officer. officer jones, seeing the threat to the officer and everyone else nearby, fired a shot to protect an officer. almost immediately after that, officer tapang was able to catch up with the suspect and wrestle him to the ground, and they were able to take the suspect into custody and secure the pistol. when they checked the weapon they found it had 22 rounds of ammunition in the magazine. so it was clearly a catastrophe waiting to happen as these officers took action. they could have taken a defensive position. they could have taken cover and employed officer safety tactics, but instead, the move to forward to take action to protect their lives, the other officer lives, and hundreds of others on broadway at that time. clearly what they did was an act of heroism and very courageous under the circumstances there were facing. they were outgunned. so without a doubt, officers tapang and brian jones prevented serious injury or a life that night. for that reason they are being presented a bronz

he then quickly pointed a handgun toward officer griffin. officer tursi yelled gun.he return fire to stop the deadly threat. the suspect appeared to a bid struck as he stopped firing and continue to drive away from officers. the suspect drove across all lanes and struck parked cars. it took a position of cover, not knowing the suspect had been injured by returned fire. when additional units arrived, it was discovered the suspect had been seriously injured and was found unconscious. officers rendered aide, called for an ambulance, and retrieve the hand and the suspect had used. tonight officers patrick grant and michael tursi are being recognized for their efforts. they are being awarded the gold medal of valor. [applause] >> captain paul chignell, along with officers tastings ahastingd lopez. >> good evening to you all. my pleasure to introduce richard hastings and that lopez. -- matt lopez. saturday, july 16, 2011, officer richard hastings and asked matt lopez were on duty and in uniform. their primary assignment was to be on a fixed post detail on the imminence of

actions of these officer. however, i will stand down for officer solomon. i would be remiss if i did not mention and acknowledge that this is the last medal of valor award ceremony that mark will attend as an active member of the standards as the police department. mark is retiring next friday after a 32-year career. at present mark solomon. [applause] >> please, it is not about me. it is about them. thank you. thank you. it is my distinct honor to stand before you and speak on behalf of these fine officers, sergeant scott ryan, a albertalbert lieu and reyes. tuesday, june 7, 2011, the fbi contacted the san francisco police department robbery abatement team providing them with specific information about two incidents that occurred in irvine, california. an armed white male suspects driving a gray bmw had committed to armed bank robberies. the suspect had already proven himself dangerous and desperate when he attempted to run down responding deputy sheriffs in order to effectively escape from one of the bank ro

sgt josh espinoza, officer ha, and officer solorzano. december 31, this batch had a call that a vehicle was on fire at 1645 folsom street and indicated -- they did not indicate if anyone was in the car or not. sgt espinoza was the first unit on the scene. he arrived on the scene, did a quick survey and then notified dispatch of what was going on. while surveying the scene, he realized an individual was trapped in the driver's seat in the car was engulfed in flames. fully knowing the danger that was in front of him, he did not hesitate. he immediately ran to the car and began to attempt to remove the individual from the burning vehicle. once he reached the vehicle, he realized the person was unconscious and still strapped in his car. at this point the flames began to blow over the windshield. the fire department was still not on scene. even though the heat was intense and possibility of the gas tank could explode at any time, sergeant espinoza did not retreat. at this time, officer ha and solorzana arrived on scene. they were amazed at wh

it requires wrongful conduct by a public officer in relation to the duties of his or her office. now, the sheriff can test the ethics commission findings that his crime and his conviction and his sentence constitute official misconduct because he had not yet taken the oath of office when he attacked his wife. he says there's no relationship between his misconduct and the duties of his office. and he also argues, although usually not in his briefing, that his misconduct just isn't that serious, just wasn't serious enough to warrant removal. i'd like to address each of these three points in turn. first of all, as the superior court already did, and as the ethics commission implicitly did, this board should reject the argument that the sheriff cannot be removed for misconduct prior to taking the oath of office. you know, first of all, as a matter of fact, his misconduct isn't limited to only deeds on december 31. it's an ongoing course of conduct that began on december 31, and continues to this day, and will not end for another two and a half years when he has finally finished his c

