>>we know last week we heard from police chief susan manheimer warning about additional cuts today we heard from the police union. both of these folks talking about rising crime which you don't typically hear from police officers or the police chief, but now we're hearing about it and hoping that the council they are at least we'll put the brakes on any additional cuts. nearly 50 million dollars was cut from the oakland police department's budget when the city council passed that budget back in june. >>now to council members want to pull out an additional 11 million dollars the work isn't done council member rebecca kaplan says much of the money would be redeployed to other departments to deal with issues she feels the police department has traditionally dealt with moving in the direction of traffic enforcement bicycle and pedestrian enforcement special events so we hadn't been a number what we've given is a breakdown of specific activities that can be shifted to other strategies. i think any further reductions. >>in funding for it already and resource track police department his full

in fact become a sides but we are not trying to cause any alarm oakland interim police chief susan manheimer made herself available to the media answering a variety of questions among them were questions about the motivation behind recent opd press releases highlighting a spike in homicides and this year's 34% increase in gun violence and gangs and groups who are conflicting in between different cities or our initial responsibility is to do this call to action and let everyone know we're out there to interrupt assignments we are with our cease-fire and our community a partnership network. out there with violence interrupters every single day in fact for nearly a decade. opd is used operation ceasefire as its data-driven violence reduction strategy coordinating law enforcement, social services and the community considering this major rise in shootings machine or in eyes of the coalition for police accountability questions why the chief still has faith in the program the cease-fire program is supposed to be reducing. >>homicides its specific focus is to reduce gun violence and the police depar

have in fact our homicides but we are not trying to cause any alarm oakland interim police chief susan manheimer made herself available to the media answering a variety of questions among them were questions about the motivation behind recent opd press releases highlighting a spike in homicides and this year's 34% increase in gun violence and gangs and groups who are conflicting in between different cities are initial responsibility is to do this call to action and let everyone know we're out there to interrupt assignments we are with our cease-fire and our community a partnership network. out there with violence interrupters every single day in fact for nearly a decade. opd is used operation ceasefire as its data-driven violence reduction strategy coordinating law enforcement, social services and the community considering this major rise in shootings machine or in eyes of the coalition for police accountability questions why the chief still has faith in the program the cease-fire program is supposed to be reducing. >>homicides its specific focus is to reduce gun violence and the police departme

. >> reporter: with city leaders debating ways to cut the budget by nearly half, susan manheimer defended the release of statistics that show a recent surge in violent crime. >> i think it's interesting that in oakland in the bay area it's a political statement. we are extremely overburdened in terms of violence and gun crime and it is not meant to cause alarm or panic. it is to let them know the trends. >> reporter: opd reported seven murders in one nine-day period. since july 2nd there have been none. still, the department says assaults with firearms are up 34% this year. >> any city is overwhelmed with crime during a pandemic. you have despair and unemployment and hunger. the problem is using data to inform rather than to get a reaction. >> reporter: the observing city council has already cut $14 million from the opd budget. next week will consider much deeper cuts up to $150 million. >> if we are giving you half of our general fund and you are still overwhelmed by violent crime we need to try something else and what we're doing is not working. >> i think we're moving from the national

the police union's comments come on the heels of last week's news conference by police chief susan manheimer. >>who also warned of further cuts but despite this full-court press kaplan says her proposal doesn't put a stop 2 officers fighting crime we're increasing funding. >>for things like evidence analysis and gun tracing to improve the ability to solve crimes and we are saying we can take steps to improve food safety by not over utilizing police. >>now no reports of the city council, the city administrator says the problem with these proposes is it doesn't add up to that 11 million dollars in savings. the council will discuss this matter at its meeting. tomorrow afternoon. back to you in the studio catherine. >>thank you very much. dan. more federal law enforcement could be headed to the bay area this is according to president trump. he says he might send more federal law enforcement officers to major cities, including oakland at the president says it is to deal with unrest. other cities he mentioned include new york chicago, philadelphia, detroit baltimore. when asked about this during h

have in fact our homicides but we are not trying to cause any alarm oakland interim police chief susan manheimer made herself available to the media answering a variety of questions among them were questions about the motivation behind recent opd press releases highlighting a spike in homicides and this year's 34% increase in gun violence and gangs and groups who are conflicting in between different cities or our initial responsibility is to do this call to action and let everyone know we're out there to interrupt assignments we are with our cease-fire and our community a partnership network. out there with violence interrupters every single day in fact for nearly a decade. opd is used operation ceasefire as its data-driven violence reduction strategy coordinating law enforcement, social services and the community considering this major rise in shootings machine or in eyes of the coalition for police accountability questions why the chief still has faith in the program the cease-fire program is supposed to be reducing. >>homicides its specific focus is to reduce gun violence and the police depar

court press by the police union comes on the heels of last week's news conference by police chief susan manheimer when she toward a further cuts but kaplan says her proposal doesn't put a stop to officers fighting crime. >>our proposals actually strengthen oakland's ability to respond to the problem of gun violence because we are proposing to fund those evidence technicians who trace the guns to trace the shell casings to let it shut down illegal gun dealers we're actually proposing to fund those evidence technicians in a report to the city council, the city administrator says. >>these changes don't add up to 11 million dollars in savings that's a problem. city council is set to discuss these proposals at its meeting tuesday afternoon. dan kerman kron 4 news. >>we have learned that another san quentin death row inmate has died 58 year-old troy a national us he died today at a pop-up hospital outside the prison. it is believed he also died of complications from the coronavirus but an official cause of death has not been determined yet so far 12 inmates have died at san quentin apparently from a co

