football recruits in the country, and now he's on a mission to help kids struggling with a condition that could have kept him from playing high-level sports. firefighters are a life saving hero. turns out so are high school students. especially ones that will design life saving gear. we'll have their story. it's almost more parade than a race now. a look at some of the most colorful costumes from this year's beta breakers. live in san francisco, i'm brian hackney. >> i'm andrea nakano. we begin in danville where young kids participated in a skills camp this morning created by the local high school football super star. >> one in 26 people will develop epilepsy at some point in their life. that included marco jones. one of the coveted college recruits in the country now. >> growing up, there were questions about whether he would even be able to live a

normal life. john ramos has the story. >> reporter: tay say that sports reveal a person's character, but nothing builds character like having to face a little adversity early on in life. if you don't know the name marco jones, you can be shereef major college football team in the country does. he plays linebacker and tight end for san ramon valley high, and has offers from more than 30 colleges including schools like michigan, alabama, usc, and texas. but on this day, it was his team on the field. welcome to the marco jones skills camp on his home field at srv. players and coaches recruited by marco put kids ages 8 to 13 through a range of activities, from speed and agility drills to a spirited game of dodgeball, all under the watchful eye of the camp's founder. >> he's a big inspiration. i

mean i've known him for a while. he's one of the people i look up to. >> he has 5:00 a.m. workouts that he does. it is just amazing. most people don't do that. he's really dedicated. >> reporter: but as bright as his future appears, it department start out that way. at 3 years old, he was diagnosed with epilepsy, suffering seizures at an alarming rate. >> it was a very traumatic experience for my wife and i especially. i mean waking up when he's 3 years old to having a seizure is not fully anticipated. >> it's scary and not being able to help your kid is maybe one of the worst feelings. >> reporter: but they did find help. at age 13, the problem cleared up as it does for about 70% of patients. and while most of the kids were able-bodied, the camp was dedicated to a program called helmets for helmets, using autographed sports equipment to raise money for kids with epilepsy.

>> luckily i grew out of it, but some people who were not as lucky. it was a foundation that gives helmets, soft helmets to kids with epilepsy to protect them from if they have a seizure that protects their head if they fall. >> reporter: marco has a big decision ahead of him, where he plays next will affect every aspect of his future. and it is a healthy future that his parents are thrilled to see. >> it is surreal, like we are lucky that first of all he's an unbelievable human being. i'm watching him walk around here with a smile. and like whatever decision he makes is easy. i mean he can't go wrong. >> reporter: and his success is only increasing his ability to inspire others. >> and now if they see that someone like marco that everybody knows, oh, i had epilepsy too. it makes me feel more normal. >> reporter: the path to professional football is a

tough one with no guarantees. but if it is true overcoming adversity makes a person stronger, marco jones has a leg up on the competition. >> the helmets for helmets foundation was created by a cal bears assistant coach whose son is dealing with epilepsy. for more information about the program, there's a link on our website kpix.com. now to oakland where locals are concerned about the financial health of their city. heavy budget cuts loom. $177 million deficit. oakland is facing the prospects of layoffs. mayor thao is expected to release her budget soon. organizers are bracing for the worst and saying slashing city services will impact public safety. >> reporter: public safety is number one concern for everyone. you talk to anyone in the streets or in the businesses, that is their number one priority. you can't have a business function. you can't be out on the streets.

