thank you for your fime. -- time. >> good evening. my name is ernest. look at the big picture. he was there for a purpose. it is up to you how you want to handle it. but the police department -- look at the big picture. the patrol special has a viable position in today's society. the fact of the matter is, they rely on them when they have a need. when they are falling down, when they have an ambulance. it doesn't matter who the uniform is, it matters who the officer is. i think with the oversight we have now, the training, everything that they say they give us, it is required. it is required to go to training. it is required to go to the range. we go to the range, we pay $15 to buy the ament ammunition. you talk about the radio. what are we being reimbursed for. if we're getting beat up or another officer is getting beat up. it is prep tri -- preparatory. let's look at the big picture. let's look at the good we do. it can be corrected. there is nothing out there that can't be corrected. what we need is cooperation. the police department needs to work with us. we need to work wi