Created a new City Department to take over the duties. Our coverage, dan thorn live for us tonight in berkeley he joins us now with more on this idea. Dan. Well they can grant this proposal centers around the idea of essentially re imagining Public Safety. The mayor and City Council Members are proposing that Police Officers focus solely on solving crimes as opposed to handling traffic situations and they believe this could save the city. A lot of money as well as limiting the number of negative interactions between Police Officers and people of color. A new progressive proposal in berkeley could ban police from enforcing traffic stops the move being considered by City Government would instead create an unarmed civilian division to handle the job, you know the calvary trying to cut co sponsor of the proposal Council Member ben bartlett would like to see changes to Public Safety in his city. Bartlett believes a new department of transportation would be better suited then police to take
Save the city a lot of money as well as limiting the number of negative interactions between Police Officers and people of color. A new progressive proposal in berkeley could ban police from enforcing traffic stops the move being considered by City Government would instead create an unarmed civilian division to handle the job, you know the calvary threatened to cut co sponsor of the proposal Council Member ben bartlett would like to see changes to Public Safety in his city. Bartlett believes a new department of transportation would be better suited then police to take care of broken tail lights fender benders and the like its like going to Fire Department lot of mass. Its not necessary. Some transportation advocates have been taking a more serious tone. What were trying to do is prevent an escalation of minor Traffic Violation in 2 that meeting number being or nelly gauche with walk bike berkeley says a new department made up of traffic experts would go beyond what armed Police Officer
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Announcer live where you live, this is abc7 news. We have a baby taken from a vehicle. Police radio dispatch puts San Francisco officers on alert to a baby kidnapping. Only on abc7 news was there when police rescued the child and arrested her alleged kidnapper. Good evening. Im kate larsen in for eric thomas. We begin tonight with the fast action that resulted in a happy reunion for that baby. Melanie woodrow is live at sfpd headquarters with details on how this ordeal for the babys parents ended with relief. Melanie . Reporter absolutely. San Francisco Police say this was a citywide joint effort to catch this suspect, and her choice of getaway transportation may have helped quite a bit. Within 30 minutes of getting a call for the kidnapping of this baby girl, police were patting down and cuffing a 36yearold suspect. Everybody got involved. This was a big deal. Reporter just before 9 00 a. M. On sherman street, police say a 6monthold was inside this vehicle while her father prepared a
Mayor says its unprovoked. He lives feet away from where a man opened fire on, a Oakland Police sergeant after she was involved with a collision with a car. This was the terrifiedded sergeant calling for help. I just got shot at. I cant get out of the car. Police raid wrote traffic identified her as Oakland Police sergeant nadia clark she was not hit. The gunman ran away. Fired several shots at the officer. This was a horrible, horrible thing to happen. The oakland mayor was quick to react to the violence in the wake of Police Ambush killings in dallas and baton rouge. We believe this was unprovoked. No Actual Exchange or interaction between the suspect that did the shooting and the officer. Recent shootings against police nationwide have prompted opt to team two officers together the a squad carment but since Sergeant Clark was a supervisor she rode alone. , a ownland activist says her Organization Never condones violence. I do know this cannot be youd to criminalize people who protes