 My name is Tim Tran. I'm a community resource officer over at District 4 and we're unveiling the official Denver Police line for the world to see. I went to college, got my degree in psychology and decided to do something cool in my life and joined the Army. Went active duty as an infantryman for about four years, did some time in Afghanistan, came back home and joined the police force. Just wanted to give back, help serve my community that I lived in for so long. Been lion dancing for around 30 years. The lion is pretty much made of retin which is a flexible bamboo and paper mache. So here are the pants, the nice fluffy MC Hammer pants. Once I'm in the costume itself I'm no longer Tim Tran, officer Tim Tran, I'm the lion. It's very customized, not the typical color that lions usually come in because they're usually red or gold or something like that. And it also has flashing police lights and the Denver Police badge to mimic a Denver Police car. Right now the lion behind me is essentially dead, there's no life in it, but we will be conducting an eye dotting ceremony where we bring the lion to life by dotting the eyes with red cinnabar powder which was known to repel evil so that instead of it being dead it could actually be a living tame lion. Once the lion is alive it could actually do its duty as being a guardian of good and repelling the evil from the community. The Asian community has a history of not trusting the police and with the DPD lion there's going to be that improved connection with the Asian community.