the 68 person department trying to police 79 people. inking about it i took the risk going from a 2010 or department to a 60 person department that was widely disrespect it and totally ineffective. probably one of the best decisions i made my life a cassette gave me so much to see with getting into a small organization testing myality to turn that organization around and emulate my rule model and i learned so much. bob wasserman was at that time consulting and i think was chief of operations for lee brown of houston texas. lee was taken on the good old boys of houston pd and i went down to houston to meet with bob and work with bob on a plan of action including redesigning the police car the image of the urbanization. my first major plan of action was developed the mta. the metro transfer -- metro transit authority is a city municipality. i was in five different counties and literally 78 cities in town. those challenges were meant and we had subways and commuter rail and we had trolleys. i had a lot of fun. i brought a couple of people o

we have a number of minorities on the buffalo grove police department but at the end of the day the police officers on your agency should be reflective of the community they serve. if you have a very high black community, you should expect a number of black officers on your department. if you have a high asian community, you should expect there are asian officers. the fact of the matter is whenever i have this conversation in my community and people say you should have more minority officers, my answer is send them my way. if you know someone who is a minority that to be an officer, please send them my way and i will discuss with them the process and i will do everything i can to help them be successful. host: are you saying right now you don't believe your agency reflects your community in buffalo grove yucca guest: we do. minority officers. we actually have a high percentage of female officers but we have black officers, hispanic officers, asian officers. think we are incredibly reflective. host: from the new iacp survey on factors driving the police recruitment crisis in this country, s

>> now on booktv afterwards mack, former new york city police department commissioner discusses his leadership in law enforcement over three decades and offers his thoughts on policing in america today. interviewed by charles ramsey former philadelphia police commissioner and the chief of the dc metropolitan police department. >> how are you? i'm great. good to be talking with you. let me start by saying i read your book and i thoroughly enjoyed it. it is a good read. i'm so glad that you wrote it but i do have a first question it chronicles your entire career that obviously it is an honest career but you chose to start chapter one with december 20th, 2014. the murder of the officers. why did you choose that event to start this book? one time that is thankfully still in expression but it was a horrible tragedy coming five days before christmas. second, it was unfortunately reflective of what was going on and eventually accelerated over the next several years the breakdown of trust between the police and so many in the country with his anger directed towards the police and in this case it seeme

and that's the crisis that we find in police departments all over america. you can give them more funding and that's good. but if they can't recruit people to become a police officer because we've stigmatized one of the most honorable professions in america, we've reached a dangerous point. that's related to the rise in violent crime. if we turn a blind eye to law and order and a blind eye to riots and we take police officers off the street we're going to see crime rise. chris: you say that more gun controls are not the answer. you heard former congressman richmond say that guns and the easy availability of guns is one of the biggest issues. you say that more gun control is not the issue and that most of the crimes are committed with handguns, not with assault weapons. but i think you would agree that assault weapons create an enormous amount of damage, especially in the mass shootings and perhaps if we had stricter background checks that some of the people who shouldn't have handguns wouldn't have handguns. is there any gun control that you can support? >> r

host: what is the type of data you get from police departments across the country? guest: it depends. anything from traffic stops, traffic tickets, crime incidents, to use of force, misconduct complaints, all the way up to management-type topics, like evaluating overtime usage and things like that. depends on the agency, depends on the need, and depends on data availability. host: correct me if i'm wrong, but early on during the pandemic crime was obviously down at that time, right? guest: we talk about crime, we are really talking about how the fbi defines it, which is the uniform crime report, which is property crime and violent crime. property crime was down big last year, as much as 15% in the early parts of the pandemic, largely because of a drop in mobility, whereas violent crime was down slightly, then rebounded to be up very slightly last year. 99.8 percent of crimes are not homicides, but people tend to think about homicide and murder, and for very good reason. murder was up 25% or more last year. host: our guest comes to this position with experience both

