when will the san francisco police department and city of san francisco make the brutal police officers who abused their position of power accountable and fire those who did not protect and serve our society. i guess you have to experience police brutality to understand the blue mentality. >> commissioners, chief, my name is jeremy miller. i'm codirecter of education. and i wanted to comment on the process here of selecting a police chief. i understand that there are concerns about compromising us in the line of duty but i find it to be a huge threat to echo comments that have been stated before. i find it a huge threat to freedom of speech and to open government that this -- that the candidates -- the identities of t thedates -- the identities of candidates -- the identities of the candidates for this office are to be considered an internal personnel affair. also, as a member of the media, i absolutely refuse to not speculate on what is a very important public position that will affect all of the citizens of the city and county of san francisco. and, finally, i think that we are in unf

it was originally an office in the san francisco police department. it was later placed under the direct supervision of the police commission. as an independent agency, independent civilian agency, the office investigates civilian complaints against san francisco police officers for either misconduct or failure to perform a duty. the occ make policy recommendations for the san francisco police department. in california, law enforcement agencies are required to have a mechanism in place to receive complaints from members of the public. the office of citizen complaints performed that function in san francisco. our office is staffed by a diverse group of civilians who have never been san francisco police officers. some of them have been police officers or other law- enforcement officials in other agencies. we have a 35-member staff, the majority of whom are investigators. the balance consists of attorneys and support staff. if our goal to increase the public's trust in law enforcement by being

san francisco police arrested one man in connection of a shooting. or the connection between the suspected shooter or the store employees. the specksman did tell us police are not looking for any other suspects. the double homicide is common for this part of the city. the motive is unclear. coming up you will near from lieutenant dangerfield. reporting live from san francisco jade hernandez ktvu channel 2 news. >>> there was more shaking in the east bay overnight. the usgs reports an earthquake measuring 3.0 hit at 12:30 this morning. the quake did not cause any damage. but that early morning shaker did follow a swarm of quakes in contra costa county yesterday. half a dozen rattled the al motrin sunday from 3:00 in the morning to the afternoon. >>> the mother of little four- year-old july than any cardenas believes her son is still aleave. at a vigil juliani's mother discontributed fliers. she is asking everyone to keep an eye out for the suspect jose esteban rodriguez. >> my son is little. a lot of people pay more attention to adults than they do to

when will the san francisco police department and city of san francisco make the brutal police officers who abused

led to questions as if san francisco police chiefen't they? for reason is because in this city it's up to the san francisco police commission. our last year they denied the chief's request. the request again coming up next month. the makeup of the police commission has changed and there is a possibility they approve it. if it does happen taser is will be deployed until early next year. dan curman kron 4 news. in san francisco the chief of police said the crime rate is falling overall crime is down a person for 2008. violent crime dropped 4%. even with that increase they say san francisco has the lowest per-capita homicide rates of any big city in the u.s.. the chief goal is to make san francisco the safest large city in the country. >> here at stanford university campus police are advising women to walk in paris after a woman was accosted here monday evening. it happened just after dark near the intersection of campus drive and sears street. they tell police the man came up behind her put his hand over her mouth. it should send it is

police chief. we will here from godown that says don't count him out. we are live in san francisco tara moriarty ktvu channel 2 mys. >>> another bay area city is searching for a new police chief. san jose city manager is planning to interview several finalists this week. she is expected to announce her decision sometime next month. rob davis retired as the police chief two months ago. >>> this is gavin newsoms final hours as new mayor. today at 1:00 p.m. gavin newsom will be sworn in as california's new lieutenant governor at a ceremony held at the state capitol. >> it's a fine line and jerry brown understands that better than anyone. i think he's already picked up the tone and ten nor of the times and gets it better than anyone. >> newsom says the experience they share as big city mayors will really pay off in sacramento. the gavin newsom replacement is back here in the bay area this morning. ed lee arrived at sfo last night after a trip to hong kong. on friday san francisco's supervisors appointed him as the interim mayor. he will be sworn in as san francisco's first asian americ

