ms. marshall will be a our newest chief probation officer. we are committed to continuing the progress that the adult program has made. she will be followed by the district attorney's victims unit manager. we also have with us police captain jon ehrlich, who is responsible for the domestic violence response unit. so i want to introduce ms. marshall who will give a presentation on the report. >> good morning, supervisors. i provided some materials for you. supervisor chiu: if we could turn on the overhead, please. >> thank you for allowing us to provide this overview. i wanted to add a few more details. in the audit conducted in 2006, released in 2007, there were five primary gaps uncovered. risk assessment, stalking, the language of incumbency, battery, and complexity of risk. how do we do with those victims with complex risk factors in their life but are not standard, being homeless, substance abuse issues come lgbt community, other things that create challenges for the criminal justice system. the 68 recommendations were designed to address

president marshall: ms. brown? thank you. >> commissioners, i am a block captain of the tenderloin and a 30-year resident of the tenderloin. i would like to thank all of you for coming to our neighborhood. it is nice to see you here. i would like to thank the captain. i have known him since he started out. i have one thing to say. i was not brought out here. the tenderloin police district has the highest arrest record, the highest narcotics arrest record, the highest narcotics prosecution record, and the longest sentences of any district in this city. we are unique. this neighborhood is proactive. the police department is proactive. the men and women of our department and the station deserve a round of applause for that pro-active work. thank you. president marshall: next speaker, please? >> commissioners, i don't live in this district, but i have e- mailed the captain of the station. i would like to have the newsletter's continued. it reminds us when the meeting is going to be held. i have not gotten my station's

ms. katz. i think this is often taking a bad situation and having a good outcome. thank you. that concludes my report. >> good evening, president marshall and members of the commission. as of today we opened 576 cases and we have closed 34 more cases than we closed. during the same period last year we opened 650 cases and closed 651. this is an 11% decrease in cases opened during the same period last year. as of today, we have 4123 pending cases. -- we have 413 pending cases. today the o.c.c. has sustained 35 cases. in 2009, we sustained 30 cases. this is a 50% increase in sustained cases. moving quickly to mediation, as of today, the occ has facilitated 31 complaints this year compared to 53 by the end of last year. mediations are looking up. in july the o.c.c. mediated eight cases. so far in august, we have mediated 6 cases. that concludes my report. president marshall: anything for the director? ok. a couple weeks ago, we did a press conference on the new ambassador's program. let me give a little context to the folks about this. the recent violence in the -- there were two incidents in the bay view that brought all this about. the f