we have a lot to learn from that chief suhr. i just tried to talk to dean smith in reference to an article that chief suhr is aware, a legal issue, pending with the chief. i was honest with her and denise do you know kelly o'hare and yes she worked with us and i said "can we talk about it?" . and she said "no we can't. >> no more speakers. please call the next line item please. >> line item four and review chief's report and fdrb and recommendations. >> good evening. >> welcome back commissioner dejesus. >> thank you. >> we have been busy. although we have been fortunate in the seven months of the year gun shootings are relatively consistent with last year and a good year but still one shooting is too many but the officers are in the right time at the right place and i think you will hear tonight how they were on scene in the midst of a shooting at larkfield and farrell the other day and one gang member was injured and killed but his gun was taken into custody as well as another one and the officer -- just like at asiana and rig

we have a lot to learn from that chief suhr. i just tried to talk

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good evening commissioners, chief suhr and all the officers standing here. i wanted to thank you for all of your work and not just what happened at the airport and everything that you do and on behalf of the board of supervisors we wanted to thank you for that as a token of our appreciation we have signed by all members of the board a certificate of honor for you so thank you very much. [applause] >> officers chief suhr is going to appreciate you with the certificate of appreciation. >> so while that is being passed out i want to thank you very much, the commission, the supervisor for really getting on this right a way. it means a lot to the people. the airport is a very special place to work and all these people standing behind me i've had the privilege of working with before in different capacities and some as fellow officers in radio cars and there were one lieutenant and sergeant and 14 officers working and another service aides working and supervisor working and that was it for the airport for the pd: i was notified of the event within two minutes of th

and by golly, with chief suhr and the commission, we have it with you, the men and women of the policeepartment. and i can vouch with this, having hatraveled as mayor brow and witnessing all the other cities and what they are going through. there extreme jealousy of our city. we get the best people that live here and work here and a part of this great teamwork we are building in san francisco. and not just what we are presently doing. but building for the future. and in working for the chief and the police officers association. we have already established a six-year hiring plan. many cities across the country haven't figured out how to do that. we have did so. this january i was so proud to see 43 additional officers graduate from the police academy. how long ago have we seen that happen. we are investing in you, the police department. because we know that if we have a successful police department, one that is growing, and one that incurs faith and confidence from residents and friends and businesses. we will be that much more successful. it's my personal pleasure to join you today. i

chief suhr tells the chronicle that the pilot program will allow police to record conversations when search warrants are served and to ensure proper procedures are followed. >>> palo alto police are stepping up patrols near a most office on bayshore road after an armed robbery in the parking lot. officers say two people in their 50s were mailing letters after midnight as they walked back to the car, two men got out of another car and approached them with a handgun. they demanded property, the man turned over his wallet. police are working today to identify the suspect. >> they will go back out and attempt to look at surveillance cameras and possibly reinterview the victims at this point. see if we've had any other similar or same crimes, anything that might tie this together. >> police are working on a sketch of the suspect. they are described as african- american. one was about 30 years old. 6 feet tall and 200 pounds. the other appeared a little younger, slightly shorter and about 170 pounds. the victims were not injured. >>> today prosecutors in the east bay are expected to wrap u

. >>> reporter: police chief greg suhr announced the arrest at a community meeting in the castro. >> it was just a horrific completely after the fact malicious kick to the head of the poor woman on the ground. >> reporter: sfpd says 23-year- old christopher porter-bailey of oakland was the man caught on video savagely attacking a robbery victim on saturday june 29 on market. the robbers took a woman's purse then for no apparent reason kicked her right in the face. immediately after the crime, the cops arrested two other people, 20-year-old davis and 22-year-old williams. another man was also arrested but those charges were dropped. the cops say the group robbed several people that night in a crime spree along market street. it took police until last friday to track down porter bailey and arrest him with the help of oakland police. chief suhr says the surveillance video was instrumental in catching him. >> we got a lot of public help. we got a lot of help from sources i can't really speak to but they were shocked by the video. we got help from every quarter. >> reporter: mission distr

san francisco police chief greg suhr is calling for a nationwide gun registry. he made that plea at an american bar association chief suhr supports a strategy to make sure that cleared, checked and responsible but a chairman of a gun rights group, disagreed. saying he supports background checks for gun buyers, but he believes that a list linking gun owners and their weapons is "not necessarily the government's business." a man is facing murder charges in a high-profile case in san jose. 23-year-old johnny lozano faces one count of murder in the apparent drive-by shooting last saturday that killed an innocent bystander. 19-year-old kimberly chico she was riding in a car along east san salvador street in downtown san jose. police are not saying whether the shooting is gang- related, and the file in the case has been sealed. former prosecutor steven clark says that may mean more arrests are coming. ."in this shooting" prosecutors won't say if lozano has any gang ties. they do say he was arrested in one of the city's known gang 'hot spots' by an officer assigned to

