until a full-time replacement is found, major pamela davis will lead the department. she is a lothian resident. she has been on the police force since 1993. she will be the department's first female police chief. she holds a master's degree from johns hopkins. she's also a graduate of the fbi national academy. >> i think that is a good step, a good interim step. but i do think in the long term, because of what the department is going through and because there will be more investigations, they probably need to do a national search. >> the announcement of the retirement of james teare was made on wednesday by the state's prosecutor's office. his retirement date is effective on august 1. jennifer franciotti reporting live. >> the fraternal order of police outline some major problems. among those are corruption and high crimes that they say need to be addressed as part of a massive overhaul of the department. they want city officials to review police policies. you can find the complete report on our website, wbaltv.com. a new contract has been approved for fire trees jame

pamela davis will lead the department. she has been on the police force since 1993. she will be the department's first female police chief. she holds a master's degree from johns hopkins. >> i think that is a good step. but i do think in the long time, because of what the department is going through and because the will be more investigations, they probably need to do a national search. >> the announcement of the retirement of james teare was made on wednesday by the state's prosecutor's office. jennifer franciotti reporting live. >> the fraternal order of police submits a report outlining major problems that they say need to be fixed. among them corruption and high crime as part of a massive overhaul of the department. the department was called outdated. they want city officials to review police policies. you can find the complete report on our website, wbaltv.com. the city board of estimates reports a new contract for fire chief james clack. jack young and joe pratt voted against the agreement. this comes the same week two companies have shut down. the mayor recomm

major pamela davis will lead the department until a replacement can be found. she holds a master's degree from johns hopkins and is a graduate of the fbi academy. she will be the first female chief of police for this department. >> i think it is a good interim step. and in the long term, because of what the department is going through, and because there will be more investigations, they probably need to do a national search. >> the chase retirement is effective august 1st. the city board of estimate approved a pay raise and a new contract for fire chief james clack. the new contract gives him a more than 3% increase each year for the next five years. not everything went in the mayor's favre at the meeting. there was sparring over the city phone system. blake wasrawlings' accused of going around the procurement process. >> you want to vote no for a contract it saves the city money. >> the motion involves a new phone system and a contract with ibm. the move was rejected but officials are leaving the door open for additional negotiations. new evidence expected to

. >> major pamela davis will take over when and chief tear steps down. she will take over the department on august 1. 11 news caught up with chief james tear out to police headquarters just hours after his resignation was announced. but he didn't have anything to say. until a full-time replacement is found, major pamela dennis will lead the anne arundel police department. this is what we know about for so far. she is a resident who has been on the police force since 1993 and has served in various capacities. she will be the department's first female chief of police and holds a master's degree from johns hopkins and also graduate from the fbi national academy. dr. tyrone powers. >> i think it is a good step, a good interim step. but in the long term, because of what the department is going through and because there will be more investigations, they probably need to do in national search. >> anne arundel county police chief is a stepping down after receiving a no-confidence vote from the local police union. this comes after he was accused of not doing anyt

. >> as of august 1, the interim police chief will be major pamela davis who has been with the department since 1993. we have more on her career tonight at 10:00 and 11:00. >> thank you. to a developing story on capitol hill -- the republican-led house passed a measure to repeal the health care law, defying the supreme court decision a few weeks ago willing a constitutional. democrats chastised the gop for holding more than 30 votes in the last 18 months against the law that showed discussed for republicans' failure to offer a replacement plan. >> i say shame, you are wasting the time of the american people. >> the american people were told they would come to like this bill once it was passed. well, that did not happen either. >> the white house called the vote an attempt to score political points and said it will move forward with reform. republican presidential candidate mitt romney gets booed before at the naacp. >> keepers of the gop nominee is reaching out to african-american voters saying he is a better choice for the black communities and our president obama. >> mitt romney receive

. >>> the county executive appointed major pamela davis as the acting chief of police. . >>> well board of estimates meeting this morning got very heated over several topics. major stephanie rawlings blake spent sometime addressing the power outages that the city experienced last week and the way the outages were handled. christian shaffer is live with more on what happened. >> reporter: kelly , the mayor stopped short of directly criticizing bge for its response but said she and leaders of other large counties sent a letter to bg expe pepco in suburban dc asking what could have been done better. she said we could do more. baltimore and other jurisdictions asked whether they could get greater disclosure about where the power outages were. here in the city of baltimore, there were tens of thousands of people without power. the city had workers knocking on doors trying to find these people and in some cases rescue them in the intense heat we had after the power went out. they are asking for a study to find out where some power lines might be buried and whether that could be helpful. the m

