sfpd policies can also be located on the sfpd website. prior to the beginning of each segment, i will provide a brief description to orient the viewer to the time, place, and location of the content about to be shown. you're about to see relevant video footage and learn about other evidence related to this case, so you can have a better understanding of what occurred based upon what we know right now. a word of caution. the images and information you are about to see and hear may be disturbing. when a police officer uses force to arrest a suspect or defend against attack. the images are graphic and may be difficult to watch. in addition, there may be strong language used by those in the video. viewer discretion is advised, especially for young children and sensitive viewers. we encourage those in need of support to contact the san francisco department of public health. crisis line at (415) 970-3800. sfpd officers assigned to an soc resolution operation on the 400 block of jessie street saw a person sleeping in a vehicle and observed a fir

receive and file action sfpd's live monitoring report. first quarter 2024 and 2023 sap department awards certification. eight a motion motion to receive and file second for any member of the public would like to make public comment regarding line item three consent calendar. please approach the podium. there's no public comment on the motion. commissioner clay, how do you vote? yes, commissioner clay is yes, commissioner. walker. yes, commissioner walker is. yes. commissioner benedicto. yes. commissioner benedicto is yes. commissioner young. yes. yes. commissioner jones is yes. commissioner. yee. yes. commissioner yee is yes. vice president carter overstone. yes. vice president carter robertson is. yes. and president elias. yes. president elias is. yes. you have seven yeses. line item four. adoption of minutes. action for the meetings of september 4th, september 11th and september 18th, 2024. can i get a motion? i get a second. second. thank you. if any member of the public would like to make public comment regarding line item for the ado

i'm one of the only candidates who called for accountability responsive and fully staffed sfpd. i know we can deliver clean streets, strong schools and safer neighborhood and standing up for values. it takes pragmatic reasonable and competent leadership and that is what i bring. i bring deep experience and bringing people together to fix tough issues. it is why governor newsom appointed to [indiscernible] and why sf [indiscernible] pro-housing scott wiener endorsed me. it is time for change and why together with folks from across the political spectrum in d9 on a team reasonable we are turning the page of a broken city hall status quo and starting a new fresh vision that prioritize out pp comes over the same stale ideological of the past. my name is trevor chandler, running for d9 supervisor and i would be honored to earn your vote. >> my name is jackie fielder and running to represent district 9 to represent the mission, bernal heights port luand saint marry. e mary. daughter of single working mom. i have been in the bay my adult life and renter of the mission for 8 years. grad

first is sergeant all day from sfpd. he's the sfpd liason for the transit center. he has recently transferred to the transit center from the special victims unit. he has inter greated himself well. he every sees personnel as well as scheduling for different things and things of that nature. he works closely with me regarding crime prevention and emergency response. my security operation manager is sigfroid. my security manager is ally, ally is responsible for overseeing the trans bay center on dispatch operation procedures including the security systems. here's a depiction of our security team. soc is a command control center. field security operations throughout the transit center. their presence helps deter crime and ensures compliance with rules and regulation and code of conduct. sfpd augments our personnel and if needed they can request additional resource frz sfpd, iod, any other specialized unit. and they can reach out to pd including any law enforcement agencies. and our security management, obviously we have daily operation oversight. we implement security

he's been a patrol officer, narcotics officer and served on the sfpd elite swat team. he was also assistant chief for three years and has a law degree. we need to do, in my opinion, three things to work with the staffing level that we have. we need to leverage technology wherever possible. so we're always looking for a technological solution that will help us to police the city more efficiently. we need to make greater use of a professional staff in jobs within the police department that don't necessarily have to be done by a sworn officer, and then we need to find and work with our partners in in the county and non-governmental organizations to find alternative responses. there is some work that the police department does now that could probably be better done by somebody else. chief joseph says he's working with a 10% shortfall of officers. the police union also praised his appointment. well, there's a new leader of the embattled san francisco unified school district. there she is. a meeting is underway right now to confirm the new interim superintendent. doctor mari

