Board of Police Commissioners - Evening Community Meeting
11:30PM Feb 9, +0000
Speakers:
Jim Holley
Commissioner Banks
Commissioner Ferguson
Commissioner Bernard
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board of police commissioners in this meeting will now come to order. Chaplain Kimberly Clemens, did you give an invocation please?
Thank you. Let us bow. Father God, I thank you for this day. I thank you for allowing us to come together, Lord to do your work. Father, I ask that you bless each and every person that's on the board. Father, I ask that you continue to bless the citizens of Detroit, Lord and I ask that you continue to bless the police officers. God and I just ask that you come into this meeting. We invite you here. Help us to be on one accord help us to listen and to learn and to do the work that you've called us to do. We love you and thank you. Amen.
Amen. Amen. Thank you, Chaplain Clements, thank you. So much. Mr. Brown, and reduction of commissioners please.
Chairperson Brian Ferguson here.
VICE CHAIRPERSON Eddie hope. Good evening,
Vice Chair at large
commission Linda Barnard. Listen to Central Bank's mission Willie Bell. District Four. Mission Willie burn easier.
Mission Lisa Carter has an excused absence. Mr. Ricardo Moore has an excused absence of commission Hey zoo Hernandez.
Mr. Reverend Jim Holly.
I'm always here.
Commission quantex Presley Mr. Chair, you do not have a quorum. We do not we do not do not not have a quorum. How many do I need? We need?
Anyone when I go and get him okay.
We're gonna grab him. He's grabbing him.
officers on the top
here okay.
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they Michigan banks,
Let the record reflect. The commissioner said your banks is here. And now we gotta call. We do have a quorum now. Thank you. Now like to have the approval. February.
misaligned dissent Commissioner denari
approval of February 9 2023 agenda. So move. Second. Any discussion? All in favor? Hi. All the polls and motion to approve as carry approval for the minutes for February the second to move 2023 second
in discussion? All in favor?
All the polls that have been through Oh, approval for the closed session minutes for February 2 2023.
So move Second. Any discussion? All in favor? Aye. All oppose.
That has been approved to Mr. Brown in adduction of the LPC staff please.
Good afternoon, Mr. Chair currently we have Ainsley Cromwell Miss Teresa blossom. This dunya Underwood, Miss Candice Hayes, HR director Katrina Portillo attorney Adam Saxby. American Sign Language miss you, your caller and Dr. Stephanie Beatty. Sorry Janelle And Quinn doing a video out of your main media service doing a video. Mr. Dunn hen aside as a court reporter, and investigator Ellen count.
Fantastic.
We have sitting in for the chief deputy chief Tiffany Stewart. Well hello how are you doing?
Getting you sir?
Who do you have here?
I have commander Ryan Conner of the ninth precinct. We have a second deputy chief. I really hope and we have his staff.
Fantastic that they reflect the record show that Commissioner Burton has entered. welcome Commissioner. Mr. Brown, we have any elected officials representatives.
Yes, currently Mr. Chair we have former commission William William Davis. This Murray overall.
And that's all the VIPs Mr. Chair.
Oh, thank you. All right.
Once again, my name is Brian Ferguson. I'm chairperson of Board of police commissioners and it's an honor to be here at the ninth precinct for resource Engagement Center. Right now, I would like to have welcome remarks from the board recreation Engagement Center Director Justin Kempson, this the Kempson, please.
Yes, good evening.
Good evening.
It's a pleasure to have the board of police commissioners board meeting here. Again, we hosted the meeting three years ago prior to COVID. And so we're excited to have you guys back and had happy to see everyone out here. You know, we've been working to get people back into the center. We have a host of different programs that we provide. And all of the services that we provide in this space are free to the community at no costs. Also in southwest Detroit at the Mercado just adjacent to the Ambassador Bridge. So there are two locations of Ford resource engagement centers here in Detroit. The only two in America and we have everything from free tax services, legal clinics, we have job placement services, weekly food distributions through Gleaners, Community Food Bank, just a host of hosting a variety of different resources. We're a space for block clubs and community organizations and then we do a lot of things for the youth. So after school programs, and other kind of one off celebrations for the youth to engage in as well. So full service and regards to our our work in the community and also, I'm happy we're also home to target up Thursdays from the ninth precinct. It started right down the street and we were able to bring them over almost four years ago and working with the team neighborhood police officers and ceasefire Detroit to really make an impact on the lives of young people in the ninth precinct. So for more information about the services that we provide, you can go to Ford fundata work to look up our locations. And thank you if you have any questions,
and we have a voting Bill sure that we can take with us our
email Teresa, the link to all of the program information
we share the work that you're doing. Thank you
fantastic. Thank you sir. Thank you. Um, this is my first time over here in the ninth precinct at this center and that while I had a chance to walk around and this is a beautiful center, so if you haven't had a chance to take a tour, I urge you please come Mikey's Miss Kempson to said is here a bunch of resources in here. So please take advantage of it and they're free. Correct. They're free. Everybody loves free. I know I do.
Um,
earlier today before we got here, myself VC hope and Commissioner Hernandez we got a chance to go over to the ninth precinct to see how to renovations is coming. And I'm telling you once they finish, it's gonna be awesome. They actually got a gem in there. That's first time I've ever seen something like that. Wow. I just can't wait to see it. I'm glad to be a part of that. Um, I really don't have too much to say about my report today is and that's a shocker for me because everybody knows I love to talk. So I'm not going to bore you with any unnecessary business. So we'll get right down to business.
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the chair. We'll start with an update on injured officers. There are currently three members of the department who are disabled and recovering at home due to an on duty injury. We have a sergeant from the second precinct a police officer from the seventh precinct and one police officer from the ninth precinct COVID stats we have 13 members are currently quarantined or isolated. Last week we have five nine of those quarantined isolated members are currently positive for COVID. And last week, we have five moving on to our crime data. As of today we had homicides year to date, a 4% increase. That's one additional homicide from this time last year. Our non fatal shootings. There's a 29% increase this year over last. We're currently sitting at 71 in the year of 2022. We have 55 and we're sitting at a 30% increase and robberies are 2023 Total Part One violent crime we're having a 10% uptick from this time over last year. Moving on to our drag racing and drifting enforcement and has not begun for the year but it should be starting up probably March next month sometime towards the end of the month. Looking at the weather mental health related costs for service we had this week in the last seven days. We had 74 mental now violent calls 35 mental violent armed us 127 mental violent, not armed cause we had 33 suicide and progress and 63 suicide threats for grand total of the last seven days. 332 calls for service of which we we did service 298 of those pause
significant incidents.
I'm going to talk to you first about a carjacking arrest that occurred Monday, January 30. Officers were dispatched to the 18,000 block of Winthrop to investigate a police run for carjacking. Officers spoke to victims one and two which was the passenger and a driver who stated they were driving in a victim's 2019 Nissan Sentra when they observed a friend from the neighborhood named skinny, who flagged him down at the intersection of Winthrop and Pickford. The victims picked up skinny at the intersection and began to have a conversation and he sat in the backseat of the vehicle and spoke to the victims for a few minutes when an unknown male got into the backseat was skinny without a weapon and pointed at the victims demanding the victim's vehicle. Both victims exited the vehicle as the unknown male got into the driver's seat and skinny guy into the passenger seat. The suspects the and drove away and the victim's vehicle. Officers from the Detroit Police Commercial Auto Theft section arrived at the scene and began their investigation. On Tuesday, January 31. Officers from the cast develop information that the suspect known as skinny was in the area of Winthrop and West Bank Nichols with assistance from officers from the eighth precinct. The suspect was arrested at the scene upon arresting the suspect officers also recovered a handgun from the suspect, who had attempted to throw the weapon as officers approached for the arrest. This investigation is ongoing by officers from cats and an attempt to identify the other suspect. A one was submitted assigned by the Wayne County prosecutor's office or carjacking. The second incident was the fatal 70 year old died in a fatal arson a fatal fire on Sunday. February 5 2023. Detroit Fire Department ladder 26 Rescue eight an engine 54 were dispatched to the 15,000 block of Lindsay to battle a residential house fire at the location. Upon extinguishing the fire firefighters discovered the victim and the rear bedroom of the location. The baby succumb to the barns received during the fire. Detroit police officers were dispatched to the location of our firefighters discovering the victims bodies while at the same officer spoke to neighbors who stated that the victims mother's car was still in the driveway. And then maybe she was in the area officers can canvass the area and eventually made contact with the mother. Based on the information received by the officers doing their investigation. The mother was arrested for child neglect and a warrant was being prepared and submitted to the Wayne County prosecutor's office. Detectives from the Child Abuse Unit will be conducting a follow up investigation. Members from arson did go through the location and they did not follow it up and they did not find any evidence of accelerants. So at this point, they're probably looking at maybe an electrical fire or whether or not space heaters were in the home and set the house ablaze. Third incident was the fatal shooting on Sunday, February 5 2023. Officers responded to the 2000 block of cavalry to investigate a police round for shots fired in progress. officers arrived at the scene and observed the witness giving chest compressions to the victim as he lay in the street. The witness stated that the victim had been shot one time and was not breathing. Officers and Medic nine arrived at the scene and began emergency medical care for the victim. However the victims have come to his wounds at the same homicide detectives made the location to conduct a follow up investigation. It was discovered that the victim and a witness were seated in a vehicle when the suspect entered the vehicle and told the victim to drive away. Once the victim put the vehicle and drive. The suspect started firing his weapon striking the victim. The witness states that the suspect ran north on Calvary street then in an unknown direction between the houses the witness stand call 911 and began to rent your aid to the victim until the police arrive. Ramadan homicide detectives are conducting the follow up investigation and the officers are checking every available need and are asking for the public's help. Anyone with information regarding this incident is extra call crimestoppers at one 800 SpeakUp and a fourth incident I'm going to talk to you all about is the burglary that occurred yesterday. That was on the media on Wednesday, February 8 at about two o'clock in the morning officers responded to the 14,000 black man based on a call from undercover officers from warm police department who observed a burglary crew breaking into two locations over their two businesses. We arrived the vehicle flat the same that was a one two vehicle that had been discriminated against in the precinct and across our media relations for other other departments and for our as well as our DPD as well. We caught in air support we did not pursue the vehicle we caught air support and follow them to a location and five the Jefferson Court Apartments and we went to the location. They fled inside a location and we just did a standoff. Speaking to them we did find out there were five children in a home so we just really want it to be safe. We took our time and roughly about eight o'clock in the morning. They came out of the location we did arrest
six adults
yesterday and come to find out they were wanted in a number of book burglaries across Metro Detroit. We've got like five cities, Wayne County, Oakland County, Macomb County that they have roughly 60 cases in. So obviously in Detroit, we have at least two at this point in time. We're going to be following up with our crime intelligence unit to determine whether or not we have additional ones in Detroit. But we will be submitting our warrants to the Wayne County prosecutor's office while the other police departments are cleaning up their investigations and submitting them to those local prosecutor departments and those other counties as well. So just great work all around by you know, law enforcement, collaborating and hopefully we can get these guys off the street and get these be these business owners some reprieve around here. Chief some positives chief neighborhood liaison hosts news conference regarding care packages for the unsheltered population on Friday. February 10, members of DPD office of workplace and community resiliency will host a news conference with outreach services and care packages for Detroiters experiencing homelessness DPD in partnership with Detroit way integrated health network feel a 235 care packages 125 for women and 110 for me and with essential items such as personal care products, hand warmers, hats, gloves, socks, and other needed supplies. Additionally, each care package includes a resource card for local services. The news conference is scheduled at 2pm at Grand Circus circus park located in 101. With a real street in Detroit. Following the news conference members of the unsheltered population response team will pass out these these care packages. And Detroit Powell host Detroit Powell night on Friday, February 10th. Detroit Powell night will take place at 7pm at the Wayne State Field House located at 1290 West Warren Avenue Detroit, Michigan, Detroit Powell members in the public are invited to celebrate an evening that highlights Detroit Powell programs and members. Detroit pal participates participants will be selected to participate in various on court experiences. And also the motor city crews basketball team will face off against the Oklahoma City blue basketball team. Long report and that was all I have for today. Oh, thank you. Any question? Awesome.