the police union's comments come on the heels of last week's news conference by police chief susan manheimer. >>who also warned of further cuts but despite this full-court press kaplan says her proposal doesn't put a stop to officers fighting crime we're increasing funding. >>for things like evidence analysis and gun tracing to improve the ability to solve crimes and we are saying we can take steps that improve food safety by not over utilizing police. >>in a report to the city council, the city administrator says these changes don't add up to the 11 million dollars that they want to cut from the police department and that's a problem. city council is poised to discuss these changes at its meeting tuesday afternoon. dan kerman kron 4 news. >>i'm alexandra le mon in washington 10 democratic lawmakers say they're concerned federal officers of violating the rights of protesters in a federal police continue to arrest plead people in portland without identifying themselves. >>or giving a reason and president trump is threatening to send more troops. 2 other cities or washington dc correspondent a

have in fact as homicides but we are not trying to cause any alarm oakland interim police chief susan manheimer made herself available to the media answering a variety of questions among them were questions about the motivation behind recent opd press releases highlighting a spike in homicides and this year's 34% increase in gun violence and gangs in. >>groups who are conflicting in between different cities or our initial responsibility is to do this call to action and let everyone know we're out there to interrupt assignments we are with our cease-fire and our community a partnership network. out there with violence interrupters every single day in fact for nearly a decade. opd is used operation ceasefire as its data-driven violence reduction strategy coordinating law enforcement, social services and the community considering this major rise in shootings machine or in eyes of the coalition for police accountability questions why the chief still has faith in the program the cease-fire program is supposed to be reducing. >>homicides its specific focus is to reduce gun violence and the police dep

the police union's comments come on the heels of last week's news conference by police chief susan manheimer. >>who also warned of further cuts but despite this full-court press kaplan says her proposal doesn't put a stop to officers fighting crime we're increasing funding. >>for things like evidence analysis and gun tracing to improve the ability to solve crimes and we are saying we can take steps to improve to the safe thing by not over utilizing police. >>in a report to the city council, the city administrator says these changes don't add up to the 11 million dollars that they want to cut from the police department and that's a problem. city council is poised to discuss these changes at its meeting tuesday afternoon. dan kerman kron 4 news. >>indoor malls in san francisco, they were forced to close again today this after san francisco county was added to the states. watch list friday because of the spike in coronavirus cases, the closures affect places like the westfield mall japan center mall still in-town gallery off 19 theft. >>come for sale of a second joins us now live from stones do

the police union's comments come on the heels of last week's news conference by police chief susan manheimer. >>who also warned of further cuts but despite this full-court press kaplan says her proposal doesn't put a stop 2 officers fighting crime we're increasing funding. >>for things like evidence analysis and gun tracing to improve the ability to solve crimes and we are saying we can take steps that improve community safety by not over utilizing police. >>in a report to the city council, the city administrator says these changes don't add up to the 11 million dollars that they want to cut from the police department and that's a problem. city council is poised to discuss these changes at its meeting tuesday afternoon. dan kerman kron 4 news. >>and again breaking news out of the east bay where firefighters have now successfully put out a large apartment fire in oakland, this was video from earlier captured by the citizens app it was a 2 story building on martin luther king junior way caught fire at about 2.30 this morning. you see fire personnel on scene the roof had collapsed apparently wh

the police union's comments come on the heels of last week's news conference by police chief susan manheimer. >>who also warned of further cuts but despite this full-court press kaplan says her proposal doesn't put a stop to officers fighting crime so we're increasing funding. >>for things like evidence analysis and gun tracing to improve the ability to solve crimes and we are saying we can take steps that improve community safety by not over utilizing police. >>in a report to the city council, the city administrator says these changes don't add up to the 11 million dollars that they want to cut from the police department and that's a problem. city council is poised to discuss these changes at its meeting tuesday afternoon. dan kerman kron 4 news. >>the 53 and still ahead we'll have more weather and traffic for you on that tuesday morning. the clouds are starting to break up, but it's taken a while we'll be >>and welcome back to the kron 4 morning news, i'm rebecca strom in for john this morning we're starting to see a little bit of blue skies out there look at that you can see the sunshine

truck today on the ninth, we will ask oakland interim police chief susan manheim are about a ktvu investigation about thousands of 911 phone calls that were put on hold during emergencies. it happened to two women. they were wanting to move to oakland but they were carjacked by gunmen as they look for an apartment and their belongings were stolen. when they called 911, there was a busy signal or they were put on hold. the ktvu learned similar incidents have been happening for years and the new grand jury report blames underfunding, understaffing and said thousands of calls go unanswered. >> i was completely perplexed. at first i thought that the phone was broken or that i had not dialed actually 911 because i was just so -- it was not in my conception that you would have a hold on a 911 line. it seems the antithesis of the point. >>> you can see our full report on our website, ktvu.com, and on the ktvu news at. our coverage continues later this morning. oakland interim police chief will join us responding to the investigation on the nine. >>> coming up on some ford and. let's look outside. stev

. >>> susan manheimer held a discussion on making changes involving nationwide protests calling for defundingf police departments across the united states. chief manheimer says there's a spotlight on policing and she calls this a transformative watershed moment. the chief says the department understands the community's outrage and why it's questioning police policies. >> i think we are moving the conversation from the narrative, national narrative of defunding police to that hyper local focus of what is reimagining police look like. we as the police are embracing that moment. >> chief manheimer also said there are many things that the opd can do better and that the department needs to take the time to do them right. >>> san jose state university is setting up a task force to re-evaluate the role of campus police. according to the bay area news group, the task force will offer recommendations on campus security and policy revisions. the creation of the task force comes after students and some faculty members began circulating a petition, urging the united states to partially defund its campus