. >> san francisco police chief requested taser several times over the last year. dan curman find out why this city does not use those devices. >> >> the conclusion to be none other than this is the right fall at the right time. >> that was george back in february of last year making the case for taser is. in early march the san francisco police commission shot down the idea by a vote of 4-3. i underestimated the political environment that i was operating under. i assume responsibility for that. >> the commissioners felt in their opinion that the taser is were not >> necessary option> please commission president was one of the three of the minority voting in favor of the tasters. he says the commission now has three members and the outcome could be different. when this commission looks at the issue again next month. >> we have a different mix of the commission. the commissioners present-year does than some incidents that have taken place at the commission reviewed that this may have changed and there were opinions carry >> as for san francisco police chief he remai

and san francisco police just told me this afternoon that they are looking for two visitors who spoke to police shortly after the shooting. they were inside when the shooting took place. they are 30-year-old hispanic male and female about late 20s early 30s. police are hoping those two people will contact police again. investigators have a few more questions for them. reporting live jade hernandez. >> thank you, jade. >>> three dogs were killed by a pet store fire. firefighters were called to puppy paws. three puppies were killed but the firefighters were able to save seven other dogs. investigators are still tallying up the damage. >> unfortunately they will be out of business for a short period of time. there is no structural damage it's all contents that is damaged. >> the cause of the fire sun known. >>> attorneys begin delivering their opening statements in the trial of fernando lofland. he is accused of murdering his son. he told police he dropped the baby while taking him out of the bathtub. the coroner found more injuries from repeated hittings. >>> a somber ceremony is planne

most major police departments use tasers. san franciscodetroit, and memphis are among those that do not. >>> a man in a wheelchair that was shot by san francisco police may be preparing a brutality lawsuit against the city. randall dunkin has hired a lawyer. police say they opened fire on randall because they stabbed an officer with a knife. >>> donate blood? win free movie tickets for a year. the red cross will hold weekly drawings. blood donors must be in good health and 17 years old. according to the red cross january is one of the slowest months for donations. >>> today the federal government is releasing its latest guidelines for nutrition. this year there is a different look. people that have seen a new preview says this time they are focusing on strategies to reduce obesity and related diseases. one that is drawing special attention is sodium. nearly half of all americans are being told to cut down to half a teaspoon. >> now we are saying let's decrease the sodium. so what we will probably find are products made with less salt. >> n

one is from the investigation of their officer, the san francisco police department, the san franciscoattorney. there were police officers all over the scene, obviously a big deal for the police. san mateo officers, san francisco police, and the highway patrol. looks like they have wrapped up operations, people who live on the street are being told in a few minutes they will be allowed to go back down the street. and there is a woman in the hospital with life-threatening injuries, that's about all we know. >> don knapp in daley city. thank you for that information. >>> we're also getting word of another shooting and this one is in oakland. a school district officer got into a confrontation with the occupants of a car at joaquin and crane. one of them pulled a gun and a knife. the officer fired and one person was hit. we have no information about their condition. >>> vallejo police are investigating two murders in 24 hours. a woman was found shot inside a car this morning, less than 24 hours after a man was found the same way. police do not think the cases are connected. police have mad

>> very briefly, i want to say that the san francisco police department already has what is considered to be one of the best training. police officers deal with people with mental illness. we have over 800 officers who have completed a 40-hour training. by industry standards, that is one of the highest in the percentage of people who go through training. we need to continue to improve the way we do business. we are aware there are other parts of the country where they are trying different models. in the case of memphis, memphis started in the late-1990's, having a multi disciplinary team that response to certain incidence of mental illness. i looked at that in 2002 when the l.a. system was developed. we want to see where that system is today. the reality is, we have to continue to focus. you can have specialized teams of people who respond, but at 2:00 a.m., the person who will respond will be the first control officer that gets the radio call. we have to remember that no matter how much training we provide, we will never be trained psychologists. we need to give them all their tools.

if you have any information on this case you are urged to contact the san francisco police. >>> time now 6:01. also in san francisco police are looking for one person after a police chase early this morning. it started just before 1:00 a.m. in the cities district. police were called to the area after getting a report of as is pushous -- suspicious van. witnesses chased it toward highway 101. police took over and saw three people running from the van to bay shore boulevard. two suspects have been captured. the other has not been found yet. so far no kidnapping victim has been found. >>> this morning livermore are investigating the deaths of two people. their bodies were found inside a home right near mendinhall middle school. police say both died from gunshot wounds. they are calling the deaths suspicious right now. according to a listing for the home an elderly couple lives there. >>> time now 6:03. we will hear from the doctors treating wounded congresswoman gabrielle giffords. she has shown encouraging signs since she was shot in the head. she began physical therapy yesterday and is

