BART looks to increase unarmed crisis staff as part of progressive police bureau
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SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) BART Police have announced a new plan to increase the number of crisis intervention specialists at stations throughout their system.
The plan, discussed at the BART Board of Directors meeting on Thursday, is an expansion of a program first announced last year under the newly formed Progressive Policing and Community Engagement Bureau.
In total, BART Police plan to employ 20 crisis intervention specialists along with 10 other unarmed police ambassadors. The bureau will also include 10 sworn officers.
The teams will consist of two crisis specialists and one sworn officer, spread across five different stations in two shifts.
mehserle takes the stand and testifies that he thought grant was going for a gun. grant was unarmed. mehserle also says he believed he was using his taser when he pulled the trigger. after a month-long trial, a jury finds johannes mehserle guilty of involuntary manslaughter. out of a maximum of 14 years, the judge sentences the former officer to the minimum, two years in prison, including time served. grant s family doesn t believe the punishment fits the crime. i believe he should still be in jail. he is trained to be an officer. he is trained on how to use a firearm. he is trained on how to deal with hostile situations. two b.a.r.t. officers, tony peroni and marysol domenici, are fired following an independent review of the investigation into the shooting. domenici is reinstated on appeal.
oakland, california. it s just after 2:00 in the morning when a bay area rapid transit train, known as b.a.r.t., pulls into the fruitvale station and the doors open. a b.a.r.t. police officer tells five men who step off the train to wait on the platform. two of them defy the instruction and get back on the train. out of nowhere, i heard, get off the train, get off the train. and some curse words after that. like many of the train passengers, tommy cross is on his way home from seeing the new year s eve fireworks show in san francisco. when he sees the officer entering the train car. i thought he was coming for me for a second, but he went right past me. and grabbed the young man who just walked on the train. the b.a.r.t. police officer, tony peroni, is responding to a report of a fight on the train that the conductor called in. the lead car, no weapons, all black clothing.
that. mehserle takes the stand and testifies that he thought grant was going for a gun. grant was unarmed. mehserle also says he believed he was using his taser when he pulled the trigger. after a month-long trial, a jury finds johannes mehserle guilty of involuntary manslaughter. out of a maximum of 14 years, the judge sentences the former officer to the minimum, two years in prison, including time served. grant s family doesn t believe the punishment fits the crime. i believe he should still be in jail. he is trained to be an officer. he is trained on how to use a firearm. he is trained how to deal with hostile situations. two b.a.r.t. officers, tony peroni and marysol domenici, are fired following an independent review of the investigation into the shooting. domenici is reinstated on appeal.
mehserle takes the stand and testifies that he thought grant was going for a gun. grant was unarmed. mehserle also says he believed he was using his taser when he pulled the trigger. after a month-long trial, a jury finds johannes mehserle guilty of involuntary manslaughter. out of a maximum of 14 years, the judge sentences the former officer to the minimum, two years in prison, including time served. grant s family doesn t believe the punishment fits the crime. i believe he should still be in jail. he is trained to be an officer. he is trained on how to use a firearm. he is trained on how to deal with hostile situations. two b.a.r.t. officers, tony peroni and marysol domenici are fired. domenici is reinstated on appeal.