the uniforms, kauai honestly, they should all have light -- quite honestly, they should have light-blue shorts. in this morning's newspaper, there is a picture of a patrol special with -- i don't care if you ask them what they would like to wear. it is not the color, it is that it is not the s.f.p.d. it is not the s.f.p.d. similar uniform. commissioner chan: so it -- >> i would suggest it doesn't like like the highway patrol and the sheriff's, but if they want white shirts and blure pants, whatever the scheme might be, quite honestly, whatever they are comfortable with as long as it is not the sfpd look-alike uniform. >> thank you for all of the work that you have done. it is my understanding that there are 64 beats. patrol specials have dwid the city of san francisco into -- divided the city of san francisco into 64 areas. and that these beats can be sold among themselves similar to taxi medallions, and that means there are some may be 4 -- 42 beats or geographic areas of the city now that are not covered by pafrol specials. and if that understanding is correct, then does that lead us

the uniforms, kauai honestly, they should all have light -- quite honestly, they should have light-blue shorts.

the uniforms, kauai honestly, they should all have light -- quite honestly, they should have light-blue shorts. in this morning's newspaper, there is a picture of a patrol special with -- i don't care if you ask them what they would like to wear. it is not the color, it is that it is not the s.f.p.d. it is not the s.f.p.d. similar uniform. commissioner chan: so it -- >> i would suggest it doesn't like like the highway patrol and the sheriff's, but if they want white shirts and blure pants, whatever the scheme might be,

you're in kauai, you were 18 years old. >> yes. >> tell me more. >> early morning, paddling out with was by myself, nice one came, as soon as i made a paddling motion, a large tiger shark came up vertically, wasn't in jaws, grabbed on to me, did the rag doll thing. out of instinct i punched it a couple times and as soon as i hit it, let go, was back underwater, disappeared, looked at my fingers, saw blood, got on my board, started paddeding in. and my leg started doing this weird shaking. i thought the shark was after me and i looked over my shoulder and my leg was just gone. completely severed. >> you should be the last person in the world, then, who would be advocating for conservation of sharks, and for sort of elevating sharks to not being demons, but being part of the health of our planet. why are you on board? >> yeah, well, these guys contacted me and gave me some numbers. and i had no idea about, mostly general population doesn't know about shark finning and i was just baffled. felt really in my position to do something positive about it and feel like i could open up doors wi

you were body boarding off of the coast of kauai back in 1997. >> early morning, gone out with some buddies the next wave came, paddled for it. a large tiger shark came up, grabbed on to me, did the rag doll thing. i didn't feel any pain, a lot of pressure. it was over really fast and i went to the beach, my friend took my leg, main a tourniquet. a week in the hospital, got a prosthetic, and back out surfing. >> took you a few months. why protect this vicious predator as we know them to be? >> well, after the attack, i was just going through a bunch of stuff and the pew environment group had contacted me and asked me about shark conservation and gave me some numbers and stuff and figures and statistics. i was blown away. 70 million sharks a year. i had no idea this was going on. i felt compelled in my position to do something and turn a negative in to positive. and it's such an ocean-based thing. sharks are crucial. >> you had a similar experience in the bahamas. you make the point that this is what sharks do, right? they're living on their instinctive nature, right? >> yeah, correct. >> di