we need a new police chief in san francisco. we need to stop the rhetoric and the ignorance of the rights of african-american af people in the city and i will close african-americans come into contact with the police department more than any other racial group in this city. i live in the neighborhood and the hood. i live there in the heart of it and i love it but i will share with you we need the police -- the african-american community needs effective and lawful policing as victims as well as persons who are alleged to have been involved in criminality. i thank you for your time and your attention this evening. >> thank you reverend baker. reverend townsend. >> thank you president mar and president breed and supervisor cohen and let me say that the problem here is first of all if we believe that the owner people that saw the texts were the four officers and the other 10 or 12 then you're probably too naive to be living in america number one because america is a dangerous place. and it's a culture and a psychology that sets up in

geographically ferguson is not in san francisco, but attitudally and in terms of practices in this police department i still contend ferguson is in san francisco. >> thank you reverend. please wrap up. >> i am wrapping up but i hope you wrap up a good package for us to deal with this problem of racism that's been perpetrated against black folk across the board. it's in the health department. it's in the school district. it's at juvenile hall. it's all around and that means also the black community has its responsibility too. it takes two wings for a bird to fly. two wings for an airplane to stay in the air and we can't solve the problem as long as a fire wall is put up between the community, the police department, the board of supervisors. we got to work as a team and collaboratively and stop pointing fingers about who stole the ham out of the meat house. we got to look at who left the door open. we left the door open because of our faulty public policy that has been discriminatory against african-americans. >> thank you reverend brown. [applause] next speaker. so if your name has been ca

take steps to eliminate all forms of work place bias from san francisco police department. additionally president obama's task force on 21st century policing and in the interim report says that police officer training standards should ensure basic recruit and

establish themselves as guardians and i think some members of the board here know how hard the san francisco police department has been working with the community including developing a community policing general order that we work with supervisor campos and supervisor avalos on in the mission district. the first of itself kind -- >> chief, can i interrupt you for one moment and say that the racist homophobic texts -- do you think they're isolated cases as some have tried to say or is it a symptom of a much larger problem to be addressed in the police department and a culture within the police department? >> obviously every profession has ts culture and law enforcement has its culture. i think in the san francisco police department we try to do so much with the community and try so hard to be transparent. obviously since these text messages caught me completely by surprise and only came after a criminal previous a federal investigation less we may not have known about them at all so i think erring on the side of caution it's not limited to these officers we reinstituted the racial profiling class t

from the department of justice in regards key documentation between 1995 and 2015 with the san francisco police department. the one thing is clear, they are speaking about no racial profiling in san francisco. that is interesting because when we request documentation from the sfpd, a lot of times they send us to the sheriff department and say these documents don't exist: want to know how many murders happened in san francisco from 1984-2015 and say they can't provide t. they provide it from pressure from a attorney. my point is this, san francisco has got to be aware that this is a monster that is out of control. it is wise to bring in department of justice because pin other cities like cleveland and philadelphia where the chief at that time charles ramsy said we can't control this, it is too political so we need outside help. we shouldn't stress our resources and man power and woman power to disregard the fact that san francisco has a lot of issues that are happen ing in terms of black and brown and housing, drabrown was speaking of. it is wides for the mayor to step out of the comfort zone an

san francisco reverend brown attended today's press conference and he said later the texts reflect unfavorably upon the san francisco police department. >> in terms of attitude racism and unjust practices. san francisco is -- >> reporter: the president of san francisco's police union was somewhat more moderate in his evaluation. >> a very small percentage of our department, an extremely small percentage that have accusations of misconduct against them does not reflect on the entire sfpd. >> trust in our police form that it is not lost on me and taken a major hit and we'll do everything we can to rebuild that trust. >> reporter: wayne friedman nbc 7 news. >>> san francisco police arrested a man suspected of attacking a homeless man with a metal rod. surveillance video shows the attacker hitting robert perry in the head so hard the rod fell out of the man's hand. doctors today said perry is in critical condition. last night police spotted the suspect in the same area as the attack and arrested him. they're not yet sure what exactly provoked the attack. >>> hayward police on the lookout for a gunman who killed a 22-year-old m

recent reports which can be a play book for improving issues of bias and community trust in the san francisco police department those two reports would be the report from the department of justice civil rights division on the investigation of ferguson police department and the other one we have spoken about a lot this afternoon, and that is the task force on 21st century policing, and quoting and inserting san francisco police department it should strive to create a work force that contains a broad range of diversity anything race, gender, life experience and cultural background, and i would add of course sexual preference as well. additionally enhanced training to reduce bias in the san francisco police department. supervisor cohen asked which department heads were invited to yesterday's training. i wasn't invited but i invited myself and was allowed to attend. i do have a background in training on implicit bias because of the result of me attending previous training i was introduced to this concept at one of the panels by a national expert on implicit bias in police departments and by dr. lori fid

