i spoke with cheryl davis to get back on track with our jobs ferrifairs, and we will be workg with the mayor's office for the public safety press conference, and that just about concludes my report unless someone has questions. goo>> i am really happy to see u are pushing a cellphone campaign in connection with crime. the commissioners receive daily recaps on crimes that occur in the city, and it is apparent the large numbers of attributable or connected with cellphone, smart phones in particular, and i am not surprised to hear the high statistic of 70% that you quoted, so it is great that is happening. keep us abreast exactly what is going on and the returns for your efforts that are observed. >> and the further questions? line item 2b. >> the evening. how are you? >> i will present february complaint activity, and in february they opened 55 cases, 8% more than last year. they closed more cases than they open. as of february 9 who had 360 pending cases. today they have 373 pending cases. compare that to 400 pending cases as of february 28 last year, so we are doing much better than la

my name is cheryl davis, and i am with the magic zone, western addition. just a couple of things for me. first and foremost, i think all of the different police stations probably have some best practices of ways and they engage with the community and ways that they engage with the youth. i think it would be great to compile that and get some things that are working at those police stations. i know that for us in the western addition, what has been great, whether it was different captains throughout all of this time, it has been a partnership and the ability for service providers and other folks to be able to work with them to share their calendars to make sure that the police are there at the different events and communities so that we are building relationships on the ongoing basis. another thing is, and someone mentioned about a mentoring program, and i think it is really sad for us in the western addition that the captain has had to take on the responsibility of taking young african-american men, young boys, who are interested in the criminal-justice sy