policy recommendations on san francisco police department polices.california, law enforcement agencies must have a procedure to investigation complaints by members of public against peace officers. the occ serves that purpose for the san francisco police department. our office is staffed by a diverse group of civilians who have never been san francisco police officers. the office has a 35-member staff, the majority of whom are investigators. and the balance of staff consists of attorneys and support staff. what we do is we conduct investigations to find out what happened. we follow the evidence by interviewing the person who brought the complaint, the involved police officers and civilian witnesses. we have subpoena power to compel testimony and obtain evidence. we also obstain additional evidence in the form of documentation that is generated by the department. we visit the site of the alleged occurrence and we may take photographs of places or persons. we have a goal to complete our investigations within nine months. and with limited exceptions we

police say the pair nearly got away with more than $140,000 in jewelry but a swift response by policed track them down. >> this is one of two men hayward police took into custody today after a robbery and short pursuit in hayward. police say around 12:15 this afternoon a man went inside the mall and took part of a bold robbery. >> one individual went inside the store. he was armed with mace and a hammer, smash it had jewelry display case. >> police say the suspect then left the mall and met up with another man waiting in a car outside t. two sped off and were later chased by whufrs caught them a short time later about a mile away. >> vehicle came to a stop in peterman where the vehicle stopped on its own with several units behind them. driver was detained inside the vehicle. >> police say the passenger ran and jumped several fences going to people's back yarsd. this view from chapper 2 shows officer on rooftops looking for the suspect a. half an hour later he was also taken into custody. mall employees say it was a frightening chain of events because the robbery took place right next

at least three police officers have been hurt in a shooting at a police station in glouser township.the injuries do not appear to be life threaten being. the suspect shooter has been shot and killed. >>> los angeles police showed off all the weapons they collected. in all 2,000 firearms have been turned in for $200 gift cards. mayor anthony called the buy back exchange a success but says still needs more to be done. he called for a national weapons ban and closing loopholes in assault weapons laws. >>> at the time people were mourning newtown shooting one woman was setting up a charity scam. authorities say 37-year-old newel set up an internet scam. she advertised on facebook saying a funeral fund was open to donors and asked for prayer. noah's uncle says he is disgusted someone would do this. >> my nieces and i think of scammers and they are stealing from them. they are survivors from this tragedy. >> the fbi says four days after the school shooting all the money was refunded to the donors. alba denies opening the fund and says someone hacked on her facebook page. she faces up to fi

very unamerican to give police power in this country. very unamerican and i am disgusted to know that you people want to give these cops tasers, it is ridiculous. >> the next speaker, please? >> good afternoon, supervisors david elliott lewis, i am a member and a secretary of our city's mental health board. our board in november passed a resolution, against giving a taser to cit police. and now i have personally... we have a police officer who is a member of our board and i have spoken to her and other officers and i have heard their argument and one of their arguments is that tasers gives them an additional tool, a tool that is safe, i mean, why should they just have a firearm, why not have a tool that could possibly save lives and those are examples of confrontations where tasers with save lives and i think that tasers can save lives in the right situation, that that was not why our board passed a resolution against it and that is not why i am concerned about *. i am concerned about it because they are being, the proposal to give them

we like having police. we'd like to have some city services to take care of some of what we call the antisocial behavior in the plaza -- drinking, public urination, public other stuff that people do in the middle of the day. the city already sends somebody out for two hours in the morning from 4:00 to 6:00 or 5:00 to 7 klak to power wash the plaza every day. we're spending a lot of money as taxpayers. we think we can do better. we appreciate the police, they're doing a great job, but what we'd like you to do and the reason i'm here is i'm asking you to make some calls, get other agencies involved, a multi tier, multi level approach, we just need some help. the other thing, just out of interest, i got all this from the department of records also. this is about 24th and mission and 16th and mission and the calls for service there are fewer than 20 in a year, which i found very interesting, considering the bad pr for that neighborhood and for those two blocks in general. anyway, thank you. >> thank you very mu