. >>> new details tonight about an officer-involved shooting in san francisco. police shot a man in a wheelchair. they say it happened after he attacked an officer with a knife. kron 4's jonathan bloom has video of the shooting and reaction from san francisco's police chief. >> under cover. he is like one, two, three, four undercovers with guns out. >> reporter: this video created such a stir that the san francisco police chief called a press conference to explain the actions. >> i would prefer not to have done this today. but i know this video will be out there and i want to give you the total context. >> reporter: the video shows a confrontation between the police and a man in a wheelchair. police say he is waving the same knife he used to stab an officer moments earlier after police responded to a report he was slashing the tires on a city vehicle. the man in the wheelchair appears to toss the knife away but then he is shot with a bean bag and then a bullet. he was rushed to the hospital where he is expected to recover. >> this is the officer that has been stabbed a

. >> san francisco police say it's great news for the city. violent crime is down even though the police ranks were thinner last year. simon perez is in san francisco, where the police chief just released the new numbers. simon. >> reporter: sydnie, the police chief says 2010 was a pretty goodyear in san francisco despite the fact that the number of homicides was up compared to the year before. how can he say that? looking at the big picture, things haven't been this safe in san francisco in decades. san francisco police chief george gascon highlighted what he calls a successful crime fighter year particularly pleasing for the chief the number of homicides with have dropped from 98 in 2008 to 45 in 2009 to 50 last year. despite last year's rise the numbers are low. >> while we did have 5 more homicides than we did last year, it still -- the numbers are historically low. >> reporter: there is more. violence and property crimes dropped from 2009 to 2010 by 8%. and when you go back to 2008, they have gone down by 12%. >> we have some significant r

randall duncan has fired a san francisco attorney to oversee and potentially file a police brutality . a witness caught the whole thing on his i-phone. they ask why they shot duncan after he had thrown that knife away. >> san francisco may be moving advertisements. they're low on cash and considering allowing cash to sponsor the aging advance that provide emergency services. one donated a van that companies can adopt. these are big steps because the city has frowned upon corporate banners on muni and publicly owned buildings. >> a wiemer reiner wrapped up the show at the cow palace where 140 breeds competed. the winner received a $500 cash prize and a chance to compete at the familiar mouse westminster dog show in new york. >> momentum is building for the movie the king's speech. george is in los angeles where the winners of the screen actors guild awards were handed out last night. >> the actor goes to the cast of the king's speech. >> a careening achievement for the cast of the british drama the king's speech. won the ensemble award. >> the world depends on each other's talents and

san francisco chase ended hours ago. this case is far from over. why a policeearch continues and what they are looking for. >>> plus the medical update on wounded congresswoman gabrielle gifford's sounds better and better. >>> i'm tara moriarty live in san francisco. we are learning what may have lead up to a deadly shooting inside of a coffee shop. >>> fog is

. >> when george gascon became san francisco's police chief in 2009 he was first outsider to get the job in 30 years. before that he was the chief of police for the mesa police department for three years. he joined mesa after serving as an assistant chief for the los angeles police department. that where he began his law enforcement career as an officer. gascon is also a member of the bar. >> for more on that part of the story we go to ktvu's maureen naylor, she's live in san francisco. >> reporter: the police department is in shock tonight no one saw this coming. george gascon will move from the fifth floor to the third floor to the district attorney's office. word that this word for a chief will be different. >> excellence is a journey. >> reporter: it was a short journey as police chief george gascon. now jeff godone is the interim chief. >> i was pretty shocked. i didn't see it coming. >> reporter: the head of the san francisco officers police organization says police department was a jolt to thedepartment. he wants a chief promoted from within. >> i was told that chief godone wil

i commend the san francisco police department for being on the case.president mazzucco: thank you, mr. washington. any further speakers during public comment? good evening, clyde. how are you? >> i am a little appalled some of our media outlets. some of the nonprofits are really playing this up. i know a lot more about these officers. i know a lot of them. they do not run around shooting people in wheelchairs'. they do not find somebody who looks a little weird and draw a 40 and shoot him. nonprofits are playing this up in the press. some of these people in wheelchairs' do not really need wheelchairs. walk down fifth street. there is a guy who gets $10 from tourists and walks to the tenderloin. we really need to look at this mental illness issue. how do we do mentally ill? our police department to stomach the habit of just shooting mentally ill people. if they had occasion, maybe it would not had to go like that. i am sorry at the murder rate the past few days. it is horrible. what that man did burning the car with that lady is puzzling, the most puzzl

