Public Safety committee  No, he did not.

Public Safety committee  Yes, the normal procedure is to get consent. If you notice, in a Microsoft Teams environment, you can see when the recording button is on, but nobody was aware that he was recording.

Public Safety committee  This is part and parcel of a complete security review and an administrative review, so I would hold judgment until I get all of the information, because I have no idea what the intent was, if it was for nefarious reasons or not, and I don't have all of the information in front of

Public Safety committee  No, not at all. Direction would be telling me what to do.

Public Safety committee  He has never directed me in this investigation or any other investigation during my time as commissioner.

Public Safety committee  No, never.

Public Safety committee  No, they have not.

Public Safety committee  No, he has not.

Public Safety committee  No, they have not. I have received requests for information, but not direction.

Public Safety committee  No. I have had ministerial directives on specific administrative matters, but nothing in the operational realm.

Public Safety committee  It would be, “Sorry, I cannot provide you the information. I cannot do that. You're crossing the line.” There are a number of things I could say. I've never had to do that, but—

Public Safety committee  Absolutely. I have the courage of conviction to do that. That's why I'm commissioner.

Public Safety committee  About 95% or more was about the lack of flow of information. That's where my frustration was stemming from.

Public Safety committee  I said this in previous testimony: This was kind of the straw that broke the camel's back. Getting the wrong information from my staff was yet another example of what was happening throughout those past seven to 10 days.

Public Safety committee  Exactly.