. >> interim police cheech tony chaplin speaks to abc 7 news for the first time since he did not get the top job. >> a look into a >>> san francisco's interim police chief tony chaplin are l stay on the force when the new chief takes over. >> vic lee is live at police headquarters with this story you'll see only on 7 news. vic? >> reporter: tony chaplin says it's been a whirlwind seven months as interim police chief, and he says he is thankful for the support he's gotten from the rank and file and also from community leaders, and he also tells me he's going nowhere. he'll stay put right here at the sfpd where he has been for the past decades. >> it's been seven months since tony chaplin was tapped by mayor ed lee to be interim police chief and a 26-year veteran and a street cop who rose through the ranks. >> it's really a tough job. you know, you go from incredible highs to incredible lows and then back up >> enand in his tenure as the top cop chaplin was instrumental in getting the use of norse policy enacted and there's been no scandals under his watch and tense situations have bee

so without further ado, i want to bring up chief tony chaplin. >>[applause] >> rudy does the best introduction. >>[laughing] but i'll call out our supervisor and our mayor. his players they keep your 8r. with player. i got to do that, rigid you will yell at me if i don't. player. get that r out of the pit i think it's probably was single most important things that private parties can do outside of police department doing the routine patrol and removing guns. this is huge because legal guns become illegal guns. a lot of people have these weapons at home and rudy will tell you when he does the buyback, some older women will show up with seven or eight guns. she's had her house for years and children those particular weapons and good that's potentially seven guns in the hands of youth or criminals once that houses burglarized. most of people we interviewed told us the same. i'm not a crook but if i break into a house and i get it done quickly move it meaning they sell to someone who's actually been put it in use on our streets. it's no secret our ho

. >>> in an interview only on abc7 news, tony chaplin vows he will support the man who got the new cleve position. bill scott was named the new chief earlier this week. we have the exclusive interview with the outgoing interim chief. >> it is really a tough job. you know, you go from incredible highs to incredible lows and back up again. >> it's been seven months since tony chaplin was tapped by the mayor ed lee to be interim police chief. a 26-year veteran, a police cop who rows through the ranks. in his tenure as top cop, he was instrumental in getting the use of force reform policy enacted. there have been no scandals under his watch. a long stalemate with an armed man barricaded in this chinatown apartment ended without gunfire. another man in july in in the tenderloin. another standoff without bloodshed. again, in july, police using less lethal force to take down to teen armed with a knife. chaplin set the guidelines, but he gives all the credit to the rank and file. >> de-escalation and creating time and distance. basically the sanctity of human life. they have done a wonderful job

. >>> in an interview only on abc7 news, tony chaplin vows he will support the man who got the new chief. bill scott was named the new chief earlier this week. we have the exclusive interview with the outgoing interim chief. >> it is really a tough job. you know, you go from incredible highs to incredible lows and back up again. >> it's been seven months since tony chaplin was tapped by the mayor edwards lee to be interim police chief. a 26 year veteran, a police cop who rows through the ranks. in his tenure as top cop, he was instrumental in getting the use of force reform policy enacted. there have been no scandals under his watch. along stalemate with an armed man barricaded in this chinatown apartment ended without bloodshed. again, in july, police using less lethal force to take down to teen armed with a knife. chaplin set the guidelines, but he gives all the credit to the rank and file. >> de escalation and creating time and distance. basically the sanctity of human life. they have done a wonderful job. >> chaplin was thrust into the job when the then-chief greg suhr retired after

.>> reporter: scott's appointment did come as a surprise to a lot of city leaders expect did tony chaplin to get the job. he has been at the head of the department since former chief stepped down seven months ago. the officers union was really urging the mayor to give chaplin the job. they sent out a statement this morning saying they anticipate the new chief will tap into the tremendous talents of the men and women of the sf 80 and that the police officers hope to work closely with scott to help him move the department forward in san francisco. scott will start his new job sometime in january and will make a salary of $300,000. live in san francisco, anne makovec , kpix 5. >> how will scott integrate himself into the department? >> reporter: that is a good question. he spent most of his career in los angeles. we all know that is a different ballgame. he is planning on listening to all of the different parties that have a stake in the police department which is basically everyone in the community. he intends to give his officers what they need to do their job. the fact that he did come fr

