restricted in this way from these incidents, and so i would join you in supporting the repeal of polver, as least as it applies to the release of incident reports. this is ridiculous. we're being denied our ability to have oversight to sit up here and do our jobs by an unfortunate bill. i would -- well, that's another discussion but your words did prompt me to think of that, that we go through this dance around, and not able to deal with the real issues that are in front of us. but the reason i did hit the buttons, you know, i -- we -- as a commission, i think we all come from different backgrounds and different experiences, and i think that it is valuable to have the variety of experiences we have up here. and commissioner mazzucco made some comments just now about, you know, officers feeling unsupported. and i don't -- i think -- and i -- you know, commissioner mazzucco, i've come to respect and admire this commission for his advocacy that officers -- we -- we need to have the best officers in this department on the streets representing the department and our city. but where i would d