Reporter susanna robins describes 71yearold ed french as witty artistic sole she will miss, a commercial location scout with close ties to the xhilm community, lost his life film community, lost his life sunday morning, alone when two people robbed him of his camera and shot him to death. The view is amazing, the morning would have been a beautiful time. Reporter signs around the location indicate theft here is common, police have added 24 7 security as they investigate frenchs death. There is an uptick in crime up there, there is about 254 incidents that we have to this date, for 2017. Reporter 97 of those crimes are car break ins, but two tourists were murdered here on valentines day of last year, multiple others reported being robbed at gunpoint. This level of violence is rare for that area, and the car break ins that we have been primarily focused on, but obviously an incident like this takes our attention. Reporter susana says the story has shaken her sense of security, she and he
And that stems from policies that have been adopted over the last several years that officers believe tie their hands, with respect to doing their job. Reporter she gave examples, as of january juveniles cant be cited for fare jumping. Bart recently passed a sank shoeary policy, and the police have shanktuary policy, and the police have another policy. They fear of being rep remanded for use of force, there is an awful lot of paperwork that occurs, these are the things i am hearing from the officers. Reporter the chief says he is hearing more optimistic news. What i have been getting is a lot of positive feedback in what the future holds. Reporter bart board member, allen, said the department should study why few are applying but the chief wants to focus elsewhere. Because somebody applies doesnt mean they are qualified. I want to spend time and effort on the back end and really compressing our processes for recruitment, testing, and hiring. Reporter if anyone out there is interested i
Records and we can see the eye right there. So its central western mexico were concerned about. That path takes it right between Puerta Vallarta and manzanillo. Not only winds greater than 200 Miles Per Hour but storm surges on the right side. Up to 20 inches of rain comes along with this. Get it into the mountains, still have flooding out there and starts to die out over central mexico but the moisture does not. Thats where we run into a problem. Weve seen flash flooding with another storm in texas, so weve got flash flood watches from laredo to dallas and now dallas on alert and thats where our rob marciano is this morning for the second round. Good morning, ginger. Folks here certainly with a worrisome eye on patricia not only for folks in mexico but maybe coming in this direction. A bit of a break from the rain but its been raining heavily all night long. Some of the roads this dallas having a hard time dealing with that but without a doubt last 24 hours the hardest hit area has be
Adele looks and sounds fantastic. Yeah. Her new album 25 which we figured out is her 25th year even though shes 27. Thank you, my darling. But, no, such a powerful song. We hope robin can hear it at home resting up from shoulder surgery. Shell be back on monday. Hurricane patricia, take a look at it over the past 48 hours developing very quickly forming into a huge hurricane, national hurrine center calling it the strongest hurricane ever recorded in the western hemisphere and now warnings of catastrophic landfall. American tourists trapped in mexico and the airport in Puerta Vallarta shut down this morning and they are working quickly to sandbag the coast, board up those windows. Ginger starts us off. This is a big one. This hurricane detonated overnight. I mean exploding into so many records and we can see the eye right there. So its central western mexico were concerned about. That path takes it right between Puerta Vallarta and manzanillo. Not only winds greater than 200 Miles Per
Dangerous russian prescription drug. The investigation and the companys response this morning. And say hello to adele. The superstar singer capping off her big comeback releasing the first song from her brandnew album this morning and setting fire to the internet. And good morning, america. Wow. Adele looks and sounds fantastic. Yeah. Her new album 25 which we figured out is her 25th year even though shes 27. Right lara . Thank you, my darling. But, no, such a powerful song. We hope robin can hear it at home resting up from shoulder surgery. Shell be back on monday. Hurricane patricia, take a look at it over the past 48 hours developing very quickly forming into a huge hurricane, National Hurricane center calling it the strongest hurricane ever recorded in the western hemisphere and now warnings of catastrophic landfall. American tourists trapped in mexico and the airport in Puerta Vallarta shut down this morning and they are working quickly to sandbag the coast, board up those windows