president mazzucco, commissioners, director hicks, chief suhr, my name is sergeant john crudeo and with the office of internal affairs and with the officer involved shooting team. i'm going to talk about the officer involved sheeting investigations, our status report for the last quarter and the fdrb summary. the fire discharge review board -- we will start with that. the second quarter the board was convened on june 20, 2013 and we reviewed two cases that were concluded. the investigations were concluded. those case are listed here. the voting members are shown here consisted of deputy chief chin who was the chair, deputy chief loftus and smid t and beale and the members were vice president truman, director hicks was president. and staff from the risk management officer and sergeant [inaudible] -- >> [inaudible] >> sorry. with respect to officer involved shooting 13-004 this case was presented by inspector mcdonald and occurred in dublin california on the home of the officer involved. the officer was off duty and cleaning a weapon when he had an accidental discharge which struck his le

suhr. >> good evening, and hopefully lyn still wants to be your boss tomorrow. i know it is quiet and there are a lot of kids in the room. that is terrific. the medal of valor ceremony is the best event that we get to attend. it is when there is a crisis, emergency, extreme danger and takes everything you have to go forward, and everyone else that would want to run away, the people you will hear about tonight not only went forward, but they stood their ground, they saved lives, they promoted public safety, and i have been attending the medal of valor ceremonies as a captain since 1996, and i can honestly tell you the stories you will hear tonight in the roster we are born to go down tonight is the most impressive night of the medal of valor ceremonies i have had in however many years. it really is something. tonight is for a officers to recognize them, but also for their families and officers that are not necessarily going to be recognized, because it shows what they're capable of. san francisco's finest, if you will. they just do it, they do all the time. we ge

brought into the local economy and we're really pleased that we got a clean report from police chief suhr on the activity on the different incident report. and as you know, in addition to the money that the park district makes, you have full cost recovery for city services with outside lambs. so, over 200,000 people came to outside lambs. noise complaints were down for the second year in a row. we for the first time u-stream had a webcast which was a live feed all over the united states in the world showing off golden gate park and the performers. and it was really quite exciting, including sir paul mccartney, who said, i want to make sure my performance is good enough. so, his was the one feed on paul mccartney was done sunday night as the last act of the festival, and he approved, a tremendous amount of material. 72 san francisco restaurants were involved in the festival. 36 northern california wineries and 16 northern california breweries including four from san francisco proper were involved. this was our sixth year. and to remind you, the first year of the festival, park and rec brou

. >> police chief greg suhr announced the arrest at a community meeting in castro. >> it was just a horrific, completely after the fact malicious kick to the head of the poor woman on the ground. >> 23-year-old christopher porter bailey of oakland was the man caught on video savagely attacking a robbery victim. it happened pride weekend june 29th. the robbers took a woman's purse then for no apparent reason kicked her right in the face. immediately after the crime, cops arrested two other people. another man was also arrested, but those charges were dropped. the cops say the group robbed several people that night in a crime spree along market street. chief sir says the surveillance video was instrumental in catching him. >> you know, we got a lot of public help. we got a lot of help from some sources i can't really speak to, but they were shocked by the video. we got help from every quarter. >> mission district captain bob moser tells me his investigators are telling him it turns tout cops know porter bailey already because he was involved in a fight two years ago also during pride weekend.

. >> reporter: al keown, suhr visor of man kind's darkest hour, was now part of its singular achievement then the two vehicles separate. while they're orbiting the moon. >> reporter: al was on the team responsible for the rocket propulsion for apollo 11's lunar lander. the vehicle that ultimately got neil armstrong and buzz aldrin to the moon. but more importantly for al, got them off of it as well. >> i'm almost blue in the face holding my breath for the moment where it actually will liftoff. >> reporter: until our interview, al admits he never quite put together his special place in history. his connection to the high and the low. his message to the rest of us? never forget, either. >> the darkest day in the 20th century should be and must be preserved. just as the greatest days. >> al actually has one more message for the rest of us. that's to reinvest in our space program and get americans excited about exploration the way they were in the '60s and '70s. >>> i think that unless you get out there and explore areas that you think you know, that you haven't been to, you really don't und