in the law enforcement community, including the police union which had supported interim chief tony chapline well informed and very frank. >> my wife

scott helped implement reforms at the la police department, interim san francisco chief tony chaplin attended yesterdays announcement and tells us at ktvu news he will remain with the police department and do everything he can to ease the transition for scott. >> i'm going to be here for the foreseeable future and support the new chief. i'm going to continue to support the members of the san francisco police department. i think we have the best department on the planet and i don't plan on leaving any time soon. >> [applause] >> well scott has been married 29 years, has three children which is, he accepted the san francisco job on his wedding anniversary and he says he supports restrictions on use of force and favors arming officers with stun guns. those have been very big contentions there in san francisco. well a number of san francisco city leaders are already coming out and endorsing scott's hire. >> it's time to lead san francisco in the right direction and i think that we picked a good leader. >> senator dianne feinstein issued a statement congratulating him calling him a fine a

tony chaplin attended the announcement. he told ktvu that he will remain with the police department and do everything he can to ease the transition for scott.>> i will be here for the foreseeable future and support the new chief. i will continue to support the members of the san francisco police department i think we are the best on the planet. >> scott has been married 29 years and has three children. he accepted the job on his wedding anniversary. he says he supports restrictions on the use of force and favors arming officers with stun guns. >>> a number of san francisco leaders are coming out in endorsing scott. >> it is time to lead san francisco in the right direction. i think we picked a good leader. , senator dianne feinstein issued a statement as well. she called him a fine and well respected officer who had worked with feinstein's staff in los angeles. her aides find him a man of integrity and it genuine commitment to public service. >>> san francisco has filled the police chief opening. there are several openings

they had they had supported tony chaplin. they report that they sent a message to the members accusing them of picking the new chief in secret and said, that he turned his back on the rank-and- file. >>> while san francisco has hired its new police chief it is still looking, they say that their search will continue into the new year. oakland have three police chiefs this year. john resigned in june after two successors failed to hold the position. the mayor telling us that the city is on track to announce the selection of a new permanent chief of police after the new year. they say that is a choice that they should not be rushing into. >> you need to get it right. we need to get it right this time. this is the one opportunity for them to make a profound decision that could have a lasting impact certainly for 3 to 5 years, if not more. >> there is no word is on the shortlisted candidates to take over the top cop spot >>> a woman escaped injury after her car went down an embankment. the fire department in the chp received repor

the union chief had thrown in its support to tony chaplin. the union sent a message to his 2300 members accusing the mayor of picking the chief in secret and says he turned his bank -- is back on the rank-and-file. >>> the san francisco police will mark the 10th anniversary of the fatal shooting of the officer he was shot on december 22 the officer he was shot on december 22, 2006. they were in pursuit of a suspect that escape from a correctional facility the suspect into the grudge of a home and opened fire when officers moved in. another officer returned fire killing the suspect. anyone who wishes to pay tribute to the officer that was killed can visit the police station tonight. >>> city of oakland is still searching for their police chief. the city officials say the search will continue into 2017 oakland had three police chiefs the former chief resigned and two successors failed to hold on to that position. yesterday the mayor told us the city is on track to announce the selection of a new permanent chief of police after the new year the

in the law enforcement community, including the police union which had supported interim chief tony chaplin but i found the new chief to be well informed and very frank. >> my wife and my son brandon and tyler, because they are the force that really drives my life. and i couldn't do it without them. >> reporter: that's a side of a veteran cop that the public may rarely see. 452-year-old william scott was also open and candid about himself and his feelings when we sat down to talk, first some controversial issues he'll face. tasers, which they used at the lapd. >> reporter: you support toysers? >> i do. i've seen the good in investigate ability to have an option, a less lethal option which is a good thing. >> reporter: and restricting police from shooting at moving vehicles, a proposed reform which the police union opposes. scott says that policy was also in place at the lapd. >> there was some contentious back and forth and at the end of the day when the policy changed we accepted it and we're fine. 272 reforms, and i've read them all. they are reasonable, and we're going do our best to get