even patronizing these businesses if you don't feel safe. >> reporter: the city officials have yet to announce what would be cut to make up the budget shortfall. the group behind the efforts to recall mayor thao says it's gotten well above the 25,000 signatures needed to put a recall on the ballot. that's a month ahead of schedule. and they blame mayor thao. but crime is down nearly a third from 2023 where robberies are the only crime that is still rising. the recall signatures now go to the county registrar to be validated. this past week supervisors chose not to receive a special election for the potential recall of district attorney. the recall will be on the general election ballot. those supporting the recall were pushing for a special election, arguing the county will be safer the sooner she's out of office. every year it's one of san francisco's most colorful events. the annual race took

over the city this morning. excuse me, max darrow caught up with participants who really got into the spirit. >> reporter: the sound of the horn officially kicked off another edition of san francisco's tradition, beta breakers. more than 21,000 people signed up for the seven-mile run and fun this year. while some participants are competitive runners. the majority show up in costumes. some crazy, some fun, and there are also some people who choose to show up in nothing at all. >> yeah, this is the 113th year that started in 1912. it's one of the oldest running races in the united states. >> reporter: we caught up with several runners during the unofficial, but ceremonial tortilla cost that started the at the race. >> this is our fourth year as chickens, so two of them did not come this year, but we made

it. and this is our newest chicken. >> reporter: then we met them on abby road or howard street. >> this is one of our members. we're the beatle. >> reporter: batman and robin were there. historically this batman has really embraced some of the fun that some choose to have during the run. >> the first time i went, we would go. we would take a shot. and the moment we started. >> i love it. >> reporter: this guy, a first timer really leaned into a unique and creative costume. >> that's the white boards man with the creativity in people here. no idea what it is like to run into this and i'll see if we make it. >> reporter: if he did, he will probably be the first time that he has ever finished the beta breakers. >> congratulations. >> thanks, good job. it wasn't the first time for the women's champion. a competitive runner making her return to beta

breakers. >> wasn't able to race last year. i was having my bridal shower this weekend last year, but it's great to be back. i won in 2022, so it is fun that, you know, i got to win again. a lot of these big races, you know, it's pretty tense. people are very serious. so it is certainly fun to have everyone kind of have fun out there and also just the people on the sidelines, it is really motivating. it's really fun for us. >> reporter: a classic may gray day at the finish line where runners were greeted with cheers, congratulations, and a nice ocean breeze. for many now, it might be time to ice their knees. today would have been harvey milk's 94th birthday. san francisco supervisor was shot and killed in city hall in 1978. today civic leaders came to harvey milk plaza in the castro district to celebrate his goals. the city is closing in on securing a building for an lgbtq museum that would

feature milk and many others. >> and so many actual friends of harvey milk who continue to make sure that his legacy is not forgotten, but used as a beacon of hope for future generations to come. >> and harvey milk terminal is scheduled to open in june. the $2.4 billion project includes two new gates, new ticket counters, new security check points. they will link all of their terminals after you go through security. milk also made history by being the first openly gay person to have a navy ship named after him. and it will deliver fuel and other materials to other navy ships at sea. he served in the navy during the korean war still ahead here at 6:00. meet the students whose breakthrough conventions could help firefighters on the front

lines. their teacher couldn't be happier. >> we wanted them to start inventing things with manner. the shift in political power in san francisco. how the city's asian american community is getting their voice heard loud and clear. the first alert forecast, you probably notice unless you're right at the beach that there was a lot more blue sky today than what we would have. now look what happened in the marine layer. it's gone. we're not seeing any of it off our coast. we'll have a few days like this. then it's coming back. i'll tell you what's working to keep it away now and why it will feel quite different around here by next

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at calistoga high where students put their heads together to come up with a very practical project that is quite literally a really cool innovation for firefighters. and their teacher, heather brooks, couldn't be happier. >> reporter: these are the problem solving wiz kids of calistoga high. but which problem dissolved? heather brooks, their teacher, explains. >> we want them to form a bond in the community. we want them to start inventing for things that started. >> we went out to interview our communities and the organizations. >> every single groups said they were very hot on their job. >> reporter: that group included workers outside in the hot sun and inside his marin art gallery? >> i run the art gallery, but there is something else i'll do. i'm the assistant chief of the fire department. dehydration and heat exhaustion are big issues for firefighters. >> if you want to keep them

