* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [00:00:01] GOOD [145th Cadet Class & 146th Transitional Officer and Cadet Class] AFTERNOON LADIES AND GENTLEMEN. MY NAME IS WADE LYONS AND I AM THE COMMANDER OF THE AUSTIN POLICE DEPARTMENT'S TRAINING DIVISION. I EXTEND MY THANKS TO EACH OF YOU FOR JOINING US THIS AFTERNOON FOR THE COMMISSIONING CEREMONY OF THE AUSTIN POLICE DEPARTMENT'S ONE 45TH REGULAR AND THE 1 46 TRANSITIONAL OFFICER CADET TRAINING ACADEMY CLASSES. IT IS TRULY AN HONOR FOR ME TO CELEBRATE THE GRADUATION OF AUSTIN'S NEWEST POLICE OFFICERS WITH ALL OF YOU. ON MARCH 28TH, 2020 2 84, MEN AND WOMEN CAME TOGETHER FROM A VARIETY OF BACKGROUNDS AND COMMUNITIES TO UNDERGO THE TRAINING REQUIRED TO BECOME AUSTIN POLICE OFFICERS. AFTER 32 WEEKS OF RIGOROUS TRAINING FOR THE ONE 45TH ACADEMY CLASS, 55 OF THOSE INDIVIDUALS HAVE SUCCEEDED IN THEIR GOAL. ON AUGUST 1ST, ON AUGUST 1ST, 2022, EIGHT OFFICERS FROM AROUND THE COUNTRY CAME TOGETHER TO TRAIN TO BECOME AUSTIN POLICE OFFICERS. AFTER 16 WEEKS OF RIGOROUS TRAINING FOR THE ONE 46TH TRANSITIONAL OFFICER CADET TRAINING ACADEMY CLASS EIGHT OF THOSE INDIVIDUALS HAVE SUCCEEDED IN THEIR GOAL. THEY HAVE ALL MET OUR DEMANDING PHYSICAL, ACADEMIC, AND ETHICAL STANDARDS AND WILL NOW HAVE THE PRIVILEGE AND A RESPONSIBILITY OF WEARING THE BADGE OF AN AUSTIN POLICE OFFICER. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, PLEASE STAND AND WELCOME THE GRADUATES OF THE ONE 45TH REGULAR AND THE 1 46 TRANSITIONAL OFFICER CADET TRAINING ACADEMY CLASSES. YOUR HONOR, ALL MARK. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, PLEASE REMAIN STANDING FOR THE PRESENTATION OF THE COLORS BY THE AUSTIN POLICE DEPARTMENT'S HONOR GUARD AND AN AUDIO RECORDING OF THE STAR SPANGLED BANNER. OH, UNICORN PERSONNEL. WHAT? TED HOOK. [00:05:10] OH, YOU UNIFORM PERSONNEL BREATHE DEAD. OH, PERSONNEL ORDER. OH, ALL UNIFORM MEMBERS, PLEASE REMOVE YOUR COVER FOR THE INVOCATION WHICH WILL BE DELIVERED BY THE AUSTIN POLICE DEPARTMENT CHAPLAIN RICK RANDALL. READY, TWO A JUMP. GOOD AFTERNOON. WOULD YOU JOIN ME PLEASE IN PRAYER? IN THE WORDS OF KING DAVID, PRAISE THE LORD ALL YOU NATIONS EXTOL HIM, ALL YOU PEOPLES FOR GREATEST HIS LOVE TOWARD US AND THE FAITHFULNESS OF THE LORD ENDURES FOREVER. PRAISE THE LORD GOD. HOW WONDERFUL ARE YOUR WORKS AND HOW MARVELOUS YOUR DEEDS? WE HAVE GATHERED HERE TODAY TO CELEBRATE THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF THE ONE 45TH AND ONE 46TH ACADEMY CLASSES OF THE AUSTIN POLICE DEPARTMENT. WE GATHERED BEAR WITNESS TO THEIR COURAGE AND COMMITMENT AS THEY BEGIN THEIR CAREERS OF SERVICE TO THIS CITY. WE REJOICE WITH THESE MEN AND WOMEN AND WE THANK YOU LORD FOR RAISING THEM UP FOR JUST SUCH A TIME AS THIS FATHER, THERE ARE MANY BLESSINGS REPRESENTED IN THIS PLACE TODAY FOR WHICH WE ARE TRULY GRATEFUL. WE THANK YOU FOR THE ACADEMY STAFF AND FOR THE EFFORT THEY HAVE POURED INTO THESE NEW OFFICERS. WE THANK YOU FOR THE FAMILIES REPRESENTED HERE WHO HAVE SUPPORTED THEIR LOVED ONES JOURNEY OVER THESE PAST MONTHS AND IN DOING SO HAVE BECOME PART OF THE GREATER APD FAMILY. WE THANK YOU FOR THE LEADERSHIP OF THIS DEPARTMENT AND FOR THE DAY TO DAY DIRECTION AND PURPOSE THEY PROVIDE. WE THANK YOU FOR THIS NATION, THIS STATE, AND THIS GREAT CITY IN WHICH WE LIVE MOST OF ALL. GOD, [00:10:01] WE THANK YOU THAT IN THESE DIFFICULT TIMES, THERE ARE STILL MEN AND WOMEN LIKE THIS WHO WILL TAKE THEIR STAND AND PLACE THEMSELVES ON THE FRONT LINE IN ORDER TO PRESERVE OUR SAFETY AND EVEN OUR VERY FREEDOM. THEY ARE A VIVID REMINDER THAT YOU HAVE ALWAYS RAISED UP THOSE WHO WILL PUT SERVICE BEFORE SELF AND WHO CHOOSE TO EMBODY THE VALUES OF HONOR, JUSTICE, MERCY, AND SACRIFICE. WHILE MANY IN THE REST OF THE WORLD LOOK FOR COMFORT AND CONVENIENCE, GOD, WE LIFT UP THESE NEW OFFICERS. WE PRAY FOR THEIR SAFETY AND FOR THE SAFETY OF THE TENS OF THOUSANDS OF THEIR PEERS SERVING ACROSS THIS NATION. WE ASK FOR YOUR PROTECTION OVER EACH ONE OF THEM AND OVER THEIR FAMILIES. MAY THEY RETURN HOME SAFELY AFTER THEIR SHIFT AND MAY THEY ENJOY LONG AND PRODUCTIVE CAREERS AND THEN LIVE A WELL-DESERVED LONG RETIREMENT. BLESS THIS CEREMONY AND ALL WHO ARE GATHERED HERE. WE ASK ALL THESE THINGS IN YOUR GREAT NAME. AMEN. THANK YOU CHAPLAIN RANDALL. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THE COMMISSIONING AND GRADUATION CEREMONY FOR THE ONE 45TH REGULAR AND THE 1 46 TRANSITIONAL OFFICER CADET CLASS IS UNDERWAY. PLEASE BE SEATED. READY, SEATED. WHAT'S UP? I WOULD LIKE TO EXTEND A SPECIAL THANKS TO PASTOR CASEY BENSON OF THE BANN BURKE BANNOCK BURN CHURCH FOR THE USE OF THIS BEAUTIFUL FACILITY. I WOULD LIKE TO NOW RECOGNIZE THE DISTINGUISHED GUESTS ON STAGE AND IN THE AUDIENCE WHO HAVE JOINED US FOR OUR COMMISSIONING CEREMONY. PLEASE HOLD YOUR APPLAUSE UNTIL THE FINAL INTRODUCTION. AUSTIN CITY MANAGER, SPENCER CRONK, ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, RAY ARIANA, MAYOR PRO. TIM ALLISON AL, DISTRICT 10 . COUNCIL MEMBER NATASHA HARPER. MADISON, DISTRICT ONE CHIEF OF STAFF LOUISA BRINS MADE POLICY ADVISOR. NATALIE DER IN LIEU OF COUNCIL MEMBER LESLIE PULL, DISTRICT SEVEN, COUNCIL MEMBER MCKENZIE KELLY, DISTRICT SIX, CHIEF OF POLICE. JOSEPH CHICON, CHIEF OF STAFF. ROBIN HENDERSON, ASSISTANT CHIEF JAMES MASON, ASSISTANT CHIEF JERRY BISON, ASSISTANT CHIEF SCOTT PERRY, ASSISTANT CHIEF JASON STANSKI, ASSISTANT CHIEF JEFF GREENWALL. DR. ANN LEE, CRINGING, PRESIDENT OF THE GREATER AUSTIN CRIME COMMISSION. MR. EDUARDO MARGA CHAPLIN, RICK RANDALL, COUNCIL MEMBER JAMES HAYNES, DISTRICT THREE. ALSO WANT TO THANK MY COLLEAGUES, THE APD COMMAND STAFF FOR JOINING US THIS AFTERNOON. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR SUPPORT AND YOUR ATTENDANCE. THERE IS ANOTHER IMPORTANT GROUP OF PEOPLE I WISH TO RECOGNIZE AND THAT IS THE STAFF OF THE RECRUITING AND TRAINING DIVISION. IT IS THROUGH THE COLLECTIVE EFFORTS OF THESE OFFICERS, SUPERVISORS, AND CIVILIAN STAFF THAT WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO ASSEMBLE THIS GROUP OF HIGHLY QUALIFIED POLICE CADETS AND TRANSFORMED THEM INTO POLICE OFFICERS IN THE FINEST POLICE DEPARTMENT IN THIS NATION. WHEN I CALL YOUR NAME, PLEASE REMIND, REMAIN RISE AND REMAIN STANDING FROM THE RECRUITING UNIT, LIEUTENANT J SWAN, SERGEANT HEATHER , SERGEANT TONYA THOMAS FROM THE CADET TRAINING UNIT. SERGEANT JACOB BOROWSKI, CORPORAL NATHAN BLAKE FROM THE LEARN SKILLS UNIT. LIEUTENANT JASON FERRE, SERGEANT JASON ROSSON AND CORPORAL MARI HAYWARD FROM THE CONTINUING EDUCATION UNIT SERGEANT MICHAEL ENDERS. ALONG WITH THESE SUPERVISORS, WITH ALL OF THE MEMBERS OF THE RECRUITING AND AND TRAINING DIVISION, PLEASE STAND TO BE RECOGNIZED. [00:15:06] THANK YOU. YOU MAY BE SEATED. THIS IS A CELEBRATION OF THE ACHIEVEMENTS OF THESE 63 CADETS SEATED IN FRONT OF ME AND THERE ARE MANY PEOPLE WHO HAVE MADE THIS DAY POSSIBLE TO THE FAMILY MEMBERS AND FRIENDS WHO HAVE PROVIDED CARE, SUPPORT AND ENCOURAGEMENT TO OUR CADETS THROUGHOUT THE DURATION OF THE ACADEMY. WE ARE VERY APPRECIATIVE OF YOUR ATTENDANCE HERE TODAY. THEY WILL NEED YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT FOR THE DURATION OF THEIR CAREER. THANK YOU. THIS AFTERNOON WE WILL HONOR AUSTIN'S NEWEST POLICE OFFICERS, BUT IT IS IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER THOSE WHO HAVE PREVIOUSLY SERVED AND CURRENTLY SERVE AS PEACE OFFICERS WITH ALL ACTIVE AND RETIRED PEACE OFFICERS. PLEASE STAND. EACH OF YOU HAS EARNED OUR THANKS AND RESPECT FOR YOUR DEDICATION AND SERVICE AND I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU. FINALLY, I WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT TO PAY RESPECT TO THOSE OFFICERS IN OUR COMMUNITY, STATE AND NATION WHO HAVE GIVEN THE FINAL MEASURE OF THEIR DEDICATION AND MADE THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE BY GIVING UP THEIR LIVES IN THE LINE OF DUTY. PLEASE JOIN ME IN A MOMENT OF SILENCE AND THEIR HONOR. THANK YOU. IT IS NOW MY HONOR TO INTRODUCE OUR DISTINGUISHED SPEAKER CITY MANAGER, SPENCER CRONK. SPENCER CRONK IS THE CITY MANAGER FOR THE CITY OF AUSTIN AND WAS APPOINTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL IN FEBRUARY OF 2018. PRIOR TO AUSTIN, MR. CRONK WAS THE CITY ADMINISTRATOR OF MINNEAPOLIS WHERE HE PROVIDED LEADERSHIP AND DIRECTION IN THE MANAGEMENT OF MINNEAPOLIS CITY GOVERNMENT BY ASSISTING THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL IN DEFINING CITY POLICY, ESTABLISHING PRIORITIES AND STRENGTHENING THE ADMINISTRATION SYSTEMS OF THE CITY. MR. CRO IS A GRADUATE OF THE UNIVERSITY, WISCONSIN MADISON AT HARVARD UNI AND AT HARVARD UNIVERSITY SENIOR EXECUTIVES IN STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT PROGRAM. HE WAS SELECTED TO JOIN THE INAUGURAL YOUNG AMERICAN LEADERS PROGRAM AT HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL AND SERVED AS PRESIDENT OF THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF STATE CHIEF ADMINISTRATORS. PLEASE WELCOME THE AUSTIN CITY MANAGER SPENCER CRO. I ALSO NOTICED THAT WE WERE JOINED BY OUR DISTRICT EIGHT, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER PAIGE JEALOUS. THANK YOU FOR JOINING US PAGE. WELL, GOOD AFTERNOON, CADET CLASS OF 1 45 IN TRANSITIONAL OFFICER CLASS OF 1 46. IT IS MY HONOR TO CELEBRATE THIS DAY WITH YOU AND TO BE AMONG THE FIRST TO SAY CONGRATULATIONS ON BECOMING PART OF THE CITY OF AUSTIN POLICE DEPARTMENT FAMILY. YOU'VE JUST COMPLETED SOME OF THE FINEST, MOST INNOVATIVE TRAINING IN THIS COUNTRY. WE KNOW THAT YOU ARE EQUIPPED WITH A DIVERSE RANGE OF SKILLS TO SAVE LIVES, DEESCALATE SITUATIONS, BUILD STRONGER RELATIONSHIPS, AND KEEP OUR COMMUNITY SAFE. WHETHER THIS IS THE FIRST TIME BECOMING A POLICE OFFICER OR IF YOU'RE JOINING US FROM ANOTHER DEPARTMENT, I KNOW GETTING HERE WAS NOT EASY, BUT YOU DID IT AND YOU HAVE SO MUCH TO BE PROUD OF. GETTING TO GRADUATION DAY ALSO MEANT RELYING ON FAMILY AND FRIENDS WHO HAVE STOOD BY YOU THROUGHOUT THIS PROCESS. IN FACT, I'VE HEARD SO MANY STORIES OF HOW YOUR LOVED ONES MADE THEIR OWN SACRIFICE TO HELP ENSURE THAT YOU EARNED YOUR BADGE TODAY. STORIES LIKE A FIANCE HELPING SHINE BOOTS OR JOINING A MORNING RUG, A RUN JUST TO SPEND QUALITY TIME FAMILY MEMBERS DROPPING OFF MEALS SO YOU WON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT COOKING PARTNERS TAKING CARE OF ALL THE HOUSEHOLD EXPENSES OR DUTIES SO YOU COULD FOCUS ON TRAINING AND SO MUCH MORE SO YOUR SUCCESS IS ALSO THEIR SUCCESS. WITH THAT IN MIND, LET'S GIVE YOUR LOVED ONES A ROUND OF APPLAUSE. EACH OF THESE INDIVIDUALS SUPPORTED YOU THROUGH THE GOOD AND TOUGH TIMES AS YOU WENT THROUGH THE ACADEMY, AND THEY WILL BE THE ONES THAT YOU DEPEND ON IN THE FUTURE AS YOU START YOUR CAREER BECAUSE THAT IS WHAT FAMILY IS ABOUT AND THE GREAT THING IS YOUR FAMILY HAS NOW [00:20:01] GROWN AND YOU ARE NOW PART OF ONE OF THE FINEST IN THE WORLD. EACH DAY YOU PUT ON YOUR UNIFORM AND PLACE YOUR BADGE ON. REMEMBER THE OATH THAT YOU TAKE. KEEP THOSE WORDS CLOSE TO YOU. NEVER LOSE SIGHT OF WHO YOU ARE AS A PERSON OUTSIDE OF YOUR UNIFORM, MANY OF YOU OR A MOM OR DAD OR BROTHER OR SISTER, AUNT, UNCLE, FRIEND. CONTINUE TO BE THAT PERSON AS YOU PUT YOUR UNIFORM ON. IT IS THE LIFE VALUES THAT YOU HAVE BEEN RAISED ON THAT WILL SHINE AS YOU SERVE OUR GREAT COMMUNITY. TREAT EACH INTERACTION AS IF YOU WERE ENGAGING WITH YOUR OWN LOVED ONE AND THINK ABOUT HOW YOU WOULD WANT YOUR LOVED ONE TO BE TREATED. ALWAYS REMEMBER THAT THE THE PERSON WHO PROUDLY WEARS THE UNIFORM YOU ARE IN TODAY IS SOMEONE THAT HAS CHOSEN TO ANSWER THE CALL OF DUTY TO SERVE AND PROTECT OUR COMMUNITY. ONE OF THE TRAITS THAT SET SETS YOU APART IS THAT YOU ARE WILLING TO RUN TOWARDS DANGER WHILE EVERYONE ELSE IS RUNNING AWAY. IT TAKES AN INCREDIBLE SPECIAL KIND OF PERSON TO ANSWER THAT CALL. NOW, I KNOW YOU OFTEN HEAR THE WORDS THAT I AM MY BROTHERS AND SISTERS KEEPER AND TODAY REMEMBER THAT YOU ARE YOUR COMMUNITY'S KEEPER AS YOUR CITY MANAGER, BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY AS A DAD, A HUSBAND, AND A RESIDENT OF AUSTIN. I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT EVERY DAY YOU ARE VALUED