jose city college campus police. they are conducting a campus widowed. police say officers are going from building to building looking for this reported shooter. the initial call came from one person who did not identify themselves. important thing that policement to say is they have not had any reports of shots fired. they have not had any reports of any victims reported. we've been talking to faculty members. they say that basically they are only going by the initial information they were given by campus police that there is a search going on for a possible gunman. they say the scene is hectic but everyone is staying pretty calm. at this point it's been going on for a little while. they say they haven't had anything really new to report except for just waiting to see what happens. one thing that one of the faculty members pointed out to me was that just a couple of months ago they had an active shooter training session involving local police and law enforcement and the campus police. in terms of faculty and people

and then the police department. there was a willingness in the leadership to move forward, to implement this department general order and to continue with the dialogue on how to best implement land with services that is what recently in the last year, a subset of this language access coalition has come together. we are working on a variety of projects. one of the first was to have another kind of department bulletin for officers who touch upon the common indicators, signs, in a more complicated situation where the person understands some english but because of the complexity of interaction, the rights involved in the need of accuracy, an interpreter is required. would put together good indicators for police officers. the other thing that we worked on, a work in progress, roll-call training scenario based. that is an ongoing project. we have been working with the department, scripting it out, we hope that it will be rolled out of the beginning of next year. under the project we are working on to enhance services, we

police believe he was hit by a motorcycle. last word police had not released the victim's name.n and around connecticut and in many places across america this morning to mark the moment one week ago a gunman opened fire at an elementary school. wendy-soz gillette joins us liv. >> reporter: we've seen a long the hill into newtown today, one sign thatm-aw÷ life is starg to return to normal here. u/@ there is a heavy police presence as the town gets ready for the governor and other state officials who will mark that moment of silence something that will happen across÷mb the country today. bells across connecticut will toll 26 times 9:30 this morning, marking the exact moment when terror!yjy& invaded sandy hook elementary. governor malloy called for a moment of silenceí?m and asked billings with bells to#b"=@ rig . for every --s many governors asked residents silence. yesterday, friends and family said good-bye to four more childrev0e:nxÑc benjamin. >> there should be no reason for a coffin that small. >> reporter: two teachers werepf also laid to rest. murphy was found shieldin

and police are in hot pursuit.an they're after, suspect wanted for skipping bail in a narcotics case. 15 minutes earlier, the 26-year-old had taken off when cops in nearby clovis try to bring him in. in the car with him, his on again/off again girlfriend, and the mother of his two sons who shared her story with local television. >> i was just scared, and i'm still shook up. i begged him to stop, to just let me out. just stop. he just kept on going. >> by chance tony kirkpatrick, a camera operator for fresno cbs station is in the city and captures this dramatic video. >> i just started rolling. i just kept rolling. as you could tell, the camera was like crooked because i was so nervous. >> police fear he could be high on drugs and heavily armed. as the suspect approaches a busy intersection. clovis officer now retired sees an opportunity to perform a pit maneuver. >> it involves making contact with the suspect vehicle in one of the corner panels, and what it does essentially is causes them to spin out of control. as

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when i became chief of police there had been a resolution passed by the police commission to look into less lethal options. there was a process described in that resolution that members of the commission, the chief of police, or the police department and the officers and citizen complaints would arrive and they would do a survey if you would of the options available and proposal as to policy, and then convene the community meetings to vet interest, and opinions of the public, many of the people share your opinion that they don't want us to have tasers. i examined various recommendations and reports from across the country as to how to most prudently get less lethal options, responsibility in the hands of officers and if you look at the perpstudies and other outlets it was that they were not recommended that they go out wholesale to a police department for then you do see a spike or various officers go to that device first, verses using the other things. so, after we had the first thing that we did when i became chief was initiated a policy asking officers to basically slow down, to bac

