one of the biggest conversation pieces that i have -- and i live in mira loma park, so we deal with glen park and pacific heights and those particular districts. people in these departments, the issue of not having enough officers, and that's the reason why crime is at such a high level. i know i hear different reports, but the perception is crime is almost rampant in this city, and it's as a result of the fact that we don't have enough uniformed officers, so i was delighted to hear that commissioner mazzucco was saying we should be at 2400. i've been saying for years that we should be at a minimum of 2200. but the reason i got up here is commissioners, each one of you have an impact. every one of you knows, it's too political, i'm not going there, and i understand why. but we lose the best candidates as a result of it. so all of you -- most of you are attorneys. you know that we have to be fair and unbiased, and that's what we have to do. so i appreciate all of you that are working to make sure that we reach that level. we have to treat everybody fairly, including those guys and those g