that will be decided by the san francisco police commission. n sf , dan kerman kron 4 news. >> catherine: two san jose restaurants have raised more than 25-thousand so far.. for the family of a san jose police officer killed recently in the line of duty. the britannia arms held fund- raisers at its two locations. the money goes to the family of michael johnson - who was shot and killed march 24th while responding to a 911 call. general manager michael north said business was so good -- they closed the parking lot to add 125 seats for outside customers. final fund-raising totals will be in monday. if you'd like to donate to officer johnson's family.you can do so on our website. the link is on the homepage of kron4.com. thousands of californians who have been shielded from water reductions because of century- old claims.could face new restrictions. the state is warning farm owners and residents with water rights that they'll probably have to face restrictions on water diversions. the antiquated water rights system gives privileges to those who mad

on tonight's show we will examine the stand also that have shaken the public trust in the san francisco police department. you will hear from chief greg suhr and attorney george gascon. >> i was appalled shocked and astonished that in this day and age something like this could happen in the san francisco police department. >> sergeant yulanda williams is a 17-year veteran of the san francisco police department and president of officers for justice which represents african-american policemen and women. earlier this year she learned her name was mentioned in a series of racist text messages exchanged between fellow officers. >> i take it was not a personal attack on me but on all women of color. >> at first four officer were under investigation and now that number has grown to 14. >> i see this as a systemic issue and it's also the tip of the iceberg. i felt in my heart when they said it's just four i said if there's four, there's more. >> the public is starting to see what our clients have been telling us for many decades. >> matt gonzalez is a attorney for the san francisco public defenders of

came up and was talking about the body cantonese i think that that should be something it san francisco police department should be thinking about before any incident like in south carolina body cams will protect the citizens of san francisco that does not trust the blood alcohol and also the police officer to corroborate his story so if body cameras can be purchased and the training and policy put forth i think that it will safer a lot of questions also i know that when you talk about the different types of things that go on in a department it has to go through the police commission the chief can't do it i respect chief suhr and i know that he is not a number of things in terms of the community but the police community relations department was cancelled back in the early 80s there was no money and i think that should be reimplemented thank you. >> thank you, sir (clapping) and. >> next speaker. >> good afternoon. i'm. >> affordable health care a.k.a. i want to bring attention to the gentleman he was a police officer that was stopped over in the bayview after showing the police he had a badge

the occ conducts policy work and makes policy recommendations to the san francisco police department. last year the policy attorney completed the training video with the department on detecting and overcoming language barriers and wrote the script and worked on the production of this training video as well as another training video for on the department general order of children of arrested parents and involves looking nationally for best practices as well as working with the police department and with community groups on these issues. policy recommendations that arose from the occ last year to the department included revision to department general order 6.0 nine to require police to interview domestic violence victims in private and provide translated -- emergency protective orders and domestic violence referral cards. another area that we determined there were issues that needed department bulletin had to do with complaints we received from drivers who had been ticketed by police -- san francisco police officers and their licenses were revoked through an officer initiated incapacity

san francisco general hospital. according to the san francisco police department and apparently, is in critical condition with life threatening injuries. as you can see, it is an absolute sea of crime scene tape down here right now. that is what is going on. we are still waiting for a member of the san francisco police department to come out here and brief us as to exactly what happened. we did get an e-mail about five minutes after we started our 11:00 p.m. newscast. with that updated information of a possible hit and run involving a vehicle, a pedestrian. we were initially told the pedestrian may have been hit here at the corner of curney and california. what we do know, liz and brian, is that that pedestrian is in critical condition now. >> thank you andria. >>> more cement has been found caked along a creek in oakland. the spill is in glen echo creek in the upper rock ridge area. da lin takes us there. >> we are trying to not distract ourselves with finding the guilty until after we make sure we protect the environment. >> reporter: this man-made disaster is taking a toll on the wildlife. game wardens say nothing in the c

laura thomas with the drug policy alliance and first of all, i want to applaud the san francisco police department for reading on addressing drug yus as a health issue. the san francisco police department became the second law enforcement agency in california to issue [inaudible] to their officers to prevent death from opiate overdose and i appreciate that. but i suggest we haven't maximized the taxpayer savings or community helt and safety benefits we can get from continues to look at how we can address drug use in our community and people that use drugs as a helths issue instead of a criminal justice issue. we are doing a lot in san francisco, but there are a number of cities ahead of us in different way. seattle has a program called low enforcement assisted diversion that allows police to take people to housing and other services and see a saechb 0 percent in recidivism rates and reaarrest for those that went through the housing serves and it is something we in san francisco need to think about if we invest 30 million dollars to give police officers to the tools and connect people wi

