Is in route Vice President carter overstone you have a quorum also with us here tonight, we have chief scott from the San Francisco Police Department and chief of staff Sarah Hawkins from the department of police accountability. Could you please call the first item, sergeant line item one weekly officer recognition certificate presentation of an officer who has gone above and beyond in the performance of their duties. Sergeant joel starr. Number 4315 special victims unit. Good evening. Hi im gonna stand here. Okay good evening. Id like to thank the Police Commission. The chief of police and the public for taking the time to recognize the outstanding work that the San Francisco Police Department investigated do. And im especially glad to be here this evening to recognize as one of my very own investigators, Sergeant Nick joel, for his exceptional job. He does day in and day out. But more specifically, on a recent case that i will highlight this evening. First, let me introduce myself. M
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