Officers Involved in BART Shooting Return to Work

Meanwhile, planned changes to the BART police department have been delayed in the State Legislature.

In the aftermath of the Grant shooting, the community and BART's board hashed out some big changes, the most critical being a civilian police review board. However, in order to implement it, state lawmakers have to approve some changes in legislative language. It's a formality, but one that BART Director Lynette Sweet was worried wouldn't come before the September recess. Those concerns turned out to be founded., now that the session has ended and the issue won't come up again until next year. Sweet questions what kind of message that sends to an already agitated community. "There are some serious issues with the BART police department and this would go a long way in easing the minds of most folks that there are more eyes watching BART police than just the BART police."

BART's police force came under scrutiny after officer Johannes Mehserle shot the unarmed Grant at an Oakland train station.

   KCBS' Holly Quan reports

Mehserle has been charged with murder and his attorney, Michael Rains, says the case should be moved out of the area because of racial divisions.

Rains argued in documents filed in Alameda County Superior Court last week that more than 96 percent of 400 residents surveyed said they knew details about the case, while 46 percent said they thought that Johannes Mehserle is guilty.

Mehserle has pleaded not guilty to murder in the shooting of Oscar Grant on New Year's Day.

Rains says Mehserle meant to use his Taser, not his handgun.

While four of the six officers on the platform that morning returned to work at the beginning of the month, two others remain on paid leave.