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officers and a police chief. it's a good idea for neighbor to be get to know one another and report anything suspicious. >>> a multimillion dollar contract surrounding the promotion of the construction of the new eastern span of the bay bridge has been canceled. state officials agreed to pay nearly $10 million to a san francisco-based public relations firm to conduct tours and provide a video and commemorative book about the bridge work. the multimillion dollar contract was approved by the state department of general services in september. the contract has since been canceled after it came to light to local journalists. >>> the rain has pretty much tapered off. it's possible that we could see a few showers near the coastline. one just moved through over the santa cruz mountains. but mostly it's going to stay clear out there tonight and stay cold. our current temperatures already into the 30s in santa rosa and novato, 39 in napa, 36 in fair fairfield. 30s even some 20s and areas of frost. give yourself some extra

in oakland, bart police will team up with oakland police from 4:00 to 8:00 tomorrow night. more bart police will be patrolling downtown san francisco stations as well. >>> the mother of a missing teenager from morgan town spoke out today. as sierra lamar's accused killer was given more charges. his hair has grown out, and he's lost weight since he was first arrested. he's accused of trying to kidnap throw different women from safeway parking lots in morgan hill. although he was 17 at the time, he is being charged as a an adult. the body of sierra lamar has never been found. today, her mother had this message for her suspected killer. >> i hope that and that with the holidays, the accused will feel the pressure and find it in his heart to come forward with the information necessary to locate sierra. >>> there is word tonight that the man accused of setting fire to the law office of the mayor of vallejo was found competent it stand trite trial. the judge made the ruling today, regarding mod love. love pleaded not guilty last month to three counts of arson. the fire, september

now, they just tried to speed off after police tried to pull them over but the police did not pursue them. still, they kept driving down this road i mean they were zigging and zagging out of traffic. a very dangerous situation. then they started going so fast that they sped out of control and when they tried to turn here on to southern avue they crashed into a metrobus. you see that one passing right there. and it was a head-on crash. so just take a look at what it looked like. i mean, this stolen nissan maxima was completely crushed in the front. the bus fared far better but both the driver and one passenger were taken to the hospital with very minor injuries. as for the three people in the stolen car, they have all been arrested. not only were they fleeing from police but they're also believed to have been involved in a series of purse snatchings this morning at gas stations in hyattsville and northeast d.c.. in fact, one of their victims actually showed up here at the scene of this crash. now she's the wife of a d.c. police officer and he called and told her that the plates on the

and requested assistance from state police and surrounding local police departments. >> we saw a police officer and we heard them on the roof and in our building. >> did you hear any gunshots or anything like that? >> well, police officers, like, they were kind of, because they're police officers, like, right out the door, like trying to find the guy. >> it was shocking. i got the call at work this morning and i can't believe a small town like this would ever have anything like this happen. and to be in an elementary school, it's unheard of. >> doesn't even seem real. it just does not seem like it is even possible. it is like you read it in the paper, see it in the news and you think, my god, that poor family and then you have something happen so close to home, it's, like, i think i'm still in shock. >> i can tell you that first of all, obviously, our hearts and prayers go out to the victims of this terrible incident. very tragic. our police are currently working closely with the newtown police department, we have mutual aid agreements in place. along with the state police that have tak

police say they fired no shots. a tight-knit community, including a nurse who lived nearby and rushed to help. shocked, distraught. >> "reporter: i see you've been crying. >> "yes." >> "reporter: is it because of what you saw?" >> "one of the cops said its, you know, the worse thing he'd seen in his entire career, but it was when they told the parents -- all these parents were waiting for their children to come out. they thought that they were, you know, still alive. there's 20 parents that were just told that their children are dead. it was awful. >>reporter: one of the children who did not come home that day - six year old emilie parker. her father - robbie parker - stood before the cameras. he wanted to let others know about his little girl. and he talked of.forgiveness. >> my family is one of the families that lost a child yesterday in the sandy hook elementary shooting in connecticut. i have been contacted by so many people, agencies wanting to know how we are doing. and i thought that this would be the best wa

