. >>> if it's not the first snow of the season it's the first ♪ [ cellphone rings ] cut! [ monica ] i have a small part in a big movie. i thought we'd be on location for 3 days, it's been 3 weeks. so, i used my citi simplicity card to pick up a few things. and i don't have to worry about a late fee. which is good... no! bigger! bigger! [ monica ] ...because i don't think we're going anywhere for a while. [ male announcer ] write your story with the new citi simplicity card. no late fees. no penalty rate. no worries. get started at citisimplicity.com. >>> we're continuing to track that winter like storm that's moving into the bay area right now. bill it looks like the north bay is getting hit the hardest. >> lots of reports coming into the

chief greg suhr was then a young officer making a narcotics bust. >> the poor kid we were arresting i think it was the first time he had ever been in an earthquake so he was a nervous wreck. >> reporter: he spent the rest of the night in the marina where fires burns for hours. mike ferrell lived in the marina, he was 14 at the time. >> it took years to repair. i spent the first three weeks after the earthquake, schools were closed, volunteering at the marina high school. >>> >> leading for potentially in my administration a mandatory retrofit. >> reporter: emergency resources will be stretched thin and remind everyone they may have to rely on each other at least in the crucial first few days. >> typically, the fire departments can move in within three or four fives when there's a dispatch. but all that goes out the door when there's a disaster. >> reporter: there's information on what to do when a quake hits. it's information that can help you survive the next disaster. ken wayne, ktvu news. >>> ktvu.com has a slide show of photos from the loma prieta quake as well as resources on how

san francisco police chief greg suhr led a community meeting to talk about that shooting. suhr explained the situation that officers faced, two men bleeding profusely and a man with knives. he also said wu appeared to be mental problems. >>> governor brown signed a new bill that will protect children from harmful chemicals in baby products. >>> if it's not the first snow of the season it's the first significant snowfall this season. we're along donner summit where caltrans has a long night ahead. >>> you may not want to pay to watch my play basketball. but these guys are hoping you will pay to watch them play. i ride muni every day. i enjoy it the most when i'm with sidney. she doesn't notice that it's too crowded or that it can run a half hour late. i'm bevan dufty, and i'm running for mayor because it's not enough to just "get it done"-- we have to get it done better. sidney thinks muni is magic. we go underground and come out someplace new-- just us. i want all of us to see it that way. >>> we're continuing to track that winter like storm that's moving into the bay area

. >> the mayor ed lee and police chief greg suhr paid a visit. they stopped at the torino market on third street at palou avenue. sources tell abc7 news that officers have answered more than 70 calls here since march. they said they have tried to control the problem of people drinking alcohol and loitering. >> we call if something happen. >> what are some of the things that happen? >> you know, i mean the only thing, as i told you, hanging around and the shooting. >> he turned to the mayor and police chief for help. >> we asked them for help, you know, and they are helping. >> some blame much of the violence on the abundance of liquor stores along third street and they want police to do more from having people drink and hang around. they can resolve a lot of this if they do their job and don't allow them to stand out in front of the stores period. and the stores can't do it because they are scared to death. >> they regularly hand out citation for loitering and open-container violations. the visit by the mayor and police chief occurred right befor

. >> reporter: and since wednesday is training night, police chief greg suhr says he happened to have all these officers ready to go into "occupy sf" but chose not to. >> if we believe that we could go into the camp safely, if we believe that we could go in there and support our the -- agencies that will be doing the clean-up, without having to go past a measured response, we would do that. that opportunity did not present itself last night. >> reporter: meanwhile, there are now about 70 tents at this encampment fully two weeks after the mayor said that's where he draws the line. so will there be a police raid in the future? >> i can't speculate on the time. i think that, you know, we have been very patient. >> reporter: the mayor struggled to answer at a combative news conference. [overlapping speakers] >> i think it's not a monolith. i think people happened in oakland. i think there is a genuine feel that they don't want that to happen here in san francisco. >> reporter: so i mentioned about half a dozen politicians spent most of the night here last night. late this afternoon, the m

it's signed by the police chief greg suhr. despite that, this last homeless occupy encampment in the bay area continues to grow and the occupants are getting bolder. >> this is illegal. >> reporter: this is what mayor ed lee said the last time he made any public statement on the matter on cbs 5 sunday morning. >> we haven't allowed it to happen. we have stated very clearly that their first amendment rights just like they have been expressing it is going to be enforced and at the same time, we have drawn lines. we have allowed -- said that they can't camp overnight and we mean it. >> reporter: but here it is and growing. one, two, three, four five six -- we took an unofficial census. [ counting ] >> reporter: 75? highly organized a booming little city. anybody home? fewer people home during the day like other towns maybe not at work but a march or a protest. >> there's like property values going down because the kids are moving out into like the valley and building bigger houses at the same price i'm building prime property at.