Yes, but before I i do Let the record reflect that Commissioner Bernard has entered and Commissioner Presley has entered. Good afternoon everyone and and this precinct is represented by Commissioner Bell. Am I correct? Commissioner bell that is correct. Would you like to say a few words in your precinct?
Thank you for giving me an opportunity. Yes, sir. I just want to welcome you to the ninth precinct in our district for most of us in District Four. I mean, this was three but house in turn. The location is in District Four and I just want to report out and also this was my last prison assignment in ninth precinct, why transfer it over and often chief investigator, so have strong ties with this person is a challenging prison. I just want to say commander, wish you the best and on officers I know, transition of MPOs I used to know all of them. I have to really renewed effort in terms of this year. So I just want to offer that to you. I didn't take the time to do that. So we talked about the ninth precinct but it's still a wholesome people in terms of this precinct. So I just want to commend the people who still engaged step up man in terms of concern that we have in the community. Thank you for the opportunity to speak.
Thank you, sir. All right now for questions. Commissioner banks.
Now I
represent the ninth precinct to you do awesome. Three, two warfare. All right, go right ahead. You can have some parting words if you'd like. All right.
Thank you. Thank you, Mr. Chair. I just want to say congratulations to the ninth precinct commanders and captains in everything the ninth precinct have really come a long way along Long way, because about a few years ago, ninth precinct for a 205 was one of the worst zip codes in the world in the world, but the great work ethic, hard work and determination. It has now turned into a respectable zip code and come from strategy, planning, and a great work ethic.
Thank you so much.
Thank you, sir. Do you have any questions for T?
Yes, I do. Mr. Chair. That was a situation of
a not long ago. Ay. Ay. Ay captain.
He was holding. The captain was holding a gentleman. He wouldn't let him go. Just recently. I think it was recently. He wouldn't let the young man go. I think he was 19 years old. He wouldn't let him go. I think the commander had called and told the captain and let him go. He still wouldn't let him go. What what is going on? Are you aware of that situation when it's taking place?
No, I'm sorry. Unfortunately, I'm not I'm sorry. I'm fortunately I'm not.
Okay. What's that? We can't get that information for you. No. Okay. Thank
you. All right. Mr. Hernandez. Mr. Bell,
no question. Mr. Hawley.
question. A question. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Thank you for the report as well. The person that was there was got into some I got in the back seat and that Jack, was it was it a random or was it with his target?
It would appear they were targeted because skini via getting in the car with him. So he was known so on right.
That was always my curiosity. When we when we are pursuing someone, then you say we call the higher helicopter.
I mean, Tom was filming.
I decided not just not to pursue. I call it a helicopter. What were the inherited is I mean, where is it? I mean, it's like, helicopter is always there something that he can he or she can basically tag the person and and all in person to the destination that quick?
Yeah, helicopters are pretty quick. We typically have someone working for any critical incidents and they get up and out pretty quickly, you know, probably 10 minutes or so. It doesn't take long because you know, you're in a helicopter,
right? So this between the coordination between what's on the ground? Yeah, that's really interesting. Yeah, that's really I mean, and from all indications you guys do really well in terms of apprehending as a result. of this. I mean, like 80 to 90% of the time.
That's, that's great. If I must say so myself, helicopter units run out of our metropolitan unit. And sometimes they just don't Air Patrol to believe it or not. And
then finally that thank you for your patience with me. There was the six or seven verses that you was in the house. It was standoff. There were two children in the house. Yes. And so the head by 60 cases, in terms of the number of offenses that was going on to what relationship did the children hair with the with the the puppet, the people that doing the cooker, the robbery, now,
one of the suspects who fled knows someone who lives in the apartment Okay, so just known to them. I'm not sure whether or not they're related, but they're are known to them. So that's why they felt comfortable going and staying until we came out and negotiated for them to come outside.
How many children were there? Five, five. Probably,
when I looked at him around 10 and under they were little kids,
right. And you should be commended. No one got hurt, you know, based upon the pursuit of so forth. Thank you so much. Thank you. Thank you,
sir. But this is a public service announcement. If you're gonna do crime here in the city of Detroit don't because once the helicopter get up, monster just pull over. It ain't gonna run out of gas. Trust me. It ain't. I'm Commissioner Presley.
Thank you Chair I no questions. I just want to make an announcement when I was on my way in. It pains me to say this but it Kappa Alpha Psi License Plate your electrolytes on it's a Ford Five club. So I just want you to leave here without your battery working. So if that's your vehicle, your your lights roll.
We kept his roll.
Yeah.
Commissioner Bernard.
Don't try to speak to you because there's feedback and an echo on the mic. It's good to see everyone this evening. I just have a question. For you. I am a big film person. And there is a movie out right now called she bought sh E for girls who play basketball she bought and the guy that's a star of it and that is very prominent as the guy who also hosts the masked singer on TV. What's his name? Somebody in the audience helped me Nick Cannon. What the cannon? I didn't hear Nick Cannon cannon. That's who I was trying to say. Thank you so much. Anyway, I watched the movie and I've asked several other people in law enforcement to watch it because the emphasis in Detroit right now has been on juvenile crime. And you see it and also brown Chris Brown has a lot of people that all of us would know. They're all artists that are all in the age group of people that people think are criminals. And in the movie, you see how to stop juvenile crime how to stop use plan, and I'm not I don't want to tell you exactly how it ends. But but how they do it is by engaging youth and having activities for them that they really like. I mean, at one point, they can have tells a guy like I'm next up Commissioner Presley right here, and he comes in into GM, like in here right now. Of course, he's packing. And he said, Man, you know, this is a weapon free zone. This is violence. Can you give me your piece? I'll keep it until you're ready to leave and and you watch this interplay between young men and young women who are used to addressing issues through you know, might might makes right violence makes why? And because they can take it out on the basketball court. And I mean, I'm talking about really really doing it. You see how that releases the tension and how it eliminates the violence that that that the chief has talked about among juveniles. So I just urge everyone to watch the movie. Let us know what you think. If you think there's ways we can do this kind of thing in Detroit, you know, it's just a judgment free zone you carrying but when you come in here, you gotta let it go. That kind of thing. I mean, it's just starched wheels rolling, and in the end, you'll see how it makes a difference. I won't tell you the end because Chris Brown is one of the biggest offenders and you see but when he has that opportunity to do better to school, so other than UCLA, and others, you see, makes that U turn. So, when we talk about juveniles, it's not just about locking them up. To me. It's about giving them real alternatives. Watch Sheba. It's on TV, you know, like HBO or Showtime or star one of those. I don't know which one it was, but it's really good. And and I hope you let me know if you think it would work in Detroit, that kind of grassroots initiative not from the police, not from the Commission, not from the mayor, not from anybody like that. Just grassroots.
Thank you. Thank. You see hope.
Thank you, Deputy chief steward. Thank you, Deputy chief steward no questions and appreciate your support.
Thank you, sir. Thank you, ma'am. I'm sorry.
Thank you. I will report out I like it.
Um, Mr. Chairman, I would like to Deputy achiever to respond to our program pail Explorer. We do a lot of great things in Utah. Could you sort of elaborate I don't think we need enlightened people in terms of we have one of the Top program or juvenile in the country.
We do we have Powell and it's a great program. And as to Commissioner Bernards point, I think the community should get involved. I think that various organizations and community outreach should be involved in getting in interacting with the children and providing outlets that quite frankly, we as law enforcement or commission or whatnot, aren't always able to provide but as law enforcement we have the brotherhood and sisterhood. Commander Connor will be speaking about that when he come up. As part of his community outreach. We do have pal as a historic. That's a historic program that many many children have benefited from a youth athletes. I just we have a lot going on. But I do think that there's definitely another arm that we can we can have we can provide and I think she touched on it perfectly.
