>> for the police department, yes. vice president hwang: thank you. >> we can take public comment now. is there any member of the public who wants to speak? please step forward. president garcia: does anyone else intend to speak besides mr. castillo? just two? you may have two minutes, sir. >> mr. castillo was unable to bring a family relative so would like me to translate. president garcia: which gives you four minutes. [speaking in spanish] >> i asked him to speak in one to two sentences at a time. >> good evening, my name is julio castillo. >> i've come here concerning the permit i've applied for. [speaking in spanish] >> concerning this permit that i applied for, that i applied to the city directly. and in the papers that he has, the permit that mr. ascarrunz has seems to be for 24th and mission. and the other one that he has is expired. enkspired december 31, 2010. commissioner fung: say that date again? >> december 31, 2010. [speaking in spanish] >> and the other her mitt he has is for 2800 mission street. which i

i cannot imagine sitting at the table of the chief of police of oakland or sacramento, and the chief of police being here. it does not end the questions. it is a conversation that has to get down to important issues. it has to start and meetings like this are a start to recognize. i think it is a real positive step. [applause] >> and although i would argue many of the things that were said today on the panel -- and i cannot believe i am going to say this -- i completely agree with john burris and stuart hanlon. [applause] >> thank you for giving my closing comments from me. i would like to thank the public defender's office for providing the public and anybody he wants to come to this forum, hearing from these experts, and they help you take away some good things from this -- and i hope you take away some good things you take away some good things from this panel. >> so many people here. this is the third and final panel for those of you who have stayed. this is going to be an incredible discussion. leading the panel, this is the chief attorney of the public defender's office, matt go

the family trust to cope with a loss. police say this man, the girl's boyfriend stabbed her and then fled. paramedics could not save the girl. they say started over an argument over their child is that if he being cared for by the family. and none month old baby.--a nine month old baby. >> we felt so bad for them, he was in bad shape those children are going to need some counseling. >> i cannot find when i heard them screaming. my son said malm something is wrong. i came out and that is when the kids were all in the street screaming. that while the two are getting past the have not seen signs of such a violent reaction. they are now left to pick up the pieces. >>reporter: this is the suspect that police are looking for he is believed to be driving a dark blue 2004 cadillac escalate with black rimmed with california license plate number has lifted. and this girl with only 13 years old when she disappeared in dublin. the plan monday night press service will mark the 23rd anniversary of her kidnapping. the girls careful lead a walk

the next slide explains the resources assigned to the mta from the police apartment. besides myself, the staff are comprised of one captain, one sergeant, and seven uniformed officers that are responsible for the -- the sergeant and seven officers are responsible for uniformed patrol. we have one sergeant and four k- 9 teams, comprised of an officer and their dog. they basically deal with issues relating to bomb threats and possible devices on our system. they have been highly successful. we utilize the dogs when we get reports of suspicious packages, and they are able to go in and make a determination if there is in fact a problem, and they are able to get transit moving, which is something we are very supportive of. their primary responsibility is to muni metro rail system, but we put them wherever the need is. there secondary responsibility is to assist transit fare inspectors, which they do about three days a week. they work a staggered schedule and are on duty approximately 13 hours per day. supervisor avalos: is this group -- what portion of the work order with t

it was the california police chiefs association. i spent 21 years in the city of torrance in southern california before coming up here, a city of to under 50,000, about 350 personnel. -- 250,000, about 350 personnel. much smaller organization. completely different type of agency. but one of the things we found was to my career and particularly at the beginning, there was really no classis% -- classes pe se, and we started a course on how to be a successful chief. a very strong component of that was an ethics, and what is the chief's responsibility within their department relating to at the experience included in that, it had to do with the abuse of power and misconduct. i was -- i guess you could say "a whistle-blower." i put together a case in which three officers i have worked with had been nearly to deaf a game and what they were off duty. -- nearly two -- to death a gain man -- a gay man when they were off duty. i dealt with the consequences for many years. it was very lonely in that position. very lonely getting death threats. v

the chief of police boards approved the nominations to the police commissioner for final approval. you can see it is a lengthy process. these awards are taken very seriously. to give a few words also this evening, we will have the commission president speak. >> ladies and gentlemen, i really want to thank you for being here tonight to honor these officers. every police officer that enters the department enters with the goal of serving the community and helping others. these officers are getting medals of valor. valor means something extraordinary. they risk their lives for somebody they do not even know. those are very special people you are related to. your mom, your dad, your son, your daughter. you should be very proud. i am honored to be here tonight to stand in front of these four officers. they are unbelievable. i thank them for their service. ordinarily, there is one commissioner in the meeting when they vote. it is an awesome experience. i will ask commissioner slaughter who was present at the time of this note to say a few words. >> thank you. next time, and give me a littl

