the latest, leronne armstrong, sworn in last month. at 22 veteran of the department most recently serving as deputy chief. a native of oakland who lost his older brother to gun violence. you want some people have what he didn't, trust in law enforcement and a sense of safety. joining me by skyped from oakland is chief leronne armstrong. thank you so much for joining us but thank you for having me. >> you have certainly worked your way up the ranks, what do you want to do now that you are in the top job? >> i really want to change the culture of the department. i want to make oakland a safe city and come into compliance with the negotiated settlement agreement we have been under for 18 years. is about time. >> those are three very specific items, let's start with the first. how are you hoping to change the culture of the department? what needs to change? >> i hope mind being grounded in oakland and born and raised in oakland is something that i can bring to our department that really says to all my members of the oakland police departme

>>so for me it really a call and my first one on one interview with oakland police chief leronne armstrong comes about a month after he was sworn in as it turns out a lot has happened in those 4 week and the new chief in i get it to all of it. there have been 26 homicides in oakland in 2021. over 100 shootings over a 150 of those shootings involved a home or a vehicle being struck by bullets. chief i'm says his violence reduction strategy involves reallocating resources focused on reducing violent crime across the city and he says it's already showing results. january we've had. >>15 homicides in we had last week alone we arrested 6 suspects for homicide related also more firearms in the 2021. than we did at the start of 2020 violent crime and oakland knows no boundaries several recent highly publicized violent incidents occurring to the city's chinatown has garnered national with some saying the suspects were motivated by their hatred for asian americans know the crimes that we've investigated most of which have crimes of the one hate crime was not actually specific to chinatown it was a

>>so for me it really a call and my first one on one interview with oakland police chief leronne armstrong comes about a month after he was sworn in as it turns out a lot has happened in those 4 weeks and the new chief un i get it to all of it. there have been 26 homicides in oakland in 2021. over 100 shootings over a 150 of those shootings involved a home or a vehicle being struck by bullets. chief i'm says his violence reduction strategy involves reallocating resources focused on reducing violent crime across the city and he says it's already showing results. january we've had. >>15 homicides in we had last week alone we arrested 6 suspects for homicide related also more firearms in the 2021. they needed at the start of 2020 violent crime and oakland knows no boundaries several recent highly publicized violent incidents occurring to the city's chinatown has garnered national with some saying the suspects were motivated by their hatred for asian americans know the crimes that we've investigated most of which have crimes of the one hate crime was not actually specific to chinatown it was a

oakland's car police chief leronne armstrong was a rank and file officers on that day. has he doing spoke with the chief in a one on one exclusive interview. >> 3/21/2009 is the day the city of oakland, the oakland police department will never forget it is with 3 police and what opd officer were gunned down by a wanted felon. it is one of the. >> responsibilities as a chief. >> now that weighs on you every day. the possibility something like this could happen as the 12th anniversary of the solid b that draws near chief leronne armstrong shares his thoughts about the deadliest day of the history of the oakland police department. >> i have a picture of my of the day of the funeral. so it's a constant reminder. a lot of families aloft for loved ones. a loss for friends. a loss for our community and the truth. tremendous loss for our department. >> take us back to that day for you. were you duty that day. >> i was not originally on duty that day. but i received the call. for an emergency response to not respond to be as the incident was to talk to. respond to the scene. >>

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we'll >>oprah's new police chief leronne armstrong has a wide range of experiences includes everything from being a patrol officer to an investigator, the human trafficking unit and now just one month into the job, the new chief had a virtual interview with kron four's haaziq madyun. >>the chief talking about the problems he's faced and how he plans to try to keep the public safe. >>so carol patrol one making oakland safe protecting and serving has been this veteran opd officers calling for the past 22 years for like i'm a part of that community feel like i'm a part of protecting my community. >>so for me it really a call and my first one on one interview with oakland police chief leronne armstrong comes about a month after he was sworn in as it turns out a lot has happened in those 4 weeks and the new chief in i get it to all of it. there have been 26 homicides in oakland in 2021. over 100 shootings over a 150 of those shootings involved a home or a vehicle being struck by bullets. chief i'm says his violence reduction strategy involves reallocating resources focused on reducing viole

oakland's current police chief leronne armstrong was a rank and file officer and as the anniversary of that deadly day looms kron four's haaziq money and talked with chief armstrong in a one on one exclusive. you'll see only here on kron 4. >> 3/21/2009 is the day the city of oakland, the oakland police department will never forget it is with 3 police sergeants and what opd officer were gunned down by a wanted felon. >> it is one of the responsibilities as a chief. now that weighs on you every day. the something like this could happen as the 12th anniversary of the solemn event draws near chief leronne armstrong shares his thoughts about the deadliest day of the history of the oakland police department. >> i have a picture in my of the day of the funeral. so it's a constant reminder. a lot of families aloft for loved ones. a loss for friends. a loss for our community and the truth. tremendous loss for our department. >> take us back to that day for you. were you duty that day. >> i was not originally on duty that day. but i received the call. for an emergency response to not respond to