Mr. Hernandez through the chair,
and I'll add a tiny point to that as well. Which Detroit Powell to your question, sir. hosts in partnership with Ford Motor Company the critical conversations, sessions which are a six week very highly engaging course for youth in in that area and really across the city for anyone who wants to join. But Detroit The interesting thing about Detroit Powell is Detroit power has been so successful, that they are constantly benchmarked across the entire country. And so that critical conversations program, which launched here in Detroit has now been expanded to Buffalo to Memphis as of two weeks ago. I think it was maybe as well as Houston. And there are going to be opportunities moving forward to explore explore other cities such as such as Chicago St. Louis and others to expand that program. So great work on the Ford fund side. Obviously, I'm a little biased, but great work on on the Ford fund side, but more than anything else, it's Detroit Powell. So to your point, Commissioner Bell it's it's wonderful work.
Mr. Burton the chair
I just wanted to say it's great to be at this community to meet and, and
and more importantly,
it's good to see that the community is engaged and and here at today's border police commissioners meeting, want them to know that we are working for them. But it's good to hear from our public. It's good to see Lori Parks in the audience for the National Action Network, who also work with our youth override Nan, along with former commissioner and chair the Detroit National Action Network, William Davis. So they are really working hard with our youth. It's good to hear about the initiatives that PAL is doing. But man also has been benchmark across the country as far as engaging with our youth, turning out to vote, voter education, and so forth. So that's that's it sir.
That's it. Now from the ninth precinct community, community council president, it's Sandra Turner handy here. She here. Yep, there you are. Did you come up to the mic and say a few things for your beautiful place?
Oh, yes. Yes, we
want to hear from you.
Good evening, everyone. I'd like to welcome you here to the night free thing. I love it when you guys come over here. We're doing some awesome things in this neighborhood. As you know, we do have a new commander over here that we're working with over here and we are really our MPOs over here have really supported us as we try to transform our community. As you know, we have a very bad rap over here as being the most violent zip code in in the city. We changing that that's not how we are anymore. Our community has come together we're really rebuilding and transforming our community and making things look nice. In order to repopulate our community and drive down crime in our community. Our commander and our officers over here have been doing an awesome job and reducing crime over here. And we're just thankful that they have been given the leadership to really come into community and do what they need to do. We're not one of those people say Oh no, don't call the police. Yeah, we don't call the police over here. And I because they work with us and not against us over here. And we're thankful that the police commissioner and the commander in chief of police, I'm sorry, and the Chief of Police has allowed the commanders to really do the work that they need to do especially here in the night. And I just want to say real quickly, I'd say to everybody, you know, if they come over and they work in the night, they say they can work anywhere in the country, because the knife is the training ground. That's just ideas but that's okay. Because they learn and they're over. They're able to take those that knowledge and utilize that throughout our city in order for our city to be safe. And I thank you guys for your leadership and doing that. Thank you.
Thank you Miss Miss Turner. Having oh it was a pleasure meeting. Thank you so much. Yeah, coming. Yeah, score.
Okay. Thank you again for coming to the mic and sharing your enthusiasm for your community. And what I'd like to share also is when attorney US Attorney ISON came over here at the meeting, and that community was very, very focus as to the job they wanted her to undertake. And when she because if you recall, she was here to, I guess arrest folks that they got caught with Eagle illegal weapons. This community had a list of criminal impact on the community that they wanted her to undertake. And personally, she expressed her enthusiasm and respect for your community. So
we're gonna move on to oral communication, Mr. Brown.
Good afternoon, Mr. Chair is honorable board. Currently we have nine speakers. And we have two in attendance. So I'll start with those two Miss Cathy Montgomery followed by Miss Laura parks.
I'm speaking in the wake of a recent murder of a young man by the name of Tyree Nichols in Memphis, Tennessee. And the police officers that were involved in that assault and ultimate death of this young man are being prosecuted for murder and numerous other felonies. I'd like to know what has been done about the murder of Porter Burks in Detroit, Michigan.
a month or two ago
was on the news for a week or two. Police officers I believe were suspended with pay and to my knowledge, no criminal charges had been pressed. I'd like to know if this board has reviewed the body cam video. Or any video related to that killing of that young man who was mentally ill having a breakdown and allegedly threatened the police officers with a pocket knife. When I saw the video on the news, the part that was shown on the news, he was at least 40 or 50 feet away from the police officers and in my mind. He was not a threat. To those police officers that shot him to death. And I if this board has not reviewed that video yet, I insist that that is your job. Your job you were elected to protect the community from police officers who abused their authority. And in my mind, if those officers were not in at an imminent threat, they had no right to shoot and kill this young man who was having a breakdown and I liked to hear comments from the board afterwards to answer some of my questions.
This parks
Thank you. This board has reviewed it
as review the body cam footage community to view it.
Speak on that. I can't speak on that only thing I can speak on. This board has reviewed the body cam footage.
The community has not. I can't I can't speak on that.
I can't speak on it. But I just let you know that I saw the body cam footage
I can't speak
on this office refused to prosecute. It was taken to the prosecutor.
The prosecutor saying yeah,
she wasn't prosecute Go ahead,
as she stated so every officer involved shooting that occurs. A warrant investigation is conducted a neutral investigation is conducted by a task force that includes Michigan State Police. The investigation was submitted to the Wayne County prosecutor's office who declined to prosecute based on the investigation submitted all the information that you provided. Other information that you had a concern about was provided to the prosecutor. It was looked at and the determination was made to decline prosecution on those officers
not going to be prosecuted no no.
Okay, Miss parks
your time. Good evening.
Well, as you know, we have had a case in the past and it was malice green, malice Green was beat down by two racist officers here in this city over 30 years ago now. Those police officers were reprimanded and went to jail. As you know, your current suppose mayor was over the prosecutor's office at that time and fired the medical examiner because the medical examiner would not lie and say that Mao's green died of a drug overdose so if you don't know the case, and you think I'm lying, all you got to do is go back and look.
Also Porter Burke's.
So I guess none of these officers are going to be charged with shooting him over 20 times. Not only did he did he gets shot but they shot up buses and other things over there in that neighborhood also. And what I need to know is I don't hear anybody saying how many off how many new officers are here in the city of Detroit? And do they currently live in the city of Detroit? And how many officers who are already on the force that live in the community? Where we are right now that serve on the police force? The meetings that are held here and at the police headquarters? It's not a lot of community involvement. It's small, it's always mostly police officers who are attending these meetings. So I don't think the message is getting out as well as it should because people need to attend the meeting. Always more plan, and when you have it at the headquarters. I'm not going to come to the headquarters where all the police that to come to file a complaint a lot of times that's a deterrence for people when they're coming to make a complaint about what's going on with the opposite.
Okay, that's your time. Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Your next two speakers will be squeal followed by Minister Eric blood
real
good evening, and evening so you have two minutes?
Yes. So I am screen I go by Skrill I am an organizer I work with force Detroit. We are a community organization. I appreciate it. If you identify me ask that the mayor, the city council, the chief of police, everybody identifies me as debt. I work with force Detroit. I've been hearing a lot of concerns around the community violence our organizations leads not just locally but also nationally around models that implements Community Based Violence solutions. I will leave some of our proposals and our information in regards to our reports that we have put out over the last couple of years around violence with inside of the city of Detroit, but also nationally. This model was called CBI which is a Community Based Violence Intervention Program, providing wraparound services for those who are either directly impacted or are engaging in violent issues. Again, this is a national thing that is happening. Violence is no longer a public safety epidemic is a public health. If you go to the CDC website, it shows you around Asus at risk childhood behavior. Also, if you go on to the Biden administration, they have just made a billion dollar investment through 16 jurisdictions. I have traveled all around the United States studying from Oakland, California to New York. to Washington, DC to Chicago, which is right next to us these different types of models. We have been advocating for a while around CVI to be implemented inside of the city of Detroit in regards to the public health aspects so we can provide direct services. Commissioner Bernard what you described is wraparound services and direct services that only a public health aspect can provide for that. So this type of work should be housed inside of the public health aspect. And we need accountability to our Police Board to make sure that these initiatives that are community based and driven are provided the proper necessities and resources to provide so I will leave these reports in the back for you all but you can go on our website at force detroit.org. Minister
indicare Yes, hold on for a second. Go ahead. Go ahead.
Did I understand that your resources are at the back
there right here. I'm gonna leave them because I have a national call. I gotta get on at seven but I will leave them in the back our reports.
Thank you. Thank you,
and if you can always go on our website force detroit.org. We have multiple reports. But this is
our newest report. Thank you. Alright, Mr. Brown. Thank you, Mr. Blunt.
Mr. Blunt. Can you hear me more?
Yes, we can hear you. Yes, this is Mr. Eric blonde from Sacred Heart Catholic Church. No one really answered the question from the first comment.
What really happened
to Porter Brooks and his murder. It is a slick move not to detail what the commissioners saw. If nothing is wrong with the actions of the officers who killed Porter Brooks, then why not released publicly released the footage. Something very important is being hidden. People far and why young and old, are quick to point out the hypocrisy in the difference between the release of the footage of her Kim Littleton and Porter Brooks, and I'll remind you the complete video footage of a team little term was released within hours from start from start to the last bullet. But no silence is betrayal. Silence is consent. Silence is violence. And I say to you this is what this board is inflicting upon the citizens of the city of Detroit. This board silence in the face of the most powerful black woman in this country, calling out the marching orders and regarding to police reform. Vice President Kamala Harris clearly stated that passage and enforcement of the George Floyd, justice and policing act is needed now. But this board will never state whether or not it even stands with Vice President Kamala Harris. Instead, this board continues its corruption by issuing a press statement this Monday stating a lot of stuff, but always including a lie, a falsehood, a misleading statement that this board is a national leader and oversight. No one is saying that about you but you chairperson Ferguson, your opening statement only spoke to your visit to the renovation of a precinct. No questions to the chief about anything but crime
this detail your next three speakers will be president Buffington all about color with the last three numbers 315 and overweight
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yes, we can hear you go right ahead.