this will be a lengthy investigation. >> let's go to the police department now. >> miami dade police nt role will be lead investigative agency, working with the police department and other municipal partners. our goal is to provide thorough investigation and closure for families. [ spanish ] >> your name and indict al. >> freddie ramirez. director of miami dade police department. >> city manager in surf side. >> first and foremost, thoughts and prayers are with the families and victims. i want to make sure that the emergency personnel understand how important it is that we have their participation here. we appreciate it very much. we have been in contact with senator scott, senator rubio's office, have been in touch with governor's office, governor desantis, county mayor, other towns in our area. we are appreciative of what they've offered in assistance and anything they need. this is not going to be something that's going to be brief. it's something that's going to be for longterm and possibly at least a week. these people behind me, it is very important that you recognize them becau

the san francisco police department made a commitment under the leadership of greg sur, in 2016, to train the entire department. as of right now, we have made a lot of progress on that. as i say, last year, it was a challenging year because of covid, so we were able to do only three training sessions before covid hit, and we were in shelter in place. however, 2021 is looking good. as commander walsh said, we have scheduled 20 sessions for this year, and so far, we have done six, and number seven will be done by tomorrow evening, so we're moving forward, and we're very hopeful that we will accomplish this goal of training. we'll have 20 training sessions for this year. and as you can see, our rank-and-file has continued to train. i have a commander in the class right now, and captain nicolle jones from ingleside, and i have different command staff scheduled to take the training for the rest of the year, so we're moving forward training the officers, but we're also training our command staff. next slide. partnership with the department of public health. back in 2016, late mayor ed lee asked

the san francisco police department made a commitment under the leadership of greg sur, in 2016, to train the entire department. as of right now, we have made a lot of progress on that. as i say, last year, it was a challenging year because of covid, so we were able to do only three training sessions before covid hit, and we were in shelter in place. however, 2021 is looking good. as commander walsh said, we have scheduled 20 sessions for this year, and so far, we have done six, and number seven will be done by tomorrow evening, so we're moving forward, and we're very hopeful that we will accomplish this goal of training. we'll have 20 training sessions for this year. and as you can see, our rank-and-file has continued to train. i have a commander in the class right now, and captain nicolle jones from ingleside, and i have different command staff scheduled to take the training for the rest of the year, so we're moving forward training the officers, but we're also training our command staff. next slide. partnership with the department of public health. back in 2016, late mayor ed lee asked

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with us the police department to make sure it's working with intervention. rgain has social workers itself. officers who are crisis trained, community policing, the very thing present abiding has discussed is what we are trying to invest in. and he could talk to rank-and-file police officers they appreciate having neighborhood support, they appreciate having crisis intervention teams. it's what most responsible american cities are doing right now. >> chris: but the budget cost that you supported, $42 million, that's almost a 20% reduction in funding for the police department itself and there is the kansas city board of police commissioners, you are in fact a member of it, they are suing the city because of this increase and well you have just defended it, the head of the board, bishop talbot, said that he views it as a form of police funding -- defunding, rather. >> mayor lucas: well, yeah, and i fundamentally disagree. i think they're more concerned about who has power over the budget. in kansas city what we are trying to do is sit say as we give our police

the group is urging the board of supervisors and the mayor to make sure the police department is taken care of in the budget. >> we asians are 36% of the population of san francisco. we have consistently been treated like crap by the board of supervisors, by the city. we are 36%. when we mobilize, watch out. >> the group also wants more minority officers, specifically asian officers to be hired so they can better communicate with asian communities. >>> well, the mayors of california's largest cities made what they called a closing argument today. they are trying to convince state lawmakers to commit $1 billion a year for four years to address homelessness. robert handa explaining. bay area mayor says it may be now or never. >> reporter: residents of this homeless encampment are more concerned with getting clean clothes and keeping what little they have. >> just protect your stuff. just try to put it in the luggage or something where it is protected. >> reporter: but this homeless advocate is watching state lawmakers closely as they debate a proposal to give local governments $1 billion

