supervisors thank you, supervisor melgar, for calling this tracy mcrae.'m the president of the poa. uh, as director ellis put it. so eloquently, i'm a woman in a position that has been male dominated since its inception. i don't know if you will ever see another female president of the police officers association. it saddens me to say that, but i'm a realist to, um. but i'm here, so i got to do what i can for my members, and i understand this position that i'm in, and women are coming to me asking me to help them in the department. yeah, our department is not perfect. uh you know, when i first started, you either work day swings or mid. that was your child care options. there's no special treatment, right? you had to make do. probably. that's why i was on midnights for almost 24 years of my career. because i could take care of my daughter. we flipped right. so didn't see the better half for a lot of it. but we made we had to make it work. and now these women today want more options and they deserve more options. you know, we can go to work and bring home