Yes, this is President Buffington. I was just questioning the cleanup of the Chalmers Avenue area in regards to prostitution. If there's some information that could be given to the area in regards to the cleanup of the streetwalkers in the area, and to awful speak on what the commissioner addressed in regards to the issue of the children in the neighborhood. There are a lot of good suggestions here. But you have people like I know a young lady that just graduated. That's a nurse now. The housing development issue is what's going on with these children. You have a lot of displaced children. She has five children with her husband and they're living in a hotel currently. So that affects these use. These schools aren't looking into what's going on with the youth at home, and the family as a whole and an environment of play time. And Powell and et cetera, is not going to resolve the household issue. So I don't think this is the venue. I don't think you all will be able to really resolve that. With the community affairs that you're speaking on. It's it's more than a health issue. It's a crisis of home and homelessness that is rewriting the Eastside area and a lot of other areas in the city of Detroit. And I thank you for the cleanup that you have done in this precinct. Thank you.
Allah with the last three numbers 315315 Go right ahead. At 315 here,
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Thank you. This is Theo Broten, co founder of Hood research organization, founded by your former police commissioner reginal Crawford. I'm calling because number one I'd like to know what happened to the white woman or black children on their way to school. That seems like that's been covered up. Number two, we need leadership desperately. Think in Memphis Tennessee, it seems. Secondly, officers who have been in the eternities in desperate need of leadership as well. It seems that hazing was carried on into the police department. So you need to look into the leadership in the city of Detroit Police Department and loudly as a relates to the movie that was spoken about. Of course children are excited about coming to school for music as well as sport and they were also happy to come to school for the workshops, and the metal shops and the other vocational classes. That introduce them to pass abilities after they graduated from high school. Many of those have been removed. So that's something that people need to look into and tutoring our children if students are taught badly, they make bad decisions. Tutoring is important. And the number to call if you want to call a lot less read the program is 8737490. That's 313 Detroit Public School the less reprogram the more tools we have for our children, the fewer children will grow and end up in prison. Thank you
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Yes, we have the right hand sir.
Clearly, Tiffany Stewart you there you oversee to third precinct I mean, in a third district 11 precinct so under your supervisors supposed to be the supervisor overseeing that, you know, the joke is that took me to jail and 18 months seven time arrested. One guy line five times old Video, Video Camera Line 911 Call twice and then make his false statements to the police and badge number 4798 Sandow Batiste belies heavy committed and confined to the Samaritan behavior center, but 13 days before I was able to get out debt, sugar honey iced tea. Well, well Laurie Parkson. Minister blunt just said about that. For the birch. That's absolutely tuned in more officers need to be identified. We need to know who they is out here on the street with badges and guns running around doing all these WMDs and then hiding behind the color of authority. Now I'm saying is to Willie Bale, you denied me my right to file a complaint to OCR. I complain that noise. Akbar wouldn't take my complaint. Dan, you told me in violation of city charter man. You told me not to do it and you cut your preacher snake oil salesmen Jim Holly, you knew that I sent you emails that never got to you because Melanie white intercepted them but you never told any of the other Commissioners you kept this silent. Okay, well, right now commission calm and got a tag on her. A suicide. This physically impossible. Back this physics the law of physics says you cannot suicide that gun without gun burns on the wound. That's absolute. But yet the department got that tag on it. Now Derek leg was not calling him for his initial investigation until 94 days after the complaint was made. Well, you got 90 days to do to complain. Now this has been real talk until we get rid of the BS political figures. Any hope? Willie fail. Detroit people gonna still listen
to your last two speakers would be CAC chair and former Commissioner William Davis.
Well, I'm hearing from some of my favorite people tonight. And if I wasn't under the weather, I would love to be there. I'm joining those who I've heard from him seen in person. And I'm also very happy to hear from some of our dedicated officers here online, out in cyberspace. The tragedy of the homicide of Porter Burke is augmented by the additional tragedy of a police department and a board of police commissioners that refuses to deal with this the way they should and the prosecutor will call up Kenworthy to hear you know, I I wish we could release the video for well apparently commissioners saw it. But I mean I saw enough to know that this guy had his hands up in a smaller pocket knife. I don't think he needed 20 shots to be for anyone to be protected. That needs to be investigated. Why are their names being kept a secret? Secrecy is a cover up. It's a cover up of a homicide. The fact that Kenisha Coleman's death who Reuben just mentioned a minute ago that they're keep calling that a suicide when it's impossible, where the physical evidence works against that. That's the cover up. We need to put the light of day on these crimes. We need to make officers as accountable for crimes as civilians are accountable for crimes as human beings should all be accountable for crimes that involve hurting or killing another human being. And that's really all I got to say today.
I'm Commissioner Davis. Good evening.
I like to say a couple of things. First off, I'm I have to say we need a greater effort to deal with all of these people just running red lights. Because there's a lot of people running red lights, we need a greater effort. To make sure the public is totally aware of what's going on. And when officers are involved in shootings. Their name should be released. That should be public knowledge. It's like whatever, salaries people you know the work for the public make this public knowledge also may point to calling in. You know, I believe that everyone that puts in for board secretary and chief of OCR should be able to know that the whole board looks at all the applications and I just got a call from a former judge. Brett the case I found just says she hasn't heard anything back she put in for the Office of the Chief Investigator. Each board member should see the total package everybody put in and the board should interview in public. Three people at least three people for each title and that should be done in public. You know, when you start having these backroom deals and you have appointees making decisions, you generally want to see one person that's wrong and you're opening yourself up to more potential lawsuits. In fact, I may be involved in potential lawsuit if you don't act and write.
Thank you. Today was your last speaker. Thank you. The Chair.
Yes, just want to address two public comments that were made a one was actually echoed from last week's meeting which is around the board's support of the George Floyd justice and policing act. And so just for public point of information, this board did pass a resolution in support of the George Floyd. Justice and policing act, correct? Yes. And so let that be known to the community. And then secondly, there was a public comment relative to housing insecurity and the unhoused community that are amongst our children. And that is absolutely a an essential and necessary issue to have our focus, but I do want to let you know that at least from my understanding, a bishop Colette Yvonne, who is the member of the Detroit Public Schools community district board, has placed specific interest in the unhoused in the housing insecure children by providing them with a number of resources. Now while that is not enough, I do want the community to know that there is an elected officials who are focused on this issue and try to do their best to mitigate it.
Thank you, Chair. Thank you. You're welcome.
We're gonna have a presentation from the Human Resources bureau. This patello
your op ed evening. That is Here we present the human resource Report for the month of January. So I did provide slides. Because I think one of the comments last time was the audience could see what you all couldn't see. So I gave you in front of us a copy of the slide presentation that the audience can see. So the report is going to cover the departmental staffing, personnel and when I say audiences, the audience that's on the zoom so I realize there's not a screen in here for it's going to cover a department of staffing personnel recruiting and recruiting initiatives, and then your packet that you were emailed has additional demographic information. So next slide. Next slide. Just goes over the current departmental staffing for January for the department. We were filled at 87%. For the sworn officers, we were filled at 89% vacancies 11% police assistance 70% Fill and vacancies 30%. And then for civilians that was 83% field 17% vacancies next slide. Next slide should be the fiscal year data from January 1 2000 to 22 to I mean July 1 2022 to January 31 2023. So during that time, we had a total of 2783 applications 52 are in processing 161 applications were withdrawn. 1428 were applications were archived for various reasons. It could be lack of interest, it could have been waiting on information. 322 were temporarily disqualified 370 were permanently disqualified 229. Were waiting on em coals, testing and 18 were archived. And during that period we hired 84 personnel. Next slide. Next slide is m Colas testing for January for the written test 59 were scheduled 51 appear 33 Pass that was a 65% passing rate. A team fell 35% failure rate and ain't no shows for the physical agility 215 were scheduled 108 personnel appear 60 pass with a 50% 56% passing rate 48 Failed 44% failure rate 26 were rescheduled one withdraw and then at no shows. The next slide should be the total new hires for the month of January 24. Sworn were hired 11 civilians for total of 35 new personnel. The next slide covers the Detroit residency. I believe there was a question on how many shortage do we have? So for January for Detroit are sworn we had 529 personnel 409 civilians 15 Police assistants for non Detroiters we had 1782 sworn 231 civilians 23 Police assistants and out of those hiring rate. Five of Detroit residents for civilians for Detroit residents were for new hires for sworn next slide. Next slide should be your attrition slide for January we had 15 personnel that separated I have another slide that's going to talk about the trends that we're seeing downward 12 civilians separated for a total of 27. Next slide. So for leave of absences or restrictive duty for FMLA continuous you'll start to see that we are trending downward for sworn we had 14 for FML lay intermediate we have 61 medical leave three military leave 363 We're just recently restricted 27 disabled 17 sick and then for civilians. We had five civilians FMLA continuous 648 FMLA intermediate medical leaves 612 restricted one disabled three sick. Next slide.
