i was the captain at engleside station. and the things that i implemented there may be a little different than other areas. i was very concerned about staffing, but i put a foot beat on portland avenue because i knew that it was important. i knew that it had been 10 years since a permanent foot beat officer was worth walking in that area. so we believe in it. and i read your legislation. over the last couple of days i've been reading it. i like the language. what i'm here today is to say that we need to continue to work together. assistant chief gaudin has been the chief of operations for five weeks and wants to work with you to make some of these things happen. prior to having to say to us, well, you're mandated. we're believers. we're true believers. if you have questions, i'll stop. but i also want to let the public know all the great things that this department is doing right now with regard to foot pathrols. -- patrols, community policing, problem solving. this new concept that's come upon our department. chief gaudin,