bullet point on any other department, for any other department that would like to undertake this underdoing. a great piece of work by community engagement division and led by commander lazar. really good piece of work, and i am pleased and proud that our department got highlighted by the international association of chiefs of police. nos easy to get an -- it's not easy to get an article published in that publication. that concludes my report. >> thanks very much, chief. commissioner hirsch. >> chief, i just have a brief questioned. you mentioned as one of the factors that you think contributed to the decline, the 25% decline in homicides is community support, and i am just wondering, specifically what you are thinking? >> well, a couple of things. in many of the cases we can't solve the cases without the community's support, and some areas is very hard to get people to come forward. and we have been working with a number of different forums in the community to encourage participation on cases when people see something, say something. and our rate is really, really high for this year, most o