The next slide here, so
your monthly separations we had 15 So as you can tell I have another slide, you'll start to see that since the contract negotiation the separations has gone down. 15 And that's where we want to try to keep it at for each month 15 separations 11 were police officers, one sergeant two lieutenants one detective, and then we had 19 suspensions 17 police officers, one Corporal one sergeant and 542 personnel in the drop program. If you go to the section assist Warren separations and right after that, it gives you the 2022 data versus the 2023. You'll see that the contract renewal was between September and October. As you can see we peaked in August we have 39 separations September 33 And then in October we had 27 November 15 December 20. And then if you see the light blue chart, we are now in a new current year and we had 15 in January and currently right now we have six in February. Next slide So the next slide should be separations to other departments. That is a large topic that everybody's interested in. So this slide just gives you a depiction as to where we are and how we're trending down. You will notice that in September, we had 25 personnel that separated to other departments August 23. In October we started to trend down 12 and October six in November and six in December three in January and as of February one so the contract negotiations are working. If you go to the next slide that says sworn appointments, basically new hires from 2018 to 2023. You'll see that the highest year was 2019 with two Oh with 304 in 2022 we had 234 and 2023 we had 24 in that group, and we've had our first lateral. You go to the next slide, you'll see the student police officer summary. We have a total 134 students out of 146 that are in the Academy right now. So we have five classes that are there. The intent is to put a class in every month and we won't have a class that will graduate. The next class will graduate February 17. Currently right now there's 29 students. The class word says to be determined that's the class we just put in in January that they will be graduating in June. We just don't have the official date. The next class will start February 27. We will have approximately 30 Plus that does not include the reinstatement. And I will tell you that before this meeting we had three and five other reinstatements were just approved. They were returning from River Rouge Livonia, Roseville, Oakland County Sheriff and I forgot the other place. So currently we have 60 personnel and backgrounds 24 and background three background and 70 in standby also with a January class governor the governor published the Public Safety's Academy assistance program where you can receive up to $4,000 for up to 25 students that will come back to the department. So 2422 Out of the 24 that started the January class. were eligible for that, that grant and then we have three that will roll over into the February class. Next slide. Next slide should show 2022 to 2023 reinstatements. Since the contract renewal, we have received 44 requests. We've hired 14 you to the chart to the left you'll see the number of requests per month and then to the chart to the right you will see that 14 are approved, five have been denied. 23 are in processing to a Western drew five of the 23 was approved by Chief white today. Totally they've come back from Taylor Livonia, Farmington Hills Westland. And Arbor, Atlanta, and then the private sector. So as you can see, even in 2022, we received the highest number of reinstatements since 2014. Just clipped to the next slide is the hiring projection. So my goal is kind of lofty with this contract. Renewal I am, I'm going to be confident Oh, our attempt is going to be to hire over 300 police officers the way we're going to do that. We need to put 40 candidates in each recruiting class or we need to have a combination of 40 so that could be 35 or 30 and 10 reinstatements. They will add to 40 We need to attend over 40 to 50 events. We need to receive 600 applications a month. That's about 150 applications a week, we believe out of that 300 to 350 will be scheduled for a physical agility test. We know about 50% is going to show up and out of that about 75 is probably going to pass with that being said we will take the 75 Approximately they will move on to the written test. Approximately 70% of that will pass the written test that gives you about 52 to 53 candidates month with a flex if we can get 40 out of that we will be sitting pretty good. Some of the things that we plan to do are some of the resources that we have our disposal as technology. We're going to be going on embarking on another media campaign. We're going to be looking for we're already doing it career fairs, recruiting events, strengthening our partnerships, working with the physicians as well. So some of the individuals that were previously probably disqualified for suitability now mentally emotionally, but they might be coming up on their one year their two year we're gonna go back and engage them because some of them was just employment history or suitability like what demographics have you been in Have you what's your work history and things like that? Education as you all know, we have Cleary University we had over 100 students that graduated last May Well currently right now we have 254 that is in clear University. Approximately 40 is receiving their master's degree, the rest is receiving their bachelor's degree and it's also applicable to the civilians as well so reinstatements as I already said, is a big hit right now. And then the lateral transfer program, so we're going to be heavily marketing that as well. The last slide or leave that might be the last slide shows you our partnerships. So if you look at the current partnerships on the left, there is those are partnerships that we already have in place. And then some of our future partnerships are on the right hand side.
Indeed, any questions
that concludes my presentation.
DC hope.
Thank you human resources. Another awesome report. Now I know you're familiar with the public act, one that was just passed by the governor mandating that Michigan police officers now have additional training now. So when is that training, and I know is post Academy. So with those
folks coming out of the academy, once they're out, will they be required to take additional training? And along with that whole discussion? Well, members of the DPD executive ranks well they be required to take the training as well. So I can't per se answer that. I don't know if DC store can but I know it Do you know one of the things that they were going to put into place over the academies after they graduate they're going to get another set of training, but they're going to be going to different areas within the department. And I don't know if DC Stuart can operate on that.
Yep, through the chair. So each officer is required to go to 40 hours of training twice. A year. And that covers a variety of topics, including firearms training, diversity, equity and inclusion training just a number of topics and 40 hours twice a year in addition
to this training, or is it is today I'm having the impression that this is new training that law enforcement members are required to take.
I'm not aware of the training that you're talking about. I'd have to look into that to see if that's on top of all of this training that will be included into the 40 hours that they already take I'm unsure.
Okay. Thank you.
Yeah, understanding that police officer in the state of Michigan is required to have that training. APD is leading the country and once again, in terms of training those fordell says we're on a consent agreement and training that we have comply with that process. And hey, and but it's going to be additional funding for that. So that's a key part of it. Thank you. Yes.
I'm just very good reported. If I can make one recommendation, and it would be that you number the pages in our books, and when you move from page to page, I'll know where you are you move quick. So I just need the reference, you know, like, like the page number. I could do that helpful. This other one, maybe next time we could do it on big paper so you can read it. You can't read a little it's really hard to see.
I didn't want to burn a whole lot of trees but if you want single pages I can give you single pages.
Okay. But my question to you is, you indicate in your report that 229 People are awaiting M coals testing. That means they've already passed through all of your stuff, all our stuff.
No, ma'am. That means that they are being contacted. So they submitted their application. They're being contacted to be scheduled for the physical agility test and the written test. So that's what awaiting testing means.
So that's like 229 people. How soon can that test we arrange
so we are arranging them, some of them you know, we get them arranged. We started testing twice a week and the physical agility part. And then on the written test, we do those on on Saturdays, but there was a when you do when we everyone did the holiday shutdown. So there was no testing during during that week. So we're making up for that.
Because that's a that's a big chunk of people. Yes, it is that we could move into the force and enter serious training if you know but we got to is there anything that you need the board to do or the administration to do? No matter you'd like people to work on Saturday, what do you need to do to get rid of the backlog? Like we do for like we do for the complaints? They're
being scheduled? I don't have the results of Wednesday's testing. There was a test yesterday. And then we have quite a bit that's going to be lined up for for Saturday testing.
Please let us know if there's something that we can either talk to chief about or do something to get rid of the backlog. The chairman does not like backlogs at all. So we need to move it. Yes, ma'am. Get these people on enforce if they can if they understand pass them code.
All right. Mr.
Commissioner Presley.
Thank you through the Chair. First is a point of clarification to DC. Stuart, are that 40 hours? Is it 40 hours twice a year? Or is that 40 hours split twice a year? I'm trying to get this 40 hours collectively or 80 hours. 80 hours. Okay, thank you. And then my questions again, excellent report. My first question is relative to one or two public comments that was made relative to the demographics. Obviously, I'm sure that they are satisfied to know the residency of the officers and your reports are already so very detailed. I hate to add another layer to it but maybe by by annually twice a year every other year. I always get that mixed up but twice a year. Maybe giving the data by zip code or precinct.
Yes. So I owe that to you. We did start that to be LPCs ago. It just was not included in this report. But that was a request of Commissioner looking at that. You're just so we'll probably have that for you tomorrow.
Well, thank you. I'm sure that it is by precinct X and I'm sure our public commenter will appreciate that. And then lastly, with your lofty goals in 2023 A What would you say is your greatest challenge what what is the challenge that you believe you might face and trying to reach your 2023 goals?
So we're doing a little bit of restructuring. We need more people and we're doing that the TIF is helping us with that just getting more people out there with Phil recruiting. That's one part of it, and then just continuing to build partnerships going beyond the schools, so you know, just building relationships or rekindling relationships that might have been there prior to COVID and somewhere along the line went away. So we're just rebuilding that. We're going to colleges. We're even working with Michigan at work Detroit at work Job Corps. Matter of fact, I was on a phone call yesterday with a workforce development Job Corps wants us to come in once a month. They actually have a homeland defense program that no one knew about and so they have about 40 students enrolled in that right now. And I didn't know they stayed on site as well. So we're going to start to go in there once a month. We're going to start to we've already started with some of the historical black colleges. We're strengthen our ties with Eastern Michigan Wayne State has invited us to a few career fairs virtual career fairs, heavily targeted military as well because we realize a lot of them are returning from deployment. And a lot of their commanders and captains have reached out saying they are not they're not going to be employed once they come off active duty. So for some of the military brigades is going to be easy for them to come over to the department is so we've been heavily recruiting them as well. So
excellent. Thank you. Mr. Bates.
Yes. Thank you due to cheer. Director patello you say 322 People were disqualified from the Academy. Why was they disqualified?
So, so correct. So they were not disqualified from the Academy? There could have been 1,000,001 reasons why they were disqualified. So the 322 that were disqualified. So there's a difference between temporary disqualify and permanently disqualify permanently disqualified could means that they were disqualified by psychologists that we have, meaning they had a mental or emotional there was something in their background that deemed them unfit to go into the department. So most of those can come from that or it could have been an arrest history. There was things specific in their background, that they were disqualified by M. Cole's. So that part of that a temporary disqualification could have been at the time. It could have just been disqualified. Suitability could also fall into that category as well. So a lot of times when the psychologist disqualify you they can either go mental, emotional or suitability suitability could have been. They found that you were immature, or they found that your employment history was not that great mentally, emotionally meaning there was something mentally they found that you were not going to be able to make
it in. So so they were temporary disqualified,
Temporary means that there was a like a one year might have a one year disqualification or two year disqualification. So if those individuals as one of the comments that I made that if they were fell into that parameter, if they're up on their one year or two year those are individuals that were going back out to if those were the reasons and we're really attacking those individuals to see if they're still interested to come back to the department and then we'll get them back through.
reshape that. Director Patel Oh, good. Yeah. I'm all set. Mr. Chair.
