. >> reporter: clear message from the fop president to philly's da larry krasner. after sources say krasner told a group of cadets they should shoot for the arm rather than shooting to kill if confronted by a violent suspect or situation. >> it's tollly opposite of what they're taught. they're taught and trained to shoot for center mass. this isn't a wild wild west western. where you clip them in the shoulder, bang them in the toe or hasn't. >> reporter: john mcnesby fired off think letter urging them to listen to proper training and not krasner when it comes to handling their guns. police sources say krasner spoke to cadets at the philadelphia police training center wednesday as part of a program sponsored by the guardian civic league. the remarks would rattle top brass. >> listen to the people who taught you over the last nine months. go out, do your job and be safe and more importantly don't put your life in danger by listening to somebody that has no idea what they're talking about. >> reporter: fox 29 can confirm police commissioner richard ross has spoken wit

krasner spoke about the public trust officers carry in the high standards expected but comments aboutenter mass targeting drew a heated response. >> reporter: the video run for about ten minutes. district attorney krasner stands in front of police cadets at the training academy and tells them he'sir backs if theirak a hest a >> reporter: as he describes the scenario, in which a mentally challenged man was killed by police who were justified in the shooting says krasner, the da also says this. >> reporter: center mass is how police are trained to shoot. firing at the middle or bulk of the body. the comment prompted the head of the police officers union john mcnesby who did not attend the event and had not seen the video to aggressively criticize the da in this letter thursday writing "krasner has intentionally sought to endanger your lives by his outrageous effort to instruct you on the use of your firearm". fox 29 spoke to mcnesby thursday night. >> for them to hear two separate messages is not good. especially when they're leaving in two days, tomorrow actually to go out and protect

krasner' office says he should retract what he wrote. krasners office also says it posted all the video it had fox 29 does not know what happened before or after the recording. police department spokesperson says commissioner ross and larry krasner have spoken and they are moving on. i'm jeff cole fox 29 news. dawn? >> all right, jeffrey, thank you you. >>> fox 29 is your weather authority. our cameras capturing this downed tree in rittenhouse. we're coming right back. ♪ fox 29 weather authority tracking this major storm. take live look in wilmington delaware. it doesn't matter where you go. where you are, we are all dealing with it. we are all in this one together and the high winds today bringing down trees like this one on the 2900 block of bridge water road. this is in aston, delaware county.ther reason why you want to beful if you gin this nasty weather tonight.e be keep it here for live team coverage of this nasty weather system. dhopefullyn flying today. there are already plenty of cancellations and delays atlphia inteional rpors

spokesman ben waxman tweeted "he krasner did not instruct the cadets on their use of force.he purpose of the event was to assist young officers in avoiding problems during their careers. district attorney krasner stands boy the statements he made at that time ". >> the da spokesperson says they have video of the da making these comments. they say they invited the fop to come down and watch the video. they say the fop decline. back to you. >> all right, dave, thank you. >>> the da's office following through on campaign vow to hold police accountable for their behavior. a philadelphia police officer caught on camera body slamming a handcuffed man charged with assault. the da' office says james yeager was arrested today last july he was seen on the video here picking up a guy and smashing his head into the side of a pool. the da calls the behavior quote unacceptable. yeager was fired in august of last year. >>> developing right now, guilty. that's the verdict for allentown mayor ed pawlowski and his federal corruption trial. jurors found him guilty on 47 of 54 charges for alleg

larry krasner told cadets how they should be shooting their guns but union says that is not his job.sner expect at police training center on wednesday as part of the program sponsored by guardian civic league. source he essay he should aim to shoot for the arm rather than shoot to go kill if confront by a violent suspect. >> it is totally opposite of what they are taught. they are taught and trained to shoot for center mass. this isn't a wild, wild, west western where you clip them in the shoulder bang them in the toe or hand. >> commissioner ross said he has spoken to the district attorney about what happened. his spokesmen said his word where is taken out of. >> i wonder what commissioner ross said when they spoke to him. >> well what did he say, so many people there why don't we have more versions of what he said. >> you mean the full extended version. >> yes, if it is out of context, what was said. >> what is a millennial, i ask this every day. >> do you. >> it is my life, is what it is. >> your life is a millennials. >> well, i work with millennials. we may have an answer offici

philadelphia's newest district attorney, larry krasner, has decided to drop cash bail, as he promisedne of his campaign planks. and that is helping some people who obviously can't pay the money to get out of jail -- for small crimes, anyway. allegations of small crimes. do you think, in the end, that this was the right move? he did say that that's gonna be one of his main ideas coming in. >> monica, it's going to depend on what happens to quality of life in communities that are affected by crime. and we're gonna need some time just to see how all this plays out. the critics suggest, and i think with some validity, that this will not work out well. but again, he won the election. he promised to do this. >> but our jails are overcrowded. >> jails are overcrowded, and the idea that someone would sit in jail simply because they don't have money is erroneous. and anyone who has had to have the experience of being charged with a crime and sitting in jail and being in jail only for the mere fact that you cannot pay the bail would feel validated by that. >> i actually i agree with that, and l