>> reporter: julie, this 10- page complaint said chief greg suhr broke the law soon after he became chief by firing the internal affairs attorney who had been prosecuting suhr for misconduct. that attorney says it was retaliation. >> congratulations. >> reporter: kelly o'hare said she feared for her job as soon as suhr was sworn in as police chief two years ago. >> i was very worried that he would fire me when he became chief, which he did. >> reporter: at the time, suhr said it was part of a million dollar cost-saving restructuring of the department. but o'hare says it was payback. >> it was a clear retaliation issue. >> reporter: o'hare, a former police officer and prosecutor, was working in sfpd's internal affairs and was handling a disciplinary case against suhr in 2009 involving his failure to make an arrest in a domestic violence case. it all could have gotten suhr fired. and o'hare says she was threatened. her lawsuit claims an attorney for the police union said she was going to be sorry and that o'hare did not know how this city worked. >> were you ever out to get greg suhr? >> i

police chief greg suhr will join phil matier to talk security at 6: 45 this morning. we have complete coverage of bay to breakers on our website, kpix.com. >>> all america's cup officials are telling teams to immediately suspend sailing ac catamarans until next week. british sailor andrew simpson of the artemis racing team was killed in an accident last week. meanwhile, the head of the italian team is on his way to san francisco to discuss safety and whether his team should stay in the competition. >>> cyclists in the amgen tour of california will roll into san jose today. the 19.6-mile course will start on bailey avenue at the ibm silicon valley lab after noon. the finish line santa clara county motorcycle park on metcalf road. if you are planning now on checking out the race, keep in mind, parking is limited. cyclists have been racing for five days so far. this is file video of last year's race. the big challenge the climb to the top of metcalf road. the race ends on sunday in santa rosa and includes a big finish atop mount diablo on saturday afternoon. >>> 6:10 now

i'm greg suhr, chief of police for san francisco. it is important what commissioner marshall spoke to earlier, and echo about the tragedy in kansas city. we are talking about the 22-year-old mother who was killed and leaves a three-month-old baby. that is with these conversations are about. even though we are in a staffing crisis, the mayor and the people who sit on these chairs will address this but we are still down about 300 officers. thank you for your comments and the material beverly upton who keeps moving around back there. concerning our most vulnerable. in october we built a space in our most secure floor, behind locked doors, a place for children, and many of the folks behind me tr everybody has been sitting together, we are altogether all the time anyway. in october, domestic violence, elder abuse, missing persons, juvenile violence, came together under one roof. a putting the human trafficking task force regional effort. even though we are in the middle of hiring 1000 officers over the next six years, a critical piece of

at mccuvey cove, greg suhr today taped a special greeting to visitors to san francisco. >> we have visitors from all over the world. the last thing we want is from them take away from san francisco is that they had something taken away from them. >> reporter: the chief is asking tourists to put away their cell phones during their time in san francisco. >> robberies are up 13%. arrests are up over 45%. >> we're here for two days, but for the moment we are safe, yes. >> reporter: the department doesn't keep statistics in the number of out of town theft victims but officers in union square told us tourists are more trusting and more easily distracted than natives, often leaving luggage and purchases unguarded just to take a picture. >> they get careless. they get so engrossed with what they're doing with their iphone, and they're not paying attention to who's beside them or who's behind them. >> the phones are taken right from them unsuspected. >> reporter: they hope the video will be played in hotel rooms and the airport. >> you're texting your friends to find out where they're going to be, l

corredores con un chaleco de participante, y quien no lo tenga no podra estar en la carrera dijo greg suhriudad de oakland llego a tener una de las celebraciones mas grandes del 5 de mayo en el area de la bahia. pitch - cesar ---pero en esta ocasion, por cuarto aÑo consecutivo no se realizara un evento de esa magnitud. ---pilar niÑo nos cuenta que algunos buscan rescatar take 2 box el evento y la celebracion, entre ellos los jovenes....adelante pilar. take pkg ;01 ;06 ;11 ;18 ;38 1;14 2;07 asi es, pues estos jovenes culpan a los politicos de dejar morir el evento y no querer resucitarlo. aracely carvajal/residente de oakland :16 como recuerda usted las celebraciones del 5 de mayo aqui en oakland? anteriormente muy bonitas muy grandes santiago caceres/vendedor ambulante :23 se extrana el cinco de mayo mucha gente de todos modos viene a ver si se va a celebrar algo pero ya no se estan haciendo los cinco de mayo como santiago algunos extranan las grandes celebraciones de cinco de mayo en oakland. entre 90 y 95 mil personas en este ano en el 2006 entre ellos hugo guerrero quien lidero la organ

