i have made the motion and commissioner ong hing has seconded. >> thank you, capt. in terms of some perspective on this for the newer commissioners, it's a very storied tradition of the command department and the command staff and the capt. to decide what level of award someone gets for their bravery. so i really want to thank you vp turman that our role in this is to approve it and take the rare opportunity to really-it is superseding our judgment the judgment of the captains and the command staff and i think that we do that very spirit and the vp turman i think you made a number incredible points it is incredibly brave officer. and that's ultimately what a gold medal of valor is is about. his life was clearly in jeopardy and he did absolutely everything he could to preserve the sanctity of life for everyone involved. i just want to acknowledge this is not an easy thing to do. finished ordinary measure the commission would take and i believe that this officer certainly is more than do this on her. colleagues, anyone else before we take a vote? commissioner mazzucco

melara is excused ong hing, here. a quorum is present. also here is interim chief of police 20 chaplain and joyce hicks >> good evening and welcome to our january 11 police commissioner meeting. as you might know this will be my last meeting as police commissioner of talk more about that in my report but we will go head and i make some switches to the agenda. sgt. we are going back going to have item 3 after in the place of item 2. colleagues, i note you are aware that unfortunately this last week the department lost

melara is excused ong hing, here. a quorum is present. also here is interim chief of police 20 chaplain and joyce hicks >> good evening and welcome to our january 11 police commissioner meeting. as you might know this will be my last meeting as police commissioner of talk more about that in my report but we will go head and i make some switches to the agenda. sgt. we are going back going to have item 3 after in the place of item 2. colleagues, i note you are aware that unfortunately this last week the department lost an officer who passed away suddenly while on duty. officer stuart moeller. so we will conclude adjourn this meeting in his memory and i'll share more details of his life it is a gold-medal valor winner and really an extraordinary officer and it's a big loss to the department for everyone at the airport. we will talk about his life and conclude this meeting is his memory. with that sgt. please call the parse line item >> >> item 1 teaser report this item is to love the chief of police to report on recent police department acti

melara is excused ong hing, here. a quorum is present. also here is interim chief of police 20 chaplain and joyce hicks >> good evening and welcome to our january 11 police commissioner meeting. as you might know this will be my last meeting as police commissioner of talk more about that in my report but we will go head and i make some switches to the agenda. sgt. we are going back going to have item 3 after in the place of item 2. colleagues, i note you are aware that unfortunately this last week the department lost an officer who passed away suddenly while on duty. officer stuart moeller. so we will conclude adjourn this meeting in his memory and i'll share more details of his life it is a gold-medal valor winner and really an extraordinary officer and it's a big loss to the department for everyone at the airport. we will talk about his life and conclude this meeting is his memory. with that sgt. please call the parse line item >> >> item 1 teaser report this item is to love the chief of police to report on recent police department acti

melara is excused ong hing, here. a quorum is present. also here is interim chief of police 20 chaplain and joyce hicks >> good evening and welcome to our january 11 police commissioner meeting. as you might know this will be my last meeting as police commissioner of talk more about that in my report but we will go head and i make some switches to the agenda. sgt. we are going back going to have item 3 after in the place of item 2. colleagues, i note you are aware that unfortunately this last week the department lost an officer who passed away suddenly while on duty. officer stuart moeller. so we will conclude adjourn this meeting in his memory and i'll share more details of his life it is a gold-medal valor winner and really an extraordinary officer and it's a big loss to the department for everyone at the airport. we will talk about his life and conclude this meeting is his memory. with that sgt. please call the parse line item >> >> item 1 teaser report this item is to love the chief of police to report on recent police department acti

melara is excused ong hing, here. a quorum is present. also here is interim chief of police 20 chaplain and joyce hicks >> good evening and welcome to our january 11 police commissioner meeting. as you might know this will be my last meeting as police commissioner of talk more about that in my report but we will go head and i make some switches to the agenda. sgt. we are going back going to have item 3 after in the place of item 2. colleagues, i note you are aware that unfortunately this last week the department lost an officer who passed away suddenly while on duty. officer stuart moeller. so we will conclude adjourn this meeting in his memory and i'll share more details of his life it is a gold-medal valor winner and really an extraordinary officer and it's a big loss to the department for everyone at the airport. we will talk about his life and conclude this meeting is his memory. with that sgt. please call the parse line item >> >> item 1 teaser report this item is to love the chief of police to report on recent police department acti

