Uniformed officers, present arms. Oh, say can you see by the dawns early light what so proudly we hailed at the twilights last gleaming . Whose broad stripes and bright stars thru the perilous fight, oer the ramparts we watched were so gallantly streaming . And the rockets red glare, the bombs bursting in air, gave proof through the night that our flag was still there. Oh, say does that starspangled banner yet wave oer the land of the free and the home of the brave please be seated. Good evening, i would like to welcome to you San Francisco Police Department medal of valor ceremony. I am inspector, john monroe, and i will be the master of ceremons this evening. I would like to first welcome everyone here. And welcome mayor lee, and i believe that supervisor wiener may be the audience. And a few thank yous. First to the allegiance of honor, for being generous with your room and mccalls catering, and thank you to the San Francisco Police Department for the generous donation and poa for t
Commission complementary. And i want to thank the commission, and the mayor, if you think you have a busy schedule, it doesnt compare to his. I assure you. And the police of honor and these awards is not on the way to anything. He came here for you, and he is our mayor. And back to the story. These three captains then will make recommendations and come back and forth and certified before the medal of Valor Committee. The medal of Valor Committee is by rule and commission only the captains of the Police Department and the command staff. Thats it. So low 40 something people max, and to get a medal you have to achieve a twothirds vote. And to get the twothirds we do that with marbles. I am not kidding. We have a box over 100 years old that dates back to the turn of the century. And inspector monroe is demoted back to officer and hes the mayor, we will fix that. And this box is passed around after the presentation of the captain, and then vote. You need to get twothirds of a marble of a ce
Bred in the San Francisco Police Department. I am proud to say that almost every almost every interaction i have had with a San Francisco Police Officer is one filled with Mutual Respect and dignity. Now the one that gave me the speeding ticket the other day maybe i was less respectful than he was. But in any case, i will say that this is a department where respect, hard work and an earnest desire to serve starts from the top. And it goes down throughout a department. When you listen today, you will hear stories of fabulous individuals. And you will say, wow, what is that San Francisco department doing . Its not just them, look to yourselves because those values began with all of you. Family and friends and those who love our officers. And thank you for being here today. Its my privilege to preside over the process to select these officers. And i look forward to the presentations by each of the captains. Thank you. [applause] thank you, Vice President turman and thank you president maz
Achieve a twothirds vote. And to get the twothirds we do that with marbles. I am not kidding. We have a box over 100 years old that dates back to the turn of the century. And inspector monroe is demoted back to officer and hes the mayor, we will fix that. And this box is passed around after the presentation of the captain, and then vote. You need to get twothirds of a marble of a certain color to achieve a medal. If you do not get twothirds that is somewhere around 28 votes. It diverts down until you get to the medal that is appropriate. So i know tonight we dont have a gold medal. Gold medals are rare. They are really rare. I have been on the Medal Committee since 1997, and i can tell you that just about every gold medal was unanimous. And i was commenting and the one that everyone could understand the most is when the tiger got out in the zoo. And is the Police Department went in with. 40 calibers to hunt tigers. And someone said there is only three things that tigers do. They eat. T
Banner yet wave oer the land of the free and the home of the brave please be seated. Good evening, i would like to welcome to you San Francisco Police Department medal of valor ceremony. I am inspector, john monroe, and i will be the master of ceremons this evening. I would like to first welcome everyone here. And welcome mayor lee, and i believe that supervisor wiener may be the audience. And a few thank yous. First to the allegiance of honor, for being generous with your room and mccalls catering, and thank you to the San Francisco Police Department for the generous donation and poa for their jgenerosity to this event and reesa, that does most of this work. Thank you. And last and not least, the families and friends and mothers and fathers and sisters and brothers that support your officers every day and night for them to come out and do the work they do. Give yourself a round of applause. Thank you. First i will introduce you to your commission. Your Police Commission, and then intr