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,

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

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 poliff

san francisco police chief greg suhr says some officers unwillingly ticked off the public by sending facebook status messages or tweets. >> as we would activate officers or deactivate officers or move officers around depending on what was happening with the the occupy movement, officers were actually facebooking and tweeting to their friends and family when their hours might be changed. >> reporter: so when police got ready to move. >> we didn't tell anybody. because we didn't know if it would go out on some sort of social media which would have made the job harder. >> reporter: a new social media policy will be ready in days and a more formal policy will be presented to the police commission. social media experts say many organizations have had to come up with policies on the fly. >> i definitely think thinks are moving fast. i think probably a lot of organizations were not aware that social media was going to have such a large impact. so it definitely hit them by surprise. >> reporter: many say social media rules make sense for the police. >> if they're trying to take down somebody

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,

and our new police chief, please come on up, chief greg suhr. please join us.plause] >> just take a picture. together -- thank you very much everyone. [applause] mayor lee: thank you. thank you, everyone. [applause] >>

and our new police chief, please come on up, chief greg suhr. please join us.plause] >> just take a picture. together -- thank you very much everyone. [applause] mayor lee: thank you. thank you, everyone. [applause] >> the mayor wants to know if he can keep his hat? [laughter] [unintelligible] thank you very very much. next, someone who represents another first in our city's history. three years ago, district 3 elected the first chinese- american to the board of supervisors, and immediately after he was sworn in, history was made again as he was sworn in as the board president. please welcome supervisor david to come here on behalf of the sentences go board of supervisors -- david chiu. >> aloha. it is an incredible honor to be here with you tonight. after 163 years, this is a glorious sight. i have spoken with mayor lee about the history of our community and we talk about what happened in 1870's with the first anti-asian exclusion acts. we talk about what happens after the 1906 earthquake when chinese residents were fighting not to be moved to a different part

police chief greg suhr urges everyone to be on their best behavior. he will have undercover cops at candlestick, 2000 officers to back him up. saints fans says trash talk last week went too far and police are take complaints seriously. >> we're trying to encourage folks to be on their best behavior. certainly there is a certain amount of banter and teasing at events. but unruly behavior isn't tolerated. threatening and foul language is not tolerated at the ballpark. >> the 49ers sent out messages to season ticketholders reminding them security will be tight. chief suhr also said for what these tickets cost, it would be in everyone's best interests to be respectful of everyone else and to simply enjoy the game. >> a novel thought, huh, gil? >> reporter: i know. >> thank you. gil diaz live in the studio. >>> 5:06. nearly two dozen homes destroyed, thousands are evacuated in reno. the battle to get massive brush fire under control this morning. plus, sharp jabs in the latest gop debate out in south carolina. the question that got one candidate steaming m

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

police chief greg suhr says he won't need help for outside agencies because he asked all officers not to take vacation that day so he has potential about 2,000 officers available. 49ers boss sent out messages to season ticketholders reminding them that security will be tight. >> we will definitely have more undercover pd in the stadium this week so if they do see that, you know, we obviously don't want to kick any fans out but that's what's going to happen if that's a behavior that the undercover pd see. >> reporter: jed york also apologized for any rudeness that happened last week. the chief says he hopes 49ers fans will be as classy as the 49ers organization is on sunday. back to you. >> hopefully a winner, too. >> yeah. >> thank you. >>> it is 4:38 now. firefighters in the reno area are trying to hold the line on a brush fire that's already destroyed more than 20 homes there. the fire started at midday yesterday along interstate 395 six square miles fueled by high winds. people are evacuated there. the city fire chief says there's one death possibly linked to the brush fire. >>> an

. >> reporter: chief greg suhr says the operation was just part of a larger strategy to fight crime more efficiently. >> this is about violence reduction, so we're trying to seek those folks that might be capable of crime of violence here in san francisco. >> how do you think to hear they got 70 people? >> well, i think that's great, you know. they could have probably picked up 70 minute. >> reporter: people in tender line where most of the -- tenderloin where the arrests went down said they are glad to see it. >> i think that's the best thing they can do, because for years you saw nothing. >> we want to engage them on our terms. >> reporter: and chief suhr say there were 30 fugitives they were not able to track down yesterday but said there are more operations like this one to come. we're live here in san francisco, eric rasmussen, ktv, channel 2 news. >>> a former san ramon police officer pleaded guilty today to charges of a corruption investigation. he pleaded guilty to nine felonies including selling drugs, embezzlement and gun charges. lombardy's settlement is expected on friday. >>

