historically this department has relied on outside agencies for intelligence information. we are predominantly consumers of intelligence, rather than producers. well, that is no longer. that was prior to january 6th. we have now grown and expanded our intelligence operations and we have dramatically changed the way that we process and share intelligence with our law formality process at every level. this includes intelligence communications and intelligence briefings to our rank and file officers. we do feel that these improvements, coupled with the other existing efforts, will help transform our department operationally, as well as from an intelligence-driven perspective agency. with that, i ll turn it over to chief gallagher.