. >> reporter: the county executive named pamela davis to replace him. she's the first woman to lead the department. >> reporter: lee poled faces misconduct charges. the chief was never charged, but was the subject of a state probe. it is now important, he wrote, to resolve this matter. their office believes this resolution in s in the best interest of the citizens. >> i don't know what his testimony will be, but i suspect he's he'll be among those called during the case against the county executive. >> instead of stonewalling and playing games and not complying with our public records request, it's time for the county and police departments to come clean. >> reporter: mr. lee poled thanked for the -- lee -- lee leopold thank the chief for his service. >>> a playground is destroyed by a fire. you can see the crew putting out the flames. it's now an arson investigation at the our house community center. investigators say the fire started on the playground's padding. >>> a promising high school athlete killed in a crash. friends and teammates are rememberi

john leopold appointed pamela davis as the acting chief of police following tear's retirement. >>> union leaders say cut backs could jeopardize baltimore's recent success in fighting crime and offering up a plan of their own. jeff hager has more on the blue print for improved policing. >> we will challenge the mayor and challenge anyone that says that you need more bodies on the street to make baltimore a safer city. no, you need to adjust the game plan. >> reporter: the fraternal order of police came up with its own plan for cutting time and taxes at the same time. it may come as no surprise the union would like to see 2900 active members receive nods on pensions, pay and time off. >> our offices are making 18% less than the median across the state of maryland. we are in a pension fight with the mayor we think she didn't have to go to because it's not going to save her money up front but created a morale problem. >> reporter: union leaders say morale suffered in the terms of a towing scandal that implicated 40 officers and new orleans and dealing with the corrupted department they recom

county executive's office announced that as of august 1, the acting police chief will be major pamela davis. >> we need someone willing to stand up to the county executive and to the council and let them know what happened here. >> major davis has been on the force since 1993. she will be the first female police chief for anne arundel county. >> thank you. corruption and high crime -- those are the two of the seven key areas city police say they need to address as part of a massive overhaul department operations. 11 news obtained a report from the fraternal brotherhood of police outlining problems that need to beat picks -- problems that need to be fixed. they call this the outdated and ineffective. they have called for a thorough review of policies to revoke its efforts to reduce violent crime. >> burglary, assault, larceny, this ranges from neighborhoods in northeast baltimore all the way down to federal help. >> if you would like to take a look at the report, we have a list of the complete blueprint out our website, wbaltv.com. it is now official, the baltimore city fire chief is getting

. >> the county executive named pamela davis to replace tier. she's the first woman to lead the department. >> chief tier was the subject of a criminal investigation by the state prosecutor who is now ending that probe. it is important to resolve this matter without any further disruption to the functioning of the police department. our office believes this resolution is in the best interest of the citizens. many believe it's part of a deal and the chief will testify ains leopold. >> i suspect he'll be among those called during the case against the county executive. >> instead of stone walling and playing games and not complying fully with our public records request, it's time for the county and the police department to come clean. . >> mr. leopold thanked the chief for his service and said the reason chief tier was stepping down was to spend more time with his family. >> the county executive's trial begins the day after labor day. mike hellgren, wjz eyewitness news. >> the chief's retirement is effective august 1st. >>> we're likely to learn mo

. >> reporter: the county executive named pamela davis to replace tear. she's the first one to lead the department. >>> leopold faces charges. he will now announce that he was ending that probe. it is important to resolve this matter without any disruption to the functioning of the police department. our officers believe -- office believes that this resolution is in the best interest of the citizens. many believe it is likely part of the deal. and the chief will testify against leopold at trial. >> i don't know what his testimony will be. but i suspect he'll be among those who have called in during the case against the county executive. >> and instead of stonewalling and playing games. and not complying fully with our public records request. it's time for the county and the police department to come clean. >> reporter: mr. leopold thanked the chief for his service. and in a statement said, the reason chief tear was stepping down, was to spend more time with his family. >> reporter: and many councilmembers say they only learned about chief tear stepping do

paul wormer, rafael davis, samantha chandler, pamela wong, elizabeth gordon, and if the first speaker is ready, are any one of the names they called is ready? >> thank you very much, my name is rafael are davis with chandler properties. we do manage several 5,000 units here in san francisco, a lot of them in that neighborhood. many of the people that do come into san francisco i take around and they do notice that building and they have nothing but negative things to say about it and hopefully with the new development plan it will show growth in san francisco and i support it. thank you. president fong: thank you. >> good evening. my name is a mantha chandler duvall. and my mother and i, carolyn chandler, own a local real estate firm here in town who my colleague who just spoke, rafael, also works with us there. as rafael mentioned we manage 5,000 units in san francisco, many of which is rental property. rent control is rental property. we rent to many rent controlled tenants who have also in the area, who have also noticed that the church is promoting a lot of homelessness and negati

pamela. >> thank you. >>> there is a glimmer of hope in the disappearance of 19-year- old uc davis student.el dorado county investigators believe she is still alive. she was last seen leaving a counseling center in sacramento where she was getting treatment following a stress related break down. she is considered at risk because she does need medication. investigators are focusing on the missing woman's facebook account, cell phone records and bank account. >>> a bicyclist accused of hitting a pedestrian is due back in court to set a date for a preliminary hearing. investigators say chris ran a red light and hit 71-year-old sue chee wi in a crosswalk. they have charged him with felony vehicle manslaughter. >>> police in campbell are urging witnesses to step forward following a fatal accident involving a bicyclist there. the 56-year-old man was riding down campbell avenue yesterday evening when he was hit by a car. the 28-year-old driver stopped and now cooperating with police. alcohol and drugs do not appear to be a factor. >>> two babies were rescued from a stolen car in oakland after the