david elliott lewis. i'm here to thank supervisor olague for her service.e to admit when mayor lee first appointed you -- first appointed the supervisor, i was a little leery. i thought maybe she will be beholding to the mayor for her votes, because sort of the payback of the appointment. but i was proven wrong. supervisor olague has shown independence in her thought, in her thinking, in her voting. and of all the tributes that were given to her tonight by her fellow supervisors i especially appreciated jane kim's comments about supervisor olague having heart and mind. and i think that is so true. if i could say anything, that's what i would say about your virtues, a woman of great compassion, and a brilliant mind. and you will be missed. and i hope you'll stay involved in public life. i know you've made comments about looking forward to the peace and quiet of a post-supervisor retirement. but i hope you will stay involved in some way. that's all. i just want to thank you for your service, thank you, and you'll be missed. bye. >> president chiu: next speake

>> good afternoon, supervisors david elliott lewis, i am a member and a secretary of our city's mental health board. our board in november passed a resolution, against giving a taser to cit police. and now i have personally... we have a police officer who is a member of our board and i have spoken to her and other officers and i have heard their argument and one of their arguments is that tasers gives them an additional tool, a tool that is safe, i mean, why should they just have a firearm, why not have a tool that could possibly save lives and those are examples of confrontations where tasers with save lives and i think that tasers can save lives in the right situation, that that was not why our board passed a resolution against it and that is not why i am concerned about *. i am concerned about it because they are being, the proposal to give them to cit officers that is crisis intervention trained officers, and these are officers trained to use verbal deescalation techniques to diffuse a stressful, mental health crisis. and when you are in that kind of encounter and if you have the c