you make every day. you lend us your loved ones. your family to go out and keep this city safe. and it's appreciated. and on days like today when we recognize these officers and deputy chiefs. this is your day. this is your accomplishment. because no one does anything alone. thank you for what you have done to make this day possible for them. and to the ladies and gentlemen on the front rows. what i want to say to you is this. i heard a statistic that in the next five years the patrol will turn over. in five years we will have half a different set of patrol officers. i did say that correctly. half of them will be new. i want to be sure, i saw the captain look at me like it didn't make sense. they will do that on the commission. and what means is that leadership matters more than

ever. to whom much is given, much is expected. congratulations today and we look forward to watching your careers as you move forward. thank you. [applause] >> and now i would like to ask the chief of police, gregory suhr to come up and speak. >> if i could ask everyone more time, i think we short changed chanel silas on that national anthem. [applause] she actually stood in sergeant jerry darcy who laid world series fame and lore was going to sing, and has the same cold that everyone has, and channel

showed up. i want to thank the families and friends that are here, and dignitaries. and the board of supervisors who are represented. supervisor campos and weiner, great friends of the department. and commissioner loftus, needs no introduction. and willie brown, tremendous friend of the police department. i don't know if we have been blessed to have a mayor more supportive in our hiring plan, than mayor lee. i appreciate everyone working together to support us here in san francisco. now to the matter at hand. we are privileged to be here of the 56 sworn officers that are sworn to the rank of sergeant, captain and deputy of chief. in all endeavors leadership is

critical to success. as we move into the first half of 2013, solid and sound leadership as commissioner loftus spoke us is critical to the success of the san francisco police department that challenged our able to provide top-notch law enforcement due to staffing and budget challenges. this past year we were expected to do more with less, and this expected to be the new normal. not only did we persevere, we excelled. we went into the neighborhoods and heard them. we lived through one of the busiest december in san francisco, and a good january and february, we can talk about that play-calling later. we were relatively unhe the mission district celebrating the world series.

we pulled together as a team, with one common goal to keep the city safe. this took leadership not from the top down but from the streets up. the senior officers and lieutenants knowing what was needed. it took the captains to be sure that their teams were willing to work as one. and again keeping the city safe. we did it like the champions we are. like no other law enforcement can, san francisco's finest. as each of you move in your new role, you will have the technology of advancements that provided for us locally and regionally and around the world. and we have issued laptops, courtesy of hp, thank you very much. and making our officers more

mobile and where they need to be. outside and on the streets. as i have said often, we have four generations of cops now sifting through the department. and trying to figure out how to pull it together to keep the greatest city in the world safest. as we hire new cops over the next years, maybe more than in any time in the history, it will take leadership. i mentioned leadership, and not saying what it is. let me start what it isn't. leadership is not managing. not to take away from a good manager, but managers are not leaders. there is no leadership required when there is order and routine. management is what is required for routine order decisions but when order is distorted leadership is required. and already is distorted outside of san francisco, because it's san francisco. now the order in the department

for reasons of progress are distorted by me. because it's about time. why i am upsetting the apple horse before the cart, sometimes we need to affect for progress. it's said that progress is never achieved by contented people. i believe we can always be better. times such as these will require many leaders to lead folks to the change necessary to get to a better place. such as the leadership i will require of you. i have said more times that i want us to be the smartest police department in country. and how we are seen by the young people in the city. officers that can't how lucky we are in a position to help people. how lucky we are to put on a san francisco police officer uniform. it's for this reason that i want

♪ of life. the kid that sees a san in the name of god the father, francisco cop for the first time. amen. >> thank you. we owe them our best. now i would like you to welcome with this in mind, all the people that are selected today the mayor of san francisco, are tomorrow's leader. mayor ed lee. [applause] one thing i like about leadership to have talent and character and ability to think on their feet. and eagerness to demonstrate how >> thank you, good afternoon, to do it the right way. everybody. it's my pleasure to be here to everyone on this stage has join former mayor willie brown, talent. and the secondary criteria. and supervisor scott wiener and i am grateful to your family and friends for your tremendous david campos, and the commission character because they put that of the police department, and in the hard drive. friends and staff and friends and family here to witness the you all have demonstrated the ability to think on your feet. promotion of 56 officers of our and now i need you to have the police department. eagerness and resolve as i do, you know many of you have heard that we can get there from me say in the city that we are there. and undermined by critics and the world passage, and rightly obstacles. but we can move this proud so. we are doi things that no department together. this no easy task as we are other city is doing to lead the losing many senior folks as we

