Sexual misconduct of three officers. The da is conducting an investigation. Criminal misconduct on the part of Police Officers we owe that to the residents and to the hard working men and women of the opd to to continue to do a good job. Truly, tragic. This type of conduct is happening at this moment in time. With this department, granted, has much more work to do but made so much progress. Bomb said the conduct is expected to be at the highest level whether or not on duty. And going forward, opd will notify appropriate any suspicion of criminal activity for an officer whether or not that officer is on duty at the time. In pittsburgh, fire crews are on the scenes of a with thor rescue at the marina. Were told four people went into the water. All of the people are out of the water and yes. For breaking news follow us on twitter on abc7 news bay area. A amtrak train slammed in a truck today, killing three people this afternoon in a rural part of madera county. Investigators believe a Fre
In this community. No tolerance in oakland. New at 6 00, the mayor reveals a sweeping new rule to rebuild trust in the community. Good evening, thanks for joining us. Im ama daetz. Im dan ashley. We heard from both the mayor and chief of Oakland Police because several officers are under investigation. Abc7 news joins us live with the story. Melanie . We heard the mayor and police chief call the allegations serious. Were talking about Police Officers and two on administrative leave for an investigation ongoing since a at 2515. And theyre very concerned and had skepticism despite residue, her death was ruled, that same sue site prompted the Investigation Underway into the Sexual Misconduct of three officers. The da is conducting an investigation. Criminal misconduct on the part of Police Officers we owe that to the residents and to the hard working men and women of the opd to to continue to do a good job. Truly, tragic. This type of conduct is happening at this moment in time. With this
Both on and off duty. We as oaklanders can expect to hold officers to the highest standards of conduct. Again, both while they wear the uniform and while they dont. And that is a standard that we intend to enforce here at the city of oakland. Reporter and thats mayor libby schaaf really taking a hard stance on this misconduct. Now, the police chief was also there but was really the mayor that was outlining what needs to be done and stressing that the people of oakland deserve to know what happened. She is even calling on the d. A. To conduct its own separate independent investigation into the allegations. Today i issued an executive directive that will require Going Forward without discretion the Oakland Police department to notify the appropriate District Attorney whenever there is reasonable suspicion of any criminal conduct either on or off duty by any employee of the Oakland Police department. Reporter if we backtrack this all started from a suicide note that was left from a police
Breaking news, this could have killed someone. Somebody has been hurling Railroad Spikes from an overpass, on to University Avenue in philadelphia. At least four cars were struck tonight, and needless to say police want to find who is doing this, and fast. It is friday night, and the big story on action news tonight is somebodys sick idea of fun, fun that could have led to the loss of life. Action News Reporter chad pradelli is at the scene and has the full story, chad . Reporter yeah, jim, this could have been a much worse, it appears police may have their guy, they are questioning a man, there is the overpass right there, University Avenue overpass this happened a couple hours ago. That guy was actually throwing Railroad Spikes and rocks over the overpass, hitting, as you said, four vehicles. One of those spikes went right through the windshield and stuck in the dashboard narrowly missing the drivers head. That driver suffered some minor scrapes to and cuts to his eyes and face, but
Police want to find who is doing this, and fast. It is friday night, and the big story on action news tonight is somebodys sick idea of fun, fun that could have led to the loss of life. Action News Reporter chad pradelli is at the scene and has the full story, chad . Reporter yeah, jim, this could have been a much worse, it appears police may have their guy, they are questioning a man, there is the overpass right there, University Avenue overpass this happened a couple hours ago. That guy was actually throwing Railroad Spikes and rocks over the overpass, hitting, as you said, four vehicles. One of those spikes went right through the windshield and stuck in the dashboard narrowly missing the drivers head. That driver suffered some minor scrapes to and cuts to his eyes and face, but that was the accident of the injuries. Difficult talk to a couple of the victims including one man who went after the suspect. I was just driving under the bridge, and i heard a loud noise and looked up and m