within the sfpd. i spent a decade in the private sector, advising government pension plans, founding successful lawful business here in san francisco and helping thousands of renters achieve their dream of home ownership. my family has lived here for generations and i'm here today to make sure that san francisco thrives for generations to come. our city is coming back! it's not a matter of if, but when. so just ask yourself one question, when do you want san francisco to come back? i'm matt susk and my answer is now. thank you so much. >> hi [speaking in foreign language] hl owe my name is mo jamil and i'm running to be your next district 3 supervisor and together we're going to help san francisco become the best city it can be. i'm a 22 year resident of san francisco, ten-year resident of district 3 and proud member of the san francisco city attorney's office. i come to the world of politics byway of the neighborhood. i was president of the neighborhood association and now serve on the board of russi

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at her side, the newest captain at sfpd mission division, a san francisco native. we're out here just to make sure that people feel supported. you know, people who own businesses here, they have invested their lives, their families lives, and it's important for them to feel like they have a team behind them. we are very proud to have the first latina captain in our mission district. it's very important for us because it's somebody who is understand our culture. merchants said they appreciate it too. how many break ins have you seen either? more than half of the 200,000 people who live and work in the mission are hispanic. well, it means a lot because it means that they care about the issues or needs in the neighborhood. the owner of this business told visitors her store was burglarized before, but not since she installed steel bars over the front windows. now she's asking for help addressing other ongoing issues like tagging and cleaning up messes left by the unhoused population and the serious lack of available parking in the mission, a problem she says is driving

we reached out the sfpd for comment on the barriers and have not heard back. if this sounds like you've heard this story before, that is because the city tried something very similar along cap street last year. >>> now we turn to san jose. just blocks from city hall neighbors say they have spent years dealing with drug dealers, squatters, even a few fires at a property that seems to attract a lot of trouble. john ramos has the story of an empty lot that prompted the city to step in. >> reporter: the property at the corner of fourth street and saint john is along the route that xzander smith takes to his classes at san jose state. >> so i walked past this lot pretty much every day and see the debris and have wondered every day, you know, what happened. just kind of seeing the debris and trash and everything around it, it's an eyesore for sure. >> reporter: the lot is actually four different addresses that have been fenced off for six years. there used to be a pair of empty victorian homes on one hend, but they burned to the ground in march in a fire started by

sfpd is investigating the three vandalism incidents. a veteran stand down event started in the south bay today and goes through friday. it offers dozens of services to those who need them. nbc bay area's ian cull was there and joins us now. all right, ian, talk to us about what types of services they provide. yeah. so the county has more than 100 vendors all at one site. they're offering things like legal advice, homeless resources. there's also free clothing and groceries, even free dental work and haircuts. jesse stackhouse served 21 years in the marine corps, and he thought he was getting all the benefits he needed until he stopped by the event at the santa clara county fairgrounds today. this should have been happening long ago, because there's a lot of resources out here that veterans is not aware of, and there's a lot of help out here. and they say that there's a first of a kind of its kind, a service there as well. yeah. yes. the county says that it's never been done in the state before. they call it the claims clinic. it's where

if you saw what happened, sfpd would like to hear from you. also this evening, it finally feels like fall. we had wind. and look at this rain in many neighborhoods and more may be on the way as we head toward halloween. chief meteorologist jeff ranieri is here, and jeff, a lot of people have actually been waiting for this rain. yes, it's been a long time coming. we've had such a slow start and i can begin by telling you on halloween evening right now things are looking pretty good there for trick or treaters as far as it went. today we had some quick passing showers radars drying out now, but it was nice if you got some look at this. a 10th of an inch in danville. cotati nine hundredths of an inch. santa teresa 602 hundredths here in walnut creek and san ramon. so by tomorrow morning we begin with sunny skies, but it's going to be cold. have that jacket ou. temperatures down in the mid 40s, then beyond this. two different systems this week. wednesday night into saturday. so let me give you some quick headlines about this just to kind of give y

