chief scott thank you, sergeant youngblood. good evening, president elias. vice president carter stone, commission executive director. henderson and the public, start off this week's report with our crime trends overall, violent. i mean, part one crime is down 30. that is about a 5000. a little over 5000 fewer crimes than this time last year, property crime is down 33% and violent crime is down 13. our homicides are down 42% from this time last year, with a total of year to date of 11 homicides, compared to 19 this time last year and that year to date, number is about a five year low. in terms of homicides, our shooting victims are down 35, 35 year to date, compared to 54 this time last year, and our homicides with firearms are down 38% eight year to date compared to 13 on this time last year. total gun violence victims are down 36. that's 43 gun violence victims this year compared to 67 year to date. gun seizures are down slightly, about 7% down. we have 308 gun seizures, and of those, 59 were ghost guns. this time last year there was 312 with 57 ghost guns