cool. >> we do. we want to keep them cool while they're fighting fires. >> reporter: the kids will remember the massive tubbs fire from 2017. >> there were alerts at 2:00 a.m. and 3:00 a.m. that they would have to leave. >> they made a huge fireball that was scary. >> because of the wildfires, we would pick the firefighters because we would care about them. >> and also our agricultural work because they were there. >> reporter: 90% of the students here are latino. and as the lead scientist. >> and i'm an administrator. >> i'm the ceo. >> i am the lead inventer. >> reporter: they designed that kind of cooling smart wear, experimenting, finessing, rejecting ideas. >> i do have to do that sometimes. >> reporter: until their device actually did keep a firefighter cool in a hot sauna. so what is the breakthrough device? if we do, we have to kill you. >> this is top secret as we are hoping to be pending by june and we don't have that

protected by the area, so anybody could come in and copy it and we will lose our ability to claim that it is our device then. >> reporter: instead the class is flying to m.i.t. as one of eight finalists in a national competition, raising money for the trip. >> we have around $175,000 raised. our goal is $200,000. >> reporter: the real payoff is this prototype actually works. >> i was shocked. i was really surprised and really happy with the results. >> i feel like it was a huge win. >> so does this firefighter. >> it's an amazing thing that these young people have taken on a challenge of this type and congratulations to them. >> reporter: as for mrs. brooks. >> we wouldn't be here today if it wasn't for ms brooks. >> she's a teacher. >> and she has sacrificed so much for us to make a difference. i just really appreciate her, and i think it works for everything. >> you're welcome.

>> reporter: just really wow, what a great project, what great students. what a great teacher. >> it was so much fun doing that story. if i understand this correctly, and i think i do. the entire team that developed this will fly out to mit to show off their work as a part of this competition, and then they fly back the day before graduation. i mean can you imagine that? >> and if you fly out there to high school? >> not as close, but i didn't have ms brooks. what a great job. >> yeah. i mean just the invention. it is so critical in this. >> which we don't know about. but we'll find out, hopefully by june. >> luckily we'll live to see another day and up until they decide. it is time for us to know. all right, let's get into this forecast. now look at the view of us today on high risk satellite. now you might look at them and say all right, it's a satellite image as you could pick it out. but what's the point? the point is the fact that there are no clouds out here. this is may. typically with you get into the month of may, the entire coastline, you don't see ocean

from the satellite, you see the marine layer gray. not today. not tomorrow. and not tuesday. we are going to keep it clear like this. just a little bit of an explanation of how we're doing this and what will change. you can see how this will play out. we're letting the days go by. that's monday. we have the northerly flow and clear skies, which is the warmest day, and watch what happens on wednesday. now we get back to normal may. we'll start pulling back the gray in the middle of the week. then by thursday, friday, saturday, the temperatures are going back down again. and there will be temperatures inland that will be around 70 by the time we get to saturday. you wouldn't really see what was driving all of this. you don't see any of the patterns, which is why it

is so cool. now you'll see all kinds of things that you couldn't pick out if you were looking for clouds. two things will stand out. first of all the area pressure off the coast is throwing thunderstorms at the sierra yesterday. and that is what we care about it now and that trough. area of low pressure sliding down the coast and that is pushing things out in front of it, clearing out the marine layer. now you can watch them getting pushed down to the south as that trough will plow the marine layer away. when we get to wednesday, the clouds will fill back in again and they will come back in terms of the way it will feel with more blue skies for monday and tuesday and that warm up. these numbers are about three to four degrees. now watch that transition on tuesday and all of a sudden, there is more orange over here with temperatures climbing into

the mid-80s. that was like the upper 70s today. wednesday is pretty close and by thursday and friday, they start to take over as you see the two micro climates. where you go to 74 on tuesday. 61 on saturday. because you will be in the mid-80s for both by tuesday. then right back down to around 70 by saturday. so there is like a 15-degree drop from where you're going to be on tuesday. you don't get to keep that going into the weekend. we'll cool back down again by the time we get there. all right, matt, over to you. and sports, giants were going for a sweep against the rockies as they try to get back on track after a brutal injury. and plus