in there, no matter what. >> mark, you talk about boosting the ranks of sfpd, and one of your proposalss to allow officers who are have retired from the department to come back, still collecting their pensions and to be out on the streets. first of all, is that feasible and is that affordable? >> sure. so this is proposition f that's on the ballot. actually this november. it's not retired officers. it's actually active police officers that are on the verge of retirement. and instead of allowing them to retire, we offer them the ability to stay on the workforce for up to five more years, so long as they're on patrol, not on a desk job, and continue to essentially accrue a pension. and from my perspective, given how short we are on police staffing levels, we want to keep those experienced officers on the work force on the streets of our cit, walking the beats in our neighborhoods, as opposed to retiring. and so to me, it's an essential part of building back our police force. once again, and really one of the stopgap measures that we need to implement as we grow our police academy. once ag

the goal is to have an exit conference with sfpd. this month. dpa also sent our chief of investigations, as well as our director of mediation, ali schultheis, who is here this evening, and a senior investigator to conduct outreach with the recruit class. currently at the academy. the other meeting that we did this week was with our it teams. so they were meeting with the department to coordinate information with benchmark about sharing information. and that project is going great. it should eliminate a lot of the inefficiencies and the back and forth of sharing information, which will be more seamless because of the technology. using benchmark in the future. and i'll have an update and a presentation for you shortly. but that project is going well. and wrapping up, that concludes my report for the week. sergean. mark, nobody, if any member of the public would like to make public comment regarding line item four, dpr director's report, please approach the podium. yes, i am back again. i just want to elaborate on what i was saying earlier about th

. >> the thing that turned my curb path and whole life was going on a ride along with sfpd and i went were looking for a suspect and that moment was like, this is cool, maybe i can do this too. >> we supported her. we bought her a car so she can get about. she was working part she was doing cadet and going to college. >> i thought about it and let me apply and see if i can pass the test. i failed the first test, the physical test so i was like dang, can i actually do this? i told meself, let me try one more time and i passed the test the second time and maybe i could do this. >> i didn't like the idea. because she is too small! [laughter] she is too small, you know? y behind me is a 6 foot wall. i'm 4 foot 11, soethere is a height difference. i can barely reach the top. i'm extended so you center to jump it of course. with and without your gear. i hated this wall as firs. i would come every weekend to practice by myself a hour or two. i got a lot of bruisers from it but got over. and, she might be small, but she's tough. >> being 4 foot 11 i have a lot of obstuicals. the wall is 6 foo

. >> sfpd says they are investigating a string of burglaries in the city. >>> city leaders hoping technology will detour crime. the city is rolling out two camera trailers, the goal is to tackle vandalism and robberies in the east ridge business sorb yags corridor. >> they can be moved as the problems move. there is something that we are going to lean into as hard as we can at san jose pd. we are constantly looking for ways to be more efficient through technology >> the cameras are solarpower and have a license plate reader. we will hear from business owners in the area coming up at 8:00 on pix plus. >>> all right, still ahead, women fighting wildfires the push to get more women on the frontlines in the battle against blazes. >>> and then coming up in the red and gold report, 49ers hyena has been getting the last laugh. >>> making for a specific sunset. looking to the west from the mark hopkins hotel. the high clouds are the leading edge of the next storm system that brings w just ask the seven city $1$1.commissions inin chae e of arorovinghehe coconstrtition of a single public toilet. one t

that's sfpd's largest since 2018. chief scott says the department is still about 500 officers short, but he hopes sfpd will be fully staffed by 2026. >> with the class sizes that we have with the retention incentives that we have with less people retiring, we do expect that to be erased. and if we can be consistent with this pace that we're going on, we expect that to be erased. so things are really looking up for us. >> mayor breed and the chiefs say they have a 30 by 30 recruiting plan with a goal of making the police department staffing 30% female by the year 2030. >> all right, back to the big story of, you know, the past few days and what's going to be the story the next few days as well. >> yes. but let's get a little relief. spencer will even take just a few degrees drop. >> well, if we could be patient for just a couple of days, we'll see that few degrees drop. but right now, we're still looking at an excessive heat warning for most of the bay area and heat advisory for the remainder of the bay area. here's th