but i counted four cameras and police will review it today. we are awaiting a statement from macy's. but senator a major statement that needs to be answered -- but there is a major statement that needs to be answered. the alarm i hope to have more on that at 5:00. we come back out here live, once again, as i said, this was the macy's store in question. it's been about ten hours since that burglary happened. we'll stay on top of this and bring you the latest at 5:00 and then again at 6:00, i will have more information live for you at that time. i'm paul chambers, ktvu channel 2 news. >> thank you, paul. >>> in morgan hill police are warning residents about a recent increase in the number of burglaries. in fact, there's been a significant increase in one particular part of the city. janine de la vega joins us live to explain where that is and exactly what police are doing right now. janine? >> reporter: tori, we just saw police and patrol cars here in the area. those investigators are tracking down leads. they are trying to find the people who a

police say the suspects ran away. and jack neighborhood is more in the death of a man shot in front is, over the weekend. last night friends and family of 43 year-old aaron williams came out for a candlelight vigil to remember him. police say was gunned down in front of his home in the 2300 block of banyan way after 1030 saturday night. no arrests have been made in the case. >> three weeks until the fiscal cliff and president obama and house speaker john banner and at a private meeting at the white house yesterday to discuss the deal. the president and the speaker refuses think about the details of the meeting and some republicans are now putting increased pressure on party leaders to rethink opposition to tax hikes on the wealthy of taking get entitlements cuts in return. many house republicans refused report tax hikes under any circumstances. democrats of is rushing through entitlement reforms you for the end of the year. >> watching some stalls, several on the bay bridge we will have more on weather and traffic com

it's both city college, police and san jose police.lling and doingz=+ç a call for events are all on this campus now. so numbers are large. i don't have an accurate figure but it's got to be in the dozens. anyone on duty coming in this direction. we saw units with their -- going code three with red lights and sirens and blue lights coming into this direction z ambulances standing by. there have been no need for ambulances on this campus we know traffic is a mess. moor park is shut down in that area. >> yes. couldn't have come at a worse time. you know highway 280 is over here. it's actually submerged but it's right here. and then, moorpark is used as i?ñe freeway. i?ñe so it's a lot of traffic here and there is[uñ also medical centers here, lots of people leaving work, all of this happening at one time. police are trying to converge. they did stop traffic including parkmoor as well as some other streets as well. >> yes. this is a very busy part of the area down there. what do you know? city college does not often make headlines. this is

enhancement taking police as the system come ace shore. also oakland and over top parts of the east bay. things are picking up north and south not so bad but right in the middle. >>> it is 6:27. we want to take you outside to see the rain. it's definitely picking up in the north bay this morning. continuing to see rain falling there in the light. we'll tell you how soon before the wet weather clears out. >>> a woman riding her bike in berkeley is shot to death. we'll tell you what berkeley police are cig this morning about a possible motive in this case. >>> opening bell up next. we'll see how city group's -- citi group's big announcement on jobs will effect the market. >>> welcome back to the ktvu channel 2 morning news. getting ready to ring that opening bell we're talking about the big announcement from citi group this morning. trying to cut expenses about $1 billion. and they are cutting 11,000 jobs possibly some of its branches. the stock right now though it looks like it will open up about 3% or $1 a share. and although that might su

fire trucks and police and everybody came. >> this is the man police took into custody at the scene. austin of san jose. he is charged with driving under the influence and hit-and- run. >> the speed limit there on east taylor street is 30 miles per hour. one witness told police it looked like the driver was going about 70. >> authorities in the county are trying to locate the family of a man who was killed in car crash yesterday. it happened around noon just south of the observatory. highway patrol officers said the man was in his 50s and worked at the observatory. he was driving a pick up truck when officers say he somehow went off the road and crashed about 100 feet off the road and ended up dying at the scene. >> the speed limit is 35 miles per hour but was an off duty police officer doing 100 miles per hour. >> the suspect in the murder case makes a long awaited court appearance today. we'll show you why so many people were surprised by what they saw >>> he's going way too fast and some people are furious over this video set to show a police officer on a 100-mile ride through the