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and vying for another major championship while one man in particular was looking for his first. stacked leaderboard in the final round at valhalla and he got turned up on the back nine. he had led all day until victor hovland trained this birdie putt. giving him the lead, but he wouldn't hold it for long. here was his approach on 12. sticks it right next to the pin. set up the short birdie putt that put him back as the solo leader at 20 under. and it all came down to the 18th. hovland could tie up at 20 under, but misses wide. a disappointing third had place finish for him. bryson dechambeau shined at the masters last year. he took his share of the lead, going 7 under on the day. he needed to par 18 to force a playoff. but xander proved himself under pressure. beautiful short shot

to set up a makeable look for birdie. with all eyes on him, he had this left for the tournament. drains it. your champion at 21 under. the first major championship under his belt. it's his first win on tour. >> i department want to go into a playoff against bryson. i'm assuming we would have played 18. it would have been a lot of work. i told myself it had is my opportunity, and just capture it. it hasn't been an easy week for the giants who basically promoted their majority of the roster to put a ban date over the many injuries they've dealt with. despite that, they've been playing really good baseball. the view from the pre-game flyover, no, it's not fleet week just yet. we will pick things up in the top of the first. ryan mcmahon will go opposite field off of hicks that has been so good and the first run of the game, but

the only run allowed by hicks in five innings. 2-1 san francisco in the fifth. how hot has this guy been? 11 rbis in the last two games. won't get one here, but it doesn't matter. two outs. he scores to make it 3-1. in the bottom of the 6th, he leads off the inning with the solo shot to center and his first of the year. the giants win 4-1. that's good for a sweep of the series, and they now won a season high four straight. the a's wrapping up their weekend and road trip in kansas city. the royals jumped on them early in the first inning. bobby jr. with an rbi double here, kansas city won 8-4. they sweep the series. the a's at one point was hot, no longer 1-9 on the trip as they lost 10 out of 11. back at the coliseum for wednesday.

game seven, msg. late first quarter, tyrese haliburton shot 76% in the first half. in the third, new york cuts the deficit. t.j. mccome steals the inbound, leads to an and one, and pushed the lead back to 15. spike lee, yeah, they're going to hear from him later. indiana wins game seven on the road, advancing to their first eastern conference finals since 2014. they're going to face the boston celtics on tuesday. on thursday in san jose, the fourth annual legacy series to raise money for the golden heart funds. garcia hit high praises for the niners current kb1. >> very mature, very cool, calm, collected. some of that joe montana feel to him in the sense of how joe was so cool

out on the field. he's a young man who plays the game with an effortless feel for what he does out there. he's got a composure that is well beyond his 24, 25 years of age that he is. all those things that he does are there is special, behope to have him for a long time. >> he's not mentioned in the upper echelon of the great niner quarterbacks like joe montana and steve young. they went there with their times. >> every conversation will compare to joe montana and steve young. but he had to follow them. >> a tough gig. >> a tough gig, and he did really well. >> all right, thanks, matt. coming up in the next half hour, how san francisco's asian american community is playing in an increasingly powerful role in local politics. new data showing that guns previously used by u.s. law

enforcement are tied to nine crimes every day. how it happens and why one northern california sheriff says he has nothing to apologize for. the president of iran missing after a helicopter crash. how the we

now at 6:30, asian americans make up a third of the population. only recently have they become an important part of the political landscape. in 2020, the asian american voting block really flexed their muscles at the box. >> and they look at the two

issues that will spark this awakening and how they have taken notice. >> reporter: when lily ho walks through san francisco's chinatown, she sees power in numbers. >> the community is 38% of the population in san francisco. so if it is not important, it would be a big problem. >> reporter: and when hate became a part of the problem for the community, it was lily and other community members who became a part of their solution. especially during the rise of attacks on elderly asian seniors. >> and it is anger, frustration, hopelessness, shock. it was being ignored. >> no one is representing the victim. >> reporter: they do the not believe they were doing enough to protect them. >> it was outrageous that we

