. >> so this certificate, of appreciation recognizes william kidd retired sergeant and inspector in deepist gratitude for your service to the city of san francisco and it is worthy of the highest esteem by the san francisco police department awarded on the 22nd day of january, long overdue, 2014. [ applause ] >> and i know that we did not call this one out, but there is no way that i could not have made a similar plaque up for richard d. clap retired team commander and leader. >> chief, before commander clap and inspector kidd speak, i want to say that these two are part of the foundation of the police department and the chief always talks about our academy graduation and we are the second oldest in this country with the great tradition and the greatest tradition of this police department is that we have always been ahead of the curve in terms of policing, for example, you with the hostage negotiation that has saved lives, that is now moved to where we have crisis intervention trained officers to the cit on them and we are at the forefront of doing things differently for the benefit of the