the oakland crime stoppers program is out of money. the question is why are they continuing to offer rewards to tips? this came to our attention over a tip about an oakland murder suspect that leads to a high profile arrest, but the tipster says he hasn't seen a penny of that reward money that was promised by oakland pd. up to 10,000 bucks. here's investigative reporter candice nguyen. oakland pd promised that money through a partnership with a group called crime stoppers of oakland. we found the group hasn't been able to access its bank account for two years, but that hasn't stopped oakland police from offering rewards. what started as an argument in the middle of the day quickly led to the june 2023 shooting death of a flower delivery man, matias gallegos. in oakland, police released this surveillance video asking for the public's help identifying gallardo's killer. they also promised a reward of up to $10,000 for information leading to an arrest. through a partnership with a group called crime stoppers of oakland. i had this gut not

crime stoppers, we know about crime victims. crime stoppers is a national nonprofit that offers reward money to encourage people to cooperate with police. they told us the group calling itself crime stoppers of oaklandtion and could compromise the good name of crime stoppers. retired judge richard carter is their legal director. i'm outraged. that's inexcusable. that's not the way you run a crime stoppers organization. we also found oakland crime stoppers nonprofit status lapsed more than a decade ago. according to the secretary of state's office. one of its board members tells us oakland crime stoppers hasn't met in more than three years. and the last time they gave out any money was in 2021. the department says two people on oakland crime stoppers board passed away, causing issues with accessing that money. they say the group has been locked out of their bank account since september 2022. we found oakland police kept offering crime stoppers rewards after that. in more than a half dozen high profile cases. you shouldn't promise something you don't have. what do you think is the impact on people who may come forward in the future? oh, i think people would be very unlikely to come forward in the futu

our investigative unit also has uncovered serious problems with oakland's crime stoppers program. it's out of money, but keeps offering rewards anyway. one bay area man learned his tip helped oakland police arrest a high profile murder suspect last year. but then police didn't pay him his reward of up to $10,000. our investigative unit found opd knew its crime stalkers. crime stoppers team has been locked out of its bank account for at least two years, but kept offering a half dozen rewards during that time period. tonight, after nfl football, we investigate the department's murky relationship with crime stoppers and why they keep advertising rewards knowing they couldn't pay up. we won't stand for it. today, some of san francisco's most prominent leaders gathered to address recent racist incidents in the city and throughout the bay area. our christy smith explains the message was clear. no room for racism here. the time has come for us to call out the bigotry hate. the reverend amos brown led today's gathering at third baptist church. he's president of the san francisco naacp and