we have a quorum and with us here is the chief of police and director of occ joyce inhibition. -- hicks. >> welcome to the may 8, 2013 san francisco police commission meeting. the issue is to give you a preview, we are going to have award for some great citizens and some issues regarding mental health issues that the department is dealing with and crisis intervention related to that. we have a follow up report on second assault, homicide testing. as you were aware back in 2010, this was an issue before the commission there was a backlog. we changed these things. there were areas assigned to the crime lab and we'll have more to report on that please call line item one. item one certification of appreciation mr. thomas arend. >> president mazzucco, director hicks. i'm captain moser. i'm please to be here today to present a certificate to mr. arend. some of our best citizens offer to help. i'm going to read you a brief overview of mr. arend's actions. on march 22, a suspicious person was loitering around cars. mr. thomas arend observed the suspect and took note of this conspicuous behavior