. >> good evening, commissioners president elias chief scott director henderson my name is nicole armstrong and i'm presenting the department police accountability budget proposal for the fiscal year 2526 and 26 and 27 minutes a little closer. >> yeah, sorry. that's okay. thank you. >> that was too high. yeah, no worries. all right, so today i'm going to provide an overview of our general our mission or core functions, our budget breakdown and the impact of what the 15% reductions will have on our department. >> all right. as you know, the dpa is an independent oversight agency. our mission is to investigate police misconduct review policies, conduct audits and ensure transparency and community trust. our dpa core functions is investigations. we investigate it. we we conduct investigations. we examine officer involved shootings, misconduct complaints. we also do mediation and outreach. we facilitate dialog between the officers and complainants and we also evaluate police performance audits such as the use of force audits and stop data. we also do policy and legal where we recommend reforms