miami-dade police department role will be the lead investigative agency, working with surfside police department and other municipal partners. the goal to provide a thorough investigation for families. [ speaking foreign language ] freddie ramirez, director of miami-dade police department. >> city manager of surfside. >> first and foremost, our thoughts and prayers are with families and victims. also i just want to make sure emergency personnel understand how important it is that we have their participation here. we appreciate it very much. we've been in contact with senator scott, senator rubio's office, in touch with the governor's office, governor desantis, county mayor, other towns in the area. we are very appreciative of what they've offered and the assistance, anything we need. this is not something that will be brief, it will be something that's going to be for the long term and possibly at least a week. these people behind me, it is important that you recognize them. there's a lot of support. we can resolve this as quick as possible. thank you. >> they said 35 people were pull

in the aftermath of george lloyd's death, 14 minneapolis police depart, police department officers signed an open letter condemning derek sheldon's actions and embracing the call for reform and change. these 14 officers don't only speak for themselves. they speak for hundreds across the country. these officers and ones like them want you to support officers who treat everyone with dignity and respect . they want you to support officers who are taking risks to speak up and demand that we do better. they want you to hold their colleagues accountable, who refuse to serve communities with dignity and respect. why do officers want accountability? well, think of the 9 year old girl wearing a t shirt and said love across the front who witness george floyd's murder and how she will feel 20 years from now. as she may be speaking to her own children about whether to trust law enforcement. the damage to derek floyd, crime inflicted upon the reputation of officers is undermining the ability for people to trust in that is very tragic. it's not fair to judge all police officers . my dear children's act

and to mayor london breed who totally endorses and supports the reform of the san francisco police department through the collaborative reform initiative. next slide. as you can see, mayor breed also laid out her road map more additional reforms which includes demilitarization of the police and use of police officers as a response to noncriminal activity. a plan to address police bias and strengthen accountability and direct funding for racial equity which happened during last year's budget cycle in a large and significant way. next slide, please. so here is where we were and where we are. i'll get through this really quickly because i'll go into detail. in 2016, the assessment was done, it was the top and bottom of the assessment of everything we do and in 2017, we self-reported that we had submitted the work on 96 recommendations to the u.s. d.o.j.. in september of 2017, we were notified after a change in presidential administration that the u.s. d.o.j. was no longer in the collaborative reform business and they basically concluded all collaborative reform projects including ours here in sa

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>> reporter: liz, the chief will take over the alameda police department here next tuesday. as an alameda resident, he's looking forward to leading the department in his hometown. he does take over at a time, though, when three of his officers are being investigated for their roles in the in-custody death of mario gonzalez. >> my roots started in oakland, but my branches have grown to alameda. but it's all one big family. >> reporter: since he entered the academy, he moved up the ranks of the oakland police department since 1998. now he will serve in a city he calls home. >> i owe it to my community. i owe it to my neighbors. i owe it to my kids who are growing up here, and i owe it to, you know, the city that i plan on retiring in to serve at the highest level. >> reporter: one of the chief's top priorities will be to look into the in-custody death of mario gonzalez, who died after being held face down for about five minutes. he says since it is an ongoing investigation, he could not speak about the case, but he knows there will be work to do to regain the trust of the commu

news all right, allan, tonight, the family of angelo quinto held a vigil outside of the antioch police department marking 6 months since angela's death. >> he tells family and their attorneys say that he was murdered by police back in december after they called 911 for help. they say came to was in the middle of a mental health crisis tonight, family, friends and city leaders gathered to continue their demands for an investigation into the police department. our first taylor bisacky reports. >> an emotional day for the family of angelo king don't. it's been 6 months since his death. he does family and their attorneys say he was murdered by antioch police back in december after they called 911 for help. they say kido was in the middle of a mental health crisis when officers put their knees on his neck. that is not fair is not just tonight. don't understand what we hear 6 months later and all we've got are the things that they made public to other people on wednesday. keep those family finally laid him to rest but say they still have no peace or justice. that's why they're here along with friends i

