Violent crime came down. Reporter your numbers are still higher than the state and the national average. They are. And were working on that. The the difficulty is, when we went through the economic downturn, you know, we were down to 82 Police Officers. Reporter and thats progress, which when it comes to the folks who live here, is exactly what they hope these cameras will help continue to do. All we want, you know . We want to work with the police and with the city council. We want to work with all of our Business Owners down here. And, um, make it a better place. Reporter in addition to the security cameras, Antioch City Council also vote to buy more license plate readers which they hope will also help them fight crime. Emily turner, kpix 5. The latest police chief in oakland kept a low profile on his first full day on the job. Acting interim police chief Paul Figueroa says he is focusing on positive change for the department as it tries to overcome a sex scandal involving several of
Know, these men in uniform giving me project. It was mutual. So far the Oakland Police department has launched internal investigations. What did the new chief have to say . It was interesting. The guy just got on the job and the question was how do you feel about this sort of scandal in oakland . We take this seriously. While he should after hours sex with a teenager has led to the suspension of five officers and the suicide of a 6th. Do you anticipate more officers going off . Not at this time but the investigation is continuing. Not just oakland. Officers from other cities may be involved. How widespread do you feel it is . Who knows. I feel like we have gotten our arms around this and we have identified the majority of who might be involved. I hesitate to say everybody because the investigation is ongoing. How many officers are involved . At this point it is still ongoing and i cant get into the specifics but i feel confident that our Investigative Team has identified it. More than
Of going underneath it, the Safety Systems would likely have prevented serious injury. Earlier this afternoon, teslas ceo elon musk tweeted about the tragedy saying, our condolences for the tragic loss. The Company Called the victim a friend who believed in the companys mission. Kiet do, kpix 5. Teslas stock hit hard by the news. Shares down 3 in late day trading. The tragedy bringing to mind another highprofile story about teslas autopilot. It was this video that went viral. It shows a model s driver literally asleep at the wheel. Another driver shot this in traffic. You can see the tesla driver eyes closed head resting against the door. Tesla warns all its model s owners to always keep their hands on the wheel. The sex scandal costs an east bay sheriffs deputies his job. Ricardo perez quit today after a woman said they had sex several times last year when she was just 17 years old. Perez who worked in Contra Costa County still faces a criminal investigation by oakland police. Celeste
The family says he was thrown by a cavs fan from the second level deck over the railing 50 feet down. If somebody out there has a video of this person of what happened, call oakland to prevent Something Like this happening in the future at a 49ers, warriors game at a stadium, you be more concerned for the peoples safety. Reporter Oakland Police are investigating and they are reviewing Surveillance Video inside oracle. They also have sals phone. They are looking at his photos that he took and video to hopefully get more information. Thats the latest here in oakland. Im juliette goodrich, combination. A scathing report accuses an oakland city councilwoman of breaking state and city ethics rules. Sources say the woman is City Council President lynette mcelhaney. A report says she interfered with the approval process for Housing Development near her home. The five unit townhouse was set to be built on 32nd street in west oakland. As kpix 5s phil matier reports, questions are being raised w
Other spots in the United States, and its said to have cut down accidents 25 . It sounds familiar. A smartphone does what youre talking about. Yes. The traveler information you get on your cell phone is also another element of this project. Eventually we gonna have similar type of information that motorists are used to seeing on their cell phone. Reporter at a cost of 79 million. 7 the Million Dollars for what i can get on my cell phone . 79million . A lot of Times Technology catches up with bureaucracy. Was this money well spent . Absolutely. Reporter because, he says, theres so much more. Speed limits will be changed depending on traffic. Lights coordinated on surface streets that bear the brunt of frustrated freeway drivers. Lanes could be opened or closed. For this part of highway 80, i think its worth it. Its really busy. Thats a lot of money. They could fix the potholes on the roads for 79 million. [ laughter ] reporter now, they say its going to save hundreds of millions of doll