and the first amendment requires sfpd to warn people of the unlawful assembly before arresting them. this is an existing requirement. and the second amendment is an administrative error. the changes are on page seven, line five, and page eight, line 24 through 25. deputy city attorney, should i read this into the record or just submitting them would be fine. good afternoon again, brett. deputy city attorney brad russell, you can go ahead and read them into the record. okay. i'll go ahead and do that. so on page seven, line five, it says no person shall assemble with others to block or obstruct the street, sidewalk, highway, other public right of ways or private property, absent consent of the private property owner, operator or agent in connection with preparation of a vehicle sideshow or in connection with a vehicle sideshow after being warned to disperse by law enforcement official. on page eight, line 20, lines 24 and 25, a subsection f says this article 56 shall be construed and enforced, consistent with the first amendment of the united states constitution. so i don't see any qu

we reached out to sfpd for comment on those barriers and have not heard back. if it sounds like you've heard this all before, that's because the city tried something very similar last year along cat street. >>> a live look at san jose where there's an urgent warning ahead of this year's diwali celebrations, health officials with valley medical center want to make sure people are safe while celebrating that hindu holiday. they join 13-year-old rhea and her family. last year she suffered significant injuries at a diwali celebration when a sparkler set fire to her dress. she was rushed to the hospital where she underwent treatment and physical therapy. today she and her mom stood together reminding people to be mindful when using fireworks. >> i was so sorry and it is made of silk and synthetic. if this catches fire, it's going to melt and stick to my skin and it's going to burn my skin. >> doctors say they usually see an uptick in burn victims due to accidents in diwali celebrations. >> so the uptick of injuries is not on the scale of say fourth of july, which is

cornell, bernard abc seven news this evening, more than two dozen sfpd officers are being honored for their heroism related to the august 31st shooting of 40 niners. >> rookie ricky pearsall, mayor, london breed and assistant chief david lazar recognized police officers during an event at union square and specifically sergeant joel harrell. >> we will be presenting a certificate honoring each and every one of the 28 officers, as well as our challenge coin, because we appreciate their service and their commitment to the city and county of san francisco. >> sergeant harrell was the officer who heard the shots and ran to help pearsall performing life saving measures. a second officer was also honored for his fast response time. cal fire says two homes in lake county are destroyed and another one damaged by the so-called glen haven fire. that fire has now grown to more than 400 acres since it ignited friday, forcing evacuations in the community of glen haven. helicopters and retardant dropping airplanes helped stop the spread of the blaze. by 10:00, that night. the fire is 35% contained.

it comes as sfpd has been facing what chief bill scott has called a staffing crisis, and has struggled to bring in recruits in recent years. chief scott says competitive salaries and increased retention efforts are leading the department in the right direction. and if you're looking to catch a breeze during all this heat, you can hop on board a ferry today for free. the san francisco bay area ferry is offering free trips in honor of writer appreciation day, as well as a clean air day. >>>>i love the ferry. it's my favorite way to get to work so it was very nice to get a free ride. and then i signed up to hopefully get ten free rides. so yeah, fingers crossed. >ryan>commuters this morning also grabbed free pastries and cups of coffee on board. tickets are free all day long. and take a look at this. a rare world war two fighter plane arrived in new york city this morning. it was transported from washington dc by truck via police escort. pretty cool there. the aircraft will now reside in the new york city's intrepid museum, where it will undergo a months long restoration project. it will

but the sfpd says the video does not clearly show the woman strike the worker. the child can be heard crying as the officer tells the woman to let go of the cart at the end of the video, officers are seen talking to witnesses. one witness claimed that someone told the little girl to cry and hopes that with make the officers leave. the woman was medically cleared and released >> the judge's ruling is having a major impact on people arrested in san francisco kron four's terisa stasio explains the controversial issue. from the onset of this case. our office and the city attorney's office have repeatedly made it clear that we cannot safely administer this valuable program. >> without the warrantless search condition. >> on the steps of san francisco's hall of justice thursday morning. san francisco's sheriff join with other law enforcement officials speaking out about the federal court's recent decision about the pre trial electronic monitoring program. >> i'm extremely disappointed by this recent ruling of the federal district court really feels to see the value of