for biometric access control systems, the bill which will only be for a year, what exempt the police department. however, the fraternal order of police and the baltimore police department actually opposed the order thing rather than a prohibition against the acquisition of any new facial recognition technology. it would be more prudent to establish safeguards, so to get the inside take as well as why this is important to other cities. we bring on local w b a. talk, talk greater. has andrew langer. andrew, thank you so much for joining me. always a pleasure to be here, once again, baltimore is making ways in this way. they're trying to start something new. so i just have to ask you as the, as you look at this also from your your standpoint, but also your listeners who exactly is having a problem with this technology being used today as it stands? well, generally, it seems that the political ruling class and baltimore seems to have a problem with any kind of technology that actually can serve to prevent crime and baltimore. this at a time when baltimore is once again allocating a prior year in te

a child's history of the new york police department, the biggest police department in america. tton who would grow up to run twice, two different tours of duty for today for new york city mayor's, the first new york city mary who bill bright and served is someone he no longer recognize is named rudolph giuliani. when bill brought in return from military service in vietnam, he joined the boston police department in 1970, he rose to the top of that department, and served as boston's police commissioner before serving as the nypd commissioner, and then the chief of police in los angeles. no one in the history of american law enforcement has run three of our biggest police departments. no one in the history of american law enforcement has the experience in police work that bill bratton does. all the way up to the ranks of commissioner in three departments. bill bratton had a right to think that he had seen it all. then he saw the video of derek chauvin's knee on george floyd's neck. s neck joining us now is bill bratton. his new book is the profession, a member of community, race, a

. >> reporter: two fbi agents and a representative from the vallejo police department came to dublinthe pictures of the evidence we had, they were shocked. they were shocked. >> reporter: lo and behold, all of these details aaron and denise had told them happened, are now being corroborated. and it turns out it's not so bizarre. that this is, in fact, what happened. >> good afternoon, everyone. today is a fabulous day. >> i remember they were squeezing each other's hands so tightly throughout the entire press conference. the attorneys taking turns back and forth, pummeling the police department. >> had you asked important basic questions, which the police department, it went completely over their head -- >> there were so many factors they could have looked to, to determine, geez, maybe denise and aaron are telling the truth. but no. they were so stuck in supporting their snap judgment. >> absolutely, 100%, positively, unequivocally not just not guilty, but innocent. >> that moment was vindication. >> reporter: on march 16th, 2017, matt mueller pled guilty to federal kidnapping charge

as legislative branch we continue to work with community police and justice of all departments to find better ways to serve a community that is left punitivenative and more restorative. san francisco has a long way togor for police reform in post george floyd era. we continue to be exit committed to lead by example in criminal justice reform on all level. there are many changes we need to make in our criminal justice system. what the city has done in the past year many would not have believed it would have been possible. we have not only reignited the conversation on police reform and addvanced aggressively. we also started the enormous task every directing funds. i think last year over $120 million from involved departments, police, sheriff and others. directly to the black community toward reparations. thank you, supervisor walton for your leadership, president walton on that and so many others. i know george floyd's death has not been in vein in the san francisco. we are committed. i as one of the 11 members on this board. in terms of the introductions today. i will be introducing a

moving money from the police department and giving it to other crime prevention programs. so what does it mean for public safety? >> in this moment we're facing a crisis. >> we're joined by the oakland police chief. he explains why the city council got it wrong. and we're talking about where that money will go instead. >>> plus, gas, groceries, even plane tickets. the cost of just about everything is on the rise. why are we paying more and is there any relief in sight? >>> plus, the man bitten by a shark tells us how he made it to safety, and he shares the video he took right before the attack. >>> good evening. this is nbc bay area news tonight. i'm raj mathai. we'll start with our breaking news, that sharp jolt and some shaking on this monday evening, a 3.9 magnitude earthquake, about 30 minutes ago. this was felt in many parts of the bay area. the east bay, where it was centered, the peninsula, san francisco, marin county, just about everywhere. take a look at the map. 6:29 this evening 31 minutes ago. a lot of people telling us this was the strongest quake they felt in

