assistant chief of police jeffery carroll, and the city administrator kevin donahue. i want to begin by thanking the metropolitan police department for their efforts over the past two weeks to keep students in the campus of gw safe. mpd has maintained a presence at gw throughout these protests. that presence has allowed for an informed and effective response. i also want to thank the broader d.c. community as tensions have escalated on campuses across our country. our community has been measured with our words and actions we have a demonstrated and upheld our values and constitutionals responsibilities. i want to be clear that our responses to demonstrations is always rooted in public safety and constitutional responsibility. the chief and her team are the experts of public safety always have the final word on how our resources are deployed. mpd as you know when you have heard me say as the best in the business at keeping people safe during the exercise of first amendment demonstrations so with that i'm going to turn it over too mpd for a statement and to take your qu