. >> item 4 is reports to the commission under which item 4-a is the chief's report. 4-b, the o.c.b. r's report, and 4-c, the commission reports. president marshall: good evening, chief. >> good evening, commissioners, director hicks. i would like to just give you a quick overview of crime status and then we have a report that a are concerning our unit that has to deal with canines. today our numbers are 11% reduction for crimes, and that's 23,331 crimes as opposed to 26,000 in -- and 91, year to date. the crime is a reduction 21,000 vs. 18,950 this year. and for violent crime is a 4% reduction, 4,568 vs. 4,381. the more recent period, we had a 13% reduction in violent crime. under 21% reduction in property crime. that's the last four weeks, for a total of 20% reduction. so our crime numbers continue to look very good year to date. we are certainly on target for a good year. hom -- homicides we are even with last year. as you know, last year was about a 55% reduction. while we are reconcerned -- while we are very concerned we still continue to have homicides, obviously, one of the are