and a similar size city, concord, spends 58% of its general fund and the police department. lives tonight, kpix 5. anundercover police operation in san jose ended in a deadly shooting. we are live in san jose where the police department is taking an unprecedented step in the wake of this incident. >> reporter: we are live here at city hall where there is a makeshift memorial for demetrius stanley and a sizable protest and march. the police chief did something we have never seen before. he released surveillance video two days after the fatal shooting and here it is in starts with an undercover officer running away from the scene and he just heard him rack and load an unregistered ghost gun with a high-capacity magazine which is also legal and a 31-year-old walked into the street where we can see him holding a weapon and walks past this unmarked police car with an undercover officer inside. he comes back to the car and opens the door while holding the gun and the undercover officer said he feared for his life and opened fire and killed stanley. the chief said the two officers w

this new funding announcement comes as the movement for defunding city police departments continues. president biden says now is not the time to turn our backs on law enforcement. he has never been for defunding the police. we have a significant challenge in front of us. and think it is not the time less resources. i appreciate the authorizes funding that will potentially increase resources because there's a great need a fatal mass shooting at a juneteenth celebration at lake merritt hos reignited the debate about public safety and oakland. one side arguing there should be non police actions used to prevent filings while the other side argues there should be more police. city council is set to vote thursday on its two-year budget which will determine how much funding opd will receive. >> dan thorn kron 4 news president biden's announcement is also being praised by a local gun violence prevention group kron four's ella sogomonian talked with the giffords law center to prevent gun violence to get their reaction to the president's plan l a. >> well, ken and pam, the executive director of

so for many years, the baltimore city police department has been managed in certain respects by the state government. now the, the baltimore city government can the mayor can appoint a police commission and they do some oversight in terms of how the police department operates. but a substantial amount of operational control still falls under the state generally. and there have been moves in the last few years to return control of to the state to the city of baltimore. and i've long said that this would be a huge mistake that given what we know about baltimore's political class and how against the police, they already are. it would be a mistake to turn it over at a time when baltimore is already facing a real crisis in terms of policing. there's a gap between the number of police that are needed in the number of police they have. they're operating under consent decree, which ties our hands in terms of how they fight crime. and as i just mentioned, with the baltimore states attorney saying, she's not going to prosecute a level crimes morales that are real low with the baltimore city police

away. >> reporter: that's the message from richmond police chief french, as city council contemplates taking away $10.3 million from the department's budget. that move, chief french said, would result in 23 officer layoffs and the loss of the spot shotter program. it would decimate the heralding policing model. >> it seems we're going back to where we were 20 years ago, and so it seems like it's taking a big step backwards. >> reporter: french agrees that mental health and homeless services are needed to help people and prevent crime, but calls this too much too soon. vice mayor johnson, a fourth generation richmond resident, says these changes aren't meant to be punitive to the department but positive for the community. >> this isn't some like pie in the sky esoteric form of policy that i'm thinking of. i am literally thinking of how it's going to impact my friends, my aunts, my cousins, my uncles. like these are all things -- i have older people who rely -- my aunt's house has been broken into, so she relead on police services. >> reporter: at burke park we asked parents what they'd like to see happen. >> if we lose people, lose

hmm. >> in the city of chicago. >> you know, people can talk about the police department as far as that goes but it's the community that's failing here >> reporter: the sergeant said his detectives had been working courtney's case hard >> somebody knows what happened here, and they're not comin' forward. i mean, we get spit on we get kicked at we get punched you know, people refer to us as "pigs. you know, all this sorta - racists. and -- and, you know, we're lookin' for help from the community to help your son, who's a good kid and nobody'll wanna come forward. >> reporter: to shapearl, that now sounds like an excuse. what about the potential witnesses who'd called 911 that night? and courtney's girlfriend alma recently told us detectives still haven't spoken with her. >> they did the bare minimum the bare minimum is what chicago police department did in my son's case >> reporter: the chicago police department declined to discuss courtney's murder, saying it's still an open case an internal affairs investigation of how police treated courtney at the scene concluded officers had done no

