. >>> >> commissioner brookter: thank you again for the presentation. i want to see if we can have there a report that comes biannually. you brought it to the forefront and it needs to stay at the forefront. all of sudden, we don't talk about it another two years. if we're looking at the culture of the department and where we're headed, we need to ensure we're having this discussion and having it often, especially as it pertains to recruitment and i think we need to be cognizant of that. >> i don't know what the department on the status of women can do. i don't know how often you do these reports. >> i can tell you that i returned from maternity leave with my first child and this was on my plate. it did take us a significant amount of time, considering a lot of the data at the time was hand-count, or just to understand what we're looking at. i think now that the police department and the chief has really built up a lot of the data systems. they can do a lot of monitoring of their own. if you're asking for the same numbers again. and we would love to wor

. >>> >> commissioner brookter: thank you again for the presentation. i want to see if we can have there a report that comes biannually. you brought it to the forefront and it needs to stay at the forefront. all of sudden, we don't talk about it another two years. if we're looking at the culture of the department and where we're headed, we need to ensure we're having this discussion and having it often, especially as it pertains to recruitment and i think we need to be cognizant of that. >> i don't know what the department on the status of women can do. i don't know how often you do these reports. >> i can tell you that i returned from maternity leave with my first child and this was on my plate. it did take us a significant amount of time, considering a lot of the data at the time was hand-count, or just to understand what we're looking at. i think now that the police department and the chief has really built up a lot of the data systems. they can do a lot of monitoring of their own. if you're asking for the same numbers again. and we would love to wor

. >>> >> commissioner brookter: thank you again for the presentation. i want to see if we can have there a report that comes biannually. you brought it to the forefront and it needs to stay at the forefront. all of sudden, we don't talk about it another two years. if we're looking at the culture of the department and where we're headed, we need to ensure we're having this discussion and having it often, especially as it pertains to recruitment and i think we need to be cognizant of that. >> i don't know what the department on the status of women can do. i don't know how often you do these reports. >> i can tell you that i returned from maternity leave with my first child and this was on my plate. it did take us a significant amount of time, considering a lot of the data at the time was hand-count, or just to understand what we're looking at. i think now that the police department and the chief has really built up a lot of the data systems. they can do a lot of monitoring of their own. if you're asking for the same numbers again. and we would love to wor