AND SUPPORTED BY ME, OUR CITY OF AUSTIN TEAM, AND THE COMMUNITY THAT YOU WILL BE SERVING. I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING EACH OF YOU AIM HIGH AS YOU BEGIN YOUR CAREER WITH THE AUSTIN POLICE DEPARTMENT. I ALWAYS CARRY THE CORE VALUES THAT YOU ARE TAUGHT. INTEGRITY, COURAGE, ACCOUNTABILITY, RESPECT, AND ETHICS. CONGRATULATIONS CADET CLASS 1 45 AND 1 46. BE SAFE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU MR. CRONK. IT IS MY HONOR TO INTRODUCE OUR NEXT SPEAKER, COUNCIL MEMBER MCKENZIE KELLY, COUNCIL MEMBER KELLY WAS ELECTED TO SERVE THE CITIZENS OF AUSTIN CITY COUNCIL DISTRICT SIX AND AUSTIN NATIVE VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTER, POLICE ADVOCATE AND HEALTHCARE WORKER COUNCIL MEMBER KELLY HAS EMBRACED A LIFETIME OF PUBLIC SERVICE BEFORE BEING ELECTED TO CITY COUNCIL. COUNCIL MEMBER KELLY SERVED AT THE ROUND ROCK FIRE DEPARTMENT'S TRAINING DIVISION, WILLIAMSON COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND WITH THE CITY OF AUSTIN COMMUNITY EMERGENCY RESPONSE TEAM. PLEASE WELCOME COUNCIL MEMBER MCKENZIE KELLY, FRIENDS, COLLEAGUES, CITY LEADERS, APD LEADERSHIP AND FELLOW AUSTINITES. GOOD AFTERNOON AND WELCOME TO THE CEREMONY OF AUSTIN POLICE DEPARTMENT'S ONE 45TH AND ONE 46TH CADET CLASS GRADUATION. THIS IS A SPECIAL DAY AND THANK YOU ALL FOR ALLOWING ME THE HONOR TO BE HERE WITH YOU. I'D LIKE TO ISSUE A SPECIAL THANK YOU TO AUSTIN POLICE DEPARTMENT, INCLUDING CHIEF OF POLICE, JOSEPH T AND CHIEF OF STAFF ROBIN HENDERSON FOR INVITING ME HERE ON SUCH A SPECIAL OCCASION. THE CITY BELIEVES IN GIVING YOU THE TOOLS YOU NEED TO SUCCEED. IT'S VITALLY IMPORTANT TO ENSURING THE SAFEST STATE OF OUR CITY IS MAINTAINED AS A CITY. WE ARE PROUD TO HAVE AN INCREDIBLE TRAINING DIVISION TO TEACH YOU CRITICAL TACTICS, ENHANCE YOUR PHYSICAL FITNESS AND OFFER YOU CONTINUED EDUCATION AND SUPPORT THROUGHOUT YOUR CAREER CADETS DUE TO YOUR COMMITMENT, PHYSICAL AND MENTAL ENDURANCE, LEADERSHIP, POTENTIAL, PERSONAL COURAGE. YOU ALL HAVE COMPLETED APDS DEMANDING 32 WEEK TRAINING PROGRAM. OVER THIS TIME, YOU HAVE GAINED KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING OF CRITICAL LAWS, PROFESSIONAL AND SAFE DRIVING TECHNIQUES, CRISIS INTERVENTION, TRAINING, COMMUNITY POLICING, LEADERSHIP, DEFENSE TACTICS AND PHYSICAL FITNESS. OUR CITY AND THE POLICE DEPARTMENT BELIEVE THAT YOU ARE READY TO BECOME OFFICERS AND BEAR THAT GREAT RESPONSIBILITY. WILLIAM SHERMAN WAS AN AMERICAN SOLDIER WHO SERVED AS A GENERAL DURING THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR. HE SAID COURAGE IS A PERFECT SENSIBILITY OF THE MEASURE OF DANGER AND A MENTAL WILLINGNESS TO ENDURE IT. AT ITS VERY CORE, COURAGE IS WHAT TODAY IS TRULY ABOUT. THE DAY YOU ALL DECIDED THAT YOU WANTED TO SERVE YOUR COMMUNITY. IT TOOK COURAGE THE DAY YOU DECIDED [00:25:01] THAT YOUR CHOSEN FORM OF SERVICE WAS WITH THE AUSTIN POLICE DEPARTMENT. IT TOOK COURAGE THE DAY YOU ALL ENTERED THE POLICE ACADEMY. IT TOOK COURAGE TODAY, THE DAY YOU WERE SWORN IN AS PEACE OFFICERS. IT WILL TAKE COURAGE EVERY DAY THAT YOU VENTURE OUT TO SERVE YOUR COMMUNITY WITH THAT BADGE FIRMLY PINNED TO YOUR UNIFORM. REMEMBER THAT THAT TOO WILL TAKE COURAGE. COURAGE HAS BEEN WITH YOU ALL THROUGHOUT THIS JOURNEY AND HAS LED YOU TO THIS EXTRAORDINARY MOMENT HERE TODAY. YOU HAVE COURAGE AND YOU'LL NEVER LOSE IT BECAUSE INHERENTLY YOU ALL ARE BRAVE MEN AND WOMEN WHO HAVE DEDICATED YOURSELVES TO A MISSION OF COMMUNITY SERVICE IN THE HIGHEST WAY POSSIBLE. BECOMING AN AUSTIN POLICE OFFICER, BEING A POLICE OFFICER IS ONE OF THE MOST SELFLESS PROFESSIONS ANYONE CAN PURSUE. THERE IS AN IMMENSE SENSE OF PRIDE AND DEDICATION WHEN ONE DECIDES TO SPEND THEIR LIFE IN PROFESSIONAL SERVICE IN THE COMMUNITY, AND COURAGE IS THAT UNSPOKEN BOND WITHIN A POLICE DEPARTMENT FAMILY THAT WILL PROVIDE YOU ALL STRENGTH AND SUPPORT EVERY DAY. YOU ARE SERVING THE COMMUNITY OF AUSTIN. NEVER DOUBT YOU HAVE THAT SUPPORT FROM YOUR APD FAMILY. ST. PAUL POLICE OFFICER LOU FERERO PUT IT LIKE THIS. MORAL COURAGE TO ME MEANS THAT YOU'RE ABLE TO THINK ABOUT EVERYTHING THAT STANDS RIGHT FOR YOU AND WHAT YOU BELIEVE IN AND MAKING SURE THAT YOU HAVE THAT STRONG FOUNDATION SO THAT YOU HAVE THE CONFIDENCE TO MAKE THOSE DECISIONS WHEN YOU'RE OUT ON THE STREET AND WHILE YOU'RE OUT ON THE STREET SERVING THE COMMUNITY. WE THE COMMUNITY, WE WILL FULLY BE BEHIND YOU AND WE FULLY BELIEVE THAT YOU HAVE THE COURAGE INSIDE OF YOU. WE KNOW WE'RE ASKING YOU TO DO AN INCREDIBLY DIFFICULT JOB AND BECAUSE OF YOUR IMMENSE SACRIFICE, WE THOUGHT IT WOULD BE IMPORTANT FOR US THE COMMUNITY TO GIVE SOMETHING BACK TO YOU. SO TODAY'S ABOUT COMMITMENT, BUT NOT FROM YOU GUYS. WE ALREADY KNOW YOU'RE FULLY COMMITTED. TODAY IS ABOUT COMMITMENT FROM THE COMMUNITY THAT YOU WILL BE SERVING. WE WILL BE GIVING THE HANDSHAKES, THE SMILES, THE NODS OF APPRECIATION. WHEN WE SEE YOU IN THE COMMUNITY, WE WILL BE THERE TO CHEER YOU ON AS YOU ALL EARN ACCOLADES AND RISE THROUGH THE RANKS. WE WILL OFFER THE SUPPORT THAT YOU NEED TO DO THIS DIFFICULT JOB EFFECTIVELY AND WHETHER IT BE THROUGH MEETINGS OR RIDE ALONGS, WE WILL CONTINUE TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE CHALLENGES THAT YOU ALL FACE, THE RESOURCES YOU REQUIRE, THE SUPPORT THAT YOU SEEK AND THE TRAINING THAT YOU NEED. IT IS OUR CHARGE TO CHA TACKLE CHALLENGING TIMES TOGETHER HOLDING EACH OTHER RESPONSIBLE THAT THAT IS IMPORTANT IN SERVING THE CITY OF AUSTIN BECAUSE ACCOUNTABILITY IS WHAT HOLDS THE BOND OF TRUST TOGETHER BETWEEN POLICE AND THE COMMUNITY. THE SPIRIT OF TENACITY IS SHARED AMONGST THOSE WHO UNDERSTAND WHAT ANOTHER MAY BE FACING NOW OR IN THE FUTURE. THE APD FAMILY KNOWS THE CHALLENGES YOU WILL FACE. THIS IS ROOTED IN DECADES OF COMMITMENT TO SERVING THE AUSTIN COMMUNITY. ALSO, THE COMMUNITY UNDERSTANDS THE CHALLENGES YOU WILL FACE WHEN RESPONDING TO OUR CALLS FOR ASSISTANCE. THEREFORE, WE'RE HERE TO HELP YOU THROUGH THESE TOUGH AND CHALLENGING TIMES THAT YOU CAN BE THE STRONGEST AND MOST EFFECTIVE PUBLIC SERVANT YOU CAN