. >> commissioner covington: reapointed. just don't -- reappointed. just don't call me a d. >> president cleaveland: we are lucky to have you. >> commissioner covington: thank you. i'm lucky to be here. thank you, chief for attending. and thank you for these retirements and separations figures. i've added up the red bars and it comes to 537 total people who have retired or been separated from the department since 2010. that's a pretty big number, even without including the 32 people who have put in the paperwork to retire very soon. so, that would bring the total to 569 people. and so, i just want to reiterate how importantist for us to continue to have these academies. i used to bend mayor lee's ear about the academies, keep the academies going. and that's why i pushed for the increase in the number of people accepted into the academy from 48 to 54 because our attrition rate was getting to be high in some classes. so, it's heartening to see that we are making progress. that we're not going to be faced with a crisis at some point because when people a