dr. joe marshall, commissioner james slaughter, commissioner petra dejesus. we are also joined by chief of police george gascoign. also with us are the it assistant chief. this isn't she said of the operation pirro. assistant chief denise schmitt. deputy chief john murphy, enforcement and security at the mta. commander sandra tong of the airport bureau. commander james dudley of the airport operations bureau. commander daniel mahoney, chief of the operations staff. commander daniel lazard, chief of investigations. this is a time when we stop and offer special members of the police department. these are members who have distinguished themselves through their bravery and dangerous situations. it is important to note one of the criteria for the medal of honor this one failed to -- failure to take such action would lead to center. these are actions above and beyond call of duty. at this time, i would like to invite the chief of police, cheif gascon, to come up here and speak. >> thank you, everyone, for being here. this is a special moment in policing movie get t

dr. joe marshall. >> here. thank you. >> mr. petra dejesus is excused. commissioner angela chan. >> present. >> commissioner carol kingsley. >> present. >> and commissioner james slaughter is en route. you have a quorum of commissioners additionally on this evening we have ms. joyce hicks and chief of police. >> thank you very much, lieutenant falby. ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the wednesday, june 15, 2011 san francisco police commission hearing and tonight's agenda we'll have closed session matters to deal with discipline but the rest of the agenda seems light and we'll move to that. the commissioner is to the dayous. let's call number one. >> item 1 is general public comment. the public is welcomed to address the committee regarding items that don't appear on tonight's agenda but are within the subject matter jurisdiction of the commission. the speaker shall address their remarks to the commission as a whole and not to individual commissioners or the department or o.c.c. personnel. under rules of order, under public comment neither police or perso