POSSIBLY BE. NONE OF YOU WOULD BE HERE TODAY IF YOU DIDN'T BELIEVE IN GOOD VERSUS BAD, IN RIGHT, OVER WRONG OR IN VICTIMS OF VIOLENCE. IT IS TRULY NO SMALL FEAT. THIS IS NOT A TITLE GIVEN FREELY AND WE AS A COMMUNITY WILL NOT TAKE THIS MOMENT FOR GRANTED NOW OR IN THE FUTURE. YOU ALL NOW HOLD THE DISCIPLINE, THE TOOLS, AND THE ABILITY TO SERVE AND SUCCEED. LET ME SAY SOMETHING. YOU'VE BEEN WAITING 32 WEEKS TO HEAR TODAY. TODAY YOU CAN ALL CALL YOURSELVES AUSTIN POLICE OFFICERS. YOU ALL ARE THE NEWEST PROTECTORS OF THIS CITY AND WE KNOW THIS JOB IS RESERVED FOR UNIQUELY BRAVE MEN AND WOMEN BECAUSE WE HAVE FOLLOWED YOUR JOURNEY TO THIS MOMENT. AS YOU KNOW, MOST PEOPLE COULD NOT LAST ONE DAY WEARING THE BADGE THAT YOU ALL HAVE EARNED TODAY, AND IN A WORLD OF IMMENSE CHALLENGES, SOME THINGS MUST BE CLEAR. THIS PROFESSION TAKES INTEGRITY, COMPASSION, AND COURAGE UNDER PRESSURE. IT TAKES RESTRAINT AND GOOD JUDGMENT AND IT DOESN'T MATTER WHERE YOU CAME FROM. YOU ARE NOW A MEMBER OF THE CITY OF AUSTIN FAMILY, AND LIKE ALL FAMILIES, WE SUPPORT ONE ANOTHER UNCONDITIONALLY. [00:30:01] WE BELIEVE WE CAN DEPEND ON YOU. WE BELIEVE YOU WILL MAKE US ALL PROUD AND WE ALSO BELIEVE YOU WILL MAKE AUSTIN A SAFER PLACE TO LIVE, WORK AND RAISE A FAMILY. BUT REMEMBER, ALWAYS GIVE YOUR BEST, WORK HARD AND DEMONSTRATE INTEGRITY IN ALL THAT YOU DO. NOW IT IS TIME FOR YOU TO DO WHAT YOU WERE TRAINED TO DO COURAGEOUSLY SERVE THE CITY OF AUSTIN AS A MATTER, AS A MEASURE OF GRATITUDE FOR YOUR SERVICE OF THE CITY. WE COLLECTIVELY WANT YOU TO KNOW WE ARE PROUD OF YOU. WE ARE BEHIND YOU. REMEMBER TO ALWAYS ACT WITH COURAGE. CONGRATULATIONS AND MAY GOD BE WITH YOU AND KEEP YOU SAFE EACH AND EVERY DAY. THANK YOU ALL. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER KELLY. EACH CADET CLASS ELECTS ITS OWN CLASS OFFICERS SELECTION AS CLASS PRESIDENT IS BOTH AN HONOR AND A SIGNIFICANT RESPONSIBILITY. THE CLASS PRESIDENT IS EXPECTED TO SET AN EXAMPLE, PROVIDE LEADERSHIP, AND ACT AS A CLASS'S OFFICIAL REPRESENTATIVE. AS SUCH, THIS ELECTION SYMBOLIZES THE CONFIDENCE THE CLASS HAS BESTOWED UPON THIS INDIVIDUAL. THE ONE 45TH CADET CLASS HAS CHOSEN CADET BRIAN BUSTOS AS THEIR PRESIDENT CADET BUSTOS WILL SPEAK ON THE EXPERIENCES OF THE CADETS. GRADUATING HERE TODAY, CADET BUSTOS. CONGRATULATIONS AND PLEASE COME FORWARD, SIR. GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE AND THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING OUT AND JOINING US ON THIS SPECIAL OCCASION. MY NAME IS BRIAN BUSO AND I JOINED THE AUSTIN POLICE DEPARTMENT AS A CADET JUNE 7TH, 2021. FOR MOST CADETS GOING THROUGH THE AUSTIN POLICE ACADEMY, THE TRAINING EXPERIENCE IS EIGHT MONTHS LONG. UNFORTUNATELY NOT FOR ME. I HAD THE GLORIOUS PRIVILEGE OF HAVING TO ATTEND THE TRAINING ACADEMY FOR A TOTAL OF 16 MONTHS AND I'M OFTEN ASKED, WAS THE JOURNEY WORTH IT? AND MY ANSWER IS ALWAYS YES. YES, IT WAS WORTH IT. GOING THROUGH THE ACADEMY A SECOND TIME, I WAS FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO HAVE THE GENERAL KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE TO BE ABLE TO WATCH, WATCH MY FELLOW ONE 45TH CADET CLASS TRANSFORM FROM THE DAY ONE CADETS INTO THE OFFICERS THAT THEY ARE TODAY. WE AS A CLASS ENDURED MANY CHALLENGES IN THE PAST EIGHT MONTHS FROM DAYS AND WEEKS OF SLEEPLESS NIGHTS OF STUDYING ALL THE WAY TO DEALING WITH THE FEAR AND ANXIETY OF GETTING TASED IN NO SEA SPRAYED, BUT WE ALL ADAPTED AND WE ALL OVERCAME EVERY SINGLE CHALLENGE WE FACED AS INDIVIDUALS AND AS A CLASS. AND I'M PROUD TO HAVE JOINED EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU THROUGH THIS JOURNEY. I WOULD LIKE TO PERSONALLY THANK EACH AND EVERY MEMBER OF THE ACADEMY TRAINING STAFF FOR ALL THEIR TIME THAT THEY HAVE PUT INTO MYSELF AND MY CLASS. YOUR HARD WORK AND DEDICATION DID NOT GO UNNOTICED. THANK YOU. I WOULD LIKE TO END THIS SHORT SPEECH WITH TELLING MY CLASS THE SAME WORDS. I HAVE ALWAYS ENDED MY CLASS IN MOUT IN HOPES THAT IT IS SOMETHING THAT YOU MIGHT CARRY WITH YOU THROUGHOUT YOUR CAREERS WHEN THINGS GET TOUGH. SO TO MY CLASS, STAY POSITIVE AND STAY MOTIVATED ONE 45TH AND LET'S KEEP THIS CITY SAFE. THANK YOU, AUSTIN. THANK YOU CADET BOOSTO. OUR FIRST AWARD THIS AFTERNOON IS THE HUMANITARIAN AWARD. EACH CADET CLASS NOMINATES A FELLOW CADET TO RECEIVE THIS AWARD TO HONOR THEM AS THEIR CLASS HUMANITARIAN. PRESENTING THE HUMANITARIAN AWARD IS MY COLLEAGUE APD TRAINING DIVISION MANAGER DR. ANN LEE KREER. PRIOR TO JOINING THE AUSTIN POLICE DEPARTMENT, DR. CRINGING WORKED AS AN ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAVEN AND THE ASSISTANT DEAN OF THE HENRY C. LEE COLLEGE OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND FORENSIC SCIENCES. DR. CRINGING RECEIVED HER PHD IN CRIMINAL JUSTICE FROM TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY. SHE WAS FORMERLY A POLICE OFFICER IN ALEXANDRIA, VIRGINIA, AND RECENTLY RECEIVED THE 40 UNDER 40 AWARD FROM THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF CHIEFS OF POLICE IN OCTOBER. PLEASE WELCOME DR. ANN LEE KREGAN. [00:35:04] THE HUMANITARIAN AWARD WAS ESTABLISHED AND NAMED AFTER RETIRED APD, LIEUTENANT ERNIE HINKEL TO HONOR AND RECOGNIZE HIS CONTRIBUTION TO THE DEPARTMENT AND TO THE COMMUNITY. LIEUTENANT HINKEL WAS THE CLASS PRESIDENT OF THE 23RD CADET CLASS COMMISSIONED ON SEPTEMBER 30TH, 1960. HE SPENT HIS ENTIRE CAREER AS A STREET OFFICER. ERNIE PROMOTED TO THE RANK OF LIEUTENANT IN 1973 WHERE HE REMAINED IN PATROL FOR 22 YEARS BECAUSE HE NEVER WANTED TO LEAVE THE STREET. AT ONE TIME, LIEUTENANT HINKEL WAS THE MOST DECORATED POLICE OFFICER IN THE CITY OF AUSTIN RECEIVING OVER 200 AWARDS AND COMMENDATIONS. IN 1993, HE WAS ONE OF THE EIGHT, ONE OF 18 LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS IN THE STATE OF TEXAS TO BE SELECTED BY THE TEXAS COMMISSION ON LAW ENFORCEMENT TO RECEIVE THE LAW ENFORCEMENT ACHIEVEMENT AWARD FOR PROFESSIONALISM. LIEUTENANT HENKEL RETIRED ON NOVEMBER 25TH, 1995 AND DEVOTED MORE THAN 35 YEARS OF HIS LIFE TO THE AUSTIN POLICE DEPARTMENT. HE ALSO