It's a sad situation. But I'll say this about departing Chief Balarama. I think he was one of the best police chiefs we've had here locally. You look at what he did with the department, with crime rates, with you know, really making sure that the diversity was included in his hiring and what our police department looks like now, not what it looked like a couple years ago. So, you know, but now, again, it's time to turn the page. We'll do a national search, and we'll see what kind of candidates we get from, from that pool. (07:42–07:56)
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