 Thank you all for being here. These are exciting times in the Denver Police Department because we are working very hard to identify the right folks for the right jobs. It's been a very intensive process looking at all of the strengths that our team has and again, Chief White did a phenomenal job of developing the bench for the Denver Police Department. We had a lot of qualified candidates to choose from. Really, we are going to introduce our team of district commanders and a couple of folks that are getting promoted, one of which will be taken over the Major Crimes Division, but I really want to highlight the deep pool of talent that we had. This is not an easy choice. We, you know, looked at what separated folks, and in many cases it was a very thin margin. When we're talking about ties going to the runner, the tie was always the community side of things. So you will see a consistent link, deep ties to the community with all of the district commander spots. And we're going to introduce the six district commanders as well as Major Crimes Division. Most of the other spots are staying the same. There's some consolidation that takes place. We are eliminating a couple of commander positions, streamlining a few of them, and again, the entire purpose behind this is so we can be more nimble and address the community's needs in a more timely fashion. So very excited to introduce the team. We'll start with Major Crimes. Come on in. This is All right, I'm gonna do a little bit of reading here. So Mark Chuck, who was a captain, he will take over the Major Crimes Division as a commander. He's been with the Denver Police Department for 29 years, so we're talking a lot of experience. He's previously been assigned the captain of the Traffic Operations Bureau. He was instrumental in the Vision Zero. Vision Zero is a big deal to us and the city of Denver. We really want to enhance the overall public safety, learn how to share the roads with our multimodal transportation needs that we have in this department. And Mark was at the tip of the spear when we're talking about that part of our service. Captain Chuck has 13 years of command level experience, including patrol, internal affairs, and pattern crimes. So he's a natural fit in the Major Crimes Division, and he has got a strong support team there. Next, we have Commander of Police District One. If you see me shed a tear, don't judge me. It looks like Jeff has his own cheering squad with t-shirts, matching t-shirts to go with. As you know, District One is my baby. It will always be my baby. It's my home, and this is a very important pick from my heart. Just know that. Commander Jeff Martinez has been with the Denver Police Department for 23 years. We basically grew up together in this department, previously assigned to the District Five unit or District Five for only about a month. I had to steal him away from there. He's a native of Denver. He grew up in Southwest and Northwest Denver. He's got deep community ties to Northwest Denver, long history of bridging the gap between the community and the officers. So when we're talking about the person to replace me in District One, I told the council member that I was going to pick somebody better than me, and Commander Jeff Martinez is better than me in that role. So thank you. Super excited for this, Reverend. There we go. Reverend Kelly, where's the t-shirts? I mean, you are, you're, you're, perfect, perfect, perfect. It is an honor and a privilege to promote Lieutenant Cathy Bancroft to Commander. So this is, yes, this is a big deal, and I don't know if there's anything other than to say this is a natural fit. Kathy has a tremendous amount of historical and institutional knowledge about District Two, the needs in Northeast Denver. I have seen her personally volunteer her time, change days off, in order to meet the needs of the community without being asked. And when we're talking about a 24-hour-day, seven-day-a-week job in the commanders, commanders connecting with the community, this is the perfect example of that. So Kathy served with the department for 30 years, and she was the executive officer of the Administrative Lieutenant for District Two. So she's basically moving from one chair to the next chair. Her ties to Northeast Denver date back to 1988. If any of you saw that yearbook photo of me that they showed on the news, that's when my hair looked really high. Anyway, she's patrolled the Five Points neighborhood as a brand new officer, and now she gets to lead the women and men that provide the public safety services to that same district. So we're honored. Thank you. Congratulations. Congratulations. All right. Rick Kyle. Commander Rick Kyle, we talked about changing and making ourselves more nimble here. You got to shake my hand off. Thank you, Chief. I really appreciate it. No, thank you. We talked about consolidating some positions and really to, with the goal in mind of being more nimble, able to address the needs of our community in a more timely fashion. I'm really excited about Rick Kyle taking on this role in Southeast Denver. Previously, Commander Kyle ran the academy, and this is an opportunity where we get to transfer theory into practice. So Commander Kyle was instrumental in the Back to Basics program. There's a lot of knowledge that our officers have shared with the Back to Basics as far as innovations and ideas that they have to enhance our ability to deliver quality public safety services. And Commander Kyle's been cataloging those since it began. So one, we get to now move some of those ideas into action. And we're going to do this in Southeast Denver, which is very exciting, because then we can try to grow that from to other parts of the city. The other thing that I'm excited about is when we're talking about being instrumental in innovation, he's also been instrumental in an area that we are going to improve in. And that's the officer resiliency and wellness, taking care of the people that take care of the people. And he absolutely knows and gets this. And District 3 has a large contingency of officers assigned to that district, so we'll be doing a lot of creative ways and innovative ways, not only serving the people of Southeast Denver, but also the officers who serve the people of Southeast Denver. So I'm really excited about this opportunity. So Rick, thank you. All right. Anybody recognize this guy? You can see he got all dressed up for the spot. No, no, I'm with you. Short sleeves. A working person. Anyway, Mark is doing a phenomenal job in District 4. I think every single person would agree, and we are not changing a single thing about that. We're excited. Mark and Jeff work very closely together. A lot of the issues cross district boundaries there. So we're going to be able to continue that seamless approach to addressing some of the quality of life and crime issues that we see in District 4. So Mark's going to continue in that role. He's demonstrated very effective strategies for building connections and trust with young people, the Spanish speaking community, immigrant communities, and we're faith based organizations. Father Joseph Dank, thank you so much for being here. So we're very excited about continuing that and then enhancing that with the rest of our team. So Mark, welcome back. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Marcus. Commander Marcus Fontaine, he's got the best walk in the entire police department. We might have to do that. We shouldn't have walk up music for you, right? Anyway, the good people of far northeast Denver will get to know Marcus here. He served the police department for 27 years. He has previously been assigned to the operations support division. He has got a extensive history when we're talking about command level assignments and operations investigations patrol. He's got some community. He's led community teams, which is a great asset that we will tap into significantly. He's the right person for the job. And I do want to say the executive team, the division chiefs, the deputy chief have weighed in on all of these spots. We went through, hashed it out, thought about it, hashed it out, thought about it. And I'm very excited about every single member. Can't wait to see all of the great things that Marcus is going to do in District 5. So congratulations. And then last but certainly not least, at least for the the introductions that we're doing, this is future commander Aaron Sanchez. So Aaron will be getting promoted as well going from lieutenant to commander. This will all be effective on Sunday. And Aaron, so District 6, what a, Tammy, where are you? What a job, right? Division chief Sonier can tell you that. Tony Lopez, senior could tell you that District 6 is very unique, lots of challenges. And again, our team thought long and hard about identifying the right person for the job. Aaron has served with the department 26 years. He most recently was assigned to Intel. We talked about this a little bit earlier. When you're talking about the 24-hour day, seven-day a week job, Intel is one of those jobs. And so he's used to that high pace that District 6 will throw at him immediately. He's been in investigative support. He's helped us out with the ShotSpotter program that many of you are aware of. He also is a Denver native. Unfortunately, he went to that Lincoln high school somewhere that you may have heard of. The only thing that our executive team got wrong is that there's four Lincoln Lancers in the room. So we can get past that, I promise. So Aaron, not only did he lead a neighborhood police officer team, he was also a neighborhood police officer himself. And he's got about eight years of experience directly interacting with community members. He's helped to, on his own, organize outdoor recreation events and trips with young people to better engage relationships there. He's worked extensively with Denver Public Schools, which is a big deal, and their headquarters and some of the facilities that they have downtown. He's got a extensive narcotics background, which will help us out quite a bit, as well as leading one of the task force operations. So these are the folks, and by no means you'll get a full bio on, or you'll get a bio on all of the additional commanders, most of which are staying in their same positions. These are the folks that typically work out of the headquarters bureau. They do a great job for us. But when we're talking about the individuals that are interacting officers, or excuse me, with community members on the street, it's the six district commanders that that people typically interact with. So these are the folks. And thank you so much for being here. Thanks to all of the community members for being here and supporting these candidates. They're going to need your help. Moving forward, public safety is an every person job. And for us to be effective, it is listening to those different voices, pitching in and working together. So with that, if there's any questions, most of which I'm going to let the individual commanders answer. Very nice. Perfect. So and that's exactly what we want. We want to be accessible in order to meet the needs of our community. So great, great. Did you plant that? Okay. So there we go. She's doesn't even. Okay, good. Good, good, good. Leo. Leo, thank you. You hit the nail on the head. Us working together is how we're going to increase the safety for the people of Denver. Great point. Great point. Reverend? Reverend, thank you. Thank you very much. Director Riggs, anything you want to add? I don't know. Mr. Martinez, thank you. The chief is heading out. He has a budget meeting to go to, so he's going to make sure he can fund everything next year. Hey, I just want to add this on behalf of the Department of Safety and Mayor Hancock. These are difficult jobs that these men and women have taken. The chief is at the head, but these individuals sharing that responsibility, what I would ask you as the director of safety is remember them in your thoughts and prayers. And if something does happen in the community, you're not sure why it occurred or how it occurred. Before you jump to conclusions or before you let others jump to conclusions, these are individuals spent their whole life being open and transparent and honest. Give a call to them. Find out what the real issue is. And if there is an issue, take time to listen to why, how they're going to fix it because I have confidence in every one of these individuals, especially with the chief at the helm. So once again, on behalf of the mayor, and I thank you for being here. I really do appreciate the council members that are here and the support. I think this is a good moment for Denver. And you're right. Denver is going to lead the way in the future for police departments across this nation. Thank you for being here.