police matter. tell my cops that individual action of a cop counts. action of a department matters. floyd, his actions really did count in such a negative way. and it just painted with such a broad brush a negative image of the police profession around the world. incredible reaction to one man. and not in a moment or a minute but almost nine minutes that action occurred. >> want to get your reaction to a federal court judge's ruling in california, because you served as the l.a. police chief and in a state with assault weapons ban, still does. federal judge just overturned it in san diego. first sentence is this -- what the swiss army knife, popular ar-15 rifle is a perfect combination of home defense weapon and homeland defense equipment, judge robert benitez. what is your reaction to that? >> he's an idiot, idea of using language like that, it comparing a swiss army knife to machine gun. hundreds of thousands of these weapons compared to swiss army knife. he's out of his mind. >> take a look at your graduation photo from police academy in 1970. looks a lot like my father's graduatio

and then you've got police department's like the atlanta police department they're offering bonuses foron board. they have to get creative as they face these police shortages. >> charles watson in atlanta, thank you. eric. >> corrupting overnight near city turns out two dozen people were arrested, eight police officers injured. as police if a stock with a rowdy crowd who were protesting a 10:00 p.m. curfew at a major greenwich village park and manhattan. that imposed bite mayor bill de blasio to try to cut down on crime. lauren blanchard has the details. >> a violent night in new york city's washington square park after 10:00 p.m. curfew would into effect. the near police department said 23 arrests were made. many for disorderly conduct. officers also sustained minor injuries and scuffles with those who refused to leave. the city put in place we can curfew is in the park to try to tamp down on drugs and other illegal activities they say have been happening there. it is not just the park. throughout north city crime is increasing. according to nypd data, this may crime rose by 22% compar

the 30-year veteran of the san jose police department says he's glad he's not a cop now. >> police officers are really feeling demonized, vilified, criticized in the court of public opinion. >> cortez says he joined the force to help people and protect them from harm. he agrees that police reform is needed but is still sad to see a lot of officers deciding to turn in their badge in frustration. >> how, we can do our job better, and not be on the 6:00 news every day as the headlines, an officer did this, an officer did that. our officers are not feeling valued. they're not feeling supported. >> reporter: the san jose police union says it's seen its numbers decline. early retirement and officers choosing other careers. the union says that adds town a looming public safety crisis. >> our officers are taking over 20 minutes to respond to emergency calls like a domestic violence incident. and it's really putting the community at further risk. >> reporter: not everyone is ready to walk away. >> i want to make a positive change. >> reporter: she is getting her aa in criminal justice, fully aware o

the police department says it is already struggling to hire officers, adding that talk of defunding the agency has led to low morale. i don't want to just see investment go to policing our communities. i also want to invest in the community itself. councilmember melvin, willis supports the task force's proposal to use police money to address gun violence prevention mental health homelessness and you can the council meets to vote on and approve the budget july in richmond, phillipe djegal all kron 4 news and big coming up next to the kron 4 morning news students across the bay area are graduating in person this year. >> we'll look at how stanford students celebrated their big day. >> well, stanford university help their first in-person commit smith since the pandemic started the class of 2021 celebrated their accomplishments as a group inside stanford stadium sunday morning. there were many covid safety protocols in place. face masks are required and guests and the stands out to prove they were vaccinated or show a negative covid tests to be let in each student got 2 tickets for guests.

