commissioner brookter? >> commissioner brookter: thank you, president hirsch. so i will be in attendance at the awards. but i just wanted to highlight the conversation that i got to have this afternoon actually with the interns. i think that sometimes when folks are interning, you don't understand what you are having -- during conversations you're having with individuals, the impact you're having, so i appreciated having a conversation about the work that i do on a daily basis, and the work that we do on the commission, as well. i'm happy to say that our future looks bright. i will say it looked like an episode of law and order. these young people had their hands on everything. really eager to learn, and i just want to say thank you to them and allowing me to come in and have a meeting with them before the meeting with director henderson as we move forward and have discussion about sb 1421 as commissioner hirsch has asked me to be the liaison with d.p.a. to ensure that we're focusing on sb 1421. >> president hirsch: thank you. commissioner taylor? >> vice presi

. >> president hirsch: commissioner brookter? >> commissioner brookter: i just want to thank you for your work and echo some of the comments that my colleagues have made. i'm actually familiar with nami. great organization. i just had a question, it was something that you brought up when you talk about the younger generation of cadets that we're bringing in, and the number of young people we're seeing out in the city and on the streets. so what does that look like in terms of how our curriculum was able to evolve, knowing a group of individuals in positions for 20, 30 years, and we get a group of fresh individuals coming in out of college. so how do we balance that with the great work that you're doing? >> so that's a great question. at the average age in the academy, the average age is 20. we do the training at the academy, so the recruits get to see the veteran officers doing the training at the same time, and it's a whole different generation. the millennials are different. sometimes you've got to talk to them, explain it to t