joining me now is president of the sentences go police officers union, tracy mcrae. it is a difficult decision to have especially on the monday in the wake of all of this but i want to roll a portion of an exchange from someone who is there and get your reaction. swatch. >> to go after 113 people arrested, some of them minors, it is immoral, it is wrong, and there needs to be a ability. >> so, he says, account ability my question is, accountability for whom? we know there were bulletholes in windows , and th door of one person's house that we saw we saw a muni bus get tagged, kind account ability ca happen to bridge in this community? >> thank you for having me really think the accountability like parents being accountable for kids, kids accountable for their actions. unsanctioned events are very hard to police because we do not know who is showing up. right? in this case we have people show up who brought weapons, who brought serious fireworks . ammunition right ? bottles and rocks to throw at police officers, who started out not wearing any rio gear, they were just

tracy mcrae of the police officers association, believ the department needs to come up with more incentives to make joining more attractive to women, especially for those who are working mothers. reliable childcare is one suggestion. sfpd admittedly has a staffing problem, and she says losing any recruits, regardless of their gender, is disappointing. >> unfortunately, we lose people during the academy, we lose people during the training program. so it is a great place to start. it would just be a great place to end up at. lyanne: the recommended minimum staffing level should be 2182, but the number of officers right now is just over 1500. let me tell you, dan is a 30 years that i have been here, san francisco has never reached that number of officers. and many say it will be hard to recruit when other police departments the bay area are offering big, big bonuses. lyanne melendez, abc7 news. dan: they are having a tough time recruiting. thank you very much. ama: the city of san jose is warning employees to be aware of popular artificial intelligence that forms like chatgpt. the mercury news

. >> tracy mcrae of the police officers association believes the department needs to come up with moreecially for those who are working mothers. one suggestion includes reliable childcare. several departments have gone the extra mile to recruit more officers. from signing bonuses and extra pay to tv ads. san francisco is finally seeing results. is it enough to make up for those who have retired or stepped down? >> this i francisco police have not seen in years. a higher number of people going through the academy. these classes have 34 in training. in the past three years, there have been fewer candidates. >> the next class is going on pace to probably meet or exceed where we are with this class. that is why i'm so encouraged. >> mayor london breed addressed those in training as a symbolic gesture of support. we have to be realistic. hardly enough to replace the number of retirees or officers who have left. >> i'm old, i wanted them to get young people. 30 is a good number, better than eight. >> officer mcgrane was featured in a police union ad encouraging people to join sfpd. it was at