my name is david crommey. a resident of this district over 38 years. you can imagine how many captains i've seen come and go but none as effective as captain bailey i'm proud to say. she listens and doesn't say the thing i've heard so many times over the years, i know what you're talking about but we can't do anything about that because of this law or that and everything else. captain bailey finds a way to do it. i feel much safer on the streets now. year inundated with these transient kids with their dogs and backpacks who travel through and for a while they were ganged up on in ashbury and it made it unpleasant and the kids aren't bad they're moving through their lives and the kids talk to each other and it's not pleasant. it's much more pleasant now. i'm a little reluctant to praise captain bailey because you may think there's other problems in the department and maybe she could help and i'm sure she could but please let her stay here. >> commissioner: thank you. >> i'm a resident of the district. i'm going to praise captain bailey more but i think