richmond police department. they shut down that area.ime scene tape out talking to witnesses, hoping to get more information but at this particular time, they don't have an arrest or arrests in this particular case. and no motive, of course, they are talking to the witnesses and they hope to get a description out to the public. but unfortunately, james and area. this party that happened last night. just turn deadly year went from one victim that we didn't know at 5 o'clock to now 3 fatalities. back to you. all right. thanks for the update. will. >> well, the other big story is the mass shooting that we saw in oakland over the weekend out at lake merritt. one person killed, 6 others were injured during june tate celebrations, kron 4, sarah stinson standing by live for us now with the very latest on that. and sara, mean, that's what makes this so horrific is the fact that people had gathered families, people of all ages to celebrate something positive and then gunfire breaks out. >> yeah. you know, there's children even there and they do n

our recommendations for the department of police accountability are on page28. it is a one-time reduction. the mayor's proposed budget decreases the department of police accountability's budget by about 9.8%. we do not have recommended reduction for the budget for fiscal year '22, '23, and we do have an agreement with the department, as ms. hawkins noted. >> chairman: great. that is simple enough. colleagues, questions or comments for chief-of-staff hawkins? not seeing any, we will express our intention to agree with the b.l.a.'s recommendations. we appreciate your time. >> thank you. next up with have the public defender's office. welcome, public defender raja. >> thank you so much. good morning, chair haney. i want to express my appreciation and thanks to you and president walton, supervisor mar, supervisor ronen, supervisor safai, and the board's budget analyst carrie tim and i also want to thank mayor breed, and ashley rothenburg, and andrea lynn. i know this isn't an easy task. i really appreciate everyone's efforts and support. we are in agreement with the

host: our guest comes to this position from the new orleans police department from jefferson parish and the cia defense department as an analyst with your own company data analytics. how commonly is your data used? >> first rarely it is our data is usually collected by the agency that we are the conduit for police departments if they want to use our services to look at smarter and better. the personal analysis we keep a running tab of murders nationwide and those that were frequently cited in media and journals for "the new york times" even slate. host: but looking at cities acrossok the country and in portland oregon at 53 from 2020 and homicide rate is up 76 percent and it was up 35 percent and 28 percent there is a common theme in the rise of crimees across the city and others? >> yes that they were americans cities. that preliminary data to the end of last year shows murder was up 20 percent or more in cities of every type so those under 10000 between 100,000 and over a million all of those had at least 20 percent in the suburbs and then up 15 percent in rural counties. so from that

the oakland police department also tells us it, too, is bringing in additional staff. jose police declined to comment on their tactics here in the bay area. we saw large protests following the death of george floyd in may of 2020, and tomorrow's sentencing will come more than a year after the killing of george floyjury convicted former police officer derek shaaban of second degree murder, third degree murder and second degree manslaughter. under minnesota statutes. shobin will only be sentenced on the most serious charge of second degree murder. judge peter cahill is expected to go higher than sentencing guidelines recommend some experts believe shelvin will get 20 to 25 years. judge cahill is indicated he is appalled by what mr shelvin did, and he's willing to hold him responsible in a significant way. few minutes to answer shelvin will also be given the opportunity to make a statement during his sentencing hearing tomorrow, but defense attorneys say it's unlikely that he will speak in court. he is still waiting to stand trial in federal court, and any statements could

. >> the oakland police department currently has 725 officers. we're going in the wrong direction. violent crime is going up. our numbers are going down. according to opd has weekly crime report the violent crime index which includes homicide aggravated assault rape and robbery has increased 13% from this time last year, the president of the union that represents oakland police officer very down talked about the number one answer that he says officers need to reverse the current violent crime. is boots on the ground were police officers. we have to get the so we 64 members. who are eligible to retire this year. we've had what had in me with 23 that graduated last week. that's our last academy graduating this year. now the council has to make a decision. are you going to continue to hire or the next 2 years starting the first july opd is current budget takes up about 40% of the city's general fund oakland mayor libby chefs, new budget proposal is now in the hands of the oakland city council. i can pretty confidently say that it will be amended. the question is. >> how much it will b

