Will be impacted and we will bring you the updates. Police chief suhr is out. Today is the first day the acting chief is in charge of the San Francisco Police Department and now there is a push for a sent for the next chief. Search for the new chief, San Francisco Police Department has locked outside their rank for a new chief in the past including in 2009 with the outside hire of a chief in mesa, arizona when he was recruited. Police chief suhr was from internal but now it is thought an external search is needed. All the city is not safe in all cities can not trust the Police Department. The police need a new leader now. The 26year veteran of the San Francisco Police Department has been given the helm until a new permanent chief can be found. He is a former lieutenant in homicide with expertise in dealing with gangs. Early this year, he was put in charge of a bureau addressing the cityoriented policing including accountability and transparency. The mayor lee appointed police chief suh
Is out and deputy chief Toney Chaplin is in and answering the question the mayor said a nationwide search will begin immediately. In San Francisco, mike sugerman, kpix 5. Mike, this is a big turnaround for the mayor. He has been steadfast backing the chief saying he was responding to the reforms that he wanted to see in the city and all of a sudden, i guess the incident today really was something they couldnt overlook. Absolutely, kenny. That was the incident that pushed it over the top. Phil matier our hi, everybody. Im frank mallicoat. Our phil matier had a oneon one with him said he backed the chief this morning. Although questions havent been answered, the mayor says its enough. He says the city what am i trying to say. The city is not behind you anymore. This shooting was the last straw and that was it for the chief. We did a poll and over 50 of the people backed chief suhr. But the mayor is the boss and he does what he has to do. Mike sugerman live in the Mayors Office in San Fra
Officers shot and killed a woman today. Shes the third person killed by San Francisco police in 6 months. Mayor lee named tony chaplain acting chief. He spent more than 20 years with the department. Heres katie. Reporter on i was inside for the News Conference when mayor ed lee explained he met with police chief sir this morning following Fatal Shooting of a black woman in the Bay View District by a police sergeant. As you said the mayor said he asked the police chief to resign and that is exactly what the police chief did. Chief greg sir has been with the San Francisco Police Department for 33 years. He was elected chief in 2011. Now the mayor said the city has been shaken and divide over tension between Law Enforcement and community of color for several months now. He said even though the Police Department has been moving toward reform especially in terms of the use of force policy things not moving quickly enough and that new leadership was needed. The mayor also said chief sir has
Past this. Totally empty, will stay that way all day today. Looking at the area temperatures, variety pack, mid 50s for fill, mid 50s for wildwood, dover, little cooler in the outlying suburbs surrounding the city and coldest spot of the pack tends to usually be the poconos certainly is this morning, 38 degrees currently at mount pocono. Throughout the course of the day though just walltowall sunshine guys. Might see few patchy clouds along the way but thats it. It warms up very efficiently as a result, sun angle regardless of the gray skies, higher and higher with every passing day these last few weeks, warm up to the mid 70s by lunch time, make the excuse, avenue feeling all of the cafes will have their chairs outdoor. Why what a great idea, 78 and sunshine, then by the time we hit 7 00 p. M. Officially expect to top off with daytime highs. Today perfection. Tomorrow far cry from it with rain on the way. So coming up later in the show, we will of course track that for you, give you t
Today for a change. 61 degrees, just little bit after breeze, and it is 50 in mount pocono, warming up nicely there. Were into the 6 offs in wilmington, dover, as well. We are headed to high of 88 degrees, today, already in the 70s by 9 we think, then 82 by lunchtime, so, again, much warmer than it has been, and things should stay that way for most of the weekend, we will break it down for you coming up. Bob . Hey, sue, good morning shall everybody, 7 01 on a wednesday morning, getting up and getting out. And live look at the 42 freeway, again, delays from the black horse pike in toward the walt whitman bridge. Heres whats left after accident, that occurred early this morning, along 422, but only the far right shoulder is getting on by. And thats causing a huge delay for folks coming inbound in toward king of prussia. Bumper to bumper into and approaching oaks, again with only the far right shoulder, as they get that car out of the ditch there. Now, there is an accident north, on 95, i