were seeing it and allowing it to happen and the power of their vote led the charge to recall the former d.a. and that is just the beginning because during the same year that same voting block of asian americans, frustrated with the direction of san francisco's education system. >> and actually insulted the entire chinese community. >> reporter: sent a clear message by recalling three members of the school board. >> education and public safety were two things. and for four elected officials. >> reporter: they cover both the aapi community and now politics for the sf standard. the school board and district attorney recalls, changed the political landscape, forcing city hall to take notice. >> this community has become increasingly outspoken and also

influential politically. >> reporter: the candidates from mayor london breed for those looking to win her seat at city hall, you can easily spot them at asian american functions, the vote. and behind their scenes, they have become more diverse. >> it is very intentional what they will look for it as they will begin with the staffers who are familiar and with the community to do the community outrage. >> reporter: the other candidates are taking it even one step further. >> for example like those running for district three, he's learning cantonese for years. now some of the campaign events or the political debates, he's showing off the cantonese speaking skills. >> reporter: hoping to organize the vote may be an awakening of her own. this past march, she won the elected position on their central committee.

>> and there is still a lot that aren't registered to vote. >> reporter: inspired to step into the political arena with more work to do to highlight the power of the asian american vote. >> the community recognized that they are extremely important to those things they care about. >> reporter: to amplify the power of representation. >> and you can find all the special stories for aapi heritage month on our website. you can watch our special, roots and resilience, an aapi celebration on friday at 4:00 on kpix and streaming on cbs news bay area. on the subject of politics, incumbent london breed officially kicked off her re-election campaign in san francisco. she's been in office for six years now, pitching herself to voters where the focus on crime and safety, as well as revitalizing downtown. >> what we're trying to do is keep up the momentum of the work that we have already done

to get to this point. we didn't just clean up the streets. we're not just clean up the streets for the re-election campaign. we are making sure that we're doing everything that we can as we always have to lead the city, to manage through challenging times. >> the mayor has a lot of competition if that bid for re-election among the candidates for office. the former supervisor and the mayor mark ferrell. the board supervisor, aaron peskin, and philanthropist and levi straus heir, daniel lury. by the way tomorrow's mayoral debate has been canceled after breed, lurie, and peskin dropped out. it was to be hosted by the non-profit. mayor breed said the organization has troubling ties with ferrell. in a statement on their website, the non-profit called the three candidates decisions to pull out of the debate political theatrics. breed and peskin will be holding their own

moderated conversation tomorrow night at manny's in the mission starting at 6:00. the first presidential debate is just over a month away. that will be in atlanta where biden spent the morning, delivering the commencement address at morehouse college. biden' reception was mixed from students at the historically black college over the israel-hamas war in gaza. as protesters gathered outside, some graduates and faculty turned their backs to the president during their speech. >> i've called for an immediate cease-fire. an immediate cease-fire. stop the fighting. >> the words are words and actions are something different. >> the president then went on to michigan. another swing state. he spoke at an naacp dinner in detroit. meanwhile the republican nominee donald trump accepted the endorsement of the national rifle association. he delivered a speech at the nra's annual meeting in dallas yesterday. its trump's ninth address on the nra stage. and happening tomorrow,

teaching assistants, tutors, other student workers, are planning to strike. they say it is in response to the university's crackdown on pro palestinian demonstrations. the president of iran is missing tonight after a helicopter carrying him and other officials crashed in the mountains of northern iran. several nations have joined in the search. cbs news correspondent ian lee has details. >> reporter: the president's helicopter wept down in the northwest of the country. a part of three when they made what they described as a hard landing. they showed the rescue crews working in heavy fog, disability in some places is less than 20 feet. the helicopter went down, the foreign minister was traveling with the president at time. both missing. they had been