and after the break, we'll go to richmond where the police department could have its budget slashed. why the department says this will make the city less safe. we'll go to the east bay now as budget talks are intensifying. the city of richmond. the police chief says the proposed 10.3 million dollar cuts in her department will make officers. not as take many officers off the streets and says that the city, the people who live there will also be less safe. kron four's. we've reports that discussions over defunding the police department have led to low morale. there. >> the richmond city council is set to vote on next. fiscal year's budget in about 3 weeks and a 10.3 million dollar cut to the police department is on the table. the police budget currently hovers around 66 million dollars making up about 40% of the city's general fund but chief lisa frank says the money is warranted reduction of 10.3 million dollars would be. >> and have to cut 35 police officer positions. so that currently i have 12 they can positions their positions and not build those will automatically be cut. but in a

police departments create their own cuddly mascots. n japan boasts a squad of dancing officers, all reinforcing the image of the helpful cop. no wonder police are consistently rated one of the most trusted institutions in japan. every officer carries a .38 revolver, but thanks to gun laws, they usually stay holstered. they train intensely in self-defense skills for restraining offenders. called the art of arrest. what is the art of arrest? >> it is techniques for keeping ourselves and others safe. i think of it as martial arts for police. our job is to protect not just crime victims, but crme suspects as well. >> reporter: on this night, the police catch somebody in the act. they get their man, a taxi driver nabbed for making an illegal turn. later the cops quietly break up a brewing fight. as the evening wears on, they head out on patrol. an einebriated man mocks them. but the cops remain poker-faced. don't drink too much, they said. critics say japan has too many cops and officers don't have enough to do. japanese citizens essentially

reduce crime address the root but republicans like tennessee senator marsha blackburn say some police departments around the country face budget cuts which makes it harder for law enforcement to do their jobs. it has demoralized police forces and it has emboldened. >> criminal activity. >> and this is something that has to stop. the president expects more gun violence to happen as we enter the summer and the country opens back up reporting in washington. i'm basil john. oakland is one of those cities that could certainly uhe the federal support police have already reported 61 homicides. just this year. >> and the department is also struggling to contain a rise and what they're saying or those kinds. but this new funding announcement comes as the movement for defunding police departments continues. oakland police chief leronne armstrong says they're going to be addressing the best use for the funding in order to curb the city's gun violence issue. >> it is not the time less resources. i appreciate the authorizes funding that will potentially increase resources because there's a great need. it's a

. >>> back here at home the city of oakland will consider an $18 million cut to the police department. today in the bay's bob redell is live this morning. the mayor of oakland is against that proposal. >> she is. the mayor of oakland says if $18 million is cut from the oakland police department that would decimate the city's response to 911 calls. later this morning the city council will consider a proposal that has been put forward by the city council president bass. in the first year of the new budget the council president wants to cut the two new police academies being proposed by the mayor and put a hiring freeze in the unit. bass wants to ramp up spending on themacro program, and that stands for mobile assistance community responders of oakland, and these are people trained to respond to those having a mental crisis. last week the mayor sent out an alert e-mail to residents to urge them to call on the city council to not go with the proposal. the mayor writes this proposal would, quote, decimate an already inadequate 911 response to oaklanders experiencing crisis and needing help

tonight, the police department will discuss officer joel babs. throw years ago, we did a press conference and press release regarding officer babs. who filed a complaint against sfpd and the police commission in 20717 after he witnessed numerous racist incidents at sfpd and recorded them. babs' story can be found on the san francisco superior course website cgc-17-561687 filed october 3rd, 2017. here is just one of the allegations. many of which were substantiated by dhr. per officer babs 2017 complaint. a sergeant tom says to officer babs, regarding a 15-year-old black girl without an identification. quote, deal with your people. end quote, she's getting all ghetto. officer babs stated he objected to and took offense at these comments and sergeant tomorrow'm reported him and racist action are named in the complaint. the thoughts and actions by these quote -- anti black policing in terms of per-capita arrest and use of force. are we to believe this is a problem with individuals and not a systemic one when we already know the latter to be the case.