in oakland bart police will partner with the oakland police department.hey will provide escorts to the parking lot at the west oakland station. in san francisco, bart is adding extra patrols to the bart stations downtown. >> it's the season for holiday shopping gift giving and most recently package theft. fremont police say they got three to five reports a day of stolen packages and the rush of holiday deliveries give more opportunities for criminals to strike. ups is expected to deliver 527 million paages. one victim caught the criminals on his security camera. >> experience, very efficient and -- just the way he did it seemed like he had gotten away with it. >> ups employees recommend using a shipping method that requires a signature oro routeing a package to the nearest ups facility and then going there to pick it up. >> all right. time now 8:23. many things happening in the drive. what are you tracking school? >> the two trouble spot that are the busiest are right across the bay from each other. one southbound 101 in redwood because of an earlier acci

is out of police custody. ryan lanza, was quietly moved out of a police station in hoboken, new jersey, earlier tonight. he was taken into custody for questioning because of the shooting involving his brother. police do not believe the older brother, ryan lanza, had anything to do with the shooting. they say he has been extremely cooperative. >> this girl grew up with the suspect. >> old mill when i found out this was up seven. i have known him since first grade. i was-found this upsetting. i never noticed anything scary. we got-grew up together. it was of setting. for somebody that one another reader, and to catch themselves would not think of something as doing something crazy like this is flying under-the you--radar. >> also, the suspect's mother and father were divorced. dan kerman, kron 4. >> the older brother in the connecticut shooting is out of police custody. he was quietly moved out of the police station in hoboken, new jersey. he was taken into custody for questioning because of the elementary schoo

police have surrounded an apartment building. police say a gunman is barricaded in an apartment. cbs 5 reporter is there. >> reporter: as you can see behind me this whole block is filled with police vehicles, emergency vehicles of just about every type. they've been here all evening. now let's take a look at video. this happened about 6:30 with what police say may have been a domestic disturbance. they di rived on the scene. there was some talk of a weapon. this escalated. so he said there had been some connection. they had some idea there was a weapon. going on that information they brought in the s.w.a.t. team. they brought other people in. >> a neighbor overheard some type of domestic dispute occurring with his next door neighbor. he attempted to make contact with the neighbor. the neighbor made some credible threats that he may potentially have a weapon. the neighbor called san francisco police department, advised us of the situation. at which point our officers respond. they attempted to make contact during this time they believe that this person may potentially have a weapo

having said that, i just like to share one incident with the police, not with the san francisco police,. i was living in dublin five years ago and i worked here in the city and so, this was a 15-minute ride and so i had to fall asleep and take a nap. so this day like usual, i had fallen asleep the train was delayed and i didn't know why but i had plenty of time to get to work. suddenly i was awakened by five police officers with their hands on the weapons. and it startled me to the point where i jumped out of my seat and one of the officers shoved me in the seat and said we got a report that there was a black man that has or a woman said that there was a black man carrying a gun and wearing a long coat. i had a jacket on and it was covering me when i was asleep, it was not long at all. i had probably touched a gun twice in my life, i don't like guns. and never carry one. but it was just the way that whole thing was handled and then you think if there was a report of a white man in a long coat, would they have gone to every white man on the train to look and search through everything of

the police come in but they're not always 100 percent sure that calling the police in the situation is going to be the most successful route. and then you have is a situation where they're not able to communicate, that don't know what is going on and the city officer talking to the abusive party who a lot of times is a lot more proficient in english and it creates a dynamic of mistrust, we are grateful to the officers who are willing to use their personal cell phones to call language line. the reality is, in the resource environment that we are in, getting the bilingual officer to the scene is time-consuming and elongates the whole process. not having access to a cell phone for an officer forces him into position to use whatever is available or the personal cell phone. that should not be the case. one thing we do, i want to mention as a program, as a policy that we would like to see,we would like to see language line gets training on domestic violence awareness and maybe cultural competency issues. they provide a huge service to the city. the city is one of their biggest clients. i thi