i would like to go forward with someone else and i support greg suhr for chief and i am aware of a case about him from an employee. dimy background. and i went through every article about the case and see the young lady, the victim stand here and address the police commission about the situation at hand. i totally support the chief on this. my knowledge of the case is i am [inaudible] and some people just what they are. now on to the great subject, the occ. i would like to address the occ. there was a young man two weeks ago and sat there and gave the dialogue how the occ treated him. two weeks ago i met a lady in the cash room and transgender and she told me about something that happened with her. young lady sit down i will explain how the occ works and this is how you should do it and please get back to me. she called me the other day. she said "clyde, i got a letter. i got a phone call. they're on it." great job thank you. >> thank you clyde. next speaker. please come forward sir. good evening. >> yes good evening police commission. together can we be allotted three minutes each. >>

also tomorrow san francisco police chief greg suhr will be joining us with everything you need to know about the race. it will be a very busy weekend. >> very busy. >>> 4:37 is the time right now. hopefully it's not a busy friday. >> it's actually good. and i will say it before dave clark says it we have made it to friday. >> we've made it to friday. >> good morning, everybody. we have made it to friday. pam brought up a good point the last few fridays we haven't had the lighter conditions. right now it is light on 80 westbound. heading out to the mccarthur maze. no major problems and when you get to the bay bridge toll plaza it will be light. something that will start happening in the next few weeks is people get off for school we will see lighter than usual conditions. northbound 280 getting up to highway 17 that traffic is looking good. 4:38 let's go to steve. >>> and making it to friday beats the alternative. >> not making it to friday. >> all right we have a cool pattern in place. that system yesterday well the clouds are gone. expect for patchy low clouds but it's a cooler mornin

police chief greg suhr withdrew his proposals saying the public suggestions were more harmful than helpfulthey wanted restrictions that he said would harm officers. the berkeley police association hopes to go to city council to hope to find support from the city for taser use. live in berkeley, cate caugiran, kpix 5. >> the police association survey was based on nearly 600 responses. >>> he may be the best dressed bank robber we have ever seen. campbell police are looking for this man. he slipped a note to a teller at the patelco credit union last friday and left with cash. there is no sign of a gun or a getaway car. investigators are hoping the clear distinctive picture will help them get their man. >>> and another robber caught on camera, this guy grabbed handfuls of mail from the back of a delivery truck while it was stopped at a red light on 36th and market in oakland. it happened may 13. federal authorities are looking for help in finding him. >>> an unusual bird rescue. the bay area group that helped a duckling hatch after her mother died. >> with a lot of the rule changes they made

san francisco's police chief greg suhr says his department has been briefed by the boston police and this is what race- goers may notice sunday. >> pretty much everybody in special operations will be working, whether there are tactical teams, motorcycles, horses. we'll have our bomb techs on scene to allow for rapid response to any package. >> reporter: look up. live security camera feeds will show images to a remote surveillance center. >> those pole cameras will be located at the start line, the finish line, and on the hey street hill where the crowd figures to be the most thick. >> reporter: the person running next to you could be a police officer in running gear or even costumed. if you don't have a number, you will be asked to leave the course. and don't even think about bringing a bag bigger than this. >> about this big. that's the kind of backpack and plenty can fit in it. >> reporter: a runner tom sweeney plans to leave the bag at home. his costume weighs enough without it. >> my best time in bay to breakers is 53 minutes in normal clothes. in this, an hour and 15 minutes. >>

san francisco police chief greg suhr told us this morning about new measures in the wake of the boston marathon attack, including the use of undercover officers. >> i don't know if we're going to have anybody run start to finish, but we'll have officers in the crowd and on the race course that won't be in uniform. >> other security measures include see-through trash cans, forbidding large backpacks, and setting up surveillance cameras along the course. >>> now to a story you'll see only on 2. a showdown today on the baseball diamond at san quentin. this is between inmates and a semi professional team from the north bay. the game offers prisoners more than just camaraderie. >> it's a beautiful day. >> reporter: the team names are familiar. the giants and the a's. >> play ball. >> reporter: the difference? this is the san quentin prison team. today for the first time they played a semi professional team, san rafael pacific. >> i was a little nervous at first, but these guys are humans, just like me. i feel like it's just, just another day playing baseball with other guys. >> reporter: th

