increased consciousness and awareness of the issues that affect public safety in criminal and juvenile justice reform. i am proud to say that this is the ninth summit. we take on issues like closing the california youth authority. and we in the confinement of youth -- young children in -- and the prisoner re-entry program and abolishing the death penalty. we take on three critical issues. the first panel has a riveting discussion about gangs. and reducing gang violence. on our panel are former gang members, gang intervention workers, police, public defenders, and researchers. we talk about strategies to reduce gang violence. i will introduce the keynote speaker in a moment. the second panel is a cutting edge -- cutting edge discussion about the relationship between the human brain and criminal behavior. we have top experts from all parts of the country to talk about what the brain research shows. that is the key to understanding how human beings behave, and why they may commit acts of violence. the afternoon's panel will have a debate about a proposed law that would reduce felony drug possessi

and leadership development consultant and that is built on years of working in criminal and juvenile justice reform as well as in the womens' community as well as the lgbt community which i spend a great deal of time serving and it's a pleasure to be here and thank you commissioner mazzucco for mentioning that article. i saw it as well and yes it needs to be addressed. >> thank you. >> commissioner rebecca pratta. >> hi everyone. it's a true honor to be seated here this evening along side all my esteemed commissioners and the police commission as well. in my day job i would be remiss that first i'm a new mom of a darling little girl and she's about 20 months now, and i take with me each and everyday her perspective on the world and it really makes the work of our commission very important to me and very real to me as i watch her grow up. but what i get paid to do is working at levy straws and amco on the other side of the city and on the corporate affairs team there and manage the corporate sponsorship and employee engagement and i spend a great deal of time at the office thinking of womens'

county supervisors meetings, the members who pass out fliers, the youths who have been in the juvenile justice system that are now part of the coalition -- those individuals must have a seat at the table. no. 2. community-based organizations. that operate on a shoestring and often without any kind of coverage anywhere. they must be legitimized and made part of the conversation. i have witnessed this with homeboy industries. how many people have heard about this? in california i rarely have to worry. i was in green bay and i started to talk about father greg and no one had any idea what i was talking about. i have known greg boyle for 25 years. i worked with him when he routinely received death threats. people believed he was trying to help gang members. the lapd called him a hug- hugger. i will repeat everything that they have said, not because of sore afraid of using profanity but because it was a different lapd. it was rumored that the mexican mafia was allowed to meet in his church and that he held guns for gang members. and he was helping gang members across the border. i am certain he kne

. >> the florida department of juvenile justice decided that they were going to end their contract with the milton girls juvenile detention center, so all the youths that have been at this facility will now be relocated to a different facility. >> this woman's behavior ended up affecting everyone who works at this detention center. >> that is correct. they are considering other charges if they're wanted once the investigation continues. . >>> corgi puppy attack. >> ouch. [ laughing ] >>> welcome to gayle's big top adventure show where i give you tricks. you treat them like dogs and give them a scoop of seed and they are fine and they can do more than steeple chase. they can play basketball. i love the fact if you only have one kid, give him a pet mouse so they can play connect four. >> skateboarding. >> skateboarding, nick. >> i don't believe that one. >> you'll love the last one. this mouse can make change. >> this is making ratatouille look possible. >> these are not rodents but these are rodents. >> just put a mouse trap up there. the mouse trap didn't go off even though i put a load

we go inside of san quentin, we go inside of the county jail, the juvenile justice system. all entities -- the whole family is incarcerated. we want to kill the whole family. that is why we go when -- we want to heal the whole family. that is why we go in. we believe in empathy, we believe this violence is a learned behavior. restored of justice does work. -- restorative justice does work. [applause] >> elizabeth, you have been on both sides. as a teenager, you were a recipient of services. today, you are working in youth development. what do you think the answer is in reducing gang violence? >> i want to give thanks for another day here and an opportunity to share this space with everybody. all of the beautiful courage that it takes to be up here. a lot of energy to the healing circle as well. as a juvenile, i was in juvenile hall and i went through that whole system myself. i have worked with tattoo removal, i went to other development programs. through personal experience and being raised by a single mom and being proud of my dad imprisoned and now pursuing my education,