the police are investigating what was in the bronco. again, a suspect taken to shock trauma and no officers were injured in the incident. don, back to you. >>> thank you, for sorting through all of that for us. she'll stay with the story throughout the morning. >>> in other news, it's decision day in florida as republican voters head to the polls. as we report, that race is shaping up to be a two man contest. ♪ america, america, ♪ >> reporter: mitt romney broke into song as he made a pitch to florida voters. he's hoping to crush his competition in today's high stakes primary. with polls showing him holding a solid lead over newt gingrich, he believes that victory is his. >> the speaker's not excited. i know, it's sad. >> reporter: a week ago, newt gingrich was ahead. he'll continue criss-crossing florida today, determined to make a come back. >> we have a challenge to go out and make sure every conservative knows that the only effective vote to stop romney is a vote for me. >> reporter: newt gingrich says he's in it for the long haul an

it is a great benefit not only to the police department but to the mta. next is our fare evasion program. we have 36 inspectors to check for proof of payment systemwide. this was one of the things that i changed when i came on board at mta. i spent quite a bit of time and read the 2009 controller study on our fare evasion program as well as the follow-up study, and really looked at the things they suggested and found that many of them made sense. for a while, we were utilizing inspectors on problematic lines, and i really believe, after discussing it with mr. mason, that we really needed to be everywhere in our system. no matter where you ride transit in our city, you should have the expectation that you could be asked for proof of payment. we made these changes shortly after i took over the fare inspectors, shortly around august or the end of august. now, what is happening is our inspectors are in a different police district every day, and their saturation operations are in a different location every time. i am very pleased with the results of this. i ha

it was the california police chiefs association. i spent 21 years in the city of torrance in southern california before coming up here, a city of to under 50,000, about 350 personnel. -- 250,000, about 350 personnel. much smaller organization. completely different type of agency. but on

and the police apprehended them. >> after the suspects are detained and jean arrives home, the policespects actually crawled in through a doggie door, which luckily enough is where the camera was pointed at. >> while the robbery is taking place, one of the suspects is so brazen he takes food out of the refrigerator. >> the big guy gets out shredded kraft mexican cheese for tacos, walks out into the living room, opens up the shredded cheese, and decides to start eating shredded cheese. obviously they hadn't eaten before they burglarize houses. >> news of the crime goes national. msnbc, telemundo, and the "today" show pick up the story, and for a day jean becomes a media darling. >> in boynton beach this morning. and jean thomas with us here in the studio. jean, good morning to you. >> when the dust finally settles, four men are apprehended. two that were in the home and two in the getaway car. they're charged with and plead guilty to burglary. >> at the end of the day, i feel criminals don't know what they're walking into. you have no idea. and you know what? average people can catch t

the police are not saying. petrifying. >> fisher is being treated at baltimore shock trauma. the police are trying to determine if speed or other factors were at work. this has been a heartbreaking evening. most of the young people we spoke with our friends with one or both 18-year-old. richard reeve, abc 7 news. >> richard will continue to monitor the story as it unfolds. for instant updates, log onto wjla.com. >> new at 11:00, the police had interviewed the woman whose three daughters and parents were killed in the christmas morning fire at a home in stanford, connecticut. she was able to escape, along with the home contractor. the home was under renovation at the time of the fire. the police are not revealing what was discussed in the interview, but no foul play is suspected. the police are trying to determine whether the smoke detectors or working at the time. >> news tonight from the presidential campaign -- ronnie gave a woman about $50 $60 at a campaign events this afternoon. the gop candidates took part

broken piece of glass is not broken heads that the police are inflicting on the occupy movement. the heavy handed police response to protests in california is echoed across the british offices are also accused of excessive use of. brussels for the summit this year against the symbolic backdrop of the protests and a general strike in belgium our top story. international news and comment live from moscow this is. syria is staring at the real possibility of deadly violence taking hold of the very center of the nation's capital rebel fighters have been locked in intensive battles with government forces in the suburbs surrounding damascus and an invitation from russia to host moscow based peace talks between syria's authorities and the opposition has been accepted by the assad government. has the latest now from damascus. but we've seen the situation escalating dramatically over the past couple of days now over the weekend the suburbs were embroiled in a heavy clashes between the two sides in fact in damascus people were waking up yesterday to the sounds of gunfire and shelling in tho

