Board of Police Commissioners, Evening Community Meeting
Detroit Board of Police CommissionersRemote
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Edited and summarized by the Detroit - MI Documenters Team
Jerome Warfield questions legality of BOPC rescinding his offer for chief investigator. Board says HR will reply.
Warfield questions legality of BOPC rescinding their offer for chief investigator; new patrol sectors downtown.
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04:47 PM Mar 9, 2023 CST
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Here is a link to the agenda: detroitmi.gov/sites/detroitm…
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In his State of the City address on Tuesday, Duggan referenced how an increase in DPD's budget allows them to competitively compensate their officers, leading to increased retention on the force.
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"From 1836 to 1865, the church served as a “station” on the Underground Railroad receiving some 5,000 slaves before sending them on to Canada." secondbaptistdetroit.org/copy-of-second…
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Ferguson welcomes everyone, thanks officers for hard work. Praises the Mayor's speech, reminisces going to the train station as a child and is impressed by its current remodeling.
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Give officers a break, everyone has bad days. But if they get out of line, file out a complaint, that's our job to address.
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Drag racing enforcement should start end of this month, beginning of April.
2,627 mental calls this year, up 400 calls from this time last year.
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1 year old victim of assault, arrest warrant submitted, child abuse and homicide charge for abuser.
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Remarks that the spirit of freedom is faced by threats today - freedom of assembly, from unreasonable search and seizure. Begs colleages to protect the freedom of the people.
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Interested in the department's thoughts on this initiative. fox2detroit.com/news/new-detro…
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Officer confirms that auto theft is up 115%, 214 stolen this year.
A lot of these cars are KIAs, there is a class action lawsuit against the company because the cars are so easy to steal.
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Get a club. This is a nationwide problem. Worse now that COVID is "over."
Burton: This is not a COVID problem, this was before COVID.
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We get all of the crime stats over email, we are checking.
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Commissioner Rev. Holley: there's a discrepancy between what we heard last week re: this applicant.
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- Not afraid, but cautious.
What can we do to help?
- Be open to change or differences of opinion, be willing to enact change and listen to people. https://t.co/UqHgbpR0f7
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Annie Holt: Thank you for making yourselves available and coming in person.
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Banks commends this group of young people. In reference to a comment about being taught to idolize police officers, "The bible says idolize no man, praise God."
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Demands the entire footage of the killing of Porter Burks. freep.com/story/news/loc…
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Takes umbrage in continued slander and attacks that have nothing to do what anything we are trying to do.
You don't lose your identity as a professional when you are on a board.
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155 were scheduled, but only 65 showed up, and only 32 passed. We encourage those who barely missed it to come back the next week. For those who have further to go, we have recruiters who help them.
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A citizen should reach out to the city of Detroit HR.
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Some missed the comradery, the contract being renewed helped level the income disparity.
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Downtown is roughly 2 square miles. Business district, 4 sporting teams, 3 casinos, hub to Canada.
Violent crime stats
Homicides: down 100%, none this year
Criminal Sexual Conduct : down 11%
Aggr. assault: down 20%
Robberies: up 50%
Total: up 3%
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Non fatal shootings: 4 this year compared to 5 last year.
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Will continue to address robberies in the downtown area with "Sector Deployment," developed by Chief White. Officers' sole focus is within their sector.
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Uptick in neighbor violence - they are doing mediations. They are seeing that it is a generational issue, if their parents didn't get along with neighbors it carries down to the children once they become homeowners.
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NPOs (Neighborhood Police Officers): assist with homeless shelters, (mental health) crisis intervention
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The precincts work in conjunction, downtown is more event heavy. We break Greektown into segments for accountability.
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Will be strictly enforcing curfews. Ladies, travel in pairs. Keep your cell phones charged, check in with your parents.
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311 and 312. (not sure what this is)
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Mental health, safety, education and career, social media awareness, domestic violence. They bring in experts from each field.
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Yes, we have an advocacy program that can assist with housing, court costs.
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Doesn't have population of downtown. Numbers on any given day can triple, depending on the events.
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Messaging will be out early on re: curfews.
The shooting appeared to be argument based, they are in custody.
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Next Meeting, Thurs March 16, at 3pm, DPD headquarters
Community Meeting, Thurs April 13, 6:30pm 11th precinct. Details in the link. detroitmi.gov/sites/detroitm…
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This question goes back and forth for several minutes, it sounds like it was approved in early December and no action has been taken.
Bernard offers assistance, needs to send this to Burton.
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Ferguson thanks everyone for coming, urges the Youth Advisory to come back. Here's the 2022 brochure to learn more about this group: detroitmi.gov/sites/detroitm…
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If you believe anything in the coverage tonight is inaccurate, please email us at documenters@outliermedia.org with "Correction Request" in the subject line.
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Detroit Board of Police Commissioners
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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