joe marshall, commissioner james slaughter, commissioner petra dejesus. we are also joined by chief of police george gascoign. also with us are the it assistant chief. this isn't she said of the operation pirro. assistant chief denise schmitt. deputy chief john murphy, enforcement and security at the mta. commander sandra tong of the airport bureau. commander james dudley of the airport operations bureau. commander daniel mahoney, chief of the operations staff. commander daniel lazard, chief of investigations. this is a time when we stop and offer special members of the police department. these are members who have distinguished themselves through their bravery and dangerous situations. it is important to note one of the criteria for the medal of honor this one failed to -- failure to take such action would lead to center. these are actions above and beyond call of duty. at this time, i would like to invite the chief of police, cheif gascon, to come up here and speak. >> thank you, everyone, for being here. this is a special moment in policing movie get t

. >> commissioner petra dejesus. >> in route. >> commissioner angela chan. >> present. >> commissioner james hammer. >> present. >> commissioner carol kingsley. >> present. >> commissioner james slaughter. >> present. >> commission president you have a quorum. also on the dais, acting chief of police jeffrey godam and joyce hicks. >> thank you, lieutenant. welcome to the wednesday, january 12, 2011 first police commission meeting of the year noor at city hall. i would start with we don't have anything to report but that would be inaccurate. what we're going to do tonight is we're go to take a line item out of order, given we see quite an audience here. we would like to move down to line item number five, which is routine administrative business. and go into subcategory b, which is scheduling of items identified for consideration of future commission meetings. if you could call that please, lieutenant. >> item 5-b, routine administrative business, scheduling of items identified for consideration of future commission meetings. it's an action item. >> thank you, lieutenant. commissioners,