melara is excused ong hing, here. a quorum is present. also here is interim chief of police 20 chaplain and joyce hicks >> good evening and welcome to our january 11 police commissioner meeting. as you might know this will be my last meeting as police commissioner of talk more about that in my report but we will go head and i make some switches to the agenda. sgt. we are going back going to have item 3 after in the place of item 2. colleagues, i note you are aware that unfortunately this last week the department lost an officer who passed away suddenly while on duty. officer stuart moeller. so we will conclude adjourn this meeting in his memory and i'll share more details of his life it is a gold-medal valor winner and really an extraordinary officer and it's a big loss to the department for everyone at the airport. we will talk about his life and conclude this meeting is his memory. with that sgt. please call the parse line item >> >> item 1 teaser report this item is to love the chief of police to report on recent police department acti

melara is excused ong hing, here. a quorum is present. also here is interim chief of police 20 chaplain and joyce hicks >> good evening and welcome to our january 11 police commissioner meeting. as you might know this will be my last meeting as police commissioner of talk more about that in my report but we will go head and

for me, this committee hearing, the name that was brought before us is a brilliant professor bill ong hingnd i'm going to make a motion that we not appoint professor bill hing but appoint john. for me it's a simple question. it comes down to one question on the application, and that question is a public document, have you ever attended a police commission meeting? period. it's simple. have you ever attended a police commission hearing? and while i respect the professor, and his legal experience in deep community ties, his professional record is astounding, his accomplishments, it's resolved around immigrant defense and the immigration policy development. he hasn't demonstrated to me that he has an interest or an expertise outside of immigration. i want to highlight that professor ong hs hing answered no. no he hasn't ever attended a police commission meeting. and by his own description during his interview and from his resume -- it's limited and it's limited to the immigration field. and this is a really critical time. this is a critical role at a unique moment in history when we need an a

marshall aye dejesus aye mazzucco aye ong hing aye back to commissioner turman aye the was i just want to make sure everyone is okay >> motion passes 6-0. >> congratulations. congratulations. >>[applause] >> i do want to say it would be my pleasure to serve. to follow suzy loftus footsteps. we will be doing things probably differently because i'm a very different person but there are some things that remained the same good i know your names ms. bryant. i know who operate is and i know the phone number to the tip line. mr. jones you are welcome. you're always the welcome it and so all public comments here. this commission has become a very important part of my life am honored to serve it because it serves the city that i live in and love. so thank you for this opportunity. also very rare a [inaudible] >> now in terms of his or president in terms of vice president obviously we also need to elect a vice president. i would invite a motion for a nominee for vice president. >> i nominate thomas mazzucco to be vice president. we will need his guiding hand >> i will second that. the okay discu

for me, this committee hearing, the name that was brought before us is a brilliant professor bill ong hingnd i'm going to make a motion that we not appoint professor bill hing but appoint john. for me it's a simple question. it comes down to one question on the application, and that question is a public document, have you ever attended a police commission meeting? period. it's simple. have you ever attended a police commission hearing? and while i respect the professor, and his legal experience in deep community ties, his professional record is astounding, his accomplishments, it's resolved around immigrant defense and the immigration policy development. he hasn't demonstrated to me that he has an interest or an expertise outside of immigration. i want to highlight that professor ong hs hing answered no. no he hasn't ever attended a police commission meeting. and by his own description during his interview and from his resume -- it's limited and it's limited to the immigration field. and this is a really critical time. this is a critical role at a unique moment in history when we need an a

melara is excused ong hing, here. a quorum is present. also here is interim chief of police 20 chaplain and joyce hicks >> good evening and welcome to our january 11 police commissioner meeting.