Thank you, Mr. Hawley.
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Patel, is my understanding that the big challenge that we have, is not in testing are in and reading and comprehension, but it's really the physical agility. Is that right or wrong?
So as of now we're doing pretty well. With our physical agility. One of the things that we did several months ago is we used to take the written test and the physical agility test on the same day, we changed that we put the physical agility test first. We we have to pay for each one of those tests on the front side. The written test we have to pay for that upfront. So whether they show or don't show, the physical Julie, we pay if they pass. And so what we started doing was that's the reason why we created a third category which we call standby. We give them the opportunity to come take the physical physical agility test, if they fail. We put them through the program where we have someone in recruiting who works out with these individuals, and then we put them back through the pipeline. That's great.
That's really great. Thank you, Mr. Chair, Mr. Hernandez. Mr. Burton, yes, Mr. Chair? Yes.
Miss patello. From an HR standpoint, when it comes to hiring officers, or, or civilians, or even on executive level of management
and displaying normal processes
for
you know, interviewing processes, like how many interviews would it go on two or three or do you see some of those being decided by one entity?
So that's a loaded question. So let me start with the sworn side. So for the sworn side, there's an 11 step process that you go through. So you go through the application, you start the lien process on you, basically a preliminary background check. From there, you go to a written test, you go to a physical agility, then you go through an oral board, that oral board is trained, and that is all made up of the police officers from various ranks all the way up to Commander. Once you make it through the oral board, then there is a written psychological test that is given. Then you go see the site, then you go to medical, and then you go through live scan, which is your fingerprinting. Then there's some individuals that might be that needed discussion. There's an executive board panel that is held by the leadership. That's the sworn side. So there's one oral board, but then there's a plethora of things that they have to go through. on the civil side, you have civil service jobs, and then you have jobs that are appointed by at the discretion of the chief. So the civil service jobs, more than likely you're going to have to take a test if you pass that test. Then you go through a interview, there is a panel for the interview. Those panels are made up from the sneeze of those departments, and also the human resource consultants. Once that is determined, there's a scoring that scoring goes back into the system testing and development gives us the test. So there's not a test that HR produces that test comes from the city of Detroit, then there's things on the civilian side where it could be education that they look at. There's points for that military service. There's points for that experience. There's point for that all of that information is put into a database and there's a ranking that is given out. So then there's a ranking that before the hiring is made, made, there is a ranking that you have to look at. So it's not like somebody can jump over the other person for the appointments. They're more than likely there's not a test for those jobs. And when I say appointments, those are your tasks positions. There's your executive secretaries and your administrative assistants, those who are appointed at the discretion of the chief and D appointed at the discretion of the chief so that does require an interview. And then the chief science officer
knows. Thank you,
and what about on executive like executive management positions or, you know if your office was looking to hire someone with a certain executive position,
so it depends on what kind of executive to pitch that. So we have executive managers, and I can tell you, as far as the executive managers that I've seen, there's an interview process, and then more than likely, they're going to go in front of the chief and whatever panel that he decides. And then there's there's a depending on how many people apply for that position. There's going to be a rack and stack of those individuals based on their experience based on that resume. And then, before any decisions are made, their references are going to be contacted, so everything's going to be there's a background check. So civilians go through sieges and RMS, aniline and a social media check as well. So every individual is thoroughly screened. Before there's a decision made on that.
Do you see to two interviews at least three or possibly more interviews when it comes to the executive positions for the city?
So it depends on I can't speak for the city I can only speak for DPD speaking for DPD it depends on the position, the executive position. So they might have one screening based on if I say for instance, I may sit on that board, but the finals if there's a final interview, the chief has has the right to conduct a final interview with whatever panel is going to be made up with the chief before final decision is me. So I don't know if there's a specific job that you're looking for. But there has not been many executive positions since I've been here. There's been a diversity, equity and inclusion. There have been a Director of Media affairs, and that's pretty much and I think an executive for management resources, but that's about all the executive positions. I'm going to officer goes through. Officers go through the as I said, they go through an 11 step process, I mean stuff so they go through an oral board, they have to go through a psych screen. But all the way through, they're going through some type of screening, because they still have to make it through the background check. So you can make it through to psychological screening, but your background may come back negative.
Mr. Hernandez,
thank you through the chair. I'll actually answer the question because it's informally directed to me. So I'll give a an update. Once again for maybe the fourth time on the hiring process for board secretary and chief investigator. Every process that we're following is entirely consistent with city HR practices and guidance. Guidance is the key word there. This is not a process that myself or any other commissioner has made up or invented out of thin air. It's consistent with legal practices and guidance from the law department as well. And that's why I entirely feel confident in that process. The discretion for an executive position that is appointment based, is exactly what we're doing which we're hosting these meetings. Or these interviews, rather, in house in committee. There was plenty of opportunity to have feedback provided to myself to chair Ferguson to others, which that that was not the case. We have interviews scheduled tomorrow morning. So I think it's very irresponsible to try and suggest otherwise, less than 24 hours from when we have those meetings scheduled. There's been a lot of work undergone from city HR and the law department already to get us to this point. And so with that process laid out and with us executing on that process, we're going to fill these positions in a manner that is legal and consistent with the policies that are in place, not that I invented,
but city HR.
So if there are any questions I would refer any commissioner that has a question to the law department, and to city HR to ask them at this point, because I've provided this thoroughly and transparently on several occasions and I won't do so again.
Yes, thank you sir. Thank you Commissioner. Bill.
No, no question.
Mister how you answer a question. All right. The teller thank you as always know, I have worn a lot of role is it lateral from a department outside of us and came over? So one last things
a reinstatement. Say for instance, if they were DPD, left DPD went to Livonia that's a reinstatement. A lateral was they've never served time with DPD. So if they just did like Livonia, Taylor and things like that, and they wanted to come to DPD that is a lateral. Okay. And then you have out of state laterals.
Thank you, man. I
have one quick question. That's okay. Yes, go right. Veteran Pattillo you are an ex military person, I believe. retired colonel. Is that correct? As I recall. Yes, ma'am. So my question to you because you bring a level of experience because of your military history. That is different from other HR directors. My question relates to officers who have been involved in officer related shootings. The Do you think since you're in charge of training, and everything is well, do you think that when an officer is involved in a shooting, that maybe it might be a good idea to bring them back to do some, even though I'm missing whether it's justified or unjustified? That's not the issue. The issue for me is, is that the department head makes every effort to de escalate situations, but just assume that obviously it didn't de escalate. Do you think that additional training when there are officer related shootings would be helpful?
So there's a correction so I am not overtraining
is overtraining. Your professional opinion,
in my professional opinion, should officers receive training if you're
involved in a shooting, just call me and just like a refresher. You always learn more things, the more you talk about it and do it.
Yeah, so
I will refer that to DC Stewart. Because my experience is different than military. I mean, my experience is military is different than the police department.
I will tell the police and the police department go ahead
through the chair. I will submit that there will be a need for training if upon review of the officer involved shooting you notice any policy violations or any tactical issues of concern. So when you see issues like that officers definitely need to be retrained. And also I just as a point of clarification, because I misspoke earlier regarding the training is 40 hours of training and the range is twice a year.
I'm thinking of the the four officers that shot the young man that had the three inch knife to me they could use additional training just as a as an observer as a member of that community. Because as you've heard people think that was inappropriate even though the prosecutor found no responsibility that's different from us. We have we have the ability to have the best and the brightest and trained for that. That's not in that everybody shouldn't be retrained. That's a related shooting.
I think they're additional summer training would be appropriate and mispronounce. They may be retrained. We do have tackled tactical reviews of officer involved trainees and we just really unpack them and go through 14 and sometimes you see issues that need to be retrained it they need to be debriefed. And oftentimes the the the Training Academy will come in and make different recommendations and retrain officers and certain things just as an FYI. Okay.
Thank you. Thank you so much. Thank you, Mr. tila. Thank you. The Chair. Oh, yes.
Now that Commissioner Bernard brought up that concern. Okay, deputy chief steward. Now based on the public act that was passed by the governor, it reads as if every law enforcement member in the state of Michigan will
receive additional training. And
because it looks as if it's this additional training is going to be pricey tag or the state. In the example that the commissioner Bernard Oh,
I mean, it would be
an assumption that those law enforcement members would engage in additional training with that additional training come along with this new public act.
Oh, again, I'm not I don't have a clarification regarding all the facts of the the the AG, but if the governor passed an act stating that officers would be retrained or trained in certain issues, then we will we will hold her act and we will train officers and especially if she's providing the funding, we believe in training so that wouldn't be an issue at all.
Okay. Like you're giving us Thank you, Deputy. Commander, your
tell us who you are
where you're from. Sir.
Good evening. I'm Commander Ryan Connor. I'm from the ninth precinct. I'm here to present for the ninth precinct. I brought with me tonight. Sergeant Edison and Sergeant Krauss from ninth precinct Special Ops NPO Kruszewski. And officer, woollen and NPO Gardner and an NPO. Mitchell
sort of began
I want to talk about the ninth precinct weekly crime stat comparisons.