the san francisco police department and sfpd is now where people want to come with and this happened because of hard work, because of this mayor and the department working in conjunction with both of them and the board and others. also the momentum for this department is going through the roof. our morale is going up. it's not perfect, let me be clear about that. but thing are so much better than they were two or three years ago. with that in mind, that's what got us our 50 recruits. in talking about our recruitment efforts, we want to hire people from this city but also we are looking nationwide and recruiting people from across this country to find candidates for this city. we have cut the timeline that it takes to get through the background process. we have hired a whole lot of retired former police officers to get the background done in a timely fashion. as i sit here and stand here today, we have almost 500 applicants in the background process. the next class should be just as healthy. the next class should be just as robust and we have the next class ready to start at the begin

but sfpd says that the video does not clearly show the woman strike the worker. the child can be heard crying as the officer tells women to let go of the cart at the end of the video, officers are seen talking to witnesses and one witness claimed that somebody told the little girl to cry in hopes that it would make the officers leave. the woman was medically cleared and released. the top official in santa clara county schools has been fired without any public explanation. >> this happened last night and it's a surprise for a lot of people. kron four's lezla gooden. talk to some parents who what answers and transparency. >> clara county board of education has voted to terminate superintendent of schools, dr mary and won and gave no explanation on why leaving some parents like role in the dark. >> waters that going to knew. so yeah, goes. >> the decision to let the superintendent go without cause came during a closed session with the school board members wednesday night. doctor dhawan has served in this role since 2018. and according to her bio, she has over 30 yea

se puede decir así el número que ellos tienen e incluso que indica que viene de sfpd y le indican pues un crimen o que incluso debe pagar una multa. y lo que quieren hacer, por supuesto, es robarle dinero o incluso también pudieran robarle la información personal. andrés, la pregunta es qué recomiendan hacer las autoridades ante esto? lo que recomiendan las autoridades es simplemente no atienda números que ven sospechosos o incluso si el número dice que proviene de la policía de san francisco, ellos nunca se van a comunicar con usted, por lo que probablemente esto vaya a resultar en una estafa. tampoco dé información personal si le mandan en un mensaje de texto algún enlace que usted deba darle, abrir, por ejemplo, y indique que tiene algo pendiente con la justicia, no lo abra y ante cualquier duda, por supuesto, comunicarse con la policía puede ir a cualquier recinto policial, a cualquier estación policial o incluso puede llamar al número 311. muchísimas gracias andrés por la advertencia. muy válida, porque cualquiera que te digan que te escribe la policía, pues inmediatamente intenta

send a statement to ktvu this afternoon reading in part, quote, ucsf is following the lead of the sfpd investigation and does not have further details at this time. we have suspended ucsf trucking operations in the area for toda, and we have also rerouted our shuttle service for the day. we also contacted lally motors inc, the trucking company listed on the door of the dump truck and looking at the department of transportation records. the company did not appear to have any major accidents going back at least two years. but when we tried to contact the company by phone, they hung up. this evening there was a vigil to mark this. the 20th deadly fatal collision in san francisco this year. at this point, we're waiting to learn more about the victim in this case. wtxf. the group that's organizing the vigil says it was a 70 year old man. we're also waiting to learn more about the driver in this incident as well. in san francisco, christien kafton, ktvu, fox two news. >> new. at 730, the city of san pablo is about to receive millions of dollars to help homeless people find a path to more sta