GAVE UNSELFISHLY OF HIMSELF TO OTHERS EACH AND EVERY DAY OF HIS CAREER NOW RETIRED. HE REMAINS IN OUR HEARTS AND MINDS AS A SYMBOL OF WHAT A GREAT OFFICER SHOULD BE. COURAGEOUS AND AND KIND, HONORABLE AND HUMBLE, PRINCIPLED WITH A DEEP UNDERSTANDING OF THE FRAILTY OF THE HUMAN CONDITION. THE CADETS FROM THE ONE 45TH CLASS HAVE CHOSEN CADET ARLENE LOZANO CADET, ONLY IN LOZANO. PLEASE COME FORWARD TO THE STAGE. THANK . THANK YOU DR. KREGAN, AND CONGRATULATIONS AGAIN TO CADET LASANO. OUR NEXT AWARD THIS AFTERNOON IS FOR HONOR CADET PRESENTING THE HONOR CADET AWARD WILL BE THE PRESIDENT OF THE GREATER AUSTIN CRIME COMMISSION, MR. EDUARDO MARGAN. MR. MARGAN IS A CO-FOUNDER AND CO-OWNER OF THE AUSTIN FC, AND HE IS THE CEO OF PS U INVESTMENTS, WHICH HE STARTED IN 2010. IN AUSTIN, TEXAS, P U HAS ACQUIRED MANY LANDMARK AUSTIN PROPERTY SUCH AS THE DRISCOLL HOTEL AND THE HISTORIC SCARBOROUGH IN LITTLEFIELD BUILDINGS. MR. MARGAN AND HIS WIFE LORENA, MOVED TO AUSTIN FROM THEIR NATIVE COUNTRY OF MEXICO IN 2009. SINCE THEN, THEY HAVE MADE AUSTIN THEIR ADOPTED HOMETOWN. MR. MAR GAIN SERVES ON THE BOARD OF THE FOUR ATX FOUNDATION AND IS A MEMBER OF THE AUSTIN COUNCIL ON FOREIGN AFFAIRS. IN JUNE, GOVERNOR ABBOTT APPOINTED HIM TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE TEXAS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION. CURRENTLY, MR. MAR GAIN SERVES AS PRESIDENT OF THE GREATER AUSTIN CRIME COMMISSION AND IS WORKING TIRELESSLY TO IMPROVE OUR CITY'S PUBLIC SAFETY BY SUPPORTING ITS FIRST RESPONDERS AND ESPECIALLY THE AUSTIN POLICE DEPARTMENT. PLEASE WELCOME MR. EDUARDO MARGA. THE HONOR CADET IS CHOSEN BY THE APD TRAINING STAFF AS THE CADET WHO BEST EXEMPLIFIES THE SKILLS AND ABILITIES THAT ARE MOST IMPORTANT TO THE TRAINING PROGRAM LEADERSHIP, INTEGRITY, PROFESSIONALISM INITIATIVE, HARD WORK, DEPENDABILITY, AND OVERALL PERFORMANCE. THE INSTRUCTORS OF THE APD CADET TRAINING UNIT HAVE CHOSEN CADET BRIAN BUSTOS AS THE RECIPIENT OF THE HONOR CADET AWARD OF THE 145TH REGULAR CADET CLASS AND CADET ADAM GUZMAN AS THE RECIPIENT OF THE HONOR CADET AWARD FOR THE ONE 46TH 146TH TRANSITIONAL OFFICER CADE CLASS CADET BUSTOS AND KARE GUZMAN, PLEASE COME FORWARD TO STAGE. OKAY, . THANK YOU, SIR. THANK YOU, SIR. [00:40:19] THANK YOU MR. MAR. AND CONGRATULATIONS AGAIN TO THE HONOR CADETS. FANTASTIC JOB. IT IS NOW MY HONOR TO INTRODUCE THE CHIEF OF THE AUSTIN POLICE DEPARTMENT. JOSEPH C, CHIEF SHAONE HAS A WIDE BREATH OF EXPERIENCE IN ALMOST ALL AREAS OF POLICE WORK. HE WORKED MOST OF HIS 30 YEAR CAREER IN INVESTIGATIONS, EITHER AS A DETECTIVE OR SUPERVISING IN THE HOMICIDE, ROBBERY, SEX CRIMES, CHILD ABUSE AND SPECIAL INVESTIGATION UNITS, AS WELL AS THE ORGANIZED CRIME DIVISION. IN HIS PREVIOUS ROLE AS AN ASSISTANT CHIEF, HE MANAGED THE DEPARTMENT'S CENTRAL PATROL BUREAU. CHIEF JACON IS A GRADUATE OF THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON SCHOOL OF URBAN AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS, WHERE HE EARNED A MASTER'S DEGREE IN PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION. HE RECEIVED HIS BACHELOR OF APPLIED ARTS AND SCIENCES FROM MIDWESTERN STATE UNIVERSITY IN WICHITA FALLS, TEXAS. HE IS ALSO A GRADUATE OF THE POLICE EXECUTIVE RESEARCH FORUM, SENIOR MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE FOR POLICE, TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY CERTIFIED PUBLIC MANAGER PROGRAM, AND THE CCCA POLICE EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE. PLEASE WELCOME AUSTIN POLICE CHIEF JOSEPH CHICON. WELL, GOOD AFTERNOON, EVEN THE DARK SKIES AND A LITTLE BIT OF RAINFALL AND CANNOT DAMPEN THE AMAZING CEREMONY IN THE AFTERNOON WE HAVE TODAY WITH ALL THE FAMILIES THAT ARE HERE. I AM SO GLAD TO, TO BE SEEING YOU ALL. I KNOW HOW FAR MANY OF YOU HAVE TRAVELED FROM ALL OVER THE COUNTRY AND ALL OVER THE WORLD TO BE HERE FOR THESE MEN AND WOMEN. THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH. I WANNA SAY GOOD AFTERNOON TO EVERYONE. THE ONE OF THE DANGERS IS STARTING TO THANK PEOPLE IS THAT YOU WILL FORGET SOMEBODY. AND SO IF I'VE, IF I ACCIDENTALLY SKIP OVER SOMEONE, I AM SO, SO SORRY. FIRST OF ALL, I WANNA THANK CITY MANAGER CRONK FOR THE STRONG SUPPORT THAT HE HAS EXHIBITED FOR OUR DEPARTMENT AND FOR THIS ACADEMY. ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, RAY ARIANA COULD NOT BE HERE TODAY DUE TO ILLNESS, BUT HE HAS SIMILARLY SHOWN EXTREMELY STRONG SUPPORT. I WANT TO THANK OUR CITY COUNCIL THAT IS HERE TODAY, UH, MAYOR PROTE ALLISON AL, UM, AS WELL AS A COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, NATASHA HARPER MADISON, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER MACKENZIE KELLY, THANK YOU FOR YOUR ENCOURAGING WORDS TODAY AND COUNCIL MEMBER PAIGE. ALICE, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE TODAY. I WANNA THANK OUR MEMBERS OF OUR SISTER DEPARTMENTS FIRE AND EMS, UH, THAT ARE HERE AS AND OTHERS, UH, THAT ARE HERE TO HONOR OUR NEW POLICE OFFICERS. AND FINALLY, A THANK YOU TO CONSUL GENERAL, BOB LO MADZ, WHO'S HERE ON BEHALF OF THE MEXICAN CONSULATE, A SPECIAL THANK YOU TO OUR ACADEMY STAFF THAT HAS BEEN WORKING LONG HOURS SO THAT WE COULD ADAPT OUR ACADEMY SCHEDULE TO ACCOMMODATE MULTIPLE CADET CLASSES AT THE SAME TIME. FOR THE LAST FEW MONTHS, WE'VE HAD THREE CADET CLASSES GOING AT THE SAME TIME AT OUR ACADEMY. WE'VE NEVER DONE THAT BEFORE. I WANNA THANK OUR ACADEMY COMMANDER WADE LYONS AND OUR TRAINING DIVISION, UH, DIVISION MANAGER, UH, DR. ANNE CORGAN FOR THEIR LEADERSHIP IN GETTING THIS ACCOMPLISHED. TODAY'S, UH, GRADUATION MARKS A MILESTONE. UM, WE'VE ACCOMPLISHED SO MUCH IN THE LAST YEAR AND A HALF. THE FIRST REIMAGINED POLICE COUNTY BEGAN IN MAY OF 2021, AND WE'VE NOW GRADUATED THREE CADET CLASSES UNDER OUR NEW TRAINING MODEL, OUR NEW PARADIGM. WHAT YOU SEE BEFORE YOU TODAY IS A POLICE OFFICER THAT IS HIGHLY TRAINED, PROFICIENT, AND PREPARED TO HANDLE THE COMPLEXITIES OF 21ST CENTURY POLICING. THEY HAVE MET AND BECOME HIGHLY ACQUAINTED WITH THE AUSTIN COMMUNITY THANKS TO OUR COMMUNITY CONNECT