. >> reporter: san francisco chief of police greg suhr says banging into another person may or may not be a big deal. but walking into an oncoming car is. >> our parents have been preaching and we're preaching now, look both ways before you cross the street. >> reporter: elementary walking knowledge you learned in elementary school. but it takes on a whole new meaning when everybody is looking down instead of both ways. staring at a smartphone on the street is dumb. >> she got hit by a driver. it was her birthday. it was really bad. >> reporter: so robert wong of lincoln high school joined some classmates and others passing out these cards to distracted walkers. one side said, you've been hit by a car. the other, you've been mugged. distracted walking. mugged? >> all over this country 50% of the robberies or more involve some sort of a mobile device. >> when i was on the l train, there is this kid from si, he was sitting and playing with his phone and then this one kid just snatched it really quick and it happened in less than a second. >> they are worth somewhere if the neighborhood o

greg suhr says his department has been talking with boston police since the marathon bombings. >> webeen in contact with what they would have done differently. >> reporter: that i have also been in contact with the fbi and counter terrorism task force. but they say runners and bystanders are their best defense. he say, if you see something, say something. >>> germany's jen boyse won the race. and that tour reaches the bay area tomorwith stage six in san jose. riders are set to compete in individual time trials. saturday's leg begins in livermore and goes up mount diablo. the final leg on sunday is from san francisco to santa rosa. >>> thousands of union nurses are planning to walk off the clock tomorrow morning. the week long strike involves registered nurses at sutter health facilities in the east bay. the visit -- video you're looking at here is from a prior walk out. the nurses say they're seeking health care coverage for themselves and their families. the walk out is happening in berkeley and oakland as well as eden in castro valley and sutter in antioch. >>> a labor group says f

greg suhr says his department has been talking with boston police since the marathon bombings. >> we have been in contact with what they would have done differently. >> reporter: that i have also been in contact with the fbi and counter terrorism task force. but they say runners and bystanders are their best defense. he say, if you see something, say something. >>> germany's jen boyse won the race. and that tour reaches the bay area tomorrow with stage six in san jose. riders are set to compete in individual time trials. saturday's leg begins in livermore and goes up mount diablo. the final leg on sunday is from san francisco to santa rosa. >>> thousands of union nurses are planning to walk off the clock tomorrow morning. the week long strike involves registered nurses at sutter health facilities in the east bay. the visit -- video you're looking at here is from a prior walk out. the nurses say they're seeking health care coverage for themselves and their families. the walk out is happening in berkeley and oakland as well as eden in castro valley and sutter in antioch. >>> a labor gr

you the events live as they happen and tomorrow morning mornings on 2 san francisco police chief greg suhr will be joining us at 7:45. he's going to have everything you need to know about d en. >>> sal, you are watching the roads still. so far so good. >> yeah it hasn't been all that bad. we are certainly seeing more people on the road now. we are getting more of a crowd for example at the toll plaza on 880 but it's not a huge crowd. north say anything. also the >>> if you are driving this morning on the nimitz freeway traffic is moving along relatively well. if you are driving to the peninsula, mountain view, and 101 are looking good. let's go back to steve. >>> a very happy friday. we have a cool pattern out there this morning. a little chilly on the lows. it will be sunny, mostly sunny, breezy. early next week looks warm. if everything comes in as advertised a very strong low will come in and settle. i was talking to a couple people yesterday and they to it's always lousy an memorial weekend. today also in sync for a breezy pattern today but also more sunshine. low 44. sonoma county air

also tomorrow san francisco police chief greg suhr will be joining us on morning's on 2 at 7:45. he'll tell you everything you need to know about all the events in and around san francisco. >> that is great. it will be great to get a good heads up from him. sal, what is the latest on the commute this morning? it has been pretty smooth. >> yeah pretty smooth so far pam and dave. good morning, to you both. right now traffic is doing well around the bay area. we will start off with a very busy interstate 80 coming in from vallejo to richmond. and there are no problems on the bay bridge approach getting into san francisco if you are driving into the city it should be a nice drive for you. not only the bay bridge but also on 101 getting in through the peninsula and 280. if you are driving in san jose northbound 280 traffic also looks good. let's go to steve. >> thank you very much, sal. happy friday everybody. yesterday kind of interesting. we had the clouds, rain in the morning and sun in the afternoon. some people liked it, some didn't. something to talk about for may. systems out o

