deputy chief michael beal. deputy chief tomakia, my boss and the chief gregory pesir.and not least the mayor of city and county of san francisco, ed lee. first i would like to start with vice president turman and president mazzucco to say a few words for you. >> thank you very much, inspector monroe, distinguished guests. tonight i ask my vice president turman to be present, because he actually participated in the selection of these awards. on behalf of the police commission i want to congratulate the officers and their families. we have had a busy week at the san francisco police department, on friday night we graduated 46 brand-new officers from the 235th recruit class, and during my speech to the officers, i talked about being courageous. you are courageous. i talked about becoming san francisco's finest. you are san francisco's finest. on tuesday we had a promotion ceremony and another speech speaking to officers and commanders and i spoke to them about their role and what is expected of them training the next generation of san francisco's finest. and during that i

beale street in memphis, tennessee. it's a quiet place most people drive past. but it was home for three 8-year-old boys named stevie branch, christopher byers and michael more. >>y were best buddies. christopher started coming in to be friends, i'm going to say, about a month or so before they passed away. but it was always stevie and michael moore. >> on may 5th, 1993, the three boys went to school, came home and went out to play. stevie branch's mother, pam hobbs, remembers it like it was yesterday. >> we wasn't home probably five or ten minutes when michael moore came over and asked if stevie could come and go ride bikes with him. and i was telling him, i said, not today, son, i'm getting ready for work and i'm cooking and all that, and he and michael just kept begging and begging, please, let me go. so like a lot of parents do, i gave in and i said okay. >> do you remember the last thing stevie said to you? >> "i love you, mama." and rode off and just as happy as he could be. >> steve branch, christopher byers and michael moore were all last seen right here on this street. and they were doing what 8-year-old boys would normally do. they were playing, having

beale street in memphis, tennessee. it's a quiet place most people drive past. but it was home for three 8-year-old boys named stevie branch, christopher buyers, and michael moore. moore were best buddies. christopher started coming in to be friends i would say about a month or so before they passed away. but it was always stevie and might bel moore. >> on may 5th, 1993, the three boys went to school, came home, and went out to play. stevie branch's mother, pam hobbs, remembers it like it was yesterday. >> we wasn't home probably five or ten minutes when michael moore came over and asked if davy could go ride bikes with him. and i was telling him, not today, son. i'm getting ready for work, and i'm cooking, and all that. and michael just kept begging him please, let me go, let me go. so like a lot of parents do, i gave in and i said okay. >> do you remember the last thing stevie said to you? >> i love you, mama. and rode off, just as happy as he could be. >> steve branch, christopher buyers, and michael moore were all last seen right here on this street. and they were doing what 8-year-old boys would normally do. they were playing, having fun, and riding their b