i'm captain from mission police station officer canchola and officer alfredo oropeza. sorry. >> working on that all day. >> let me thank the commission for this opportunity. director henderson and chief scott, thank you very much temperature has been my pleasure to work with jose and alfredo for the better part of 2 years now. they are my foot beat officers work in the castro. to say this lightly does not give them enough credit. jot gentlemen working up in the castro for over 4 years as the foot beat. they have been a vital part of commission police station. you know there are challenges throughout the city of san francisco with the unhoused mentally ill and drug addicted the 2 set an example of what foot beat officers really do and how valuable they can be to the police department and to the community at large. >> i will give you an example. last year at about this time. we were having a number of problems in the castro with the unhoused and mentally ill. and as you imagine we have an active community group up there who brings that to the attention of the police depa