. >> reporter: san francisco chief of police greg suhr says banging into another person may or may not be a big deal. but walking into an oncoming car is. >> our parents have been preaching and we're preaching now, look both ways before you cross the street. >> reporter: elementary walking knowledge you learned in elementary school. but it takes on a whole new meaning when everybody is looking down instead of both ways. staring at a smartphone on the street is dumb. >> she got hit by a driver. it was her birthday. it was really bad. >> reporter: so robert wong of lincoln high school joined some classmates and others passing out these cards to distracted walkers. one side said, you've been hit by a car. the other, you've been mugged. distracted walking. mugged? >> all over this country 50% of the robberies or more involve some sort of a mobile device. >> when i was on the l train, there is this kid from si, he was sitting and playing with his phone and then this one kid just snatched it really quick and it happened in less than a second. >> they are worth somewhere if the neighborhood o

check list before the race and officers were there including patrol street cops and police chief greg suhr. be vigilant in reporting suspicious activity and patience because of the traffic gridlock around that race course. as alex mentioned there are a few new security measures at this year's beta breakers, surveillance cameras at the start, middle and end of that 12-kilometer course, backpack or bags -- and there are 17 different law enforcement agencies involved in security including the fbi and the sheriff's office, bomb technicians and k-9 units also there for precaution. >> we may see the elite runners go through the most difficult part of the race. >> reporter: within the last half hour we see people start to show up. i want to show you we are at hays and scott, the backside of the hays hill and there is traffic congestion as police have blocked off scott street. you can see people trying to get around the race course. we have a couple of those san francisco police officers on motorcycles and that's the top of hays hill that you're seeing now. there's where one of the security camera

san francisco's police chief greg suhr says his department has been briefed by the boston police and this is what race- goers may notice sunday. >> pretty much everybody in special operations will be working, whether there are tactical teams, motorcycles, horses. we'll have our bomb techs on scene to allow for rapid response to any package. >> reporter: look up. live security camera feeds will show images to a remote surveillance center. >> those pole cameras will be located at the start line, the finish line, and on the hey -- and on the hay street hill where the crowd figures to be the most thick. >> reporter: the person running next to you could be a police officer in running gear or even costumed. if you don't have a number, you will be asked to leave the course. and don't even think about bringing a bag bigger than this. >> about this big. that's the kind of backpack and plenty can fit in it. >> reporter: a runner tom sweeney plans to leave the bag at home. his costume weighs enough without it. >> my best time in bay to breakers is 53 minutes in normal clothes. in this, an hour

former mayor willie brown, who has done his share of bay to breakers and san francisco police chief greg suhr. how much is security and how much is to make the crowd feel comfortable? >> i just think it reassures the public, gives us that many more cops to engage the next 1 hup 1 -- 100,000 people out there. >> these lead runners, they take off like they stole something. it's unbelievable. [ laughter ] [ cheers & applause ] >> okay, and because in addition to what is trying to prevent a recurrence of boston, you have the usual sort of mayhem that goes with bay to breakers, which has been touchy in recent years, right? >> yeah, there's always the knuckle head factor and we try to pick our spots and we'll escort people off that aren't registered. >> there's a ton of people that jump in after the start, a, so they can avoid paying, and b ago, void that crush of people. that's not going to make any difference. this time, like i said, we're not going to interrupt this race, but you run the risk of getting asked off. >> all total, how many people do you think you'll have out there? >> cops? >> i'll

chief greg suhr has made a controversial plea to the board of supervisors for increased camera surveillance of his city, especially along the route of upcoming races and parades, starting by finding what already is in place, and what isn't. >> we want to map all the cameras up and down market street. in boston, they went through hundreds and thousands of hours of video and were able to make that case in days. >> reporter: in an interview, the chief told me video evidence is almosexpected these days. >> everybody likes video, juries like video, investigators like video, prosecutors like video. and i think looking at the boston marathon, they made that case off of video, so i proposed that we find out what we have, both private and public along our main parade route and see if we can't identify blind spots. >> reporter: what the chief is concerned about right now is security for a series of popular upcoming events: the bay to breakers, a colorful footrace from the bay to the pacific ocean which attracts thousands of runners and perhaps 100,000 spectators and where backpacks were recently bann