. >> it was interesting to see, there was an embrace between the out-going interim chief tony chaplin and the incoming chief, bill scott. we'll cover this, listen in on this, and we'll post that in a full article at nbcbayarea.com. >>> all right. up next now at 11:00, a school badly vandalized. police have a suspect in custody with an estimated $100,000 worth of damage done at the school. we'll look at the cleanup next. >>> i am meteorologist kari hall. a live look outside now. san francisco, cold morning. it's starting to get a little bit better. we'll talk about some warmer air in the microclimate forecast coming up. who says i shouldn't have a soda every day? my doctor. my dentist. definitely my wife. hey wait. we have better bubbles. make sparkling water at home and drink 43% more water every day. sodastream. love your water. >>> welcome back. we want to get a look at the forecast, because now the christmas and hanukah forecast is in view, kari. it's not too far away. >> it is. we also have a couple of storms in view for the busy travel weekend as many people try to get out and ab

joining us is acting chief tony chaplin. first of all, in the year since mario woods, what changes have been made that would have prevented it from happening again? >> first, we've changed our range qualifications where we do reassessments. the target's turned individually so that you're not firing in unison. i think that's probably the major changesment it allows the officer to make a judgment based individually on what they see. >> that video, what captured a lot of people's attention it was aspect of it appearing to be a firing squad. you're saying they're now being trained not to do that? >> i'm saying our training is being modified. since that case is still being litigated, i can't discuss it in detail but when i know we have an incident, we reverse engineer it to see if there's a better way to handle it. >> in the wake of columbine, there is [inaudible] now, i understand that we're doing something called time and distance where you go in and you stand back initially, can you explain? >> a good example, a few days ago,

also with us tonight is the interim chief of police tony chaplin and for the director of the office of citizen complaint eric got he was good evening everyone and welcome to this december 7 2016 police commission. i like to acknowledge the turbo loss that we have had in oakland with a ghost fire and letting everyone and i'll be asking us to adjourn this meeting in memory of the victims in a devastating fire and that their families in the city of oakland and everyone over there who's suffering that our thoughts on prayers are with him. sgt., we are going to go ahead and clean up some items on the agenda. >> cheat understand what marketing update on the eis tonight but there's pending conversations to be had with the opposite citizen complaint and that eric maki agenda. is that correct? >> yes. >> that'll be takeout counter and put on calendar on it. sgt. please, first line item >> item 1 consent color receive an action request for chief of police to except approval of a six-year-old quarter was named leroy from the sf spca and four sfpd mounted unit. valued at $7500. >> request of the c

also with us tonight is the interim chief of police tony chaplin and for the director of the office of citizen complaint eric got he was good evening everyone and welcome to this december 7 2016 police commission. i like to acknowledge the turbo loss that we have had in oakland with a ghost fire and letting everyone and i'll be asking us to adjourn this meeting in memory of the victims in a devastating fire and that their families in the city of oakland and everyone over there who's suffering that our thoughts on prayers are with him. sgt., we are going to go ahead and clean up some items on the agenda. >> cheat understand what marketing update on the eis tonight but there's pending conversations to be had with the opposite citizen complaint and that eric maki agenda. is that correct? >> yes. >> that'll be takeout counter and put on calendar on it. sgt. please, first line item >> item 1 consent color receive an action request for chief of police to except approval of a six-year-old quarter was named leroy from the sf spca and four sfpd mounted unit. valued at $7500. >> request of the c

tony chaplin outlined his goal in a one-on-one interview with kron 4. >> several statements to the effect up a perimeter and set for a negotiating team. after four hours, flash bang grenades and the rounds subdued the man. he suffered only minor injuries. >> in october the u.s. justice department found evidence of racial profiling. >> the san francisco police department will accept and implement every single recommendation. >> on december 20th, mayor lee announced the search for a permanent chief was over. >> william bill scott, the deputy chief of the los angeles police department. >> the new chief is currently the highest-ranking african- american in the lapd. he is a 26-year veteran and a longtime advocate of community policing. kron 4 news. >> will be right back. cold weather is the big story this morning. below the freezing mark inland. below freezing in santa rosa and fairfield and novato right now. right at the freezing mark in napa and livermore. we will have more on the weather forecast as we head into the new year's eve coming up. [take: on cam]çáááon camáááÑ gymnast simone bile