>>police have investigated 26 murders and a 150 shooting yeah oakland's new police chief leronne armstrong says that his long history in the department is paying off we've got kron four's to explain why. >>o p people carol carroll won making oakland safe protecting and serving has been this veteran opd officers calling for the past 22 years for like i'm a part of that community feel like i'm a part of protecting my community. >>so for me it really a call and my first one on one interview with oakland police chief leronne armstrong comes about a month after he was sworn in as it turns out a lot has happened in those 4 weeks and the new chief and i get it to all of it. there have been 26 homicides in oakland in 2021. over 100 shootings over a 150 of those shootings involved a home or a vehicle being struck by bullets. chief i'm says his violence reduction strategy involves reallocating resources focused on reducing violent crime across the city and he says it's already showing results. january we've had. >>15 homicides in we had last week alone we arrested 6 suspects for homicide related als

oakland's current police chief leronne armstrong was simply a rank and file officer. >> but kron four's has a talk with chief armstrong in this one on one exclusive interview. >> 3/21/2009 is the day the city of oakland, the oakland police department will never forget it is with 3 police and what opd officer were gunned down by a wanted felon. it is one of the. >> responsibilities as a chief. >> now that weighs on you every day. the something like this could happen as the 12th anniversary of the solid b that draws near chief leronne armstrong shares his thoughts about the deadliest day of the history of the oakland police department. >> i have a picture of my of the day of the funeral. so it's a constant reminder. a lot of families aloft for loved ones. a loss for friends. a loss for our community and the truth. tremendous loss for our department. >> take us back to that day for you. were you duty that day. >> i was not originally on duty that day. but i received the call. for an emergency response to not respond to be as the incident was cute to to. respond to the scene. >> just rememb

oakland's police chief leronne armstrong was a rank and file cop com forces. spoke to him about what he remembers from that day. >> 3/21/2009 is the day the city of oakland, the oakland police department will never forget it is with 3 police sergeants and what opd officer were gunned down by a wanted felon. it is one of the. >> responsibilities as a chief. >> now that weighs on you every day. the possibility something like this could happen as the 12th anniversary of the solemn event draws near chief leronne armstrong shares his thoughts about the deadliest day of the history of the oakland police department. >> i have a picture in my of the day of the funeral. so it's a constant reminder. a lot of families aloft for loved ones. a loss for friends. a loss for our community and the truth. tremendous loss for our department. >> take us back to that day for you. were you duty that day. >> i was not originally on duty that day. but i received the call. for an emergency response to not respond to be as the incident was to to. respond to the scene. >> just remember

police have responded to 26 homicides in over 150 reports of shootings, oakland police chief leronne armstrong who was sworn in roughly one month ago says his experience from being a patrol officer to an investigator and the human trafficking unit along with his strategy to reduce violence in the city is already paying off. >>january we 15 homicides in we had last week alone we arrested 6 suspects for homicide related also more firearms in the 2021. than we did at the start of 2020. >>several violent attacks in oakland's chinatown have recently made national headlines. but chief armstrong is pushing back on the idea that these attacks were racially motivated rather he claims most of the incidents have been crimes of opportunity. sandwiches goes waste management company recology will have to pay back city residents nearly 95 million dollars and over charge fees. it's the latest in the city's ongoing public corruption investigation in 2 former public works director mohammed nuru the investigation found that over 4 years recology gave gifts of money food and accommodation to new rule and city emp

oakland's current police chief leronne armstrong. >> was a rank and file officer kron four's.n spoke with chief armstrong and a one on one exclusive interview. >> 3/21/2009 is the day the city of oakland, the oakland police department will never forget it is with 3 police and what opd officer were gunned down by a wanted felon. it is one of the. >> responsibilities as a chief. >> now that weighs on you every day. the something like this could happen as the 12th anniversary of the solid b that draws near chief leronne armstrong shares his thoughts about the deadliest day of the history of the oakland police department. >> i have a picture of my of the day of the funeral. so it's a constant reminder. a lot of families aloft for loved ones. a loss for friends. a loss for our community and the truth. tremendous loss for our department. >> take us back to that day for you. were you duty that day. >> i was not originally on duty that day. but i received the call. for an emergency response to not respond to be as the incident was to to. respond to the scene. >> just remember this. i

something like this could happen as the 12th anniversary of the solid b that draws near chief leronne armstrong shares his thoughts about the deadliest day of the history of the oakland police department. >> i have a picture in my of the day of the funeral. so it's a constant reminder. a lot of families aloft for loved ones. a loss for friends. a loss for our community and the truth. tremendous loss for our department. >> take us back to that day for yo . were you duty that day. >> i was not originally on duty that day. but i received the call. for an emergency response to not respond to be as the incident was to to. respond to the scene. >> just remember this. i think died. you marked down to the best. was the first stop on that scene. back march. 21st. >> oakland police department chaplain father jason because big at highland hospital where he received that heart wrenching transmission over the radio. i remember most. i think one of highland. >> that we're listening to department radio and then we heard the an open place codeine for tb, which means send all units as you bring us up as a bring