PROGRAM, AND THEY'VE RECEIVED MORE TRAINING RELATED TO DIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND INCLUSION THAN AT ANY TIME IN APD TRAINING. HISTORY. DEESCALATION TECHNIQUES HAVE BEEN TAUGHT THROUGHOUT OUR ACADEMY AND THEY'VE, THEY'VE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO HIGHLIGHT THESE SKILLS DURING THEIR SCENARIO BASED TRAINING SIMULATIONS. WHAT YOU SEE BEFORE YOU TODAY ARE POLICE OFFICERS WHO ARE READY, ABLE, AND EXCITED TO BEGIN SERVING OUR AMAZING AUSTIN COMMUNITY. I WANNA THANK OUR RECRUITING STAFF WHO WORK SO HARD TO RECRUIT THESE, UH, MEN AND WOMEN HAVE RECRUITED A GROUP OF AMAZING PROFESSIONALS WHO HAVE EXHIBITED NOT ONLY A DESIRE TO SERVE, BUT THE APTITUDE NECESSARILY, UH, NECESSARY [00:45:01] TO SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETE OUR RIGOROUS TRAINING AGENDA. AND I SAVED MY HARDIEST. THANKS FOR LAST, AND THAT IS THE FAMILIES THAT ARE GATHERED HERE TODAY TO WATCH AS THESE MEN AND WOMEN GRADUATE AFTER A MONTH'S LONG MARATHON OF TRAINING. THANK YOU FOR YOUR STRONG AND AMAZING SUPPORT THAT, BUT FOR THAT SUPPORT, THESE NEW OFFICERS WOULD NOT BE HERE TODAY. TAKE THIS MOMENT TO CELEBRATE AN INCREDIBLE ACCOMPLISHMENT AFTER SIFTING THROUGH THE HUNDREDS OF APPLICATIONS TO BE PART OF THESE ACADEMY CLASSES. THIS IS THE SMALL GROUP THAT MET ALL THE QUALIFICATIONS NECESSARY TO BECOME AN AUSTIN POLICE OFFICER TO DO THIS HERE IN THE CAPITAL CITY OF TEXAS, AUSTIN, WHICH I WOULD ARGUE IS THE BEST CITY IN OUR GREAT STATE. AND NATURALLY WE HAVE RECRUITED AND TRAINED THE VERY BEST OF TEXAS TO TAKE ON THIS GREAT TASK TO THE MEN AND WOMEN OF THE ONE 45TH AND 1 46 CLASSES, I NOW TURN TO YOU AND THESE COMMENTS ARE FOR YOU. FIRST, I AM SO INCREDIBLY PROUD OF YOU. YOU HAVE PERSEVERED IN AN INCREDIBLY CHALLENGING TRAINING ENVIRONMENT, ENDURING THE GRUELING CHALLENGES ASSOCIATED WITH ACADEMY TRAINING, THE LONG HOURS OF STUDYING IN ORDER TO ACCOMPLISH THE ACADEMIC EXPECTATIONS, THE RIGORS OF PHYSICAL TRAINING, DEFENSIVE TACTICS, DRIVING, TRAINING, FIREARMS PROFICIENCY, DEESCALATION AND COMMUNICATION SKILLS. IN ADDITION, WE'RE STILL DEALING WITH A WORLDWIDE PANDEMIC THAT ALTHOUGH WE SEEM TO HAVE GOTTEN A FIRM HOLD ON THIS DISEASE, IT HAS STILL LED TO ECONOMIC UNCERTAINTY AND COMMUNITY ANXIETY. AND I KNOW THAT ALL OF THIS HAS LED TO ANXIETY FOR YOU AS WELL. AND WHILE WE HAVE DONE OUR BEST TO MAKE YOU ALL SUCCESSFUL, NOT ALL WHO STARTED THE ACADEMY ARE SITTING HERE TODAY. SOME COULD NOT OVERCOME THE ACADEMIC AND PHYSICAL CHALLENGES. SOME CAME TO THE REALIZATION THAT THIS JOB WOULD DEMAND MORE THAN THEY COULD GIVE. YOU HAVE BEEN PUSHED MENTALLY AND PHYSICALLY TO THE BRINKS OF YOUR LIMITS AND HERE YOU SIT TODAY TRIUMPHANT IN YOUR ACCOMPLISHMENT AND GRADUATION FROM ONE OF THE BEST AND MOST, MOST DEMANDING ACADEMIES IN THE NATION. I REMAIN COMMITTED TO BUILDING A LEADER, UH, CULTURE OF LEADERSHIP IN THE AUSTIN POLICE DEPARTMENT, AND I WILL REQUIRE EACH OF YOU TO BECOME LEADERS IN THE PROFESSION. SOME OF YOU WILL EVENTUALLY BECOME FORMAL LEADERS, SERGEANTS, LIEUTENANTS, CHIEFS, AND OTHERS WILL PUT ON THE MANTLE OF INFORMAL LEADER. BUT BOTH PATHS REQUIRE YOU TO DISPLAY LEADERSHIP LEADERSHIP WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT AND LEADERSHIP IN OUR COMMUNITY. WE WILL HELP YOU ONCE AGAIN TO BE SUCCESSFUL, BUT ULTIMATELY JUST AS IN THIS ACADEMY, IT WILL BE ON EACH OF YOU TO STEP UP IN THIS ROLE AND LEAD. LEARN FROM THOSE WHO WILL TEACH AND MENTOR YOU, STARTING WITH YOUR FIELD TRAINING OFFICERS IN THE COMING MONTHS. AND REMEMBER THAT TO BE AN EFFECTIVE LEADER, YOU MUST FIRST LEARN TO FOLLOW. FOLLOW WITH YOUR HEART, WITH A DESIRE TO SERVE AND YOU CANNOT FAIL AS YOU LEAVE HERE TODAY AND BEGIN YOUR CAREER WITH THE AUSTIN POLICE DEPARTMENT, I CHARGE YOU TO KEEP INTEGRITY, HONOR, AND PROFESSIONALISM AT THE CENTER OF ALL YOU DO. POLICE OFFICERS HAVE A GREAT DEAL OF DISCRETION AND WE ASK YOU TO MAKE TOUGH SPLIT SECOND DECISIONS EVERY DAY AS YOU MAKE THEM. MAKE SURE THAT YOU KEEP INTEGRITY AND HONESTY AT THE FOUNDATION OF THAT PROCESS. THESE ARE THE CORNERSTONES OF OUR PROFESSION, AND IF THOSE ARE LOST, SO TOO GOES TRUST, FAITH, AND THE RESPECT OF OUR COMMUNITY. I'M GRATEFUL FOR YOU STEPPING UP TO DO AN INCREDIBLY TOUGH JOB. I COMMEND YOU FOR BEGINNING AND IN SOME CASES CONTINUING THIS LIFE OF SERVICE THAT WILL GIVE YOU A GREATER SENSE OF SATISFACTION THAN I COULD POSSIBLY BEGIN TO EXPRESS. YOU ARE EMBARKING ON A JOURNEY IN THE NOBLEST OF CAREERS, LIVE AND LEAD WITH COURAGE AND GRACE, AND MAKE ALL OF US GATHER HERE TODAY. PROUD. I KNOW THAT YOU WILL. GOD BLESS YOU ALL. CONGRATULATIONS. THANK YOU, CHIEF CHIKO. [00:50:03] NOW THE MOMENT THESE CADETS HAVE BEEN WORKING TOWARD FOR SO LONG, THE PINING OF THE AUSTIN POLICE BADGE AND THE OATH OF OFFICE MEMBERS OF THE ONE 45TH REGULAR CADET CLASS AND THE ONE 46TH TRANSITIONAL OFFICER CADET CLASS. IN JUST A FEW MOMENTS, YOU WILL BE OFFICIALLY SWORN IN AS AUSTIN POLICE OFFICERS. THE BADGE WITH WHICH YOU ARE ABOUT TO BE PRESENTED SHOULD ALWAYS BE ONE WITH COURAGE, RESPECT, AND HUMILITY. YOUR ACTIONS THROUGHOUT YOUR CAREER WILL BE A REFLECTION ON THIS BADGE, YOUR CHARACTER IN OUR DEPARTMENT, WHERE THIS BADGE WITH PRIDE DEFENDED WITH HONOR, AND ALWAYS SEE IT AS A SYMBOL OF THE SACRED TRUST BETWEEN YOU AND THE COMMUNITY YOU SERVE. I WOULD NOW LIKE TO INTRODUCE THE SERGEANT OF CADET TRAINING, JACOB BAROVSKY. SERGEANT BOROWSKI GRADUATED WITH THE ONE 29TH CADET CLASS IN MARCH OF 2015. HE SERVED AS A PATROL OFFICER AND FIELD TRAINING OFFICER IN SOUTHEAST AUSTIN FOR SEVERAL YEARS BEFORE PROMOTING TO DETECTIVE IN 2020 AS A DETECTIVE. SERGEANT BOROWSKI WAS A INTEGRAL MEMBER OF THE ROBBERY UNIT, WHICH IN 2021 RECEIVED A MERITORIOUS UNIT OF THE YEAR AWARD THANKS TO THEIR TEAM EFFORTS IN COMBATING VIOLENT CRIME IN AUSTIN. SERGEANT BARKI PROMOTED TO HIS PRESENT RANK IN APRIL OF THIS YEAR AND HAS SINCE SERVED THE SERGEANT OF CADET TRAINING UNIT. SERGEANT BARKI IS PROUD TO BE ABLE TO SAY THAT THE ONE 45TH AND 1 46 CADET CLASSES ARE THE FIRST CLASSES THAT HE