but the florida department of juvenile justice did file a request she not work with children. so while this case continues, she's been pulled from working at this detention center. >>> video is a little older but trending now big-time online. i think you'll see why when i say big time, i mean big time. girls and guys on this motorized raft in ireland. they are normally wakeboarders but this time they are out there just horsing around. got the camera rolling. you'll see why. watch this. >> what? >> what was that? what was that? a giant basking shark. >> no. >> they purposefully push their friend in when they see the basking shark is coming right for them. >> that's not funny at all. these are not my friends. >> slow down. what's a basking shark eat? a basking shark is the second largest known shark next to the whale shark but not a known threat to humans. they are a feeder fish, feed on the surface. hence, the name basking shark. >> even if they are not harmful to humans how did they know this is a basking shark. you see in the distance, this could be a great white as far as yo

. >> and this one from robin shows wind damage outside the juvenile justice center. e-mail your weather photos to us. >>> things are going to get a lot worse tomorrow, specifically tomorrow evening. >> more rain is coming. here is sandhya patel on the accu-weather forecast. >> that third storm, the final storm will come in here late tomorrow night and going into sunday morning. let me show you live doppler 7hd. we have our own radar on mount saint helena and it is focusing on the north bay where we are seeing moisture. some moderate to heavy rainfall. it is very scattered in nature around stewart point and askings spring road and dry creek road and windsor light to moderate rainfall. we are seeing moderate rain north of river road. you can see the sweep going around. they will be on and off through saturday. heavy rain and wind on sunday morning and a flood warning has been issued no you for two rivers. third river north of the area, and i will show you that in a moment. the cold front, the storm that blew through this morning left its mark. here are the showers that

activists bachmann is well known in finland for his controversial views he's an outspoken critic of juvenile justice and calls finland's child protection system fascist and believes that shifting the functions of state to private companies is a flawed process. we have an industry that is. concentrated on the counter for trade with children so they the social workers and their close relatives or friends or whatever they establish private children's homes and we have in finland according to the official statistics we have approximately six hundred private private children's homes which are private companies and if they are allowed to. earn for every children that is taken by the authorities to the children's private children's home even several hundreds of yours per day. backman is an active participant in practically every child case associated with the removal of children from russian mothers in autumn twenty twelve he did everything he could to help honest as he is a good man. yes september two thousand and twelve the finnish social authorities decided to take four children from a loss to see a. wo

. >> and this one from robin shows wind damage outside the juvenile justice center. e-mail your weather photos to us. >>> things are going to get a lot worse tomorrow, specifically tomorrow evening. >> more rain is coming. here is sandhya patel on the accu-weather forecast. >> that third storm, the final storm will come in here late tomorrow night and going into sunday morning. let me show you live doppler 7hd. we have our own radar on mount saint helena and it is focusing on the north bay where we are seeing moisture. some moderate to heavy rainfall. it is very scattered in nature around stewart point and askings spring road and dry creek road and windsor light to moderate rainfall. we are seeing moderate rain north of river road. you can see the sweep going around. they will be on and off through saturday. heavy rain and wind on sunday morning and a flood warning has been issued no you for two rivers. third river north of the area, and i will show you that in a moment. the cold front, the storm that blew through this morning left its mark. here are the showers that

i read a story in texas and expulsions and suspensions are a direct pipeline to the juvenile justice system and the punitive approach doesn't fix anything. i can happily point you to that study and makes cases against that school discipline, but holly has come up with a really wonderful solution within law enforcement that we would love you to talk about and it's preventive and solution. >> thank you. it's not going to be a shock to you that i don't have a sizzle reel but i did manage to get a few powerpoint slides in so it's a good thing if i can get my next one. can you advance it for me please? so it is a safety course that i created with yahoo. we partnered together. i started asking questions the first day so my boots are on the ground and i'm in the schools and i love doing what i do, and i believe wholeheartedly and i believe it was the soft power -- yes, i love it. i think it's effective in so many ways, so i had luckily teamed up with the right people at yahoo who were really amazing and just the foresight they saw, and believed in the concept that law enforcement needs to b

