 So good morning everybody. Thank you for coming for many of the police officers to stay. Yeah you can you can come forward social distance we blocked those off just in case we needed extra room. We all know how precious parking spaces are immobiliar so we have to. So we welcome you today to this swearing in ceremony for Chief P. I'd like to start with a few words from the mayor. So first of all thank you everyone for coming out this morning to celebrate the swearing in of our new chief. I just want to again thank the hiring committee that spent time to find such a wonderful man to join us as our chief and I want to welcome Chief Pete to the city of Montpelier. We are delighted to have you and on behalf of the council we look forward to serving the city of Montpelier alongside you. So thank you again thanks to you all for coming out this morning and that's it for me. Yesterday we appropriately celebrated the closing of a new year with saying thank you to Tony and appreciate all he has done. Today we are celebrating the beginning of a new era immobiliar policing and it is a historic day. It's been 40 years since we haven't had a born mobiliar born and bred chief both Chief Fakas and Chief Hoyt grew up here lived here it was their community came up through the department. Chief Pete obviously has come from a different department so we hope you will bring new ideas. As has been publicized obviously he's the first African-American chief certainly Montpelier in Vermont and while that is not why he was hired to be clear we're glad to be able to make progress and to bring diversity to our city particularly in this time. He came extremely well qualified long history law enforcement military master's degree not going to read the whole resume but very well qualified the group some of the folks that are involved in the hiring are here right now and we were all very impressed he certainly rose to the top. After today we're not going to worry about his qualifications and his experience or his color or anything else it's going to be how he works for Montpelier and Vermont and our community and we have very high expectations for that and I know he has it for himself and we're looking forward I know I'm looking forward to working with him. He brings a very very forward thinking approach much like Chief Fakis but he is a big a proponent of modern policing 21st century policing community gathering some of you seen he's already reached out despite my best advice he's having a community meeting on July 4th so he's not letting any any time fall go wasted. He is very strong with working with the mental health community crisis intervention training these kind of things that we think are essential to the partnerships here in Montpelier. We're excited to see him move our excellent police department into the future. For Brian's sake there are a few people I think you've met but just States Attorney Rory Tebow is here obviously former Chief Fakis City Councilmember Jack McCullough is here Councilmember Donna Bate, Councilmember Dean Richardson obviously many other folks from city staff that you'll get to meet. We warmly welcome Chief Pete, his wife Natalie his daughter Gabriella to our community we look forward to having them here as friends and neighbors as well as public servants so I would like to present the Chief with his official badge as Chief of Police and I believe Natalie is going to pin him. I know. And the city clerk will administer the oath of office. City clerk John Vodem come on up and make it all official for the state of Vermont and you will not directly or indirectly do any act. You solemnly swear that you will faithfully execute the office of Chief of Police for the City of Montpelier and will dare to all persons to the best of your judgment and ability according to law so help me God. I've met several people here. A lot of people here. So first and foremost, thank you very much for the support and I hope and I will give that same support back to this community. I first want to acknowledge Tom and Neil. They have been doing this type of community led policing since before it was cool. Since it was before it was something that was brought to the surface because they understand people. They understand service to their community and I will not betray that trust. I will move it forward and I will make sure that we have the best dam department in the state and in this country. So thank you very much. These are some very big shoes to my wife Natalie to my daughter Gabriella. This is an impossible job to do without yours love and your support. So thank you for helping me to get to this point. Thank you for keeping me grounded and looking forward to those nights that we're going to both be willed and be upset and trying to figure out what we do next. But I know together we'll get through it. Thank you to the mayor to my new bosses, Cameron and Bill to the city council. Thank you very much for your trust. I understand the importance of what it means to serve, especially in a city like Montpelier where it is crucial whether it's a creed, whether it's ingrained upon us to look out for each other. So I will continue on with that. And again, thank you for your trust for this opportunity. And then next to the community. I sworn an oath to make sure that we do what's right that we serve and we are committed to serve. And this is a very, very strong police department. I would look forward to partnerships. I look forward to friendships and I look forward to all of us moving forward and together, especially in a time that's so dynamic is where we are now. And I know we're going to rise to the challenge and we're going to be the example for the rest of the nation as far as how police departments serve the communities that there's one they want to. And most importantly to the men and women of the Montpelier Police Department. Not a night goes by that I'm trying to that I need to make sure I'm responsible to you that I'm responsible to your families. And I will do everything in my power to give you everything that you need to serve the people of our great city and to leave the example to do what you're already doing is the best police department here. So thank you for the opportunity to be a part of your your family. And I'm looking forward to serving you. And thank you everyone for coming. Thank you for those beautiful words, Brian. And thank you all. It's a short ceremony, but it's official now. Chief Chief Pete's on duty. Is he the new 801? Yes, 801 signing on. Okay, I thought we'd retired that number, but no. So thank you all for coming. If you want to stay a few minutes, get a chance to meet Brian, Natalie and Gabriella. That'd be great. I know some people have things to do. Some of you are on duty. So but thank you the rain for holding off. And we'll see you all later.