So to begin, we've had no change and homicides through the last week. And in fact, we're down 57% on the year. CSC one in three, we've had no change of the week, and we're down 11% on the year. Aggravated assault, we've had no change over the week, and we're actually up 70% over the year, robberies, we've seen a significant change, and I'll talk about that in a little while. We've had six armed robberies over the week versus one last week as a 500% increase and we are up at 3% over the year. So for property offenses. We've had eight this week and that's consistent with last week. I larcenies we are actually down 80% and that's primarily due to a lot of focus in nine tenths area and nine sevens area. Where are we had the focal point and larcenies and stolen vehicles are our motor vehicle theft were up 10% That's 21 this week as opposed to 19% 19 last week. So for total property crimes were actually up 20%
on the year.
further breakdown of our year to date statistics. The ninth precinct has an overall decrease of 12% and major crimes. We have an overall decrease of 30% of 36% in reported violent crimes over the past 28 days. We have an overall decrease of 2% and property crimes over the past 28 days. And we've had eight non fatal shootings compared to seven non fatal shootings last year. So that's a 10% increase for non fatal shootings. Two of those occurred as of last night. We have one in custody. We have a good lead. The suspect from last night arrest is imminent. aggravated assaults we have 100 year to date, in comparison to 85 year to date and 2022 That's a 17% increase in aggravated assaults. More than half of these assaults are domestic violence in nature, less than half have a firearm Nexus and none of these aggravated assaults have a gang Nexus breaking down by Scout car area with aggravated assaults, a significant amount of these happen and scout nine sevens area and that's 21% followed by 90 Levin's area that's 15% of all aggravated assaults.
homicides. We have three
year to date, as opposed to seven year to date last year. That's a 57% decrease in homicides. Year to date. robberies were at 22 year to date, as opposed to 12 year to date and 2022 That's an 83% increase in property robberies year to date. A breakdown by Scout car areas nine two is by far the largest increase that's 29% followed by nine five and nine seven both at 14%. By incident 10 of these robberies are with a firearm that 71% and four of these are strongarm. That's 29% carjackings, there's been two year to date up as opposed to one last year. That's 100% increase. Our strategies have had an impact on homicides and non fatal shootings. We've had a decreased year to date. Additionally, a two day operation has commenced tonight through tomorrow night. There will be a focus on further investigation of firearms offenses. Our current trend in the ninth precinct is obviously armed robberies with the 83%. The spike in robberies are being addressed and there has been an 18% decrease and incidents over the last 14 days. In a collaborative effort between multiple ninth precinct units, a suspect was recently taken in custody for an armed robbery at $1 store located at 11. Five to five A's detect detectives from the ninth precinct detective unit. They put a lot of time and effort into tracking this suspect down setting up a surveillance where they believe that this individual was going to hit next followed him to a abandoned house they were able to take him into custody. They're thorough efforts and their interrogation. They were able to they're able to find out that he confessed to a string of Family Dollar robberies, and that was five in total. So we're able to close out six Family Dollar robberies with his arrest. On one of our precinct strategies include our continued investigation and follow up on priority ShotSpotter locations with an overall goal of 100 search warrants for 2023 a prioritization of ShotSpotter locations, those that include an automatic weapon Nexus, multiple guns and convicted felons registered to the address. Currently 10 ShotSpotter warrants have been conducted year to date with four felony arrests and to what weapons recovered. However, today I can add to that statistic, we have three more search warrants today, sergeants Addison and Sergeant Krause. We hit three ShotSpotter warrants. We successfully took two individuals into custody and we recovered seven firearms for those were handguns and we recover three rifles. Continued overall reduction and shift response time with a two minute overall reduction to priority one calls. The overall goal for the ninth precinct not non fatal shooting team is a 5% decrease in closure by arrest, or 22. closure by arrest was nearly 30% or aiming for 35% and 2023. Additionally, the ninth precinct detective unit goals for 2023 or a 10% increase in closures for part one property crime including burglary, and 5% increase in closures for violent crime including aggravated assault. Right now we've put together our violent crime impact team, I'm adding two more detectives to the non fatal shooting team. These detectives will have a primary responsibility of responding to robberies after hours along with non fatal shootings and critical incidents. I believe getting that quick response by the detectives to add to the investigative efforts on the street is critical to solving crimes. Some of our ongoing strategies. We've taken 63 guns off the street here today for 2023. We've targeted high impact offenders. We followed up with specialized units we conduct restore order operations. We continue to conduct ceasefire custom notifications. We prioritize juvenile victims of crime and a juvenile victim of a crime. The ceasefire team will be visiting them we'll be offering them resources. Our partnerships include the Michigan Department of Corrections with our home check program, homicide, gang intelligence, narcotics, major violators and voice enforcement. Our federal partners are a USA assigned to the ninth precinct, a USA landing and the city of Detroit BC building safety and engineering department. Wait enforcement also by MPOs year to date, we have 292 tickets issued some of our community brother programs or the Brotherhood. Just talk a little bit about the Brotherhood program. We currently have a member and he's a student police officer. He was a former brotherhood member he bought a year ago when he graduated from high school.
He joined the Brotherhood program.
He was referred to the Brotherhood program through catch up a youth program ran by Towson Knight. Since he began tarde taking part in the Brotherhood. The student police officer had an interest in law enforcement. With the guidance and the support from the Brotherhood. He decided to make his dream a reality he's going to graduate, I think next week.
Oh really? Okay.
So our MPOs are conducting several programs in the ninth precinct. These include the community ComStat meetings, community events. school events, mentoring programs and trainings, Detroit at work, neighborhood cleanups, working with block clubs and block clubs associations, working with churches, some of those churches. Churches include assumption grotto charity Lutheran and community Christian. They work with nonprofit organizations, Black Family Development, Camp restore righteous sons. Excuse me Denby Alliance, they address quality of life issues neighborhood complaints, squatter disturbance blight violations and parking complaints. They also assist with the removal of abandoned vehicles, and they work with Project Greenlight businesses. Some of our upcoming community events within the precinct include the Black Family Development brunch luncheon that's on the 18th February 18. That's at 10:30am and the senior game day, that's also on the 18th that's at 1:30pm. And that's my presentation.
Wow, awesome. Maybe there's mood in the first place there. Commissioner Hernandez.
Thank you through the chair. Sir. We stopped by unannounced today. And you welcomed us. You gave us a tour. You you answered any and all questions that we had, including the one that I posed last week about renovations and construction, all of that. I think that's just a testament to the type of leadership that you bring, even though your tenure at nine is still a little bit limited. But it's a testament to the leadership that you bring to this team and I know that the board entirely expect great things from you and I think you're accomplishing that already. Thank you. I do have one question. I know between Commissioner Presley and I we've kind of alternated asking this question at community meetings. If you had a magic wand. What would that mean for ninth precinct for you?
It's a tough question.
You know, obviously, I would like to bring significant. I'd like to bring down our crime level significant levels. I'd like to have safer streets. I like all of our residents in the ninth precinct to feel safe when they're out there visiting friends and visiting businesses. So with a magic wand, I'd probably reduce crime by 90%. Thank you
mentioned a bill.
If I was the commander, I would say manpower. manpower. Awesome. Old school, more research and we present in each Scout car area you have in back hand on you get to know that area. You probably know that in terms of your you're not old as I am, you know, but manpower is the key. But when I look at the stats, I think something is missing. You mentioned 63 guns.
Yes, sir. confiscated? Yes.
I think we need you know,
Deputy Chief,
what are we talking about in terms of God? Are they legal, illegal, registered? I think we need to have a more breakdown in terms of guns. We are in a gun society and people talk about millennials but we are in a gun society. So I think we need to have an idea how much we confiscate these weapons on a registered CT, you know, hold on whatever. Can we address that issue and
yeah, through the Chair, I'll push that information along because I think this sort of
key in terms of what are we talking about, you know, are they return goes back to these people?
Probably not,
I'd have to go through that type of breakdown.
I don't think it's okay to rest on that note. Thank you.
That's a good one about the guns because I want to know what you do with them afterwards. I don't think you melt them down. Do you crush them? I want to buy a ticket talk or press the button to crush the gun. I mean, that will be a big money grab there.
Commissioner. Holly,
I really don't have a question. I thought you made a wonderful when I when I when when I listen to the first part of this meeting. I'm not familiar with the 29th precinct in terms of all the things that people were saying, where you come from and where you are now. I bet it was there to that but it just seems like you got this thing. I'm looking at other precincts, the period you're completing. This seems like you get this thing. You're working on it real hard to make this thing. Get it down. I want to I want to let you know that I really I'm appreciative of your effort and your officers. What's your demographics? What seemed like you got a lot of turn, I got it. I got lost coming here. And even though I was here two years ago, and I still got lost. There's a big place I mean, like, what's the demographics that you have here? I believe
the precincts just under 12 square miles. I think we're about 11.7 square miles. And I believe we have about 70 to 1000 residents.
How many businesses have you got an idea how many businesses that operate in that in that population of 100,000? I don't have that idea how many churches you have in this area. I guess you don't have the business.
I believe we have about 17 churches lest I look. Yes.
Very good. Are they working of the passes work? I know you're missing three. I saw some of the young people that the young lady they were first working in your community working and your outreach, but it's always fulfill like a safe city a safe city is a safe city. If you save you can get it should be safe. I'm just wondering, you know, in terms of anything that people like, this are banks, commercial banks and Commissioner Presley and I basically can do to help you I'm sure I speak for them as far as helping you get preaches churches and people like be involved in this effort. I'd like to see more than three people that you mentioned I like to see all 17 of them. Really on the list that help in a way. I would like to do it. I really am touched by your your your touch by your effort based upon what I thought I heard in the beginning when I'm listening to right now. So I want you to know if it anything we could do to help you to get that why we might get one that you had found that 90 90% Then if we can do it through the churches, that's my specialty, as long as the other Commissioners that's on the board like banks and Pressley. If we can do anything to help you let us know. Let us know we're just not here to to criticize you are try to see we can find some some dents in your presentation we are here because we you are we want to make sure that every part of this series say I really wanted again without being too redundant. Let you know how grateful I am as a commissioner of the EPA that I've seen your report and looking at this as sistex from last year to
this year. Thank you so much. Thank you. We see hope.
Oh, thank you, Chair. Thank you, Commander Carla and also, thank you for being so comfortable welcoming us in all of your renovation. Last Thursday, I believe it was commissioner Hernandez brought the subject up that you were in fact engaging in the renovation. Okay, you said February the 18th is when you're going to have your Black Family Development luncheon. Correct.