way. not just for economic recovery speak. folks need to step up. but job creation. we need officers to communicate showing the way. and our mission bay and biotech, effectively, and realize that interaction is a life's blood of the latest discovers and drugs, the cure of cancer with residents of san francisco working there. we host the biggest and best policing. conventions in the world to bring people together in this kipling said that we need great city to do things that leadership and we need to talk, and you can tell by the length collaborate with each other. whether it's business or of this speech, i like to talk. medicine or research. we have some of the best before all of this experience gets out the door and inside and research and diversity here that are anchoring the discovery. outside on the community. at the same time we host some of there are those like me who still believe to be a friend the best sports teams in the means showing up for a person. world. and you know that we are winning whether you knew them or not. or when they asked you to or the world series and collaborative teamwork that we not. are doing. the children of san francisco or trying to make five more need to grow up what we knew yards in some super bowl. when we grew up in the city, that the cops are here for them. this is a world-class city. and because it is, we require a john wooden said that you need

to have ability to teach them to world-class police department. motivate. this defines a leader. and by golly, with chief suhr if you can't teach, you can't motivate, you can't lead. and the commission, we have it i asked you on the first day of with you, the men and women of the police department. your promotional training, to and i can vouch with this, think of the person that you having hatraveled as mayor brow ranked. and each of you chose a leader as that person, because that and witnessing all the other person inspired you. cities and what they are going and now i want you to inspire your charges to be a generation through. there extreme jealousy of our of leaders, just like that person inspired you. city. we get the best people that live take a chance on them and here and work here and a part of encourage them to make the right decisions. and when it doesn't go for the this great teamwork we are building in san francisco. grace of god as it should, and not just what we are support them. presently doing. as your most admired mentor supported you. but building for the future. and encourage them to keep and in working for the chief and making thoughtful for the right the police officers association. reason decisions. they and you will be better for we have already established a it. finally -- i bet everyone is six-year hiring plan. many cities across the country relieved. i want to thank your family and

haven't figured out how to do friends for being here, and what you put in the hard drive of that. we have did so. this january i was so proud to these promoted officers. it's how you cared for them what see 43 additional officers graduate from the police they are today. academy. how long ago have we seen that all of you did a great job. happen. we are investing in you, the and i thank for the gift of these officers and the police department. because we know that if we have department and a great city. a successful police department, one that is growing, and one going forward these fine men and that incurs faith and confidence women that you love so dearly will need your support. from residents and friends and as much is asked for them in their new positions. businesses. we will be that much more it will not be easy. successful. it's my personal pleasure to we are all in this together, and join you today. we need to show up for one i have a couple of officers i another when the time comes. get to pin. they have sacrificed their time and it will be those times. working with me on the security hopefully few and far dween -- detail. they had get used to some weird things i had to do. between, but whether it was eating chinese food and cheese cake at the same time. or trying to handle the very high levels of meetings i was required to attend. they were very forthright in

their jobs and duties. and i have yet to get the pie in the face. you got to history for that one. >> i introduce jennifer nelson, we introduced her before. anyway, i do enjoy working with (applause) >> a lot of you have talked to the police department. her already. she will be working with the the culture here is solid. speakers on stage. and i'd like to introduce jim the teamwork is no different merkasio with the san francisco than the best of the teams that graffiti advisory board. he will be the phil donahue. work in san francisco. and someone, myself being a veteran of government in 23 i hand you the microphone. years, i have always felt that >> i'll hold onto it. our police department is not i believe the way we're planning to do this, we have only the best but i am certainly some written questions that we very proud of each and everyone will be reading off and the of you, of the whole police panel will be answering them. i'll also be taking questions department. and today particularly the 56 from the audience. so, if anybody has a question, who have earned these feel free to raise your hand. promotions. and have done all the things allow me to have time to get that you need to do to lead a over there to get to you. should we start off with a red question or a question from the department and continue leading audience? in a best fashion. >> i can read one. with that i offer my sincere >> okay. >> okay. and some of these pride and congratulations to each and everyone of you. and congratulations to the whole

police department. continue to do the best you can. and keep us the world-class status that we are. thank you very much. [applause] >> thank you, mayor lee for those very kind words. our next speaker is one of our very well respected police commission commissioners. commissioner susie loftus. >> thank you, everyone. on behalf of the san francisco police commission, president tippy tip tippy mazzucco and it's my great privilege to honor this day of your leadership. and not only the guys and women on the front row. but everyone who here. your families. if i canoment and we know