mr. pierce? public comment? >> agenda item 11 discussion of executive director's report an update of various programming and operational highlights since the last meeting. >> i want to dive into one area that is very important interest to the commission, the budget. first i want to highlight some of the outreach going on over the past month and that you will find yourselves in the next several weeks as we move into filing statement for form 700 filings and ethics training. our office partnered with the city attorney's office and the management employees to provide five sessions for city managers to be a refresher on tools and resources they have to monitor ethics issues and to know where to turn with questions. we had about 80 city managers participating in the sessions. we also had the help to guide them through the conflicts questions. these were well received we are excited to ten that down the road. we know it is very helpful and the managers are hungry for knowing what assistance is available to them as the

mr. pierce, i have a question. i think you and the team are working very diligently to reduce the backlog of old cases. and i note that the number's fluctuating, so it is, you know, 5.5, around six-month time frame. what are the factors that goes into the time it takes in order to get through that preliminary review? >> so get through an individual preliminary review or all of them? >> so what is causing it to take the six months, roughly to complete the preliminary review and what are some of the things that you can do in order to reduce the time? >> i think the first answer to that question, and there may be several, is it does not take six months for staff to conduct a preliminary review. it might take an hour, it might take a week, but the time frame that is reflected here includes the amount of time that staff is not conducting preliminary review. so if you look at statistics reported in the attachments. for example, if you look at page six, attachment one, the age of matters in preliminary review, you'll see

mr. jeff pierce, sitting right here in front of me, whom i've never met before, that apparently this issue has come to miss pelham's attention, and they realize that they forgot about the holiday. see, i was right. i was within five business days because holidays don't count, and they realized they forgot the holiday, and miss pelham will be issuing me a waiver letter. now i have asked for a letter of retraction and to make sure my name is removed from my black list that they try to create. so i appreciate mr. pierce approaching me and letting me now this -- know this, but i do not have this letter, and therefore, i'm bringing this to your attention. if i get the letter promptly, i won't have to appear next month. otherwise, i will be back. as i said last time, i am making it my mission to dissolve this office because it is out of control, and it is entirely abusive. and please take that into consideration and have an audit of this office. thank you. >> chair chiu: thank you. >> vice chair kopp: i have a question. >> chair chiu: yes, commissioner kopp? >> vice chair kopp: miss, what is it

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mr. ruiz, it might have been a saving grace for him that he actually had piercings and that he was removedave to answer any of those questions. >> well, as you know, i'm from orange county jail. >> just hours before he would answer to the judge. ruiz used his time in isolation to write a letter to his girlfriend who he had not spoken to since his arrest. >> baby i'm sorry for not picking you up at work. i was in a police car at the time. i hope you're there when i get out. the only thing i can dream or think about is all the right things i'm going to do when i get out. this is too hard for me right now. to be continued. >> okay. we're back in session, back on the record. on case number 10-sf-0604, people versus richard edward ruiz. mr. ruiz is richard edward ruiz jr. your true name? >> yes. >> the following day it's preliminary court hearing ruiz was charged with felony possession of narcotics which could carry a lengthy sentence behind bars. he entered a plea of not guilty and had one supporter at the hearing, his girlfriend, samantha dunn, who spoke to us afterwards. >> tell me how you f

mr. rtham. the group accusing him of a betrayal. said the photo rips off the scabs of a painful history and are a piercing reminder of ica's sins.our nbc washington app. we invite you to follow it there by searching northam. >>> 6:34, your time now. all new this morning, a deadl crash slowing traffic in prince george's county this morning. the crash happened just after 4:30 on cra highway, just south of pointer ridge drive. state police say this is a single-car crash. beyond that, not much information has been released. several lanes of traffic are shut down as investigators contin t to doir work. still not clear how many people mayave been in that carr the extent of their injuries. police confirm this is a deadly crash. more details as we get >>> a woman in prince george's county is recovering this morningfter she was shot whi holding a child. gunshots ringing out in district heights last night. news 4's shomari stone brings us the latest. >> reporter: the good news this morning is the child is going to be okay. the shooting happened behind me on senator avenue here in district heights. police roped off the block, as you can se

pierce joins me now. you are at sam's club with your wife. you have got your maga hat on. what happened next? >> well, we was walking to the check outline. mrlips was approaching us. i turned to look at my wife and was talking with her when he flipped us off. his expression changed instantly. she said did her he flip us off -- she said did he flip us off. she said did you flip us off? he turned our and went into an expletive tirade and said yes, i did because of those hats. that's when i decided to confront him about it. jesse: then it moved out into the parking lot. you were defending your wife's honor. >> actually just it was still inside the stored. i walked around. he was trying to walk away and i went in front of limb and put my finger in his face and said what gives you the right to flip me off because of the hat i wear. he started in again. another altercation occurred and he pulled out a .40 caliber pistol and stuck it in my face with several witnesses around. jesse: what did he say when he pulled the gun out? >> he said this is a good day for you to die. i simplified to him, them pull the trigger. you are either going to pull the t