in 1992 ocii became operational in 1993 the ocii was once an office of the san francisco police department but we were placed in the direct supervisors of the ocii the politician is a body n important part of san francisco sovereign oversight structure the function of the ocii to assist the police department to building trust with the community bridging the gap between police matters and this is to insure the police accountability october by conducting licensed investigations for the policies and procedures and bridging before the public and police more recently as cheri mentioned the ocii has been involved and the review of the recent text messages has been very disturbing to me as the director of the ocii every confidence that cheri and the police commission will handle the appropriate and in addition the ocii received a complaint about these text messages in california law enforcement agencies must have a procedure to investigate the complaint by the members of the officers the ocii serves this purpose police department the staff of the ocii are a difference group of soviet u

to a conviction so for me at this junkur this was a catalyst for me because a i obviously san francisco police department was not able to bring the victim bargaining back to life but it was incredibly value to restore the acceptance of justice from the incident and help to create a safety net in the neighborhood that is so important to montana in this room we all haven't to feel safe in our community while the victim i speak was only representative of thousands of people that experienced this have been victims of crime for me it was a personal turning point where i decided to become a police officer at that point i think in some ways i also kind of changed my opinions about what police officers do it's made up of 0r7d men and women who are gou going out every single day with one goal to intervention in problematic situation and maybe the situation to make it better so i feel that the spirit of the police the essence to move the side to problem solving i have a great amount of respect for crisis intervention and a lot of people ask me what's so special and important before the training in some

we expect a couple cases to appear before the police commission next week. >> in san francisco tonight, thank you. san francisco police police chief said today that the department's crime lab, he spoke about the department's crime lab where allegations of misconduct are prompting the review of hundreds of cases. the lab has come under intense scrutiny for alleged errors including dunbar and her supervisor. they are accused of violating testing standards on dna analysis in a case involving a child molestation suspect. today, chief suhr said they flunked a proficiency exam and have been on personal leave. he assured the public that few, if any convictions are in jeopardy because of the alleged misconduct, and he promised a thorough review. >>> our dna crime lab is sound. our proficiency tests work. they are meant to catch deficiencies. people acted immediately to unplug people who are deficient. >> the latest scandal comes following an investigation five years ago. >> new developments tonight, an arrest after we showed you the startling video of what police say is an unprovoked attack. t

. >>> cameras caught a vicious attack on a homeless man in san francisco. now police want your help in catching the man who did it. paul chambers is in san francisco this morning and paul, this is just graphic video. hard to watch. >> reporter: that is correct, pam. i will tell you everyone who knew the man said he was very friendly including police. the man was attacked right here in this area. >> i heard the noise of a thunk and that was the pipe hitting the guys head. >> reporter: this video is very brutal. the man was sitting in his surge spot on a bucket in larkin street when the man in a blue shirt appears and pulls out what appears to be a pipe. he strikes the victim hitting him so hard the man goes limp as the pipe flies out of the suspects hand. from there the suspect picks up the pipe and walks down the street passing people and never looking back. police say the victim got more than 508 stitches in his hand. a business owner in the area says although this is a disturbing incident, things like this happens all the time. [ inaudible ] >> this place is really

police department had to bring her in here. today it is very bitter sweet to do this. deputy chief has been with the city of san francisco for over 26 years and she graduated from the 167 recruit class back june 1, 1990 and after that worked a variety of assignments with the san francisco police department in[inaudible] internal investigation and community and media relations. she has served at half thopolice district stations including ingle side, northern, bay view, mission and richmond and serves as the chief of staff after being appointed in may 2011. along with the duty with chief of staff she is volleyball responsible for the day to day [inaudible] her prawnect include establishing policy and general order [inaudible] to meet the needs of our community. she also oversees several programs which provide needed services to the youth including operation dream, future graduates, the wilderness program and [inaudible] it is sad to announce her last day with the san francisco police department is march 27 [inaudible] as well as a bunch of her colleagues here. we have many deputy chiefs here. [inaudible] from the airport.