visiting the project earlier in the day. he's an extremely divisive president who was elected in the lowest turnout of the country's history. a conservative hardliner who has overseen the violent crackdown on decent. he's also very close to the leader. many view him as the successor that is being described as an accident. so far there isn't any talk of foul play. >> the nation has a vice president that would take over. meanwhile the supreme leader says the government will carry on as usual. thousands of guns once carried by police ending up in the hands of criminals. it's the consequences of a police policy. which bay area law enforcement agencies are doing this and why one local sheriff says his department is destroying old weapons instead. the final steps to free the

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between the pets and their people on the festivities. it all began downtown as they would call it, and they would continue with the pet wellness festival. all organized by the group, joy bound. that used to be known as the animal rescue foundation. all profits will go towards the group's work.

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everyone gather around your television set. wow, they blew up, the fireball. this happened over spain where they said it was a small piece of a comet before it burned up from somebody's home security camera in portugal. oh wow. civilians described it feeling

like a burst of daylight at nighttime. they said they got a lot of calls about it. i would suspect so as you would see the street that you would cross the sky and a cool sight that you don't have to worry. when you see that light that will get bigger, bigger, bigger, that's coming at you and there will be pieces when they happen. it will warm us up, going right back down. and just to show you the one part of the coast today. this is 9:00 a.m. it was funny the whole way for that and as you got out towards the greater highway in the end, it is cloudy. and maybe just a few showers in the north bay

valley. now watch what happens here, totally disappeared and let's go to that real wide view and that high satellite imagery today with something missing off the coast. it is just suppose to be colored in to the coastline as gray. the marine layer is taking a little bit of a break right now. going into an explanation of what happened and how long we could keep it like that. but for right now since it's staying this way, really through at least tuesday. let's look at the impact that they will have on temperatures. if you went back to yesterday's daytime highs, it was in the upper 60s in santa rosa. up 10 degrees today to 77. you caught up with everybody else. you were noticeably cooler everywhere. yesterday you barely got any sun and today it was sun all day. now let's go in order. tomorrow, pick out your part of the bay. we will be in the low 80s for some of those inland

spots. a couple degrees warmer today. then we'll switch this to tuesday and more orange will show up out there and you're in the mid-80s. wednesday will be close to this, but technically tuesday is the warmest day. tuesday is the last day when we are going to be under the pattern. that is just wiping the marine layer away and you'll see what i mean by that as you will see what is driving this, which is why it is so useful to visualize the atmosphere looking at the water vapor. instead of looking at the clouds, you can see patterns and flow and two things show up. an area of low pressure right there, but that's not really influencing our weather. and once you come down from the north, it came from the north. a trough of low pressure here. the very weak cold front is in there. that's pushing the atmosphere. what it has done effectively, it has pushed the marine layer away. you see it is kind of getting bunched up down there in southern california, trying to redevelop

out here. but watch that spot that sits out there. that will dominate our weather and then watch what happens on wednesday. here it comes. right up there. colors in the coastline. may gray is back. on wednesday. you could even see it's kind of creeping into the immediate bay. it won't be a total gray out on wednesday, but it will be the start of the pattern where we will start going into that morning gray. and then likely afternoon sun. take a look at past wednesday. san francisco and oakland, typically never really showed the big swings as much as the inland micro climates do. when we go to the north bay and south bay, there is your change. you're going to be down to 71 degrees by the time we get to saturday after being in the mid-80s on tuesday, so the cooling trend will kind of kick in on wednesday, and it's really thursday and into the weekend. when the change will come bang. okay, brian, back to you. >> thanks, darren. coming up next, a cbs news investigation sell old weapons

to gun dealers. what happens once the sale is made, and which bay area agencies take part in that.

