so as a good friend, ray castillo, i'm giving it to him. i'm sick and tired of this business. >> so what i'm going to do, obviously we have an issue. i think we need to contact the city attorney -- i will contact the city attorney tomorrow to discuss this issue to look closer at this sale for $20. obviously, mr. chan, it doesn't make sense to sell a beat for $20 that's worth significantly more, and it causes people to believe that there may be annul tear i don't remember motive. -- there may be an ulterior motive. i would like a report from you. mr. chan, if you have a lawyer, have that lawyer present for the conference call. commissioner dejesus? commissioner dejesus: when i'm looking at this, you have $6,000 a month in contracts and you are selling it for $20, so i'm a little concerned. the question i have is, do you still have those contracts? have those clients canceled? there is no income? >> i gave it to the beat. i don't collect it anymore. i could write zero dollars. commissioner dejesus: when you say you don't collect it anymore, d

to approve the department's recommendation denying request of assistant patrol special officer ray castillo 2504, to purchase beat 72 from resigned patrol special officer hanley chan. >> can you come forward, please. sergeant hicks, can you advise us on the status of the sale.

to approve the department's recommendation denying request of assistant patrol special officer ray castillo 2504, to purchase beat 72 from resigned patrol special officer hanley chan. >> can you come forward, please. sergeant hicks, can you advise us on the status of the sale. >> vice president mazzucco, commissioners, director, chief gas gone, my name is sergeant rob hicks. i am the department patrol special liaison. as far as the report is concerned, if you would like, i can be a little defensive, but i can give a history. resigned patrol special officer chan was given six to nine months to sell his beat, and that dates back to november of last year. that would have been for beat 72. originally mr. chan purchased the beat for $7,500 and that was in july 16, 2003, and at the time the clients were currently making monthly payments of $630 when mr. cast teeo -- castillo purchased the beat from mr. chan, the current pantse payments are $5,950. however the sale purchase price was $20. so if you look at it in terms of a ratio, my understanding is that beats are generally approximately 10 times