today peter newsome, the police of chief, is getting his take after federal prosecutors decided not to charge an officer who shot an unarmed black man. the officer shot terrence sterling last year after his motorcycle crashed into a police cruiser. yesterday's decision quickly led to protests and called for the officer to resign and now there are growing calls for all officers to undergo new training. today chief newsome spoke only with mark seagraves about all of this. >> peter new some would not second decision but he made it clear. he wants brian trainer off of his department. >>> the two things i can control right now. make sure we do a very complete and thorough investigation that we get the sterling family the answers to the questions that they have and try to do that as quickly as possible. >> what chief peter newsome can't control right now is whether officer trainer, who has been on the force about four years remains a dc police officer. since trainer won't be charged with any crimes and the internal review is just beginning. he says it's up to officer trainer, and he has aske

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police peter newsome spoke to fox five about crime and injustice issues for the district and one majorting death of terence sterling by a d.c. police officer after that high speed pursuit this week prosecutors decided not to press charges against officer brian trainer because of insufficient evidence. the mayor has called for that officer's resignation and the chief says the d.c. police department is working toward that as well. >> the police department has reached out to the officer's attorney and there are discussions about a resignation but that has in the been concluded at this point. i can tell you what i really want to make sure happens to have something like this happen again in our city. >> i have met with the sterling family, this is an incredibly sad story. they who their 31 year-old son and they have a lot of questions that they want answered. i think it is our responsibility through this investigation, first of all to do it as quickly as we can and get them the answer that is they deserve. >> meantime sterling family filed a civil suit against d.c. police department. they a

. >> chief peter newsome would not criticize the u.s. attorney's decision not to charge the officer in his death. but he was clear that despite what prosecutors decided, newsome and the mayor where officer brian off the force and they've asked him to resign. >> what i would say about resignation is that when, you know, he is deciding whether or not to resign, he needs to just consider the family and consider the impact this could potentially have on the city. >> the trainer is now the subject of an internal police review and could face discipline. trainer and the department are also the target of a $50 million lawsuit by terrence sterling's family. prosecutor said sterling was intoxicated the night he led police on a high speed chase motorcycle, which crashed into the passenger's side of the officer's car. that's when officer trainer drew his gun and shot sterling twice. trainer, who has been on the force four years, remains on desk duty, pending the internal investigation. now, while trainer is on that desk dutiy, he's not allowed to ha