HAS OVERSEEN AS SERGEANT. SERGEANT BARROWS WILL BE ANNOUNCING THE NAMES OF THE CADETS FOR THEIR BADGE. PENNY SERGEANT BARROWS, PLEASE COME TO THE STAGE AS I ANNOUNCE NAMES FOR THE ONE 45TH AND 1 46 6 CADET CLASSES. EACH CADET AND THE PERSON SELECTED TO ACCOMPANY THEM WILL COME FORWARD ONTO THE STAGE FOR THE BADGE PINING. WE WILL START WITH THE ONE 45TH CADET CLASS FIRST, FOLLOWED BY THE 1 46 TRANSITIONAL OFFICER CLASS OMER AHMAD WILL BE PINNED BY HIS GIRLFRIEND CASSIDY AND WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY RAVA, MIKE AND DEBBIE. MIKE IS A RETIRED AGENT WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY. MATTHEW TY BISHOP WILL BE PINNED BY HIS MOTHER DIANA AND ACCOMPANIED BY HIS GIRLFRIEND, KAYLA JAMES BURKES WILL BE PINNED BY HIS MOTHER TERESA AND ACCOMPANIED BY HIS FATHER JAMES. [00:55:48] BRIAN BUSTOS WILL BE PINNED BY HIS CHILDREN, ALINA AND JAYDEN AND ACCOMPANIED BY HIS FATHER AND MOTHER, EFRON AND ANNA HERE. MIGUELS WILL BE PINNED BY HIS MOTHER KATHY AND ACCOMPANIED BY HIS GIRLFRIEND RALENE. ERIC CAPI WILL BE PINNED BY HIS GIRLFRIEND CLAUDIA AND ACCOMPANIED BY HIS MOTHER, KIMBERLY AND GRANDMOTHER DIANE. MATTHEW CARTER WILL BE PINNED BY HIS MOTHER KELLY AND ACCOMPANIED BY HIS FATHER DOUGLAS AND STEPFATHER KENNETH RAY CASTILLO WILL BE PINNED BY HIS MOTHER BLANCA AND ACCOMPANIED BY HIS FATHER RUBEN AS BERNICE AND ACCOMPANIED BY BY HIS [01:00:01] MOTHER, BLANCA FATHER SAUL AND NIECE ALYSSA RYAN DANIEL WILL BE PINNED BY HIS WIFE KIMBERLY AND ACCOMPANIED BY HIS MOTHER, LENISE JEFFREY DAVID WILL BE PINNED BY HIS WIFE LISA. THANK JESSICA DELAC CRUZ WILL BE PINNED BY HER MOTHER MARIA AND ACCOMPANIED BY HER SISTER, JUAN. BROTHERS ROBERTO ANDO AND NEPHEW GIOVANNI. NICE NICE LANE DE WILL BE PINNED BY HIS FRIEND AUSTIN POLICE. DETECTIVE DUSTY ADJUSTER AND ACCOMPANIED BY HIS GIRLFRIEND MARIAH. STEPHANIE DIAZ. SHE WILL BE PINNED BY HER BROTHER VIC TOGO JR. WHO IS AN AGENT WITH THE US BORDER PATROL AND ACCOMPANIED BY HER FATHER VICTOR SR. AND HER BROTHER FRANK JOSEPH DUELER. YOU WILL BE PINNED BY HIS MOTHER, ADRIANA AND ACCOMPANIED BY HIS AUNT DIANA AND SISTER JEN [01:05:01] KAI FINCH WILL BE PINNED BY HIS MOTHER JAMIE AND ACCOMPANIED BY HIS FATHER, WALTER TERRENCE FRAZIER, WHO WILL BE PINNED BY HIS WIFE ANGELA AND ACCOMPANIED BY HIS SON'S JORDAN AND JR. AND HIS BROTHER ARTHUR, WHO IS A FIREFIGHTER WITH THE AUSTIN FIRE DEPARTMENT. LOUIS FORIO ORTIZ WILL BE PINNED BY HIS WIFE, IRIS AND SON DANIEL, WHO IS A MEMBER OF THE CALIFORNIA AIR NATIONAL GUARD AND WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY HIS SON FERNANDO AND DAUGHTER LESLIE ALEJANDRO GARCIA WILL BE PINNED BY HIS FATHER. RAUL JOE GARCIA WILL BE PINNED BY HIS WIFE, MO AARON GIDEON WILL BE PINNED BY HIS WIFE, MELISSA ERIC GONZALEZ, WHO WILL BE PINNED BY HIS BROTHER MARCUS, WHO IS AN OFFICER WITH THE AUSTIN POLICE DEPARTMENT SWAT TEAM AND ACCOMPANIED BY HIS PARENTS, MARY AND SAMUEL MITCHELL HAVELIN, WHO WILL BE PINNED BY HIS MOTHER JENNIFER AND ACCOMPANIED BY HIS SISTER DANA [01:10:24] ALA. R TWO WILL BE PINNED BY HIS FRIEND GARY AND ACCOMPANIED BY HIS MOTHER, FEA AND FRIEND CAROLYN. OKAY, DANIEL HAGI WILL BE PINNED BY HIS WIFE. UH, SHELBY GEORGE JIMENEZ WILL BE PINNED BY HIS DAUGHTER CHLOE AND ACCOMPANIED BY HIS GIRLFRIEND DARIEN. OKAY, RICARDO JOSE, WHO WILL BE PINNED BY HIS PARTNER TAMMY WOO. ALEXANDRIA CACHE WILL BE PINNED BY HIS WIFE STEPHANIE AND ACCOMPANIED BY HIS DAUGHTER CATHERINE. BROTHER ALEX AND HIS BROTHER ALEXANDRA, WHO IS AN OFFICER WITH THE MIAMI DADE COUNTY POLICE DEPARTMENT. THAT'S VAUGHN KAVANAUGH WHO WILL BE PINNED BY HIS FATHER DAVID AND ACCOMPANIED BY HIS MOTHER SUSANNA. OKAY, RANDY NENER, [01:15:01] UH, WHO WILL BE PINNED BY HIS PARENT, RETIRED AUSTIN POLICE OFFICER SUDAY SCANLAN AND ACCOMPANIED BY HIS PARENTS RETIRED AUSTIN POLICE. DETECTIVE CARRIE SCANLAN, RETIRED AIR FORCE MASTER SERGEANT RANDY NENER, SENIOR AND SISTERS RETIRED ARMY SPECIALIST JACINDA NENER AND AUSTIN POLICE DEPARTMENT DISPATCHER CHRISTINE SCANLON. BRANDON LANGER WHO WILL BE PINNED BY HIS FATHER JOHN AND ACCOMPANIED BY HIS MOTHER, TRISHA DAVID LEWIS WHO WILL BE PINNED BY BY HIS FATHER. DAVID LEWIS SR. ARLENE LASANO, WHO WILL BE PINNED BY HER FIANCE STEVEN AND ACCOMPANIED BY HER SONS AUSTIN AND JUSTICE MITCHELL. MARCUS WILL BE PINNED BY HIS MOTHER JACKIE AND HIS FATHER DWAYNE JAMES MASON, WHO WILL BE PINNED BY HIS PARENTS, PAULA AND JIM AND ACCOMPANIED BY HIS GIRLFRIEND SOPHIE, SISTER KRISTIN AND BROTHER-IN-LAW. BJ MIGUEL MEHI WHO WILL BE PINNED BY HIS FIANCE MEGAN AND ACCOMPANIED BY HIS FATHER ANTONIO AND SISTER ANGELA [01:20:13] ETHAN MUYA WILL BE PINNED BY HIS FIANCE AMANDA VINCENT WYNN, WHO WILL BE PINNED BY HIS FATHER, VAN RTO OLIVAS, WHO WILL BE PINNED BY HIS GIRLFRIEND SELE AND ACCOMPANIED BY HIS PARENTS, RTO AND CECILIA. JONATHAN PAGAN. HE WILL BE PINNED BY HIS PARENTS, JOEL AND CARMEN, BOTH OF WHOM ARE RETIRED OFFICERS FROM PUERTO RICO AND WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY HIS SISTER, KAYLA CAMERON. PELLER WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY HIS FATHER BRIAN AND HIS, OR PINNED BY HIS FATHER BRIAN AND ACCOMPANIED BY HIS MOTHER, TRISHA BRANDON PEREZ, WHO WILL BE PINNED BY HIS PARENTS, JOSE AND SUSAN. CHRIS RAMOS WILL BE PINNED BY HIS FATHER RAUL AND ACCOMPANIED BY HIS MOTHER, MELVA BROTHERS, RAUL AND LEONARDO AND SISTER-IN-LAW VEVA [01:25:10] ANEZ. RABA WILL BE PINNED BY HIS GIRLFRIEND KATHLEEN AND ACCOMPANIED BY HIS MOTHER, MALIKA LADON RODRIGUEZ WILL BE PINNED BY HIS FATHER, RETIRED HOUSTON POLICE OFFICER DANIELLE RODRIGUEZ. ANDRE SANCHEZ WILL BE PINNED BY HIS UNCLE RUBEN AND ACCOMPANIED BY HIS MOTHER, CHERIE AND GIRLFRIEND MARGARET. JACOB SHELL WILL BE PINNED BY HIS SISTER ELIZABETH AND ACCOMPANIED BY HIS PARENTS, JESSICA AND JAMES, AND ALSO ACCOMPANIED BY HIS GIRLFRIEND CARLINA. STEVE ZBA WILL BE PINNED BY HIS MOTHER, MARIA AND FIANCE AMBER ROSE AND ACCOMPANIED BY HIS FATHER, JUAN . MICHAEL VITAL WILL BE PINNED BY HIS BROTHER NICOLA AND ACCOMPANIED BY HIS PARENTS, JAMES AND ANGELICA. KATRINA. CAUTION