it's a sworn officer or an elected officer. but if you look at all of the policy concerns, and the case law, it becomes clear that it makes no sense whatsoever to draw the line at the oath of office rather than at the election. it would be contrary to the voter's intent to enhance the ethical responsibilities of their public officials and hold them accountable to imply this two month free zone in between the election and taking the oath of office, where that elected official could do whatever he wanted with no consequences with his public position, until that moment when he walks up to the lectern and raises his hand. it also would lead to absurd results. an elected official could, for example, commit domestic violence on tuesday, and be safe from any official consequences. but if the oath of office is later that day, he couldn't do the same thing on wednesday. that's a completely arbitrary line. it makes no sense whatsoever. it's very different if you draw the line at the election. that makes perfect sense. once an official ha

taken on officer chan as our new liason officer. >> this is my third day here recently transferred in to the airport and prior to that in the station valley. so i am glad to be here and forward to working with you >> thank you for the warning because there will be fewer questions from the commissioners >> now i would like to provide you with updates. other than have officer chang jump on board right away. on june 26th. we released 12-132, the bulletin outlined 5.20. and our policy regarding access to limited english proficient persons. and with that it was collaboration with a lot of input and it also talked about the requirements when the officers encounter lep persons and this talked about incidents such as domestic violence, sexual assault and child abuse. the next item that i wanted to let you know about, was that we were having ongoing monthly meetings that included the officer of the complaints and the community-based organizations. but these meetings are a real eye openers for us because we get an input for how it is going and the input that we get is invaluable. miss beverly u

. >> i'm officer allen. the number three man for the team. i'm responsible for controlling the inmate's left arm. i will use the least amount of force necessary. >> the entire process is carefully choreographed and videotaped for the protection of officers and inmates alike. [ inaudible ] [ bleep ] >> when we visited the kentucky state penitentiary, we met inmate dwayne harper, who had a long history of forcing officers to extract him from his cell. >> [ bleep ] i fight sometimes. i argue with the guards but i'm not violent. you know, i've done a lot of time. i've been doing time on and off since i was 12 years old. >> when we first met harper he was serving his third year in administrative segregation or solitary confinement for having assaulted correctional officers. >> in my opinion, duane is a really stressed out individual. >> don't just strip me out for talking. strip everybody out for talking you [ bleep ]. >> shortly after "lockup" arrived at kentucky state penitentiary, officers had to extract harpe

to your specific office, for the sheriff, it would be the relationship to his office, plus the -- what common sense would judge as falling before the standard of decency? this is where i get stuck is when does it fall below the standard of decency? a dui could be -- as a misdemeanor. you didn't hurt anyone per se, but you could have. you could have killed someone on the road, right? so i guess that's where i would like more clarity. when does it fall below the standard of decency for the sheriff, if we were to argue that there are standards? >> well, the mayor submitted the testimony of an expert, this person was the chief -- is william -- the chief of police of the san diego police department. and he testified about the ethical standards and the professional conduct standards that are expected of a chief law enforcement officer. now, commissioner hur mentioned that the chief testified that any misdeed at all would be official misconduct, if committed by a sheriff. i don't think that's entirely accurate. i think what the chief testified to is that -- is that the sheriff is expected, un

only a handful of officers oversee the process. >> on most nights there will be two officers in the dining hall. there will be anywhere from like 200 to 400 inmates in the dining hall. and there's no guns in any dining hall. and all we have is our pepper spray and baton and our communications skills. >> this is known as mark 46. it sprays pepper spray. controls any kind of disturbance we may have during feeding, after feeding, during escort, inmates coming in and out of the dining hall. >> on this day, prison intelligence has warned officers that a gang-related attack might occur at dinner. >> tonight, we're expecting some type of problems. possibly. so we have some extra coverage tonight to provide security. >> a member of a gang is in risk of reprimand for not fulfilling a direct order. >> they asked them to participate in their gang. if they refuse, they are disciplined. and the discipline being slashed. >> it doesn't matter how much staff we have. they will erupt if it's going to. >> officers are tense, watching for any signs of trouble. pepper spray is at the ready. >> get on the floo