. >> reporter: chief greg suhr says the operation was just part of a larger strategy to fight crime more efficiently. >> this is about violence reduction, so we're trying to seek those folks that might be capable of crime of violence here in san francisco. >> how do you think to hear they got 70 people? >> well, i think that's great, you know. they could have probably picked up 70 minute. >> reporter: people in tender line where most of the -- tenderloin where the arrests went down said they are glad to see it. >> i think that's the best thing they can do, because for years you saw nothing. >> we want to engage them on our terms. >> reporter: and chief suhr say there were 30 fugitives they were not able to track down yesterday but said there are more operations like this one to come. we're live here in san francisco, eric rasmussen, ktv, channel 2 news. >>> a former san ramon police officer pleaded guilty today to charges of a corruption investigation. he pleaded guilty to nine felonies including selling drugs, embezzlement and gun charges. lombardy's settlement is expected on friday. >>

. >> san francisco police chief greg suhr gave students some tips on staying safe on the streets. chief suhr cautions students to pay attention to that you are surroundings and keep their cell phones, ipods and i pads tucked away when they're walking through what he called scary neighborhoods. the chief also said people have someone watching their back. the city has just expanded it's safe haven program. business who carry this window stickers have agreed to help children who feel threatened our bullied. >> if your spider sense is tingling that something bad is going to happen. take yourself out of that situation and go into one of those stores and call the police. we're not going to -- >> reporter: chief suhr says that police will try to find and talk to whoever threatened that student. but he says that officers will not reveal the name of any young person who seeks a safe haven. the safe haven program has been in the works for a number of years now. city officials say they plan to expand it city wide. >>> in a 20 year study, researchers from uc san francisco and the university o

chief greg suhr says officers posted about game day and an upcoming secret thing. he says officers will now only be alerted 45 minutes before any future action. >>> newt gingrich calls him more ruthless than wall street. rick perry slammed him as a vulture capitalist and rick santorum is ready to spend most of his recent campaign haul to fight him. the man they're attacking is one of their own. randall pinkston on how mitt romney's rivals are fighting the front-runner as the battle heads to south carolina. >>> reporter: newt gingrich is back at work campaigning in south carolina. after finishing fourth in the new hampshire primary, the former house speaker is look ahead. >> i think over the next 10 days we will consolidate conservatives across south carolina and i think as we did that, we will win the south carolina primary and that will set the stage for a very exciting florida. >> reporter: gingrich is courting conservatives through campaign ads and email. he and other gop candidates are spending millions to slow mitt romney. romney left new hampshire this mornin

at 6:50, phil matier will talk with sfpd chief greg suhr about security and hopefully the lights stay on, too. our coverage starts tonight. dennis o'donnell and kim coyle are teaming up hosting a "49er preview" on a special day and time tonight at 7:00. so tune in. >>> in other bay area headlines, caltrain is considering raising fares again. but only for passengers who pay in cash. the proposal would increase the cash fare by 25 cents for each of the system's six zones. so a one-way trip from san francisco to san jose would go up from $12.75 to 14.25. fares would not go up for people who pay by clipper card, which is used by several local transit agencies. caltrain would hold a public meeting on that matter later this month. >>> and the university of california has received fewer transfer applications from community college students. nearly 1800 fewer students applied for transfers for next fall. it may be that community college students are having trouble taking classes they need because of state budget cuts. >>> in politics, things looking up for republican front-runner mitt romney

police chief greg suhr hopes that won't be the case this weekend.e is urging everyone to be on their best behavior. he will have undercover cops at candlestick, a total of about 2,000 officers backing him up. last week, some saints fans complained that the trash talk from 49ers fans went too far and police are taking those complaints seriously. >> we are encouraging people to be on their best behavior. there is a certain amount of banter and teasing at events but unruly behavior is not tolerated. intimidation, threats, foul language are not tolerated at the ballpark. >> reporter: the 49ers sent out messages to season ticketholders reminding them that security will be tight. and chief suhr also says for what these tickets cost, it would be in everyone's best interests to be respectful of everyone else and to simply enjoy the game. >> that's kind of the bottom line, don't you think? >> yeah. novel idea. you have to enjoy the game. it's going to be a good game. hopefully it's going to be close. >> wet, too. the start time is 3:30 so it's a little later

with a look ahead to game day, cbs 5 political insider phil matier with police chief greg suhr and former mayor willie brown. >> hey, guys. >> good morning. >> reporter: good morning. okay. all right. >> you got to be there. >> reporter: are you going to be there saturday? >> i'll be there saturday. >> reporter: are you going to be there saturday? >> i hope so. >> reporter: by the way, chief, where were you last time when the lights went out at candlestick? >> i was in the south end zone. >> reporter: so were you on the field? >> yes. >> reporter: what was your first i am thought when the lights went out? >> i was very excited at how the fireworks were going to be when they did the introduction. >> reporter: there was no fireworks. the lights just stayed out. >> the lights just staid out. >> reporter: when it dawned on you that the stadium had gone dark, what was your reaction? >> that i hoped that they came back on again. [ laughter ] >> reporter: so this week, everybody's eyes are on candlestick and it's not about the lights this time. do you know that homeland security has been out the

and our new police chief, please come on up, chief greg suhr. please join us.