>> please stand for the pledge of allegiance.

i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation, under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. taking roll call of the commissioners. commission president toms mazzucco -- thomas mazzucco. dr. joe marshall. en route. commissioner dejesus. excused. commissioner angela chan. present. commissioner carol kingsley. present. commissioner james slaughter. here. commission president, you have a quorum. also on the dais, joyce hicks of the office of citizen complaints and the chief of police. president mazzucco: thank you very much. ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the wednesday may 4, 2011 san francisco police commission hearing. and tonight we have a brief agenda.

and i know that the chief has to make an appearance after this downstairs at the boys and girls club celebration. he serves on the board so we'll try to get through this as soon as impossible so we can get the chief down where he needs to be, with the kids. let's call without further adieux let's call -- actually, let's do something out of order. you don't want to do that, do you? >> go ahead. president mazzucco: ok. before we head into public comment we have a certificate tonight. and we would like -- what's that? >> in the back. president mazzucco: we're going to line item number one. general public comment. any general public comment? i'm sure we do. >> emit one, general public comment -- item one, general public comment. the public is welcome to address issues that r that are not on the agenda but within the subject matter of the jurisdiction. the speakers shall address their remark to the commission of the whole and not to individual commissioners or department or o.c.c. personnel. under police commission rules of order during public comment,