it is not any conduct that is being directed to patrol special officer roberto ortega. if this had been a sworn member of the department, the department would still have been insisted on the specifications filed as well as the negotiator disposition with regards to this case, and i think that when you have someone who wears the uniform, and does the nature of the work that assistant special patrol officer ortega does, the company feels strongly that you should not be in the company of known prostitutes, and that is one of the reasons why this case was filed, and i can tell you it went through many more reviews before it came across my desk, and so, as i stated before, in regards to specification number two, it should have probably been dismissed earlier and will be. at the conference that we had regarding this case. we do feel strongly that officer -- special officer ortega, his conduct in march 2010 did rise to an issue. president mazzucco: i am going to turn this over. normally, we deliver korea this in closed session. we do we deliver it in a closed session. this is

against -- to accept or reject stipulated agreement on charges filed against patrol special officer roberto ortega. president mazzucco: i will turn this over to the commissioner this has been handed to, and that would be commissioner hammer. commissioner hammer: i was assigned this weeks ago and immediately had a telephone call. talking about the merits on this and whether or not they could have a resolution. because i had to act as a neutral intermediary, i did not have much comment on the substance of the allegations, but because it was a public matter, we deliberate in public, so this is everybody's time to chime in. i am concerned by the allegations in this case, and by that, i mean by what is alleged actually being an offense, et -- an offense, so i just want to zero in on two parts. whoever else is watching. regarding officer ortega, in an area, >> , known as an area of prostitution -- in an area, quote, known as an area of prostitution, stopped his car. no money changed hands. the conversation was not recorded. she gets in the car. they drive on. the key phrase there at the end of specifica