what the tape shows. >> this amateur video shot by by standard shows a confrontation between san francisco police said a man an a wheelchair acting erratically. police say moments before the video started the suspect was pepper spray the and then stabbed an officer in the arm. the person running the cell phone was across the street and notices the man in the wheelchair has a knife. the officer that you see highlighted here is holding a beanbag gone. he shoots it, let's show you what happens next. the suspect appears to throw a knife a split second later he shot the groin. it all happens in a matter seconds. let's look on the video you see the man in the video chair he'll he pulls back his hand and appears to be throwing something. that's because the video. watch the plainclothes officer that ac highlighted right here you see him jump back, then you hear a shot fired. police say the incident is under a thorough investigation. witnesses told investigators that one. they saw the man got out of his wheelchair. police say it could be some time before the investigation is complete. christine conley kro

san francisco, starting today. n-opooal.. i'a n !pooal.. e ysexdo llev wt emo? >>> san francisco police are trying to determine a motive for a double homicide that happened last night in a souvenir shop in fisherman's wharf. >> it's a regular retail type shop that sells items and it appears the victims worked at the store. >> both victims were pronounced dead. jade hernandez is on the scene and will a live update from about a half an hour. >>> some uc berkeley athletes will find out if their programs will be saved. >> reporter: now that the sun is up we can give you a better view of the cal baseball filed. let's shot you what the view looks like. the cal baseball team begun their season practice on this field just this weekend but this may be the last year the team plays at uc berkeley. ktvu caught up with the team yesterday during their afternoon practice on the field. they are expecting to find out today whether their support will be reinstated. the university decided in september to cut baseball, men's and women's gymnastics to save about $4 million. the same time the school announce

any public comment on matters that pertain to the san francisco police department? good evening, how are you? >> good evening. my pleasure, as always. a couple quick items that came to mind. i speak for a lot of police officers. it right now i am very upset. our chief of police did not show what it to a former chief's funeral. i don't care the politics or whatever. i was there, i showed up. i did not know the guy, but out of respect for a former chief, i was there. everybody was there, but our chief of police did not show. he did not show up for any of our officers to have committed suicide, sadly. i mean, people, this is about a human thing. the chief has to get his head out of his butt. you want to be the chief of chicago, go ahead, catch the plane. but you are in san francisco, you have to care. chief bass said, clyde, where is your chief? i said, sir, i don't know. he said tell the commission. i am telling you, he did not even show. he did not even show. he did not show up for three officers suicides. now i am told by the beat cops, friends of mine, he is setting

. >>> a man who was shot by san francisco police and an officer that man allegedly stabbed, are expected to recover from their injuries. simon perez is in san francisco where the officer-involved shooting was caught on cell phone video. good morning, simon. >> reporter: good morning. the confrontation happened here along this street in the south of market district in san francisco. take a look at this cell phone video that was captured by a witness. it shows several officers approaching the man in the wheelchair and they have their guns drawn, obviously. before this confrontation, investigators say the man in the wheelchair had been slashing tires and stabbed the first officer who tried to stop him in the shoulder. >> they did the right thing. the guy did throw a knife. what if he actually hit the cop somewhere, maybe on the face, you know? >> drop the knife. just someone go in the back and move the wheelchair forward and he will be on the ground. >> we tried to control him earlier and what that got us is an officer got stab in the shoulder, seriously stabbed. and the knife he used was a

in the bay area police say this is the quiet time for arresting drunk drivers, kron4 was at a check point in san francisco today. >> san francisco police got an impaired driver in the first 15 minutes of setting up the check point. police say this 22-year-old man was driving under the influence. they found a six pack of beer and a bag of white powdery substance, he was near tears and knew he was in a lot of trouble. this is what they typically see at this time of year. often times the dui related accidents, the innocent victims are the ones that get hurt the most not the offender. the offender becomes the bullet and it strikes the weak portion of another vehicle and that is when we result in the deaths of the other driver. >> a side from check points throughout the bay area, they are patrolling exits and entrances. and they want to catch as many drunk drivers as possible. >>> rain is beginning out there now and it will continue into tomorrow. we have more rain in store for this weekend. >>> a live look from treasure island tonight the fireworks are being prepared and we will have it all for you when the c

weekly" about a program gascon signed on to where the san francisco police officer got in bed with a reality show where vehicles are apparently dropped off with keys in and running in front of -- in different places, often parked illegally, blocking streets, and there's cameras in the cars and if anyone gets in to try and move it, they get pulled over and arrested for a car theft charge. i find that to be a horrific program. and i also understand, according to the article, that the san francisco police department is keeping the cars that have been donated to it alongside the money that's been donated to it by this reality tv show and my question is, under your leadership, do you intend to continue this kind of entrapment -- actually, i will not hesitate to use the word because i find it to be entrapment and will you continue this program as chief of the san francisco police? >> chief? >> i'm well aware of the bay car tv program and i know for us in order to take possession of the vehicles there is a process the police commission will have to vote in reference to us in reference to ge

