commissioner hardeman? >> commissioner hardeman: thank you, madam president covington. yeah, your report -- you just don't want us to ask any questions. you're getting so good, so detailed. the one that's interesting is narcan, the significant amount of needles that are found on the street. that's one benefit to fentanyl use, but it's also the worst drug, supposedly, so that's not good news of the -- good news. >> commissioner hardeman: -- he was like the guy that probably new more than them, any way, and everybody -- they would probably admit it if you asked him. but he just passed unexpectedly, boom. what a nice man and what a great person for the city and always level with you, gave you the straight scoop, and if you're a little confused on something, push it right to the edge, he'd always give you the best advice. so maybe we could remember buck also in this. >> absolutely. >> commissioner covington: all right. thank you, commissioner hardeman. thank you for your report, chief. i -- just in the interest of time, i think we need to move onto the next item. thank you

. >> commissioner hardeman. >> commissioner hardeman: this will be brief. had celebration fleet week the day after the last meeting downstairs. george schultz was honored. his 99th birthday, former secretary. there was charlotte, his wife, who has been so good about hosting things. she's having a hard time getting around. it was a very nice performance. i didn't see a lot of first responders. i think there was an invitation that went out like the day or two before. i think lot of people were missed is what i was told. i was representing the fire department. we were there. i enjoyed it. it was fun. thank you. >> president nakajo: thank you very much. commissioner hardeman. >> commissioner hardeman: on monday november 18th we have our retirement scheduled at headquarters at 4:00. just as a reminder. i wanted to comment as well on the ceremony. i believe chief anita bradley, she gave remarks. i tell you, that was some really inspiring and enjoyable comments. she's got talent. it was just enjoyable how real she was and how honest she was and how she brought eve

: thank you, commissioner hardeman.ommissioner veronese? >> commissioner veronese: i remember i went along on a ride along with you, and i don't know if you remember this, but roc rocco utilized us, and i got to interact with him and he answered a couple questions. after my ride along, i professed my love for this program. i have a statement, and it's not directed at you, but at other departments. i strongly believe that this program exists because other departments are failing us. with that, i strongly believe that you're doing god's work. a couple of questions. i know we had some new hires coming out of the last budget, and that just goes to show the good job that you're doing. i'm curious as to why each of the hires are captains. i wouldn't be doing my job if i didn't ask the obviously question that why everybody that's being hired into this program is a captain person? >> i can answer that and then i'll hand it over to chief pang. one of the important design aspects is we need people to ask as supervisors when they

my last question is commissioner hardeman had mentioned the touchy issue of at a certain point how many calls becomes a crime? and i know there's questions you asked about that. what's the mental capacity of this person? is he doing it intentionally? but do you ever come across people that are just calling 911 -- i know you told me about one guy that called 911 because he was having troubles with his remote. it turned out he was just lonely, but when you call 911, we're going to respond. how often do you see those types of calls in this unit and what do you do about it? >> well, first of all, i've been in the fire department for 24 years, and i do know that there are times when people maliciously activate emergency services, and it sure is irritating. but in the last nearly four years, our people that we've been working with, that has not been the case. it's entirely rooted in dysfunction, disregulation, untreated mental illness, substance use disorder, one subset, because not all of our people are homeless. there's about 28% of our people annually that have residences that live in the

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commissioner hardeman. >> yes. since you are not officers, i can call you by your first name. thank you for what you do. great words of wisdom. i think you make a few bucks on the side if you can find a russian orthodox. >> russian orthodox priest. >> sure. very kind of you to do that. terrific. i didn't know it was even happening. so that's terrific. we should probably. >> spread the word. >> not only to find somebody close by that would do it in chinese, not you particularly but that's a great thing you are doing. >> absolutely. >> if i can also just reiterate again our thanks to you. and i also want to give a shoutout to captain jack hart from ingleside pd who also gave us space. to thank you very much, captain. we appreciate you. [applause] >> thank you very much. i also wanted to echo some comments. this is one of the more beautiful exciting, happy occasions being a commissioner with this department. it's not unusual because the department and city and county with its citizens and its public, we have also long strived to have relationships. it's not very often these kind