. >> reporter: four sfpd officers testified wednesday including several who took photos inside the apartment of both khazar momeni and her husband, dino. the brand that matches the murder weapon. >> and while there isn't evidence of a knife block with only one knife missing, the pairing knife that was the murder weapon. there isn't evidence of that. it doesn't appear that there will be. there is a link between the knives because it's a joseph joseph knife. >> reporter: all the while, bob lee's family watches from the second row of the courtroom, reminded of the pain of his absence. and now we also saw video footage immediately before and after the stabbing, showing momeni driving his white bmw before the stabbing. momeni is seen driving normally, abiding by all traffic laws while bob lee is inside his vehicle. and now after the stabbing, momeni is seen running a red light and driving a bit more erratically as he makes his way across the bay bridge, back to his emeryville apartment. and these are details, shannon says, prosecutors may use to prove guilt. >> lauren toms, thank you. >> lauren w

en este otro caso, el sujeto no sospechaba, asegura sfpd, que estaba siendo vigilado por el dron.ante de este caso, aseguraron, es que la evidencia era irrefutable y no hubiese sido posible sin los drones de respuesta inmediata. es que pueden volar a una gran altura. de hecho, nuestra cámara está apuntando en su dirección, pero es imperceptible en san josé. pero no usamos drones para este uso. para responder primero, y es una. es una idea muy, muy buena, más rápida, más barata, más efectivo. y el jefe de la policía de san josé comentó que la colaboración para luchar contra el crimen es esencial. no dijo cuándo su departamento podría implementar esta tecnología, pero que la están estudiando. la policía de san francisco tiene 6 drones con esta tecnología actualmente. autoridades también aseguran que esto va a ayudar con la falta de oficiales que el departamento tiene. necesitan unos 500 uniformados más para llegar a niveles óptimos. pero ellos dicen que con el análisis que estas imágenes van a traer, pues van a poder tener un mejor despliegue y análisis de la situación. andrés brend

. >> 85 people who refuse to disperse were arrested by sfpd. our cameras caught several being taken into custody. the workers from hilton, hyatt and marriott properties of. >> but on strike since september. and this was their largest demonstration yet. >> the workers say they love san francisco and believe tourism will recover. that's why they're demanding the restoration of jobs that were cut during the pandemic. >> really committed to providing the service that people around the now let's talk about something that i think we can get back to and out. >> the workers are also demanding better wages and affordable health care. more than 10,000 hotel workers across the country have gone on strike since labor day. >> 02:00am to 04:00am. this just got a live like bourbon street like it was electric? >> not the case anymore. after san francisco officials installed barriers, another street in the mission, 2 in the mission to deter workers. the barriers are something many residents have been advocating for. they're creating another set of problems crop

sfpd now has one of the highest starting salaries in the nation at $112,000.ef bill scott says they expect to be on track for full staffing by 2026. heartbreak, on the other side of the country, the death toll now up to 190 after hurricane helene leaves widespread destruction, but help is on the way and it's coming from the bay area. here's nbc bay area's gia vang. a couple of days after hurricane helene made landfall, we are seeing the major swath of destruction from florida all the way to virginia. people are digging out from debris or the muddy mess, and millions are still left without power. communication. say it again, please. hit or miss in the impacted areas like perry, florida, southeast of tallahassee, where red cross volunteer tom tanner from morgan hill is. there are still people without power. we've got generators running right here. they've got a red cross shelter in the town providing a cot and a blanket and a safe place to rest and try to gather your wits. president biden surveyed storm damage today, making stops in the carolinas. the same day t

you see mayor breed joined by the sfpd chief and some other leaders there at union square to announce new plans to stop these types of break-in attempts. it includes putting blockades like planters and bollards on the sidewalks in front of these shops. these these are challenging times. these are very strange times, you know that we have to stand here and have this conversation because people are deciding to drive into our businesses, not only here in san francisco, but all over our country. that's odd. that's weird. and it's unfortunate. now, this comes a week before the election where mayor breed is running to keep her job. we're also on the verge of the holidays. as you know, that tree and the ice rink will soon be returning to union square. and safety is always a big priority, especially during the holiday shopping season. also this evening, this is a difficult time for the 49ers, one of their top defensive players announced his one year old daughter has died. charvarius ward posted the news on social media today. you see this photo of his baby girl, imani joy ward. she had been b