Police station. Reporter this is the first of many meetings to avoid a stopping shortage. They called the meeting productive. To give you some perspective, city leaders say 500 officers are needed to patrol the speak streets in san jose. Right now, the city of 1 million people. Its well below that. By next month you could see more officers back on the street. We got numbers that were so horrific just within the last week, were talking about over 340 10 hour shifts that need to be filled every single week in patrol. Reporter the move was triggered by this letter to the police union detailing the numbers. In the latest bid, only 413 officers available for patrol, below the minimum of 500 officers before the gap in positions backfilled with overtime. That has proven costly. If you are asking me are we in a state of emergency . Absolutely. We will feel the effects internally. It will be widespread. Its going to have a ripple effect. No doubt about it. Reporter david amoss bring says the sh
Have been injured, critically injured. They were apparently standing there whenever that taxi came barreling through that area, which happened just a short time ago, folks around 3 15 on busy Market Street and sutter right near the montgomery bart station if you are familiar with that area. Again, a very busy area in the financial district. John baxter from the San Francisco Fire Department joins us by phone to tell us what is going on out there. Obviously still an active scene, john. What can you tell us in terms of what happened and why . Reporter so thanks for having me on here. A little bit after 3 00 this afternoon, we get out of the vehicle, which is a yellow taxicab for unknown reasons into the sidewalk. If you are not familiar with the area, it is alongside Market Street. It is a threeprong intersection. The taxicab, they brought together a news stand and a light pole and two pedestrians. This incident resulted in three critical injuries, two of them being pedestrians, one of t
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