i want to thank jennifer johnston for attending and she can address issue that's you have about the civil service requirement and the services we operate our recruitment programs. we appreciate the attention paid to the important subjects, and it is very important that we do pay attention because we need to maintain a diverse work forcement what's not highlight in the report is the city's success in this area and maintaining diversity. the work force is 52 percent of color and 16 percent women. these levels strip the percentages of these groups in the labor market. san francisco is the highest in the nation of the number of women. we're at 16 percent compared to 3 los angeles and less than one percent in new york city. for example, madison, montgomery maryland, and austin texas. the market of women are 77 percent, and year at 16 percent. that speaks volumes for the efforts of our chief and the testing and the recruitment to bring in a diverse poolment the labor market ability for african americans are 17 percent, but the chief's recent hire, 11 percent african american. we're doing well i

finally, i'd like to acknowledge the presence of the director jennifer johnston who we appear before them. they have to take a look at the exams and we have to look at the secondary criteria. i like to acknowledge mayor lee because if it wasn't for mayor lee and his staff, they've been extremely proactive in prioritizing public safety. we're headed in the right direction with the hiring plan. as an example, approximately ten years ago, we had over 1700 fte's and we dropped to a low of 1350, 1360. i think the budget analyst talked about 1390. as of today, we have 1452 and that's because we were grateful that we graduated 42 recruits in december and brought in another 48 on this tuesday morning and i think the other thing is that relevant, i know supervisor breed, you had asked -- page 14 of the analyst report, it talks of the academy demographics and i wanted to respond directly to one of the questions that you asked during amanda's presentation. the numbers across the top, those were entries into the academy. we try to make sure every person is successful, but that doesn't always hap