Riders are angry and frustrated. Heres what it looked like earlier at the embarcadero station. B. A. R. T. Has made a temporary repair. Once the last train pulls into the station tonight b. A. R. T. Will send a team back in to make the fix permanent. For much of the day, trains ran from beginning to end of just one of b. A. R. T. s four major lines. Pittsburghs bay point line. Commuters coming from the east bay experienced massive delays. Abc 7 News Reporter Laura Anthony has more on what passengers dealt with today. Midday wednesday is not normally a tough time to get to at t. But many giants fans attending todays 12 45 start arrived late thanks to b. A. R. T. We were stuck in oakland for a while. For about 20 minutes. Then finally got here. Not worried about it. I got the day off. I am retired. What are you going to do . Thinking maybe taxi. Accustomed to running against the clock, members of an Australian Track Team remain calm as they contemplated missing their flight due to major
Here is what we know now. The post office is evacuated and you can see people standing outside on the street. Theres reports of a hazmat situation at the post office. Were working to confirm whats happening and get more information. 12 patients from the Train Derailment remain at temp university hospital. Five of them are listed in critical condition. In about 30 minutes new jerseys two u. S. Senators will hold a News Conference to discuss the need for improving rail transportation funding in the wake of the derailment. Monique braxton is live in Port Richmond with an update. Reporter im about a block and a half away from where the derailment occurred. This is the command center where Daily Press Briefings have happened. It looks like 45 of the tracks have been replaced. Also overlooking the tracks contractors have hauled in concrete, steel. Right now they are relaying rail and replacing the lines that carry power to the train. Weve also learned from sources philadelphias District Atto
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
Tool. So they cannot accomplish systemic reform. And so if, for example, we do not have a policy addressing a ban on racial profiling, for example, and that continues to be a factor in Law Enforcement in a particular community, it will defeat the purpose of the bodyworn camera if that purpose is to help reiterate Law Enforcement and the Community Together and their approach to Law Enforcement. I really appreciate all your answers. Again, im grateful to the chairman for calling this. As the cochair of the senate Law Enforcement caucus and someone that worked closely with Law Enforcement in my previous role, it is my hope that some of the different organizations you represent will Work Together to help develop some model guidelines and some model policies. It should be locally driven but not every community is going to have the resources, time and effort. I think bodyworn cameras are misperceived as an easy solution to very complex and deepseeded problems. They can be a constructive tool
Weir and mr. Bruder. I realize not every jurisdiction has mandatory recording of interrogations and how would you compare body cameras to other types of interrogations . What are some of the issues that you dont have with the interrogations that you have with the body cameras . Thank you, senator, for the question. As you know, there are other recording devices that are more widespread right now such as dashboard cameras used by Law Enforcement in stops. Those have been proven to be very effective Law Enforcement tools for many of the reasons that you articulated. Oftentimes it shows the officer acting in absolute conformity with the best practices that you would expect from police and Sheriffs Officers and state troopers. It is also great evidence of what actually happens on scene. Its also a good training thing, actually, i think for officers and theyre able to watch each other and see whats good and whats bad and make sure its really it is a very good way i think for people to learn