welcome back. how does the gun from the northern california sheriff's office end up being used in a murder? thousands of miles away? >> cbs news has discovered each year thousands of guns once carried by offices are turning up at crime scenes. we partner with non-profit news room, the

trace and reveal. >> we surveyed more than 200 police departments nationwide. most told us they sell or trade their used guns. here is steven stalk. >> another family lost another child. in the hands of the firearm, they shouldn't even be on the streets. they shouldn't even be on the streets. >> reporter: the only child died three years ago, shot four times outside his apartment. >> we desensitized another black child being murdered. yeah. it is just common. >> reporter: from the scene, detectives gathered a gun involved in cameron's death, but police have made no arrest. >> i'm losing interest in the people who are suppose to protect and serve us. >> reporter: but what candice didn't know until we told her was that a weapon involved in her son's death here in indianapolis was a former police weapon from a sheriff's

office more than 2,300 miles away. using public records, cbs news traced a gun involved in brown's death, a glock 21 handgun to a sheriff's office in stanislaus, california. >> i would say to cameron's mom, i'm sorry for your loss. but my organization had nothing to do with it. >> reporter: the sheriff told cbs news los angeles he makes no apologies that his department sells its used service weapons. >> whoever did this if he department acquire that gun, he's probably going to go acquire another one. >> reporter: he saved taxpayers $25,000 last time he traded in about 650 give ups. the department updates its arsenal every seven to ten years. >> it's a legal transaction. it all goes back to if i legally sold my old used patrol cars and somebody uses that in

the commission of a crime, is that our responsibility? i would say no. >> reporter: his department is one of more than 140 law enforcement agencies nationwide we found offloading their used weapons to gun stores. >> so this is about 220 smitten wessons that just came in as trade-ins. >> reporter: it's a selling point. >> what you end up with are quality firearms and in really good conditions. >> reporter: during a 16-year time period ending in february of 2022, the atf traced 52,529 former police service weapons to crimes somewhere in america. on average that's more than 3,200 guns every year. nine every day. >> it's good to know they aren't ending up where they shouldn't. >> reporter: we recently watched as they melted 179 used

service weapons. seattle changed its policies in 2016. >> it's not worth that risk. >> reporter: if a police gun got in the wrong hands? >> it could be used in a criminal act and a shooting, killing somebody. >> as a police chief, i don't want any weapon that we own to end up being used violently against another person in our country. >> reporter: the indianapolis police chief overseeing the shooting of cameron brown's shooting says they do trade in their guns. you'll be open to stopping that practice? >> we would have to see because the taxpayers pay for these things. >> does it feel like cameron is just a statistic? >> it feels just like a statistic to those handling his case. but to me, no. i feel that number always in my heart. >> reporter: he's your boy. >> yep. and he's gone too soon. >> reporter: the atf told cbs news that the practice of trading and selling old police

weapons is legal. congress would have to change the law. the white house would not comment when asked about changes to either policy or the law. >> what about here in the bay area? we found five local law enforcement agencies that do sell their weapons. sheriffs offices in three counties along with san francisco and oakland's police departments. we reached out to all five agencies. oakland p.d. is the only one that responded. they declined an interview. instead providing a short statement saying the oakland police department's standard practice is to exchange outdated service weapons for credit, which is in turn used to purchase new weapons. according to records request, it is estimated those five agencies alone have sold over 4,000 guns. >> but we also found two local agencies, san jose pd and the san francisco sheriff's office that do not sell old guns at all. so we asked san francisco

sheriff why not. >> we just choose not to do it that way, so we know we have full control of our firearms from the moment we purchase them to the moment that they're distributed to our staff. to the moment that they're collected and stored. and then to the moment they're destroyed. >> they say his agency only offers officers retiring the opportunity to buy their personal service weapon. all other weapons are sent out for destruction. but he also told us as he understands the financial incentives for agencies that do sell guns to dealers. >> and that's the news for now. we appreciate you watching. "60 minutes" is next. until then, the news continues streaming on cbs news bay area. we'll see you at 11:00. good night.

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