what are people saying to the police. >>> more from the man outside his home, the neighbors are upset and concerned about how long it took the police to tell them about it. we are outside the police headquarters, good afternoon. >> good afternoon everybody. the police said that the suspect took off in the man's car, but not before he drove him around to several a.t.m.s. >> they found these two men, they took a 45-year-old man at gun point from outside his home on jordan street. >> it looks like as he came home from the evening -- they stole his phone and then room to room locking for cash and then put him back in his own car, an infinity s.u.v.troke v like this one. surveillance caught the pictures. >> they said they had done this before and if he cooperated, he would not be harmed. they dumped him finally and took off in his vehicle. >> neighbors are upset that the police did not make this public until now. it happen on december 30th. >> we don't know where the system broke down, but something fell through the cracks and unfortunately, it is a big deal. >> with the suspect still on t

that's what cameras in the police car are for. er the facts. >> traffic stop. >> some police departments require officers to run cruiser cams through the entire shift. for others, officers activate cameras by either turning on the overhead lights, from a remote switch on their belt or by pressing a button on the console. the time and date are visible on the image and the tapes can't be erased or recorded over. the recorders are in a locked box in the trunk that only a supervisor can open. >> in chesterfield township, michigan, if the police didn't have video cameras in their patrol cars, two officers might have lost their jobs and reputation. the trouble starts the day after an arrest is made for illegal drugs at a traffic stop. >> the following morning, i received a phone call from the male and the female indicating that the officer had improperly touched her breast during the traffic stop and as a result caused injury to the female. >> the accused officer is caught off guard. >> my stomach just dropped because even though i did n

then he called the police. tually had the audacity to phone 911 and alert authorities to his own crime. >> you will find a homicide. at 843 south pershing, nancy fox. >> i'm sorry, sir. i can't understand you. what is the address? >> 843 south pershing. >> that is correct. >> in the jailhouse interview, rader said in hindsight he thinks that call was dumb. >> that was kind of an impulse, really a stupid thing to do. because i left my voice pattern, and my voice on there. >> and still, rader was not done communicating. the following month he sent a poem, written with a child's printing set on an index card to "the wichita eagle newspaper." the poem, patterned after a nursery rhyme, referred to shirley vian's murder. several days later he sent another letter, the most disturbing one yet. the one that finally put the killer on the news, and put the community in a tailspin. >> what kind of leads do you have? >> we have absolutely nothing that will point us to any one particular individual. >> a killer now in the spo

i have always looked at the police department in terms of even the occupy u.s.a. we have 99% good police and 1% bad police. before i get into that briefly, i would like to bring forward to you which i believe is an outstanding interview at city college by the chief of police. i brought you seven copies. i think it lays forward a plan that the chief sticks to it, the city and county of san francisco will be very happy. my concern is that i feel as of now, the occ should be separated from the police commission. when i filed a complaint, i will follow it p5 -- file it before the board of supervisors. the action is that it is part of the problem. -- the occ is part of the problem. we have 150 bad officers. any officer that assault somebody in custody should no longer be a police officer under any conditions whatsoever. when i find that out or the public learns that, unless occ turns over the list of police officers that have multiple complaints against them, i read today in the paper about the ongoing federal investigation and i believe it is connecticut, of beating up

we were told that by the police staff. as recently as one week ago when the crisis was provided to the group, this is an issue of public safety. we feel there has been a lot of information and data that has been collected. just in the matter of weeks, 1500 signatures on line and threw volunteers of residence. if you look at these signatures, they are all in the same as it coats, and the zip codes in the richmond district. this is a longstanding problem. we feel that the after our service between 2:00 a.m. and 4:00 a.m. are problematic. the restaurant has been closed since december 5 and we have a month of peace and quiet. president newlin: thank you. yes, sir. >> my name is a chalk lance -- chuck lance. i heard these people talk about the jack in the box. it is not the jack in the box i have seen. i work nights. sometimes i come to grab a sandwich. the same one, and between midnight and 5:00 a.m. i have never once seen any problems there. if you have two guards it is going to be a crowd. it is usually just one or two people

the police expect to reveal the person's identity monday. there is speculation that it could be that of a missing well- known alexandria community activist. >> there was an assault at 2:30 this morning on the university of maryland campus. she was crossing the clot of her dorm with a man followed her. the man left. unfortunately, she was not hurt. the police want to use this as an opportunity to remind students that an escort service is available if they feel unsafe walking across campus. >> the police used tear gas and flash grenades on the occupied in cabinet today. it to a dozen protesters became violent, and in with 10 arrests. the police say the angry mob threatens to take over a vacant building they use as their protest at quarters. >> tensions are rising in our area at the occupy protests. >> president and the obama -- president obama and other dignitaries were meeting. richard reeve has the story. >> the events are unfolding right now as we speak at 17th and k street. behind us, you may be able to see occupied d.c. protesters and the