sf police chief greg suhr says a team will be monitoring these camears in real time during the race.inserts on the race route will be replaced with transparent bags so police can easily see in. this is public works spokesperson rachael gordon. gordon explains the bags will be switched out early sunday morning as they place the barriers for the race.other measures include the banning of all backpacks. >> is one of the biggest events we have in san francisco every year not to local but across the world. so we want to make sure that people have a safe and fun time and we would do what we need to do to make that happen. >> pam: we're only a couple days away from this year's bay to breakers -- presented by craigslist. and there are a lot of changes to the race. one of them -- the course. kron-4's charles clifford breaks it down. you can only register and person. if you if you want to participate and their practice is not to lay. inside the expo computers are set up or you can pay for your registration and there are people staying standing by to help but do not procrastinate any longer. th

san francisco police chief greg suhr says his department will also be stepping up security measures bywill be successful so this will were doing haazig madyun kron 4 news. shocking allegations tonight against six people step for cisco unified of misappropriation of 200 of $250 million of personal use. who faces 94 felony counts and faces more than 20 years in prison if could if convicted. federal money meant for children embezzled close to half a billion dollars of off on authorize salaries and bonuses. >> during the time of significant cutbacks often the school have to give layoff notices to teachers summer programs will be reduced or cuddly eliminated. we had people on the trust taking money and diverting money for personal use. this is one of the worst types of corruption. >> pam: nonprofit involved has to pay back close to $5 million no one of those agencies face face criminal charges at this time. >> jacqueline: during thursday's with temperature largely to day cooler with a couple of exceptions and with 90 degrees and sid to rose to 88 in antioch. looking ahead tomorrow 60 in san

now, police chief greg suhr says the drop may be due to diversion programs that help teenagers find jobs avoid going to jail. >>> a ranch owner in san rafael will be installing a new fence around a well after a very dramatic horse rescue. >> way to go! [ cheers ] >> he made it. that's buddy, the horse, pulled to safety about 6:30 last night after he fell down a 30-foot well. tough to watch. he fell through a piece of wood covering the well. he had to tread where thes for hours. there were -- water for hours. there were concerns he wouldn't make it. >> somebody came up with the idea to raise the water level and he got up on the log with his head and made it. >> he made it. a crane was brought in. his legs got scraped up but they say he's expected to be okay. >>> three berkeley neighborhoods will be testing out a new metered parking plant starting in september, the goal, to improve parking conditions. alex savidge is live in berkeley and tells us what kind of changes drivers can expect. >> reporter: the way you park here could mean shelling out more money to park your car in busy areas lik

now, san francisco police chief greg su has stolen -- greg suhr says there ought to be a national registry companies so that when a cell phone is stolen, it can be locked up and it becomes useless. we are gating reports that probably won't happen. reportedly, the cell phone companies make millions of dollars a year by replacing lost or stolen cell phones. >>> later today, the san francisco museum of modern art will break ground on a major expansion project. 225,000 square feet of new exhibit space will be added to the existing building. because of that, the museum will close down on sund a stay closed through early 2016. as a gift of visitors, admission will be free tomorrow through sunday. >>> 8:42. president obama, you might be able to relate to this, is trying to stay -- is trying to stay out of trouble with the first lady. >> auntie, look at this. [laughter] >> the president's explanation for the lipstick mark on his collar. >>> the scripps national spelling bee is going on right at this very moment. how two bay area middle schoolers are doing so far. the only thing we'd ever grown tog

chronicle's it shows the former attorney kelly ohaire put together a case that the fired then deputy chief greg suhr or violence claim involving a friend. the case was never heard and suhr served a suspension. o'haire's suit accuses suhr of dismissing her in retaliation in 2011. the barman said she was fired for budgetary reasons. >> the surviving suspect in the boston marathon attack wrote a note about the attacks what he was injured in hiding in a boat at a backyard in watertown mass. while authorities were searching for him. jahar tsarnaev indicated that the bombing was payback for what he called u.s. attacks against muslims and afghanistan and i rack. his girl that the boston red victims were collateral damage as muslims have been during war and that an attack against one muslim as an attack against all of them. he also said that he would not miss his older brother who died in a shootout with police. our live look >> are live look at washington d.c. where the president is addressing at the rose garden. >> in terms of their ages. would the prime minister is the mission i will make one other point