There are no injuries but there was widespread disruption. Good evening. Three years after Sarah Everard was murdered by a serving Police Officer, the detective who led the Murder Inquiry has spoken about the case on camera for the first time. Dci Katherine Goodwin told the bbc about her shock at finding out their Chief Suspect worked for the metropolitan police. She said to her boss youre not going to believe this. Last week an independent inquiry found that chances to stop wayne couzens, who abducted, raped and killed Sarah Everard, were repeatedly missed and he should never have been given a job as a Police Officer. Sarahs family hope a new documentary being shown after the third anniversary of her murder will contribute to the ongoing dialogue around violence against women and the way Police Approach this type of case. Our Special Correspondent lucy manning reports. The everard family have shared some of their favourite pictures of their daughter and sister sarah. A smile that stan
Ghost gun that authorities say was responsible for the death of a 16-year-old girl, and two other people are seriously hurt. innocent bystanders. talk to us about the danger, the problem of these ghost guns, and why they are such an issue. well, it is a huge issue. it is growing almost every day. more and more ghost guns are being recovered on the street by police. what makes it so dangerous is the fact that you can buy them online, you can buy them at gun shows. there is no background check. so a person, a domestic abuse or for example, a convicted felon, you could be on the no fly list, and get a ghost gun. it does not matter. the age does not matter. anybody could get their hands on it, and they are relatively easy to put together, your reporters mentioned, sometimes within 30 minutes or so. you are starting to find more and more of them. over the last five years, close to 700 have been used in
That shooting. in another incident on christmas day, a 24-year-old man was found dead on the street by police. the victim had been shot in the head. a chicago 911 dispatcher sounding the alarm about an officer shortage in the city s largest police district. listen. it s outrageous. and i m not happy. when you say anything, people are afraid. it s like it s a death zone. several of my officers who have texted me, okay and said they were scared. they have no backing and they are scared of being out there by themselves. that dispatcher was praised for his handling of the deadly shooting of officer ella french back in august. he says the city s liberal mayor lori lightfoot doing enough to address the shortage. alderman says the 16th district is down about 70 officers. that s a lot, guys, back to you. will: unbelievable. thanks, todd. so, guys, this is chicago.
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Another example of that. and i wish that more candidates would release criminal justice plans and particularly police reform plans. and sometimes they don t want to deal with it because you get thrown back with this label of somehow being anti-police. but i tell people all the time, look, i know there are good police officers out there. i worked with good police officers when i was mayor of san antonio. just like we need to make improvements to the legal profession that i m a part of or to the medical profession or other professions, we need to improve policing in this country. and the reason that that s so urgent is because some people are getting treated differently on the street by police. and that often means injury or death. and so the stakes are very high, and it s urgent for us to make those changes. in terms of my plan for our country, i ve laid out a criminal justice reform plan that i call a first chance plan. that means that i actually believe we need to work harder