kron 4 is working to confirm that right now but active police chief tony chaplin will not get the jobg that chaplin is not the mayor's pic after all. more details as they come in. >>> 7:33. breaking news from overnight. a high-speed chase involving a flatbed tow truck is over. >> pretty hectic chase happening along the peninsula and in the east bay as well. jackie? >> reporter: a hectic chase, hectic ending, hectic beginning. i'm here at the started. in fact, you can see that fence is still the tow truck out of this whole yard and police on a wild chase through the bay area. here is to tell you that is around 3:00 this morning when the person who owns the flight toyota yukon decided that he didn't want his car inside that tow yard any longer and that he was going to try to deal it out of the tow yard. he jumped the fence, starts backing up the yukon of the tow yard that had been there since saturday. a nearby employee who lives nearby here's the commotion, confronts the man. the man and him kind of go back and forth. he puts his forklift in front of the car so he can't get out. then t

and they decided not to tab interim chief tony chaplin. the former chief resigned in may. >> the deputy chief knows what it takes not just in reform the effort it will take to transform the department and create transparent and accountable police departments. >> they believe scott has the right stuff to make the change if necessary - - that is necessary. in the past few years they have faced harsh criticism, such as in the fetal shooting of several officers. the department of justice handed down a long list of reforms. and they talked about implementing changes. in addressing the crowd, scott talked about addressing jobs. >> the same person i've been all my life. the person who will listen and take action as appropriate. a person who will be fair and consistent. >> got promised to get the right to work and it will not be easy, he says. the rank and file of nearly 2000 officers has been known to be tightknit as a group and not necessarily friendly to outsiders. the chief is looking forward to the getting straight to work. and a spokesperson

we need to go and bring in the chief, the interim chief, tony chaplin. you need to bring other experts and not rely on our mail and [inaudible] and paul henderson because they just rubberstamp. i agree with commissioner. we give our young people jobs, let's see that [inaudible] in harms way. i know some of you commissioners have not been briefed. when you have this hearing you will understand fully that when a young man coming from the hood were coming from some other area where he may have committed some crime before it is given a second chance, and to get a second chance is right. but more than right, it is to see that his not put in harms way. thank you very much. >> thank you. any other public comment? seeing none, moving onto the report of the general manager. mr. kelly >> first item i have is an update on the drought. >> good afternoon commissioners. steve ritchie assistant general manager for water could of got a few slides to update you on the drought conditions. the first one is the slide that's the us drought monitor which actually i pulled thi

we need to go and bring in the chief, the interim chief, tony chaplin. you need to bring other experts and not rely on our mail and [inaudible] and paul henderson because they just rubberstamp. i agree with commissioner. we give our young people jobs, let's see that [inaudible] in harms way. i know some of you commissioners have not been briefed. when you have this hearing you will understand fully that when a young man coming from the hood were coming from some other area where he may have committed some crime before it is given a second chance, and to get a second chance is right. but more than right, it is to see that his not put in harms way. thank you very much. >> thank you. any other public comment? seeing none, moving onto the report of the general manager. mr. kelly >> first item i have is an update on the drought. >> good afternoon commissioners. steve ritchie assistant general manager for water could of got a few slides to update you on the drought conditions. the first one is the slide that's the us drought monitor which actually i pulled thi

chaplin. but former police chief tony rivera who now teaches criminal justice at the university of san francisco says the union has a point. >> i think marty halloran's motive is to protect his police officers. and i think that's a good motive. >> reporter: what about the commission? >> you know, i think the commission wants to protect the officers, too. but they also have political constituencies and other things that impact their decision- making. >> reporter: they aren't alone. the union is very deep into politics, as well. not only with the police commission but with the board of supervisors, as well. this debate is going to go on and from the looks of things it's going to get more heated. back to you guys. >>> new at 6:00 bart is under the state microscope and the issue is whether it illegally used public money to campaign for its bond measure. the video in question features warriors star draymond green. >> 44 years crossing the bridge. >> in the video green says bart needs to stay safe and reliable. it's the same phrase used in the successful yes on measure rr campaign ads. the fair politi