. >> and this one from robin shows wind damage outside the juvenile justice center.e-mail your weather photos to us. >>> things are going to get a lot worse tomorrow, specifically tomorrow evening. >> more rain is coming. here is patel on sandhya patel e accu-weather forecast. >> that third storm, the final storm will come in here late tomorrow night and going into sunday morning. let me show you live doppler 7hd. we have our own radar on mount saint helena and it is focusing on the north bay where we are seeing moisture. some moderate to heavy rainfall. it is very scattered in nature around stewart point and askings spring road and dry creek road and windsor light to moderate rainfall. we are seeing moderate rain north of river road. you can see the sweep going around. they will be on and off through saturday. heavy rain and wind on sunday morning and a flood warning has been issued no you for two rivers. third river north of the area, and i will show you that in a moment. the cold front, the storm that blew through this morning left its mark. here are the showers t

and the 16-year-old student in will be protected in the juvenile justice system. and let's focus on the weather. >> yes. sandhya patel is in too yes. >> we'll freeze, then end up needing umbrellas. winter almost here, it's expected. let me show you the way it looks from our camera. we have more rain coming up. across the bay there, you can see san francisco, bay bridge. we're seeing clearing skies, and that just means that it's going to be a chilly night. we still have a couple showers being picked up down towards south bay. i'm going to take new first down towards southern san jose. we're seeing showers heading offccuvwú['k so starting at 7:00 p.m. tonight rain moving out. bay area will clear out. so temperatures fall. tomorrow, you can see hit or miss showers just skirts the coast. you can see a shower or two what this system is going to parallel the coastline. the chance of showers limited for your tuesday. tomorrow morning bundle up. it's going to get cold. 34 degrees in santa rosa. chill will be in the air. vallejo, concord, upper 30s. low 40s around fremont

or frustrated and doesn't seek -- or someone's got a disorder and is about to go through the juvenile justice they lash out. this year alone, 5,000 teenagers will commit suicide. 600,000 will attempt suicide and will need an emergency room visit. that statistic is 40 years old. for the last 40 years that's happened every year. we have a way of just ignoring this, of saying these kids are bad seeds or they're just very sick, when in reality, these are our children our sons and daughters, but just more importantly they sit in classes next to our sons and daughters around the world. >> one thing which joe biden's team will be looking at is mental health. what should that they be looking at? >> i think we need a whole thank. we need the fact that pediatricians have to be better trained at doing mental health checkups the same way you check someone's heart and weight and height. pediatricians need to know how to check up on someone's mood their activity level, their interests, how they sleep. and on top of that we have to train them through treat the most simple and common of mental disorders. we

. >> another weather picture from robin showing wind damage, my goodness, outside of the juvenile justiceter in san francisco. send your photos to us or you can share them to us on our facebook page. or on twitter at abc 7 news bay area. >> things are much quieter for the moment. >> right. key words there for the most. here is sandhya patel with a look ahead. >> looking ahead, we have a few showers out there. the worst has moved off. getting down to street level around napa we're seeing light showers and dry creek road, around sonoma, light showers. around novato we're seeing light to moderate rainfall south novato boulevard. it's slick in spots. around south bay, east bay, spotty showers. fremont parkway, light rainfall returns. here is a look at storm three. it's developing in the pacific getting in here this weekend. so tomorrow afternoon, just some showers if you have outdoor plans, temperatures upper 50s to mid-60s then as we look ahead to sunday there is a big game going on. raiders will be playing at coliseum up against browns. at 1:25, i think clouds will be there but rain shifted

court in a case i wrote an amicus brief in and they specifically cited my brief dealing with juvenile justice issues used the u.n. convention on the rights of the child to interpret american law. a federal district court -- >> but the u.s. hasn't even signed on to the treaty on the law. >> surprise, surprise, that's even more my point. >> you also claim that if the u.s. signed on to this treaty, we would be, quote, signing up to be an official socialist nation. >> that's true. >> this was a treaty negotiated under president bush originally back in 2001. john mccain supports it, former attorney general richard thornburgh. you honestly say they want to be a socialist nation? >> the treatcy is economic, social and cultural rights at its core. the united states refused to adopt the international covenant on rights in the '60s. the soviet bloc has adopted those treaties. the united states has never, ever adopted one of these treaties -- >> you think george bush wants this to be a socialist nation? >> we have a big national debt because of the spending patterns of both republicans and democrats. >>