the police searched in vain for the suspect.ts that we spoke with cannot fathom why anyone, even a criminal, which tried to rob an elementary school. >> you are not going to get much of anything out of there. why would anybody rob a school? >> prince george's county authorities urge anybody with information with the whereabouts of the suspect to contact them immediately. live from fort washington, jay korff, abc 7 news. >> we turn to the story that brought a divided house of representatives together today the retirement of gabrielle giffords the arizona congressman officially -- congressman officially turning in her resignation to focus on her recovery, one year after she was shot in the head. tonight, people remembered the example giffords said despite the tragedy. it was a packed house in which gabrielle giffords could barely make her wait to her seat, stopping again and again for hogs. -- stopping again and again for hugs. >> first and fortitude are an inspiration to all of us and all americans. >> gaby, we love you. we have

upgrade the maritime police force. making a boat not bulletproof but explosion proof. i have not gotten any accountability relative to the grant that was given to them 15 years ago or accountability of where the money went, and two, i did my own inventory on what was bought. they have half of that still in their supply, and half of those are not new. there is no accountability. coming back to the maritime situation, i am out on the bay almost every day. i watched the coast guard and the homeland security and the sfpd just crews back and forth. it seems that we have an oversupply. i am not saying they do not do anything, but now we want to spend money to make them explosion proof. i do not know if that is needed, and we still have a budget in this city which is going to be three times the deficit of last year, and i think that this should be taken into consideration with this commission that costs should be controlled. even in the police department. we still have an exploding pension situation, things that are not necess

i am talking about the police motion. >> -- vice chair joseph: the police recommended that they stay open between 2:00 and 4:00. police recommendation. commissioner perez: yes. with the security guards. vice chair joseph: to clarify your motion -- i know you are new, so i am helping with this. you are moving to approve, applying the police conditions, supervisor mar's conditions, and the additional condition that they clean the streets -- sweep the streets of litter around their venue. commissioner perez: and the same thing. neighbors should call the manager and say there is somebody sitting on their stoops, eating a sandwich. make those calls. vice chair joseph: that is part of the good neighbor policy, which is 13 additional conditions. that is your motion? commissioner perez: that is my motion. vice chair joseph: is there a second? then we can do friendly amendments'. there is a motion and a second. i am tired. commissioner hyde: you want them open from 2:00 to 4:00? vice chair joseph: is that your motion? commissioner perez: 2:00 to 4:00 with security. this motion right here. vice

the police chief is able to require more light in the parking facility. the whole conversation is not just about entertainment issues. there are also auto thefts and break-ins and personal security, so these are not things to lose sight of in the conversation. >> was there any study to see if there was a correlation between done? >> not that i am aware of. >> i would like to see something that would try to leave people who do not have a problem today alone and try to pinpoint this and take the time and effort involved. without any questions, and i will open it is to public comment. >> i have two speaker cards. public comments are limited to 3 minutes. please speak your name for the record. >> i am one of the owners of the great american musical, and i have the honor of during strictly bluegrass with the late mr. hellman. the parking lot is very well lit, and there is no attendant. there are a lot of problems, and there are a lot of rogue parking lots that are not attended the people own, and they will pay cash, and once it is awful, -- once it is full, th

the police say the business was not open at the time. investigators said the 56-year- old driver of the lexus was trying to park when she drove into the building. she suffered minor injuries. the building will be boarded up pending repairs. >>> pictures from an accident. the red honda here that flipped on the side ran a red light at 10th street and madison hitting a maroon vehicle. no one was injured. >>> newspaper reports a dommestic vie hreugz with the new sheriff-elect and his wife brought a cautious response tonight. >> it is unfortunate. i need to allow the process of investigation to move forward and determine whether or not there is adquit evidence here. >> the san francisco chronicle reports that the police responded to a neighbor's report of domestic violence at the home of newly-elected sheriff and his wife. the wife issued a statement today that said that he has never been abusive. >>> today surfers and organizers of the maverick's surf contest had opening day ceremonies. when will have have an opening day where people ride th

we have the chief of police gregory surh. we have the deputy chief of special operations and the deputy chief of the operations bureau. we have the deputy chief from the airport bureau. we have commander in the operations bureau, the commander from the sfmta, the commander in chief of staff, and the commander from the operations bureau. this evening we are going to start with a few words from the chief of police gregory suhr. >> good evening. i want to thank everybody for being here. we are a very proud police department, rich in tradition. this week, we had a promotion ceremony on monday where we promoted sergeants, lieutenants, captains, and members of the command staff. we've recently brought back the retirement ceremony. i think for everyone in the police department, this particular ceremony stands above the rest. every day, the men and women of the san francisco police department go out and put it on the line every single day. they leave their families and little ones -- it is so great to see the kids and parents here. ev