Fremont. Theyre not going to go to school because we have to figure out whats going to be next. Reporter jasmine and her kids moved to oakland about five months ago. They were at one point homeless after she lost her job. We close to be homeless here in oakland. Reporter Oakland Police report from january 1st to september 17th , they recorded 10,547 stolen vehicles. That comes out to about 40 stolen cars a day. Officers say thats a 51 increase compared to the same period last year. Its astounding. Its really hard to believe. Thats insane. I didnt realize it was that bad. While the number is pretty staggering, i wish i could say that i was truly surprised or am truly surprised, for that matter, because of the lack of leadership in oakland City Government and the lack of accountability. Reporter officers say there are more stolen vehicles than the reported car breakins, 10,335. Officers admit most people dont report breakins anymore. We found several families on sunday checking out their
Potentially your travel plans. Thank you so much for joining us. Im andrea nakano. Im brian hackney. When it comes to crime in oakland, almost every category is going up compared to last year. One number that caught our attention was the number of cars stolen in oakland. 10,000 cars in the first 8 1 2 months have been stolen police say. Da lin talks to those impacted by the crimes, including a woman who is on the verge of homelessness. Reporter this car owner is in tears. She just filed a police report. Someone stole her 2001 chevy suburban in front of her fruitvale district apartment sunday morning. That car, i buy it with collecting bottles from the street. Reporter Jasmine Cabrera said she collected bottles and cans a year to save up 3,000 to buy that suv. Now she feels the world around her is collapsing. My kids go to fremont. So i have to drive every day here to oakland to take them to fremont. Theyre not going to school because we have to figure out whats going to be next. Report
Afternoon with heavy hearts as the department mourned the loss of sergeant tom smith, a 23year veteran of the force. Were in shock, disbelief, were numb. Were grieving, and please give us some time. Smith was one of seven bart police, five undercover detectives and two uniformed officers doing a search of an apartment at the park sierra complex in dublin. While the officers were inside the one bedroom apartment, one of the detectives guns went off strike and ultimately killing smith. Apartment resident got a brief glimpse of Sergeant Smith as he was rushed away by ambulance. He was in the bed. He wasnt moving. No one else was inside the apartment except the officers so how and why the gun went off during the search is the focus of an investigation by the Alameda County sheriffs office. Everybody has been interviewed so now we can go forward and try to reconstruct exactly what happened. The apartment bart police were searching was the home of 20yearold john henry lee. Lee was on probati
Ensure a fair and thorough investigation. He observed the interviews of all seven officers who were there when tragedy struck. This is the kind of incident that is as tragic as you can imagine and shouldnt happen to any family or any agency anywhere. Now, the independent Police Auditor says the interviews of the officers who were there at the incident went late into last evening. He says that they are gaining a better understanding of what took place, but so far Law Enforcement is not really releasing many details. Reporting live, jodi hernandez, nbc bay area news. Any major flaws in b. A. R. T. Officer training programs, and well take a closer look at sergeant tom smith. Cheryl hurd is also with us from sam ramon. Cheryl. Reporter tom smith and his wife live here in this san ramon neighborhoods and neighbors here are still reeling from this tragedy. I spoke today with tom smiths former boss, gary gee, and he said that he was a wonderful man. I also spoke with a San Francisco state pro
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