you have a quorum and also with us is the chief of police gregory suhr and joyce hicks. >> thank youery much inspector monroe and welcome to a special night at the police commission tonight. we have one quick agenda item which is the consent calendar and we will move into what i and the other commissioners consider a special presentation to four members of the san francisco police department who are

chief greg suhr apologized today and said surveillance footage uncovered by the bicycle coalition was key to this investigation. >>> san jose unveiled an ambitious plan that is already stirring up controversy. mayor chuck reed announced a plan to expand the police force by more than 200 officers. it would fill vacancies and restore wages by at least 10%. the officer comes in the midst of a bitter stand off between city hall and the officers union over wages and pension reform. one union member dismissed today's plan saying it is full of empty promises. >>> sending a clear message, how the obama administration says it will deal with states that recently legalized marijuana. >>> but first -- >> marijuana seized as evidence but it's not headed to an incinerator, why it was returned to the distense -- dispensary it was taken from. >> and chief unbelievable. shhhhh! in our day, we didn't have u-verse high speed internet. yeah, our babysitter didn't have a million ways to serve mom up on a silver platter. we had to count sheep to fall asleep. and i always worried that i was creating an over

chief greg suhr apologized today and said surveillance footage uncovered by the bicycle coalition wasy to this investigation. >>> san jose unveiled an ambitious plan that is already stirring up controversy. mayor chuck reed announced a plan to expand the police force by more than 200 officers. it would fill vacancies and restore wages by at least 10%. the officer comes in the midst of a bitter stand off between city hall and the officers union over wages and pension reform. one union member dismissed today's plan saying it is full of empty promises. >>> sending a clear message, how the obama administration says it will deal with states that recently legalized marijuana. >>> but first -- >> marijuana seized as evidence but it's not headed to an incinerator, why it was returned to the distense -- dispensary it was taken from. >> and chief chief meteorologist bill martin putting the final touches to your weekend forecast. >> and how new measures will take safer steps to injuries in the nfl. >>> marijuana advocates are hailing the decision as a big step forward. for a vallejo man who once

chief greg suhr says the cameras are to insure officers are following procedures. now that kicked off a federal investigation that is still ongoing. >>> your time 6:49. supporters of hanger one in mountain view they are pressuring the u.s. navy to pay to maintain a protective coating on that historic building. it was taken off last year because of contamination. a protective coating was applied to that steal skeleton. the cost of maintaining the coding is estimated at $6 million over the next 30 years. in a proposal released last week the navy sunlighted that nasa which operates moffett field should pay that cost. if nasa says it never agree -- nasa says it never agreed to maintain that hanger. >>> an incredible story involving a teenager, a wheel well, and a commercial jet. also a suspect on the loose in a bizarre jewelry store robbery. why the weapon in this case is getting so much attention. >>> new trouble for the donald. targeting trump university. >>> will are concerns about a woman tied to a snake scam in the east bay. and concerns she has struck again. >>>

now chief greg suhr says the cameras are to insure officers are following correct procedures.tion that is still ongoing. >>> 5:40 is the time right now. in san jose plastic foam food containers may become a thing of the past. the city council is expected to vote on the proposal tomorrow. many restaurants and business groups that oppose the ban say foam takeout boxes are recyclable. but most of the containers end up in the landfill. if the ban passes they will need to use alternatives by 2014. >>> time now 5:40. according to new reports plans by the warriors to build a new waterfront arena way behind schedule. san francisco chronicle reports new city documents shows the team could miss the 2017 targeting opening date by several months. the repair costs for the piers out there to hold the venue it has gone up by almost as $50 million. a representative of the team dispute the cost projections and say the arena will be ready for the beginning of the 2017 season. >>> a mystery involving a missing probasketball star. why concern is now growing by the hour for lamar odom. >>> it's a

supervisor scott wiener, who represents the castro, will police chief greg suhr, gascon and others at the 6:30 p.m. meeting, which eureka valley recreation st. the meeting will focus combating them, according to wiener's office. >> pam: new tonight -- a closer look at the fix for snapped seismic safety bolts on the new bay bridge. kron4's charles clifford has more. >> reporter: if you remember, those broken bolts could have put their roadway at risk. however, they came up with a solution and how to fix the problem. they designed a system of cables that would tie this section together. to the column below. the same of what the bulls would have done but this fabrication will be used to repair the bridge. they're expected to finish the work in a couple of weeks. and stand that should be completed by december 10th. caltran will evaluate the situation and exactly when they can open the eastern span of the bay bridge. charles clifford, kron 4 news. >> catherine: the sentencing hearing has begun for army private bradley manning. he's the soldier convicted of leaking thousands of classified d