I appreciate that, but I still think there is something that we haven't been able to access yet in your decision-making, and that's the relationship you had with the political leadership in this city, and the sense of a lack of confidence, I guess, that you had the authority within your own police force to resolve this. Were you concerned that your officers would not follow the orders as prescribed in the plan that you developed?
On October 6th, 2022. See this statement in context.