Live, from the cbs bay area studios, this is kpix5 news. A bart officer killed in the line of duty last year. Tonight, his family is suing bart. Good evening, im allen martin. Ken bastida has the night off. Im elizabeth cook. Juliette goodrich says this is the first of its kind lawsuit against bart because it involves the first bart officer killed in the line of duty. Reporter thats right. The familys attorneys filed the lawsuit in court. It is a typical legal document. But in an unusual move, the officers wife also wrote bart a personal letter. She says her husband told her years ago what to do if anything like this ever happened to him. Kelly smith was an officer at bart for almost 20 years when her husband detective tommy smith was killed in the line of duty. Shot partner officer Michael Maize when the two were doing a probation search at a dublin apartment. If you are lucky to find the love of your life, hold onto it. Reporter we interviewed kelly the day after her husband was kill
Live, from the cbs bay area studios, this is kpix5 news. A bart officer killed in the line of duty last year. Tonight, his family is suing bart. Good evening, im allen martin. Ken bastida has the night off. Im elizabeth cook. Juliette goodrich says this is the first of its kind lawsuit against bart because it involves the first bart officer killed in the line of duty. Reporter thats right. The familys attorneys filed the lawsuit in court. It is a typical legal document. But in an unusual move, the officers wife also wrote bart a personal letter. She says her husband told her years ago what to do if anything like this ever happened to him. Kelly smith was an officer at bart for almost 20 years when her husband detective tommy smith was killed in the line of duty. Shot by partner officer Michael Maize when the two were doing a probation search at a dublin apartment. If you are lucky to find the love of your life, hold onto it. Reporter we interviewed kelly the day after her husband was k
Take the helm and chief greg harmon gone once and for all. Many in kensington lost trust in harmon after one of his rank andfile Sergeant Keith barrow had sex with a prostitute in reno. For a Small Community like ours, its impactful. Reporter the woman stole his badge, handcuffs, pistol and ammo. But the chief did not suspend baro until the media got wind of the scandal. He violated the trust of the community in the act of trying to cover this up for nine months. It wasnt handled well. Reporter tom dean says the chiefs Job Description is partly to blame. Here in kensington, the police chief doubles as general manager and, in other words, his own boss. Its a conflict to have the chief and the general manager be one and the same. Reporter kensington launched a special committee to figure out if it should change the Job Description. But one thing that hasnt changed a bit Sergeant Keith barrow. The man who rocked this Little Police department which led to the chiefs firing is still on the
Coliseum way the main artery into oracle arena. It was the result of an illegal stunt show. Kpix 5s Christian Hartnett is there to show us the aftermath. Reporter theres so many tire marks here. It pretty much darkened the intersection. The marks dominate the asphalt in the intersection. Whole portion of the road was dedicated to donuts and spinouts last night, something bay area Law Enforcement has been trying to crackdown on. [ screeching tires ] Reporter Video footage shows a wild friday night sideshow in action under interstate 880 in oakland. [ screeching tires ] reporter tires squeal as cars perform donuts dangerously close to dozens of onlookers sending a haze of smoke from burnt rubber over the intersection. Some even stand in the middle of the action to film the stunt as drivers swing their cars around. Oakland police and chp have vowed in the past to crackdown on these illegal sideshows. But as you can see in the video, the sideshow went on for quite a while with no interrupt
DPS trooper nearly hit by suspect s vehicle during wild chase down I-35
DPS was chasing a stolen truck on I-35 when the driver of a different car tried to crash into the trooper s cruiser. Author: Jim Hice Updated: 5:16 PM CDT April 27, 2021
TROY, Texas
Editor s Note: The video attached to this story is from a chase in February, 2021.
A high speed chase down I-35 Monday ended with two arrests but not before a Texas Department of Public Safety trooper was nearly spun out in his cruiser by one of the suspects, according to DPS spokesman, Sgt. Bryan Washko.
It started north of Waco around 8:30 a.m. when DPS was alerted to a Toyota Tacoma speeding south on I-35. Washko said a check of the license plate revealed it was stolen.