impressed with oakland's latest prose -- proposal for a new stadium. >>> and opening for the new san francisco policetment but concern this will leave officers fighting traffic before they can fight crime. >>> good morning the san francisco commute doesn't look bad, seeing northbound 101 approaching the 80 split off to a start tell you more about getting here from the east bay sxwre our warm up remains on track coming up the neighborhoods easily in the afternoon, changes in our weekend forecast. on his quest, jack ventured far and wide. through dust, fog and rain. until he smelled something legendary. garlic herb butter. jack knew what to do. take the cowboy with him. and that's how the buttery jack came to be. our juiciest, butteriest craviest burgers ever. the new buttery jack burgers from jack in the box. >>> well, good morning to you welcome back to mornings on # -- 2 live with you this morning, san jose, this home was boarded up, this is where there was a deadly fire last night and ktvu's janine de la vega out there, she talked with a neighbor, she'll tell you about what that neighbor had to say

the suspect's vehicle has been found in south san francisco. but police are still searching for the driver. tonight, the bay area remembers san jose police officer michael johnson. he was killed in the line of duty late last month. some eight -thousand people, including hundreds of uniformed peace officers and firefighters. filled the s-a-p center in san jose. attending the memorial for the officer. officer johnson was shot and killed by a suspect on march 24th. his sister joined others. in speaking about who michael johnson was beyond the uniform. >>:my brother didn't just make a good cheesecake with my grandmother is top recipe-- recipe she made the best damn cheesecake ever and he literally stored it in his gun safe >> pam after the memorial service the hearse carrying officer johnson's body drove by hundreds of saluting officers. he was buried at oak hill memorial park cemetery. bcn48:sj: about 8,000 attend memorial service for slain sjpd it will donate the proceeds still likely--directly to the family >>:it shows how much we do respect the san jose p

san francisco police say there were no signs of foul play.been treated previous already foi extreme hoarding. >>> there are new threats from a terror group that attacked a school in kenya this week killing nearly 150 people. gunmen with the group al shabaab say they're targeting christian students. tonight we're hearing from the ones who survived this week's attacks. alex marquardt has details. >> reporter: it was a horror that lasted 13 hours and left at least 148 people dead. gunshots shattering the quiet on thursday morning, jolting students at the university college out of their beds. as four gunmen from al shabaab stormed campus. this young man emerging from one building saying he covered himself in his classmate's blood, and played dead. >> i only managed to survive from all the blood. >> reporter: this young woman hid in a wardrobe and covered herself with clothes. she said she heard the gunmen ask her fellow students about islam, if they couldn't answer the question, they would be executed. she remains hidden for two days. without foo

we begin in san francisco where we are learning more about the woman killed by robbers fleeing police last night. christie smith spoke to those who knew her and is joining us with the latest. >> the search is still on for those robbery suspects trying to get away from san francisco police as the car they were in the suspect's car hit bridget klecker. now tonight, we had a chance to speak to her roommate who's grieving and can't believe she's gone. >> it's surreal. if i focus on it i get upset. >> reporter: sam says bridget klecker was not just his roommate but his friend. a facebook picture shows her smiling face. >> wonderful friend. it's a huge loss for everyone that knew her. >> reporter: the 42-year-old was hit and killed in a crosswalk in the financial district last night. friends say she may have been out to dinner. >> i can't focus on it because then i can't function. i like to get her car home. i want closure and her car home. it will help me. >> reporter: san francisco police say it started after they tried to pull over three men suspected in a string of armed robberies inclu

mean time san francisco police say the man suspended in -- suspected in a attack on a homeless man was charged. police arrested the 35-year-old after he returned to the scene of the crime. he is charged with attempted murder. the victim needed 50 stitches to his head. police knew the victim and they say he is a nice guy. >>> former player for the san francisco 49ers and the raiders is in trouble with the law again. kwame harris faces several charges after police say he hit several cars and assaulted an officer while under the for the fluence of drugs. ktvu's david stevenson was more -- with more on the charges. this isn't the first time he has been in trouble with the law. >> that's right. he bailed out of the jail behind me this afternoon on $146,000 bond. this began yesterday evening at 7:30 p.m. san francisco police say a bystander spotted kwame harris slumped behind the wheel of his car near 14th street. police say they connected the car to two earlier hit and run incidents in which a car and an rv were struck and damaged. no one was injured but police say former san francisco 49er

minority should be treated this way there's not been a schedule of this magnitude with the san francisco police department after the loss of which involved the creative in - which was sheltered in 79 it comes down to two things it's african-american officers and it's about our heritage and about our gender preferences despite the long history and contribution of african-american officers to the san francisco police department text messages by some of the members with disparking garage words referring to us as silver back comburldz and monkeys regardless of the contributions to the police department it is all about race and gender i feel personally lbe traded by my loyalty and service not respected it is difficult to process this members of the sfpd has consistently lead the nation to building that the law enforcement agency is progressive and that the members appreciate differences and value diversities based on the text messages it is an abandoned concern i pgs the officers involved in the scandal. >> i'm sorry. >> i'm going to leave you with the remaining comments that you o fj wants to leave