amazing community members like the street violence intervention program, as well as united players under rudy corbett. working together with all of these great programs and community members will continue to keep our city safe. thank you all so much for being here, and i will turn it over to chief scott. [applause] >> thank you, mayor. as the mayor said to, we are really pleased with the trends we are seeing, particularly in violent crime. as most of you know, our department publishes a report monthly that provides a snapshot of where we are with crime. as you can see on the posters to my right, we are doing pretty good, and we did pretty good in 2018. homicides are down 18%. homicide by firearms were down 37%. nonfatal shooting incidents were down 30%, and navigated -- aggravated assault dropped 3%. thanks to the hard work of the men and women of the san francisco police department that work hours streets, our investigated unit, and all of our bureaus, through the hard work that they've put in, at great risk to their own personal safety to protect the people of this city, we are -- we would not be w