. >> item 47, motion appointing chief gregory suhr and commander lyn tomioka 4 indefinite terms to the bay area regional interoperable communications systems authority with residency requirement waived. supervisor chiu: same house, same call? motion is approved. >> item 40, resolution authorizing the office of treasurer-tax collector to accept and expend a grant in the amount of approximately $240,000 from the current assets resource network for kindergarten to college program participant incentive funds. supervisor chiu: colleagues, same house, same call? this resolution is adopted. item 49. >> item 49, resolution authorizing the port to accept and expend a grant in the amount of approximately $8 million from the department of homeland security, 2009 for security grant program fund for the pier 27 cruise ship terminal security system. >> thank you. the court has asked for a short amendment to this resolution that will clarify the intended expenditures of this grant. the amendment, which should be in friday, will bring the language of the resolution into conformity with the material pr

>> i present to you the chief of police of the city and county of san francisco, chief gregory suhr. [applause] >> wow! i can't begin to thank mayor lee enough for -- i'm speechless. i owe him everything. this is the biggest honor -- it is unbelievable. thank you. [applause] >> i wrote down that i gratefully accept this appointment but i already did that. so, i would also like to thank the members of the police commission. i think several of them are here. an unbelievable group of people that put more time, effort and thoughtfulness into their approach to this process and for recommending me as someone with the qualities necessary to lead this great department. choked up. i look forward to working with those assembled and the city family and most importantly the communities that i have always loved working with over my 30 years. i'm a fourth generation bourn and raised san franciscan so i'm a local hire. and i love this city. i grew up on a block where cops lived. i trick or treated at their houses. my best friend's father started the canine unit. i played police cops. when people as

also joining us this evening, we have theresa sparks, the human rights commission, gregory suhr, zoey polk from human rights commission. >> thank you, and welcome to the regularly scheduled meeting of the san francisco police commission for wednesday, may 18, 2011. tonight is a special meeting. it is a first. it is a joint meeting between the police commission and the human rights commission. it is a really big event to have them come together. they will discuss an important issue that we will discuss this evening. before we move to the regular agenda, i would like to take this opportunity, in light of the fact that this is a police commission hearing, we have had a development in the police department this week, the appointment of a new command staff. i spoke to mr. sweet. he will allow chief suhr to start off with an introduction to the new staff. chief? >> thank you, commissioners. that phone has been troubled ever since i was appointed. i would like to introduce the new command staff, if i could get them to stand up. i will introduce them. they're not helping. we have commander to