were able to block the perimeter and a police tip led them to the area. >> also, police and monte sereno have released a sketch of a murder in side of a home on friday morning. police are right on the scene and found a body of a dead man identified. no details on how he died investigation his wife iwas taken to hospitals the suspect is a 22-2353 years old, the victim is identified as when i take a picture of this check, it goes straight to the bank. oh. oh look the lion is out! no mommy no! don't worry honey, it only works on checks. deposit checks from your smartphone with chase quickdeposit. just snap a picture, hit send and done. take a step forward and chase what matters. >> a historic building building destroyed after it caught fire... and injured a firefighter. how crews were able to jump in and put out the blaze. a deadly shooting rocks an n-f-l team. details in what police are then... charter bus leads to a airport. fire crews responded to a two-alarm fire at the san francisco zoo this afternoon the fire started in the historic fleishhacker pool building next to the zoo parking l

can the police service aid take a report? >> any type of sexual offense or domestic violence they're not authorized. we're coming up with the card to explain to the victim that the psa, is unable to do so, but stay there, we will get an officer to take the report and explain the process to them so they don't have the anxiety and feel they are not being helped. >> to take up on this comment, at the neighborhood meetings that we have had in the past month, i'm glad that you are wrapping up more certified bilingual officers. it makes the victim not want to come back and make a report. certain refugee groups, particular the cambodian, laotian, and now iraqi women are distrusting of government. i would like to suggest that maybe we can have partnership with our technology partners to have particular tablets and face time, and split screen. often times when we are speaking it is not just that we say or hear, but the body language as well. for these women from war-torn countries they are distrusting and if they cannot see the person

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he's the former new york police commissioner and los angeles police chief who drastically reduced violent crime during his tenure in both cities. >> if anyone can straighten out the terrible problems that oakland has with the police, he can. >> reporter: former san jose police chief and now hoover institution fellow joe mcnamara says bratton is known for being tough on crime and gangs and is a genius in getting the community to work with police. >> i left and said he didn't get the kind of support he needed to do the job. and i think this is a sign that their willing to give someone, who is competent, that kind of support. >> reporter: chief jordan will take a page out of bratton's strategy and reimplement neighborhood policing. but instead of citywide, he'll start with dividing east oakland into two districts. >> we build trust. and we hold the captains and his command officers responsible for knowing about crime, addressing crime. >> reporter: some residents say bringing in a new consultant isn't the only solution. >> it might tamp some of it down, just like putting armed guards on ever

police say that smith is a known pimp. when questioned, smith claimed he was merely jasmine's driver and what she was willingly selling herself for cash. >> she worked for an entertainment service. i believe it was called the perfect package. and basically, it was like a prostitution service. she would go to various locations, transported by i guess you could say a pimp, where he would transport her, drop her off. he would just kind of hang out, watch, wait, transport her back and make sure that she contained the money. and business would go on. >> smith told police that he and his brother drove jasmine to gomez's apartment on the night of her murder. gomez had found jasmine through an ad in the paper. crystal manuel, a prostitute and the mother of smith's children, admitted she had brokered the deal. gomez agreed to pay $190 for an hour with the teen. >> she said that jasmine made the decision, that she asked to go, that they didn't know that she was 16. >> smith testified that at 11:00 p.m. the night of the murder he wal

state police say they are assisting local police with a situation in newton amid reports of a schoolhooting. the superintendent said the district has locked down schools as a prevention to ensure the safety of students and staff. the superintendent's secretary said that reports of a shooting are not actually confirmed. state police say they have a number of people on the scenes to assist as we get more information on the situation of a possible school shooting in connecticut we will of course bring it to you. >>> police? fremont are looking for a man they say walked into an islamic center and threatened to kill everybody inside. coming up we will have more on the evidence left behind that could help police track him down. >> part of a historic church was damaged by recent storms and repairing won't be cheap. the storms damaged one of the bell towers of all saints catholic church. one of the pieces fell off and was shattered. it'll cost about $450,000 to fix it. the church is now launched a fundraising campaign to pay for it. >>> criminals have robbed four pharmacies in just two days