have more information mr. -- hoping to have more information from police within the next hour. >> thank you, sharon chin in san francisco. >>> also in san francisco, the police department's gang task force is on the hunt for whoever shot at a young man at a public housing property late last night. police say the victim was standing with several other people around 7:00 when a suspect opened fire. this was in front of valencia gardens in the mission. the man was grazed by the bullet and not taken to the hospital. >>> today crews will resume searching a canal near patterson for any sign of a missing 4-year-old boy. stanislaus county sheriff's crews pulling five stolen cars out of the delta-mendota canal last week in the hunt for juliani cardenas. police believe the boy was kidnapped by his mother's ex- boyfriend. investigators say there has been no activity on the suspect's cell phone or credit cards and no other credible sightings of the suspect or the boy since the boy was taken a week ago. the suspect, jose rodriguez, may be driving a silver toyota corolla, again here are the california plates: 6hbw445. >>> it was stan

. >> welcome, everyone to the wednesday, january 19th, 200011 san francisco police hearing. we are waiting for commissioner -- we can move to line item number3 which is approval of the consent calendar. if you can announce that one. >> item number3, approval of the consent calendar. the a, the occ report. b, san francisco police commission report of disciplinary actions. are there any questions? >> let's move on to the report regarding disciplinary actions. are there any questions regarding that or discussion? okay. is any public comment regarding these matters? okay. do i have a motion to send and receive these items? -- i accept and received these items? the item passes. we are looking to see what we can do to clean out the calendar. item number4. >> reports to the commission. item 4a, is the chief's report. the status report of the department's mental health training. presentation of the fourth quarter findings and recommendations, presentation of the ois investigation status summary. "we will talk about the crime statice ending january 15th, 2011. -- >> we are down in pr

regarding many violent crimes against young children covered up by the san francisco police department including murders with witnesses. for the past 25 months, several of those including residences of san francisco and los angeles county, the retired fbi chief of los angeles, has been covering most of southern california. they have been attending many meetings and reporting to the commission, to the chiefs of police and their top management teams that they have repeatedly choose-chosen to not investigate. why did the fbi ordered the investigators to halt their investigations of the army's special forces. enclosed are copies of the letters plus a list of exhibits including a copy of each exhibit that we delivered and we had many different people here who copied this. why a my san francisco friend, christine harris, has been hit by electronic weapons numerous times in your city by a an officer. you have refused to investigate the crimes. we'll go into great detail. the bottom line is that the chief's deputy assigned two detectives to help us solve these murders and these crimes and yet

. >> terry: members of the san francisco few tutu niece -- friends of tunisia demonstrated in front of city hall and criticized the police and military for using excessive post. >>> supporters of the web site wikileaks protested in front of "the new york times" san francisco office on montgomery streets. demonstrators some of the 2,000 documents week week posted online on the wall. several outlets claim week week -- wikileaks posted the documents online, and criticized the web site's founder. >>> san francisco police are look looking for suspects in a fatal shooting at the lookout on twin peaks. investigators say the dispute followed a dispute between two groups of people. a 23-year-old died from multiple gunshot wounds, witness said two or three suspects fled in a white honda odd desi. >> slammed the door shut, and just the fact three shots fired, about.22 caliber, small-round fire. and nothing loud. >> terry: anyone with information is asked to call san francisco police. >>> a teenaged boy was killed and two other people injured after gunfire broke out in the bay point residential neighbor last night. officers found a

♪ >>> breaking news this saturday morning at san francisco police investigate a murder up in twin peakshese two hours old. more than a dozen people have no place to live after their san francisco apartment building catches fire. >> good morning. temperatures in the upper 40s and low 50s it morning. the dense fog. >> good saturday morning, everyone. it is january 15th. we have breaking news this morning. a fatal shooting at the top of twin peaks in san francisco this morning. san francisco police are there right now trying to piece together what happened. a fire dispatcher said a call requesting medical assistance was received just about 90 minutes ago. emergency medical personnel rushed to the scene. the victim appears to be a young man. a witness who did not want to be identified said the suspects fled in a white minivan. twin peaks is known more for hiking and taking in the view more than violence. we'll update you as soon as we get more information. newly released home video made of jared loughner. he narrates it and rambles about his dislike it have school. you can briefly see his r