the justice department says it has reached a deal with local officials to overhaul juvenile justice in shelby county. a report earlier this year found black teens were twice as likely to be detained and whites and were often sent to adult criminal court for minor offenses. juvenile suspects also attempted suicide at record rates and were detained in harsh conditions, including being tied to restraint chairs and that the law for far longer than allowed by law. shelby will be forced to carry out a series of reforms to avoid future lawsuits by federal prosecutors. a federal appeals court has overturned the convictions of two former new orleans police officers involved in the fatal shooting of an african-american man shortly after hurricane katrina. the first officer, david warren, was convicted of shooting 31- year-old henry glover with an assault rifle. but the fifth circuit court of appeals has voided his conviction, saying his trial should of been held separate from those of two other officers charged in the case. another officer convicted of burning glover's body after he bled to deat

initialtives or the juvenile justice block grant or the campus safety act, all pending, as well as increased funding for mental health services and school counselors. we simply must do all we can to protect our citizens in these proposal -- and these proposals must be enacted as soon as possible. with respect to h.r. 2076, the bill reports today, i want to commend the gentleman from south carolina, mr. gowdy, for his leadership in this bill and urge my colleagues to support the senate amendment to h.r. 2076 and i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. the gentleman from south carolina. mr. gowdy: in conclusion, i want to take this one final opportunity to thank chairman smith for his leadership not just on this particular bill but his leadership throughout the two-year tenure he was chearm of the judiciary. mr. scott: i ask unanimous consent to reclaim my time. the speaker pro tempore: is there objection? mr. gowdy: no, ma'am. the speaker pro tempore: without objection the gentleman reserves the balance of his time. does the gentle

school resource officers, often their role is more working with kids who are already in the juvenile justice system ,-com,-com ma to serve as the liaison within the school for things like that are not necessarily dealing with behavioral things as they come up. i think that schools can partner with police departments, to work together about investigating cyber bullying. many police departments in the united states now are developing cybercrime unit so that they are quick to say okay, we can figure out where this message came from, with what the address was in the can take your out where they came from. i think that can be a really helpful tool for parents who have gotten to that point where they feel helpless and they have investigated a lot of the alleys that they have in order to resolve the situation and finish it to completion. >> host: so, where you have police officer stationed in schools, for in new york city for example where there are 5000 of them. do you ever hear about how they interact with students and are there ever problems and with school safety officers actually serving as bu

for school resource officers often it is more to be working with kids who are already in the juvenile justice system to serve as a liaison with in the school for issues like that and not necessarily dealing with behavioral things as they, to be fighting fit if schools can partner with police departments to educate them about bullying, together about investigating instances of this many police departments in the united states are developing cyber crimes unit so that they are equipped to say okay we can figure out where this message came from and with the computer's address was and taken out where some of these things are coming from i think that can be a helpful tool for parents that have gotten to that point they feel helpless and like they have investigated a lot of the alleys that they have to try to resolve the situation that is precious and persistent. >> host: where you have police officers stationed for example there are 5,000 of them, do you ever hear about how they interact with students and are there ever problems with school safety officers actually being bullies themselves? >> gues

school resource officers, often their role is more to be working with kids who are already in the juvenile justice system to serve as a liaison within the schools for issues like that and not necessarily dealing with behavioral things as they come up. i think that if schools can partner with police departments to educate them about bullying, um, to work together about investigating instances of cyberbullying, many police departments in the united states now are developing cyber crimes units so that they're equipped to say, okay, we can figure out where this message came from, what the computer's ip address was, and they can figure out where some of these things are coming from, i think that can be a really helpful tool for parents who have gotten to the point where they feel helpless and hike they've investigated a lot of the alleys that they have to try and resolve a situation that is pernicious and persistent. >> host: and so where you have police officers stationed in the school, i mean, in new york city, for example, there are 5,000 of them -- >> guest: right. >> host: do you ever hear about,