between polices going.uspect on as far as information about going on andwas type of warrant, that is from police.ar not releasing any about the identity of the suspect. still a lot of activity here at this apartment complex. reporting live, brianne carter. >> thank you. more breaking news on tuesday morning. invasion and shooting in of loflin road in fort washington. the scenenzalez is on latest on what's happening. the report of a shooting at in thiss morning neighborhood of single-family homes. o be a homet invasion. police are focusing their cytostome where see there's a christmas .ree in the living-room glass door is covered with fingerprint powder. upstairs, police have been spending a lot of time taking pictures. the blinds in one of the severely damaged, struggle.om a this home is where multiple armed suspects made their way inside. it is still not clear if they broke in or were let into the home. the time there was a man, wife, anders 16-year-old daughter. 40's confronted these armed suspects. when

he was smart police say adam lanza was not known to police prior to known criminal record. the father of the suspected gunman, adam lanza. is peter lanza. he released a statement earlier today. it reads in part. "our family is grieving along with all those who have been affected by thishe continues to say. "no words can truly express how heartbroken we are" and that whatever answers we can." >> candlelight vigils were held across the country tonight to remember the victims of the school shooting. kron four's jeff bush was with a group in san francisco and talked to people directly affected by gun violence and this weeks shooting. several dozen gathered at the playground in dolores park at sundown. it was a fitting place to remember the young lives that were lost on friday. reading of names. everyone was clearly moved by the east coast mass murder but stephanie dalton had a heavier heart than most. stephanie dalton knew one of the victims i work with jazz muscians and a very dear friend of mine, jazz saxaphonist, jimmy greene, who is a very beautiful person who's five year o

consider traditional police. there's a number of police officers in the audience that could understood this. in afghanistan, the police are not so concerned with traffic control, traffic is insane in afghanistan. so you'll see traffic lights but they don't work. they are not so concerned with chasing criminals. what they are concerned with is protecting themselves and protecting the villagers. in a lot of places throughout afghanistan, the police might be the only thing that's separating the villagers from the taliban. they are what would be more considered a paramilitary source. -- force. ufrptly prrp unfortunately they are not trained nearly as well as the taliban, they don't have the same equipment and they are greatly outnumbered by the enemy moving freely through afghanistan. so the focus of effort needed to be switched to say how do we fix that because the populations are concentrated in the districts and we needed to look at how we would fix the police in the districts, how we would train these folks and f

believe the suspects are related to both crimes. >>> police say a contra costa county police officer came home to find three burglars inside his house. it happened wednesday night in antioch. the officer tried to chase the suspects but stopped when one of them fired a shot into the air. apparently with a gun that was stolen from that officer's home. >> at this point it appears to be completely random. like many cities in the bay area, our residential burglaries are on the rise and have been for quite a while. >> last month, an officer in brentwood shot and wounded a suspected burglar in his home. >>> oakland may top the headlines but it isn't alone when it comes to crime on the rise. san jose is also dealing with more crime and fewer officers. but as cbs 5 reporter mark sayre shows us, one group is going the extra mile to take their neighborhood back. >>> reporter: >> something that doesn't look right. >> reporter: with a rising number of property crimes and a decreasing number of police officers, bud pyle decided to take action. >> the number one thing we're looking for is somebody

police tell us no shots are fired. they did tell us a suspect was taken to an area hospital for evaluation. the barricade coming to an end just before 6:00 this morning. police have been out here since 10:30 p.m. last night when u.s. marshals came here to this apartment complex in the belfi to serve a warrant. no information on the warrant -- warrant at this point. prince george's county police were called to assist, that is when the barricade got underway. for several hours police have been out in negotiating. we do understand the situation as come to an end. we got an update from police moments ago. take a listen. >> i know that a weapon was recovered. i don't have information about what exactly the weapon was period -- what was. >> a weapon was recovered by the scene. police are trying to secure the scene at this point. once that happens weapons evacuator from the apartment will be able to go back inside. the latest that the barricade situation lasting several hours overnight has now come to an end. the suspect at a