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
The flames could be seen for miles. Now shop owners are assessing right now at 11 00, those are flames that could be seen for miles and now shop owners are assessing the damage after a destructive fire tore through a south bay trip mall. Good morning. Im kris sanchez. And im scott mcgrew. The fire broke out around 3 00 this morning. Within minutes, it was burning through several businesses. Crews are still on the scene looking for hot spots. I was there for the earlymorning hours but bob redell took over for this noontime hour and is joining us now. What is now, bob . Reporter well, for the past several hours, kris and scott, shop owners had the heartbreaking task to find out how their businesses faired in this fire that tore through the Rancho Shopping Center on el camino. The Fire Department was able to save three locations and the remaining seven destroyed, including the kosher Indian Restaurant owned by mr. And mrs. Patel. Unbelievable. [ crying ] reporter heartbreaking morning. An
The public is welcome to address the commission on items not on tonights agenda and please rise for the pledge of allegiance and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Commissioner president loftus id like to call roll commissioner president loftus commissioner turman commissioner marshall commissioner dejesus is in route and commissioner mazzuco commissioner wong commissioner melara commissioner president loftus we have quorum and with use it police chief tony and for the decoration of office of citizens complaints sam. Thank you sergeant. Good evening and welcome. To the monday, may 31, 2016, First Police Commission well begin with the secretary of commission gloss the rules of order the public is welcome to address the commission on items not on tonights agenda but within the jurisdiction of the commission. With respect to agenda items, please direct your questions to the commission as a whole which are the jurisdict