says the latest upheaval in the department could undermine public trust. i think the perception is what the heck is going on there, he doesn t flow like a normal typical organization does which again is frustrating if you re a citizen or business person in oakland because you want to highly functioning. police department, a scathing report by a law firm says the internal affairs captain ordered a subordinate to downgrade the severity of the case against a sergeant accused of a hit and run in san francisco. that same sergeant a year later fired his gun in a service elevator at oakland police headquarters, then toss the shell casing from the bay bridge. the report said the chief should be disciplined for failing to hold the sergeant and others in his command accountable. i am not taking a position on whether the chief should be terminated until i read all the evidence. civil rights attorney jim channon is monitoring oakland police reform efforts. it obviously is, in a good sign
chevy tahoe, another stall in the parking garage of a san francisco home. the sergeant did not report the crash. the owner of the mercedes had to do all the work himself. he got ahold of the video from the car place , and he figured out that it was a police car. the sergeant was also with his girlfriend, also in oakland officer and failed to disclose that relationship. the internal affairs captain ordered his investigator to downgrade the incident by riding up the sergeant for just a crash and not a hit and run. last year, the same sergeant fired his gun inside a freight elevator at oakland police headquarters. he then through the shell casing off the bay bridge and failed to report the incident for a week. that report says quote investigators were left with the impression that the system is designed not to uncover the truth and hold those who commit misconduct to account but instead to find ways to minimize misconduct. such that opd members are able to avoid serious discipli
in question. police are trying to get out of federal oversight because of past misconduct and a civil rights attorney tells me this could very well jeopardized all of that. chief laurent armstrong, now on paid leave after another misconduct scandal at the oakland police department, a sergeant accused of covering up two incidents taking off every hit a parked car in san francisco and firing his service weapon inside, police headquarters. report from the law firm says the department s investigations of the incidents were deficient and that police chief laurent armstrong should be disciplined for failing to hold his officers accountable. it was a systemic failure. this is very, very disappointing. i m extremely upset. civil rights attorney jim channon monitors oakland police reform efforts, he says the department should have its one year probationary period revoked and go back to follow oversight by a judge. i m going to continue to advocate court supervision until i m 95 you kn
with two teammates morning around 10 30 for what they describe as a polar plunge when someone jumps into cold water. they say, i ll sorry was swept away by a large wave obviously hasn t fully set in yet. callum bisping says al saadi is a well loved teammate and friend. amazing guy, one of them one of my best friends on the team. very giving walked up on a terrible scene neighbor diana competences. she brought flowers to offer comfort to all saudis loved ones, she says. during her morning walk, she came across all saudis to friends right after he went missing. she says they appeared distraught. one of them told her they search for all saudi after he was swept away. i think he was shaking so bad because of what was going on because he was cold, he said. i have to call his parents. but i don t want to tell him that he s dead. because i don t know if he is so this poor kid was just not . not together, spread among our saudis, teammates and friends. they arrived at the beach huddl
but so far the worst fears that the moderate peninsula might be cut off from the rest of california have not come to pass ktvu mark sayer joining us now live from the town of spreckels this afternoon with the latest on the situation there, mark. how s it looking? well alex. heather does not look great. i ll tell you that much. this is highway 68. this is one of the main roads into the monterey peninsula. what you re seeing here is actually not the salinas river. this is overflow from the salinas river where it overflowed its banks. you can see often the distance behind those trees. that is the actual overpass of state route 68 over the salinas river. salinas river is more than 100 miles long. that s why heavy rains occurring a day or two ago can dramatically impact what is happening here and why evacuation orders have been issued. like many others, melissa czarnecki is under an evacuation order. but at this point has not left her home in the community of spreckels. police cam