sarah hawkins, sorry. good evening, everybody. i'll start off today with the crime statistics' update. please report again overall violent crimes down 17% and total violent crimes -- i'm sorry part one violate crimes down 17% and total violent crimes down 19% and homicides are down and we had eight this time last year as opposed to five last year to date. our last homicide reported over a month ago. four out of five homicide cases have been cleared. and respect to gun violence, we have had a 25% reduction in gun violence, so shooting incidents, anyway, 2018 over 2017. our property crime is also down. we're 17% down and property crime and this includes burglaries, motor vehicle thefts, including auto burglaries and arsons. auto burglaries are down 22% in 202018 compared to 2017 and we'e focusing on that issue in terms of focusing on the hot spots around the city where auto burglaries occur accordingly. overall, the crime picture is looking very pleasing and we will keep our eye on it and keep the strategies going that we deploy. i

here in the audience with me tonight is my chief of staff, sarah hawkins, and one of my senior investigators, christina campani in case issues come up that need responses from the department of police accountability. >> president hirsch: thank you. any questions for the director? okay. next item. >> clerk: line item 2-c. commissioner items and reports. commission items will be limited to a brief discussion of announcements. commission items, commission president's report, and commission's report. >> president hirsch: i'll just report that i've been working with hilton hines and the department to arrange with a may 1 meeting where we're going to have a presentation at the police commission which really goes to the work that's been done to date particularly by hilliard hines and the department working through the recommendations by the department of justice for the san francisco police department. i expect that to be between an hour and two-hour presentation with question-and-answer. any -- commissioners -- yes, commissioner brookter? >> commissioner brookter: yes. thank you to the chief for b