Budget. So youre confident this will be solved . I hope so. The communication breakdown on the night officer johnson was shot and killed. Good evening thanks for joining us, im ama daetz. Vic lee is live tonight at Police Headquarters with the story. Vic . The police chief did not want to answer reporter questions. He must have been in a hurry. And the command staff met us here and said the fat shooting at the crashed after the incident, not during that incident. He said there is too much information or traffic on an old Computer System just couldnt handle that data at once the City Council Approved the request to spend more money but officers on the field say that cant happen fast enough. Officers say lap tops are old and outdated and critical. And have complained about it since last fall. These are the memos and letters. Offirs responded to the 911 call at 6 45 tuesday night. Police radio traffic was heavy. The volume of traffic was high. Then, glitches started. The system becomes bo
South carolina tonight. Reporter to so many tonight, what happened in this killing of another unarmed black man is only coming to light because someone in the bushes was recording with a camera. North charleston patrolman Michael Slager is charged with murder. He told his bosses that 50yearold Walter Lamar Scott had grabbed his stun gun after an argument over a traffic stop. In the revealing video the unarmed father of four is running away after apparently being hit by the stun gun and the cords of the weapon are still attached. As scott is down, the policeman is seen dropping an object near the body. Although the Police Report said they administered cpr, theres no evidence of that in the nearly fourminute video. Not every officer is cpr certified. Reporter theres the issue of looking at slagers past police work. Hes had two complaints in five years. He was cleared in the only charge of excessive force. Other incidents hes had. Well look at that. Reporter black demonstrators are marchi
We will see temperatures come up today. We are warming up again with 60s, 70s, and even near 80. Chris thank you. San jose residents honor a Fallen Police officer during two different vigils. San jose Police Officer Michael Johnson died after responding to a call on tuesday evening. Janet o. Tells us more about last nights tributes for johnson. Aft vigil he took hands with officers. She is the niece. The man who shot and killed officer johnson. We just want the community to know that we do care and we are sorry. Golart his her uncle was funny and loving but he also struggled with Mental Illness and copd. He took not only his life but he also considered of taking his wifes life. They said it means a lot for so many to show solidarity at a time they need it most. It helps all of us to get through the process of grieving and coping with the loss of an officer who was doing his job. It shows everyone that officers are here to help us and to protect us. He gave his life. Here at city hall,
The volume of traffic was high. Then, glitches started. The system becomes bogged down slows down. Then ceases to a halt. The computers enable us to communicate in mass. Radio systems can only allow one person to talk at once and when there is hundreds of people on the same radio channel certainly, that is not a possibility. We approached the chief in a lunchen. This was his response i didnt fail during the incident. Just the amount of people connected with that which made it slow. I dont know in terms of how that transpired. Is there money come something staff is working with pledges to address the issue. The command staff acknowledged computers were old with too many problems. The plan is to have all ndcs replaced by the end of 2015. Were told by officers xulter system had glitches again today. The niece of the man who shot and killed Mike Michael Johnson says her uncle may have suffered from an undiagnosed mental illness. He was described as a caring and loving man. Abc7 news was at
Teninch section of track can cause so much trouble and behind me the 16th street station which surprisingly at this point, and we were expecting there might be based on prognostications earlier today. Bart was saying four to six hours to fix it as you said now they do have it fixed and they expect full service by 4 00, but earlier today, what a mess. This is as close as we or any bart riders got to witnessing track repairs today. Equipment passing through the 16th street station and worked with teninch crack that turned bay area or Rapid Transit stations into not so rapid ones. Its a gap in the rail, a piece broke off and its laying right next to the rail. It happened at around 9 30 this morning on rail line that connects San Francisco and the peninsula with the east bay. Ive been here for 40 minutes. Before the day ended kate ming would be there longer than that. The delay forced bart to run only one track all of the way through San Francisco turning the act of waiting for a train int