>>so for me it really a call and my first one on one interview with oakland police chief leronne armstrong comes about a month after he was sworn in as it turns out a lot has happened in those 4 weeks and the new chief in i get it to all of it. >>there have been 26 homicides in oakland in 2021. over 100 shootings over a 150 of those shootings involved a home or a vehicle being struck by bullets. chief i'm says his violence reduction strategy involves reallocating resources focused on reducing violent crime across the city and he says it's already showing results. january we've had. >>15 homicides in we had last week alone we arrested 6 suspects for homicide related also more firearms in the 2021. they needed at the start of 2020 violent crime and oakland knows no boundaries several recent highly publicized violent incidents occurring to the city's chinatown has garnered national with some saying the suspects were motivated by their hatred for asian americans know the crimes that we've investigated most of which have crimes of the one hate crime was not actually specific to chinatown it was

investigated, 26 murders and more than a 150 150 that is shootings newly appointed oakland police chief leronne armstrong has experience being out on the patrol an investigator in the traffic he says that the strategy to reduce violence already paying off. >>january we 15 homicides in we last week alone we arrested 6 suspects for homicide related also more firearms in the 2021. than we did at the start of 2020. >>there have been several violent attacks in oakland's chinatown in recent weeks, but chief armstrong says the you know he's actually ri arguing that the idea that those are racially motivated to have tax that he claims that most of those attacks have been crimes of opportunity. >>san francisco's waste management company recology will have to pay back city residents nearly 95 million dollars in overcharge fees. it's the latest in the city's ongoing public corruption investigation into former public works director mohammed nuru the investigation found that over 4 years recology gave gifts of money, food and accommodations to nuru and other city employees that included $60,000 given through a nonpro

have been 26 people killed murdered and a 150 shootings newly appointed oakland police chief leronne armstrongerience out on the beat as a patrol officer and as an investigator in the traffic unit and he claims that his strategy is helped to reduce violence already. >>january we 15 homicides in we had last week alone we arrested 6 homicide related also more firearms in the 2021. than we did at the start of 2020. >>there've been several violent attacks in oakland's chinatown in recent weeks but chief armstrong is pushing back against the idea that the attacks racially-motivated he thinks that most of the incidents have been crimes of opportunity. >>san francisco's waste management company recology will have to pay back city residents nearly 95 million dollars in overcharge fees. it's the latest in the city's ongoing public corruption investigation into former public works director mohammed nuru the investigation found that over 4 years recology gave gifts of money. food and accommodations to new rule and other city employees that included $60,000 given to a nonprofit. so public works department

oakland police chief, leronne armstrong and chief will scott talk about policing the streets and challengesctivists, lisa mcnair, about how san francisco can make policing more equitable. >>> we have at these marine mammals in this look at something beautiful. welcome to kqed newsroom. we have a special focus tonight and justice, and police reform as we will be talking with leaders of two of the bay area's largest police forces. before we begin,

leronne armstrong is oakland's police chief. >> i believe that these are crimes of opportunity. >> syhe says the rise in anti- asian violence mirrors a drastic spike in violent crime and homicides throughout the city. he points to poverty in the area, which the pandemic has only worsened. >> but that doesn't take away the fact that there are people that have been victimized. and so, while we might talk about numbers, numbers at the end of the day are human beings. these are people. >> sy: armstrong says the department has taken steps to increase security for asian americans, like placing a chinese-speaking liaison in chinatown. but others say the issue has deeper roots that can't be addressed with more policing. the rise in anti-asian sentiment has highlighted racial tensions that existed long before the pandemic. >> there is a nasty american impulse to pit us against each other. and it goes at one of the most obvious moments is the 1992 uprisings in los angeles. >> sy: korean businesses versus african americans oppressed by police. >> yeah, and there has been real harm. but there's a

we understand that oakland's police chief leronne armstrong is going to be conducting this press conferenceating us all on the situation here with this amber alert. we're looking for more details again, if you think you've spotted this vehicle. let police know they're still looking as far as we know, they're still looking for little michael and obviously they want to find him as quickly as possible. so here's the license plate to be on the lookout for 8 t y x 9, 1, 4, again, if you see him, if you see michael or if you see 30 year-old female who police have only identified so far in their press release as tunisia. she was the one who apparently abducted the baby boy. she was last seen wearing a black coat and black leggings again driving that 2021 black nissan versa. >> time now is 9.31 will take that press conference as soon as it happens. in the meantime, let's get a look at weather and traffic for in a thursday. john. yeah, guys. it's raining out there for a lot of the bay area cloudy for the rest of us that are taking a bit of a break from the rain currently roadways are wet. so if you