WILL BE PINNED BY HER FATHER DEN AND ACCOMPANIED BY HER MOTHER, LISA. UM, JACKSON WALKER WILL BE PINNED BY HIS PARENTS, RANDY AND AM AND ACCOMPANIED BY HIS SISTER AVERY [01:30:01] STEPFATHER, KYLE AND STEPMOTHER. SHELLY BLAKE WALLACE WILL BE PINNED BY HIS FATHER SAMUEL AND ACCOMPANIED BY HIS MOTHER, JOY AND FIANCE SAVANNAH. JESSICA. WE'LL WILLIS WILL BE PINNED BY HER SISTER KIMBERLY AND ACCOMPANIED BY HER MOTHER, RHONDA AND SON GRAYSON. JOSEPH WILSON WILL BE PINNED BY HIS MOTHER BETTY, ACCOMPANIED BY HIS FATHER, JOSEPH, GIRLFRIEND TAYLOR AND DAUGHTER ILA EMERSON WINTER WILL BE PINNED BY HIS FIANCE. AND ELISE. THESE LAST EIGHT ARE OUR OFFICERS WITH OUR TRANSITIONAL OFFICER MODIFIED ACADEMY. HEATHER CAVAZOS WILL BE PINNED BY HER FIANCE AARON AND ACCOMPANIED BY HER FRIEND LAWRENCE, WHO IS AN OFFICER WITH THE CHICAGO POLICE DEPARTMENT. CARL DIAZ WILL BE PINNED BY HIS WIFE KAREN AND ACCOMPANIED BY HIS DAUGHTER, NLA SONS, CARL AND ETHAN AND GRANDDAUGHTER NADIA. [01:35:20] ADAM GUZMAN, WHO WILL BE PINNED BY HIS MOTHER, SYLVIA . COLIN GUZMAN WHO PIN'S WIFE. MICHELLE ALONSO MARTINEZ, WHO WILL BE PINNED BY HIS WIFE AVA AND ACCOMPANIED BY HIS SON WYATT LUIS MENDEZ, WHO WILL BE PINNED BY HIS GIRLFRIEND ADRIAN. STEPHANIE NELSON, WHO WILL BE PINNED BY HER FIANCE KYLE, WHO IS A DEPUTY WITH A CONTRA COSTA COUNTY SHERIFF DEPARTMENT AND ACCOMPANIED BY HER FATHER JEFF, A RETIRED CAPTAIN FROM THE CONTRA COSTA COUNTY SHERIFF DEPARTMENT AND HER MOTHER BRIDGET MATTHEW TIPT WILL BE PINNED BY HIS FRIEND JOE ESTRO, WHO IS A RETIRED LIEUTENANT COLONEL WITH THE US ARMY THAT IS ALL OF OUR CADET OR OUR OFFICERS FOR THE EVENING, UH, AS THEY FILE BACK TO THEIR SEATS. JUST WANTED TO CONGRATULATE YOU ALL PERSONALLY. THOSE, UH, BADGES LOOK GREAT. I WILL NOW INVITE CHIEF JACON BACK TO THE STAGE. HE WILL BE ADMINISTERING THE OATH OF OFFICE. [01:40:41] ALL RIGHT, THIS IS THE MOMENT WE'VE ALL BEEN WAITING FOR WHERE I HAVE THE HONOR AND THE PRIVILEGE TO ADMINISTER THE OATH OF OFFICE TO THESE NEW OFFICERS LIFE FOR ALL OF OUR CADETS FROM THE ONE 45TH AND 1 46. PLEASE RISE. READY? STAND. READY. READY. HEY, REPEAT AFTER ME. I STATE YOUR FULL NAME. I OVER OMAR A MATTHEW BISHOPS. I, BRADO S ALL. HI, ERIC CAPAS. ALL RIGHT. THAT'S MURDER. AYE. RIGHT TO RIGHT'S. ALL RIGHT. RIGHT. JEFF'S APPROVED. HI, I'M HI. S DIAZ. ALL RIGHT. JOSEPH, GO GRAYER. HI, WE GARCIA. HI. JOE GARCIA, RIGHT. ERIC ERIC GONZALEZ. HI, WAGER. HI. DAVID LEWIS. HI, NAME MITCHELL MARKS. HI, JAMES MASON. I'M COME HERE. FORGOT I JUST YOU. OH, I S I LOVE BAT I'M PROFESSION. ALL RIGHT. JACKSON WALKER. HE'S BEEN THERE. NOT A TICKET. DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR AND AFFIRM. DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR AND AFFIRM THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY AND IMPARTIALLY DISCHARGE AND PERFORM THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY, IMPARTIALLY AND PERFORM ALL DUTIES INCUMBENT UPON ME, ALL DUTIES INCUMBENT ON ME AS A POLICE OFFICER OF THE CITY OF AUSTIN AS A POLICE OFFICER OF THE CITY OF AUSTIN. ACCORDING TO THE BEST OF MY SKILL AND ABILITY, ACCORDING TO THE BEST OF MY SKILL AND ABILITY, MY ACTIONS WILL ALWAYS BE EXECUTED. MY ACTIONS WILL ALWAYS BE EXECUTED WITHIN THE SPIRIT OF THE CONSTITUTION, WITHIN THE SPIRIT OF THE CONSTITUTION AND LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES AND LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES, THE STATE OF TEXAS, THE STATE OF TEXAS, AND THE CITY OF AUSTIN AND THE CITY OF AUSTIN. I FURTHER SOLEMNLY SWEAR. I SOLEMNLY SWEAR THAT I WILL BE FAITHFUL, THAT I WILL BE FAITHFUL TO THE DEMANDS FOR TRUTH AND HONESTY, TO THE DEMAND FOR TRUTH AND HONESTY. AS ESTABLISHED BY MY PROFESSION, AS ESTABLISHED BY MY PROFESSION AND THE AUSTIN POLICE DEPARTMENT AND THE AUSTIN POLICE DEPARTMENT. I WILL BE PROFESSIONAL IN ALL REGARDS, I WILL BE PROFESSIONAL IN ALL REGARDS, RESPECT, AND OBEY MY SENIORS IN RANK, RESPECT, AND OBEY MY SENIORS IN RANK AND ENFORCE THE LAW WITHOUT FEAR, FAVOR OR DISCRIMINATION AND ENFORCE THE LAW WITHOUT FEAR, FAVOR OR DISCRIMINATION, I WILL DEVOTE MY EFFORTS AND SKILLS. I WILL DEVOTE MY EFFORTS AND SKILLS TO THE HONORABLE PROFESSION OF POLICING, TO THE HONORABLE PROFESSION OF POLICING, AND TO THE SERVICE OF THE NEIGHBORHOODS AND INDIVIDUALS, AND TO THE SERVICE OF NEIGHBORHOODS, INDIVIDUALS OF THIS COMMUNITY, THE CITY OF AUSTIN, THIS COMMUNITY, THE CITY OF AUSTIN. I WILL ASSIST THOSE IN PERIL OR DISTRESS. I WILL ASSIST THOSE IN PERIL OR DISTRESS AND IF NECESSARY, [01:45:01] LAY DOWN MY LIFE AND IF NECESSARY, LAY DOWN MY LIFE RATHER THAN SWERVE FROM THE PATH OF DUTY RATHER THAN SWERVE FROM THE PATH OF DUTY. SO HELP ME GOD. SO HELP ME GOD. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, I PRESENT THE NEWEST OFFICERS OF THE AUSTIN POLICE DEPARTMENT. ON BEHALF OF THE RECRUITING AND TRAINING STAFF AND THE ENTIRE AUSTIN POLICE DEPARTMENT FAMILY, I WANT TO CONGRATULATE AUSTIN POLICE DEPARTMENT'S NEWEST POLICE OFFICERS, AND TO THE OFFICERS OF BOTH THE ONE 45TH AND 1 46 CADET CLASS. GO FORTH AND DO GREAT THINGS. MAKE THE WORLD A BETTER PLACE AND TAKE CARE OF YOURSELVES AND EACH OTHER. THANKS AGAIN TO ALL THE FAMILY AND FRIENDS WHO SUPPORT ENCOURAGEMENT HAVE MADE THEIR JOURNEY POSSIBLE. THIS CONCLUDES TODAY'S CEREMONY. REFRESHMENTS WILL BE SERVED IN THE FOYER, OFFICER BUSTO AS YOUR LAST OFFICIAL ACT AS CLASS PRESIDENT. WILL YOU PLEASE DISMISS THESE OFFICERS? YES, SIR. 145TH STH YOU BRADLEY COMMUNI IN STRATEGIES, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, THE DEPART, TRUST AND PERSPECTIVE BY ALL, AND COLLABORATES WITH OUR COMMUNITY, THE SAFE, THE CITY OF AMERICA. I CARE. I CARE EXACTLY THE COURT POLICE WORK. TRUST OUR PROFESSIONAL DECISION. JONATHAN, ACCOUNTABLE TO THE COMMUNITY DEPARTMENT AND COWORKERS. RESPECT COMMUNITY DEPARTMENT. MOST IMPORTANT, ETHICAL, PROFESSIONAL ACTION DECISION MAKING. ONE. ONE. YOU ARE NOW WE WILL. WE'LL, NOT POLICE PROTECT. THANK YOU ALL FOR ATTENDING. SAFE TRAVELS. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.