Board of Police Commissioners

Detroit Board of Police Commissioners
Criminal Justice

Thursday, Sept. 26, 2024
3:00 p.m. — 5:00 p.m. EDT

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1301 Third Street South Detroit, MI 48226 (Directions)

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Edited and summarized by the Detroit - MI Documenters Team

Note-taking by Christiana Beckley

This meeting was never officially called to order as a majority of the board failed to appear. Only Commissioners Burton, Dewaelsche, Herndandez, Moore and Smith were present. After brief public comments, the meeting was adjourned 24 minutes after it began.

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Live reporting by Nathaniel Eichenhorn

This meeting was never officially called to order as a majority of the board failed to appear. Only Commissioners Burton, Dewaelsche, Herndandez, Moore and Smith were present. After brief public comments, the meeting was adjourned 24 minutes after it began.

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01:47 PM Sep 26, 2024 CDT

Nachum Eichenhorn @NachumDetroit 2/17
No agenda has been made publicly available for this meeting. So we're going in blind!
Nachum Eichenhorn @NachumDetroit 3/17
I wonder if this will come up: It's state police, but it's relevant. metrotimes.com/news/police-tr…
metrotimes.com/news/police-tr…
Nachum Eichenhorn @NachumDetroit 4/17
The meeting was called to order at 3pm and started with the invocation. The room looks kind of empty from here.
Nachum Eichenhorn @NachumDetroit 5/17
The roll was taken and Smith, Woods and Dewaelsche were the only ones present. Since they don't have a quorum they're going to start with public comment.
Nachum Eichenhorn @NachumDetroit 6/17
First public commenter would like the handicap parking in front of the building cleaned up and weeded. They also suggested that cops should be carrying bulletproof shields.
Nachum Eichenhorn @NachumDetroit 7/17
The shield comment was because of this incident yesterday; detroitnews.com/story/news/loc…
detroitnews.com/story/news/loc…
Nachum Eichenhorn @NachumDetroit 8/17
Commissioner Burton has arrived.
Nachum Eichenhorn @NachumDetroit 9/17
The next commenter lamented the state of parenting in the city, saying city children are being neglected.
Nachum Eichenhorn @NachumDetroit 10/17
The next commenter voiced disapproval of suburban police officers, and the relative lack of city resident officers.
Nachum Eichenhorn @NachumDetroit 11/17
Minister Eric Blount of Sacred Heart Catholic Church asked for a moment of silence in memory of Marcellus Williams, and urged the board to be sharper in questioning police officials, especially the chief. usatoday.com/story/news/nat…
usatoday.com/story/news/nat…
Nachum Eichenhorn @NachumDetroit 12/17
The next caller is mad at the board for not showing up to meetings. The meeting is the same time every Thursday, she says, and it's absurd that citizens make time for the meetings that commissioners themselves neglect.
Nachum Eichenhorn @NachumDetroit 13/17
She also demanded the release of the body cam video of the Sherman Butler killing. DPD still hasn't released it.
Nachum Eichenhorn @NachumDetroit 14/17
The next commenter also took issue with the poor handicapped accommodations by the building.
Nachum Eichenhorn @NachumDetroit 15/17
The other board members didn't show up, so the meeting was adjourned at 3:24pm.
Nachum Eichenhorn @NachumDetroit 16/17
This closes my coverage of the Detroit Board of Police Commissioners meeting for September 26. Learn more about our coverage of local meetings at documenters.org
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Nachum Eichenhorn @NachumDetroit 17/17
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Detroit Board of Police Commissioners

www.detroitmi.gov

(313) 596-1830

bopc@detroitmi.gov

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The Board of Police Commissioners has supervisory control and oversight of the Police Department, including plenary authority over citizen complaints and the power to appoint fact finders, subpoena witnesses, administer oaths, take testimony, and require the production of evidence. The Board also appoints a civilian as Director of Police Personnel and approves all promotions made by the Chief. The 11 member board is comprised of 7 elected members from each city council district and 4 members appointed by the Mayor. https://detroitmi.gov/government/boards/board-police-commissioners

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