Up. East bay policeman robbed of his own guns. The brazen burglary and why the officer gave chase and then gave up. If anyone could straighten out the terrible problem that oakland has, he can. Oakland calls in reinforcements. The tough cop theyve hired as a consultant and what he plans to do right away to get a handle on crime. My own mom had christmas dinner told me do not raise my taxes. The bay areas newly elected congressman getting plenty of advice on his way to washington. What he says he can teach the old guard about compromise. New at 10, a Police Officer arrives home to find hes become a crime victim. Three burglars caught in the act of stealing the policemans guns. Christin ayers on what happened next. Reporter police say burglaries in this area have become so widespread that even cops have become targets. We do have a lot of Law Enforcement folks that live in our city. They are the victims of burglaries. Reporter most recently last night. Three burglars already ransacking a
Are out watching movies and watching the kids play soccer and basketball and doing all kinds of things. They should be here. I told the president we would be happy to look at wah he proposes but the truth is we are coming up against a hard deadline and as i said this is a conversation we should have had months ago. Reporter democrats want to extend the bushera tax cuts to everyone except those americans making 250,000 or more a year. Many republicans are against any tax increases. Most americans just want something to be done. People are just tired of partisanship and they want everyone to come together. Reporter if lawmakers dont reach a deal by january 1, many economists are concerned it could eventually lead to another recession. Im ed payne reporting. President obama appears to have more backing from the public in budget negotiations. A gallup tracking poll released wednesday gives mr. Obama 54 support compared to 26 for House Speaker john boehner. 5 02. A looming dock worker strik
Bratton helped reduce Violent Crime when he headed the new york and l. A. Police departments. We talked to oaklanders who are skeptical after hearing city leaders talk about different plans to stop the violence. Theyre unhappy. They re miserable because they haveo hope and they have no, no money. Ouncil votes it might tamp some of it down just like putting armed guards on every Street Corner might tamp some of it down, but it wont make peoples lives better. I live over in the rolling 20s in the neighborhood and are in a lot of miserable people there. Theyre miserable because they have no hope and they have no money. Oakland City Council Votes next month on the plan to hire bratton at a rate of 250,000. Nothing compared to ch as bad as oakland has struggled, its nothing compared to chicago which just hit an almost unbelievable milestone, 500 murders this year alone. Hours after police announced they were one homicide away from the 500 mark a man was shot in the head outside a Convenienc
Youre watching cbs 5 Eyewitness News in high definition. A dangerous game of cops and cobbers in the east bay. Burglars find themselves face toface with a homeowner who wears a badge. Good evening. Im elizabeth cook. And im allen martin. New at 11, an Antioch Police officer arrives home to find hes become the victim of a crime. Three burglars caught in the act of stealing his guns. Cbs 5 reporter Christin Ayers on what happened next. Reporter Antioch Police say burglaries in this area have become so widespread and so brazen that even cops have become targets. Folks are the victims of burglars. Reporter most recently last night. Three burglars were ransacking a Police Officers home, when the officer came home. Interrupted the burglary and three subjects fled out the back of the home. Reporter making off with two of the officers guns. The offer chased them but was forced to stop when one of the suspects pulled aut the officers stolen gun and fired a warning shot. This is not the first ti
The offer chased them but was forced to stop when one of the suspects pulled aut the officers stolen gun and fired a warning shot. This is not the first time this has happened. Police say it does not appear that the officer in yesterdays burglary was targeted. At this point, it appears to be completely random. Like many cities in the bay area, residential burglaries are on the rise and have been for quite a while. Reporter a helicopter and search dog were unable to locate the suspects. And officers have only a vague description of the three men. However, they were able to recover some of the personal effects that were stolen. They were dropped during the chase. Live in antioch, christin ayers, cbs 5, we are following a developing story in the east bay. Police are investigating a shooting at the pittsburgbay point bart station. Now, bart Authorities Say they got the first call just before 7 00 tonight. They found the victim in the parking lot. He was taken to John Muir Medical Center in