We have, you know, reviewed evidence after evidence that shows because theres this myth that tasers are less than lethal, that they often are used more regularly than guns and, therefore, lead to more deaths. We, you know, just from statistics from 1983 to 2017, there are at least 155 People Killed by police where tasers are a primary or contributing cause of the death, and then what we also know, its not only dangerous for the person thats tased, its dangerous for the officers themselves. Because they are ineffective 45 of the time, and when you have to get close to tase someone, so if an officer, instead of creating that time and distance, is getting close to tase someone and its ineffective 45 of the time, its putting that officer in as much danger as its putting the individual being tased. And thats a real, real concern. And then finally, you know, i was just listening to an npr report the other day that said because of the substantial risk to life that tasers cause, because of the
Significant, exciting, and meaningful progress on police reform. We you have lowered the amount of use of force significantly and substantially. The amount of officers that have been cit trained continues to go up, and instead of, you know, what we had had before your arrival, which was a whole series of officerinvolved shootings, what weve seen lately is the regular use of time and distance that leads to the peaceful resolution of crises, often with people with mental illness, that have gotten those individuals the treatment they need with nobody, no officer, no civilian injured. And its just incredibly exciting. Its a tremendous testament to your leadership. I cant tell, you know, to your officers, i cant tell you how many times recently that captains in my district have called me and detailed incidents that in the past could have led to someone getting shot and killed, but instead, through time and distance, and working with dph and deescalation, led to successful outcomes. And its
Evidence after evidence that shows because theres this myth that tasers are less than lethal, that they often are used more regularly than guns and, therefore, lead to more deaths. We, you know, just from statistics from 1983 to 2017, there are at least 155 People Killed by police where tasers are a primary or contributing cause of the death, and then what we also know, its not only dangerous for the person thats tased, its dangerous for the officers themselves. Because they are ineffective 45 of the time, and when you have to get close to tase someone, so if an officer, instead of creating that time and distance, is getting close to tase someone and its ineffective 45 of the time, its putting that officer in as much danger as its putting the individual being tased. And thats a real, real concern. And then finally, you know, i was just listening to an npr report the other day that said because of the substantial risk to life that tasers cause, because of the deaths that this weapon has
Live where you live. This is abc 7 news. A swelterring day in the bay area, made more uncomfortable by a power outage. Good evening. About 19,000 customers remain in the dark. Tonight, pg e is urging customers to conserve power during heat waves. In livermore temperatures surged and many are still in the dark. We have more, melanie . Reporter yeah, eric, the power outage began around 4 30 this afternoon. Theres about 3,000 customers that still do not have power. And according to pg e. Those numbers were around 5,000. You can see the lights flashing. They are investigating the cause of the power outage and are hopeful to have the power restored by midnight. As the sunset if in livermore, car headlights were the only thing lighting up the city. We are surprised to he see everything is closed. Reporter pg e said that more than 5,000 customers were without power on this hot day. It was harsh. Reporter peets employees were asked to go home. They said its going to be out for if rest of the e
Notice on the left side of the scene there, the marine layer clouds are encroaching, and it means its not as hot as yesterday. A look at 280 and 17, san jose waking up to partly cloudy conditions out there. A few leftover clouds from the showers last night. More at 5 30. Notice temperatures in the 60s along the coast, and already in the mid 80s around the bay by noon and mid 90s inland. Well stay in the 80s around the bay and hit the upper 90s to low 100s at 4 00. 80 still at 7 00. Were going to go to walnut creek and look a live look outside at 680 past north main as you make your way to highway 24. Im seeing a few brake lights slowing at the transition. Otherwise, moving nicely from Pleasant Hill into walnut creek with about an eightminute drive. Slowing in the Central Valley and over the altamont pass, otherwise, pretty much into the green sensors with a couple problems on the peninsula. Im seeing a bit of slow travel now northbound 101 near 380. A car had a blownout tire, blocking