police officers are still on the scene. the police officer's vehicle left the roadway and hit a utility pole. there appeared t be a white suv involved. we're told the officer as well as someone from that suv were both taken to southern maryland hospital. that hospital happens to be very close to the crash scene. we have not been given an update in terms of the condition of the officer, as wl as that second person who was taken to the hospital. that's what we're expected to get at the press conference scheduled to happen in the next 15 minutes. as we said, the road conditions in the area are quite bad at this point. branch avenue was closed in both directions. but the traffic is getting by, going south on branch avenue. but you can see surratts road is still closed off. there's major problems for people trying to get around in this area. you're asked to avoid it if you can, because this investigation is going to be going on for some time into the evening. but again, prince george's county police officials have scheduled a pr

earlier, over the radio, deputy sheriff david conway gets word that an officer has been shot. >> officer is down. >> conway races toward the scene when suddenly, a gold ford taurus crosses three lanes of traffic, nearly running him off the road. >> he tried to ram me. somebody gets a chance, take him out. >> inside the ford taurus is george davis. he not only shot an officer, he killed a man and left six others wounded the night before near a bar in ennis, montana. michael carroll was there. >> he had ran up a tab of 12 or 14 drinks, didn't have the funds to pay for it. it seemed like he was getting very, not just upset, but like distraught about the whole issue of it. >> carroll says he paid davis' bar tab hoping he would leave. davis does leave the bar, but he shows up outside moments later and suddenly opens fire. one of carroll's friends is shot and killed crossing the street. george davis then turns his gun on michael carroll. >> george davis was in front of me, he raised the gun up and looked at me with almost like black, piercing eyes, seemed to look right through me. i started to

and the district attorney's office. there was an over the weekend, there was an event of a stabbing in north beach. non-life-threatening injuries and a drug bust with a backpack full of controlled substances at harbor strip. and that was without incident as well. the italy an heritage parade was a smaller showing than normal, but it was a very positive and enjoyable ivent and i would encourage any police officer that wants to walk, it is nice, everybody just waves and smiles and it is good you get to hand out stickers to the younger generation. it is just always a very positive event. we had a number of recruitment efforts at several, several venues, over the last couple of weeks. but especially at fleet week and the castro street fair. the chief has been very busy starting up the future graduates program again, just getting kids to stay in school, getting that high score diploma as they first finish, education or a tool or trade. and i think that it is a little soon, to look at the benefits, but the summer jobs program

. >>> another police officer killed in a mosque crash, the second officer in two -- a horrific crash,officer in two months. >> a man accused of throwing a molotov cocktail inside the boston common mall. >> thanks for staying up late with us. i'm shawn yancy. >> i'm will thomas. >>> we'll get to those stories in a moment, but first strong storms are marching all across our region right now. let's get right to it. sue palka is tracking the storms for us. >> yeah, these are strong storms, particularly for this late at night in the middle of october. straight to radar, we have some warning, reports of hail. there's an awful lot of lightning. going to get you in closer because there are two areas i'm watching in particular. right around the leesburg area and reston, you're not warned for these storms, but they're producing very heavy rain and down to our south we know there's going to be a little bit more. you can see some of these yellow areas down toward the culpeper area. let's get in tighter on sentinel radar because i want you to see that this one is moving northeast at 40 and now we

while performing the duties of office or not. off the job. it doesn't matter. it only matters if it falls below standard of decency which is a disetio discretionary decie mayor. bright line rule must occur while the individual is in office and that's what mazzola found as well. the ambiguous rule it doesn't matter if the person is in office or not. they can commit official misconduct whether in or out of office. what does this ultimately mean? for the bright line rule, for chairperson hur's rule, a mayor can only suspend an official from office for conduct that occurs during the performance of the official duties. for the mayor, the ambiguous rule of the mayor means a mayor can suspend an official for misconduct that occurs at any time, and in any context, personal or professional. now, the mayor asserts a new theory to you, today, that's an entire course of conduct theory. it's not just that you must sustain one charge here, or another charge here, two, or three. it's the entire course of conduct. but your task is much simpler t

s office to work on a stay away order. sal's like they have places to go and are not necessarily homeless. i could probably identify five or six of them. >> they can bundle cases. if they are offenders you see routinely, one and fraction alone is one and fraction, but if you have 10, if you have 88 assigned to that issue, that seems like a big concern. >> i would wonder how many times you have to bundle them before something happens? >> my recommendation as a partnership. i was a citizen and worked at that d.a.'s office and was concerned about car break ins. on one side, they say there should be more arrests and the other side says there should be more prosecutions. when we sit and the room and say we don't the same offender is getting out, that is probably where there is a solution. there are other folks that i know that d.a. said being responsible to community concerns is a priority. there are some system things we have to work on but it starts with people like you insisting on it. i would recommend a process that is col

officers do have their own personal cell phones, but if you would like them, the officers who don't have phones or don't have access or don't want to use their own phones. how are we dealing with that? >> so the district stations have three phones that the captains can use, however, as far as getting phones to all of the officers, it would be a high-cost item, the service provided would be high also. and we are looking for some device, and some sort of pba phone, what have you. but working with director jeffen to find out what device that would be so that we only spend our money well. >> that makes sense. and i want to say since we have beverly up ton here if we could give her a minute, or two to chime in. because they have been engaging in these monthly meetings and have been connected to the providers. >> great. >> commissioner kingsley. >> thank you for your report, this evening. i appreciate it. something i picked up on as you spoke regarding the academy classes that presently there is discussions on whether or not to include an hour of the academy class on cultural diversity and lan

officer deed, this is officer carson's section.ave a 115 for you for the fight you had on the yard the other day. charged with battery on an inmate with serious injuries. it's a referral offense. if you're found guilty of that, it carries a maximum forfeiture of 360 days. being you're in lockup, you have the right to have an investigative employee. if you have anybody you want to investigate it -- >> i don't know that nature, i really don't, that's what i'm saying, if you could find out for me, i don't know that last name, they will tell you it was self-defense. >> what i'm going to do, i'm going to get the yard, see who was out there that day, ask them the questions you want me to ask them. was it self-defense, did he swing on you first, that what you want me to ask them? >> that it was self-defense, he swung on me first. the whole yard seen it. >> i will give you a copy of the report once it's typed. all right? >> all right. >> see you in a little bit. what i'm going to do right now, i have to get the yard list from the officer s

must be in the -- in relation to the duties of his or her office. there was also a fair bit of discussion among the commissioners and in the majority ultimately determined that mazzola, which is a case by the california court of appeals, did not apply to this proceeding because, at the time of mazzola, the conduct clause was not in existence, and therefore they deemed that mazzola was not controlling to this case. i dissented on three grounds, principally two grounds. first, that the law does not actually support the broad meaning of official misconduct that the majority propounded, and second, that the public policy suggests that we should interpret this provision more narrowly than proposed by the majority. here is another version of 15105e. again, its the same language but merely an attempt to emphasize different portions of it. if i could have the overhead please. again, this version of 105e is identical to what's in the charter except for the addition of option 2, which i can talk about if any of you all are interested. and in the bolding of ce

office.ecause a public official doesn't have any duties unless they are holding that office. and if they don't have any duties because they haven't taken an oath and been sworn in yet, then there is no way that any conduct of theirs can be related in any way to any of their duties. and that's the exact situation that you're faced with here. the mayor has conceded today that what we're really talking about is the acts on december 31 of last year, when the sheriff grabbed his wife with sufficient force to leave a bruise. which occurred, by agreement, eight days before he was sworn in as sheriff. on december 31, he had no duties as your sheriff. he could have spent the entire two month period, between being elected and being sworn in, on a desert island somewhere, relaxing, before he came and got to work. and people might criticize him if he did something, but you couldn't say, hey, we're going to remove you for official misconduct because you should have been getting ready to be mayor and that

office.committed official misconduct in what makes this unique is the mayoru;p has decided to suspend on nothing more than a office. not -- it's not simply a question of whether to uphold or even a decision of the mayor. ultimately you must decide the will of the voters. because you are confronted with the possibility of removing an official the highest levels of due process should apply. the mayor has argued the lowest level should apply. he's argued for the broadest definition, the lowest standard of proof. he's submitted evidence that the in the words was designed to poison -- but even with the preponderance of echedz, with the majority vote of eeghts, was the mayor successful saying ross committed misconduct. the answer was no. after countless hours of testimony ethics commission made seven findings of facts. of those seven findings, only four can be considered misconduct -- excuse me only three can be considered misconduct. allegations were rejected by thw the gun charges, the dissituati