That one's at 10:30am and we have the singer I think it's a it's a bingo thing. Yeah, it's a senior bingo. tournament, I guess on the 18th at 130.
And that too, will be at the through the chair that too will be at the precinct. Yes. Thank you. You mentioned a year we hope is while you mentioned a young person that apparently you've been mentoring or been involved with will be graduating the academy on the 17th Did I understand that? Yes. Okay. Let me say this. The Academy now is involved in CIT training, which is to train to train those law enforcement members who volunteer to receive the training so that they know how to help to de escalate a situation involving a citizen that's in a mental crises. This training actor and went to the academy Monday this week, and I sound to potential because you know, you have to volunteer first of all, and then your supervisor has to okay that application. I saw two candidates that I believe will be almost perfect for the for the opportunity. Because now in their example, honestly, they're just in studying. But these two cadets were so focused, they ask some of the most sophisticated questions. So I'm hoping that one was a female and a young male. And I'm hoping the young man that you referenced earlier, will align himself up so that he can volunteer, they have to be in probation for a year. They could dance, but after then if they volunteer and I guess it's supervised so the CIT training, crisis intervention training. It's well known as it relates to the city of Detroit. And hopefully we'll we'll see more of that intervention as it relates to situations that need to have that kind of intervention.
Number nine
excellent report commander. I look forward to working with you in the future. If there's anything I can do for you, either as a commissioner or as a lawyer, did women come talk to kids do anything like that? I'd be happy to do that. I want to help you in any way that I can here in the ninth precinct. Thank you, my community you're my people. That's way I feel about it. So let me know. Thank you. Thank you.
Mr. Presley.
Thank you chair to the chair. Commander. Excellent presentation. I have two questions. The first one is relative to mental health runs. What What kind of capacity does the ninth precinct have in running, addressing those mental health runs? And is there anything that we can do to assist?
We're very well equipped up to ninth precinct. So we do run on 98 car. Excuse me. That car is staffed by two police officers. Who have both went through the CIT training. We also have we also have a mental health professional in that car. They receive a lot of additional training.
We also have a
supervisor respond out to any mental, any type of mental health police run. So we not only have our CIT car that responds, we also have a supervisor responding with them, if that if that's happening after that units are on duty. So a supervisor will respond to any Skulker responding to a mental run. So they have to stand by and a supervisor has to go to that run with them just for the extra checks and balances.
Excellent. My second question has to do with the fact that a lot of the citizen complaints that we receive, rely on body worn camera footage, and we have found that you know, in certain instances, there's been a challenge with having enough for each precinct. And then there are also these other circumstances that we've been made aware of where officers aren't able to turn on your body worn camera footage. And so I'm just wondering, from the ninth precinct, is that something that you see as an issue officers wearing and utilizing their body worn camera footage or is there overwhelming adherence to the policy?
No, I don't find that to be a big challenge at the ninth precinct. You know, we have occasional battery life issues. However, with proper supervision and proper manner management of our resources, we're able to handle our problems. Great.
Thank you. Yes. Mr. Banks.
Thank you due to chair, Peace and blessing to your commander you were you were promoted six about six months ago to the board of police commissioners. How are you adjusting to your new position as a commander of the ninth precinct, how you make any adjust as you have Jessamine coming,
the adjustments coming? Well, I have. I have a lot of resources. I have an excellent deputy chief who I probably call too often with questions but she's always very helpful and I have a great staff command staff that I can go to with any challenges or any problems. And I also have a great captain at the ninth precinct. Unable to be here. He's feeling under the weather but Captain Purefoy is a great asset to the ninth precinct as well. Okay,
again, one more. Ninth precinct if came a long way. I don't know. No, you weren't there. When it was one of the worst zip codes in the world. 205 I don't think but anyway, it has made a lot of progress. Great work ethic. And where are the hot? I mean, I know you you were mentioning that. That is still you still want to improve you want to get it up to 90% ratio of improvement. We're at a hotspot set in number nine in a 205 zip code with a hotspot set. Commander. Well
as we go through you know, we have different crime in different areas. Nine seven Scout nine seven is always with our aggravated assaults. We're seeing a lot of auto theft in 949 twos areas. So we're strategically deploying officers to these areas. With different types of restore order operations. We have Task Force operations with commercial auto theft section so we can address some of these stolen vehicles. With our robberies. We put task force together. We have we partnered up with gang intelligence. We've partnered up with neighboring precincts and we just throw assets at the problem areas.
How Okay, one more commander, how effective has Greenlight been a number nine, have Greenlight been effective in number nine any kind of way any kind of results as far as Greenlight in number nine number nine precinct
greenlights extremely effective not only with our precinct intelligence units, we have analysts monitoring these businesses 24 hours a day. Our precinct intelligence unit is staffed 24 hours a day, seven days a week. They're monitoring Greenlight locations, Greenlight video has been helpful and numerous crime scene investigations. So it's a great partnership.
I'm all set. Mr. Chair. Thank you commander
mentioned a burden
Yes, Mr. Chairman, I just want to say, Commander, I really enjoyed hearing your report. I had to step out for a bit but I did hear you from the rear. I didn't want to interrupt you. Because you have so much that you like to alight. Not only the community but unlike the board about some of the successes that you have in your presence. I just want you to know that. I always appreciate the work you all are doing it Number Nine The Austin is office a waste la number nine. I used to see him every year at Nash was a National Police Week or something but I remember he was one of your MPOs
Yeah, he's still at number
nine. He's still an NPO he was unable to attend tonight. However, he's still quite an asset with the MPOs i
i appreciate his service. With our Detroit community as well as your other MPOs that you have today and I appreciate your leadership in the work you are doing at number nine as well. But I just whenever I come to number nine, I always think of the one person who always have you know this smile that lights up a room in his office away. Thank you.
Thank you, sir. Thank you.
Thank you. Wow, Mr. Brown.
Mr. Chair, there's no reports to two listed income in his in your package.
Oh, all right. Announcements.
The announcements for the bo PC board meets Thursday February the 16th at 3pm. The location will be Detroit Public Safety headquarters and the next community meeting would be March 9 23 at 6:30pm with downtown service hosted at historic Second Baptist Church. That address is 441 Monroe Street and the monthly community meeting
for
this February but we had those and I believe for the month of March would be
budget committed me. March
night I want to say 2:30pm policy committed me March 9 at 3pm Since the complaint committed me March night at 3:30pm. And personnel and training will be this Friday, but they haven't been March 9 also at three at 3:30pm and Mr. Chair that's all the announcements
on announcements.
Um, so that would be not march the ninth that'll probably March the eighth March 8.
Okay, March they all right. Um I have an announcement
Last night. The chair and I attended the Detroit election official Compensation Commission meeting. They adopted a resolution and I'll read parts of the resolution for the sake of time. Whereas section three dash 107 of the 2012 Detroit city charter provides that the elected officials of the city of Detroit, the mayor, the nine city council members, the city clerk and the seven elected members of the board of police commissioners, again in part whereas in accordance with section two dash two two dash two dash three of the 2019 Detroit city code. The Detroit elected officials Compensation Commission may recommend adjustments to the salaries of city elected officials subject to the city council rejection through adoption of a resolution by two thirds vote within 30 days after the filing of the commissioners determination with the city clerk. Now what has happened in the case of the board of police commissioners even though you can see that the Detroit election official permission Compensation Commission has some regard for us as an elected body. However, based on charter, under Article Seven the executive branch programs, services and activities Chapter A police you know read the third paragraph down unless required by state law. elected members shall not be entitled to salaries, retirement benefits, health benefits or other fringe benefits. appointed members. And elected members are not entitled to compensation by state law may receive or may receive by ordinance reimbursements for parking mileage and other reasonable expenses. So even though the commission demonstrated this respect and regard for Detroit, board of police commissioners, the seven elected unfortunately charter has prevented the board for being a recipient of that possible stipend increase. So any questions commissioners
in view of what's happening with the other commissions for the for the city, I mentioned to you that the Zoning Commission which doesn't do even a 10th of the work that we do, receives a better stipend and much better and, and when I worked on this as the lawyer for the board, there was never a discussion that it wasn't that it was illegal quote or inappropriate under the under the charter. You just had to be approved internally.
This is new, totally new. Well, well,
I'll be having a good time. Well,
no through the chair. It is not new because 2019 We undertook the same conversation, undertook the same conversation in the audit in the office of then President Brenda Jones. So you know, through the chair, obviously, it doesn't seem to me to be fair, even though I'm an appointment, but you know, so therefore not a recipient of that proposed stipend. But it and we did, we explained how rigorous we work the fact that we only take three holidays off. This was Thanksgiving and Fourth of July. So yeah, it's a disparity. That's not fair for the board of police commissioners. And obviously more dialogue needs to transpire to make to make it showing up in the election. And to manufacture.
Yes, so I'm gonna let the commissioners know I'm still fighting for this. I'm not gonna give this up. Still fighting for it. So what you do know, it's not a done deal. So far, the
department as I said in our last budget meeting, Mr. Chairman, could allocate resources to the commission. Not only that, if the commission had a grant writer, we could apply for for funds in order to support the mission of the commission, but clearly the department with almost a $600 million budget could could supplement what we're getting through that other organization you just said?
Yes. Um, well, we already had the the personnel and training game is important. So Okay, any other announcements? Oh,
you have one? No. We don't we don't
I don't know if it's appropriate time. But I've mentioned we don't open up in prayer. No more Mr.
We did our if you missed it, you missed it. Oh, I'm sorry.
Okay, that's okay. I have an announcement. that addiction is I want to get Yes, I'm having an announcement. The Rosedale grandma baseball team, baseball league, rather. Online Registration is now open. All you got to do is type in Rosedale. Grandma, baseball,
Grandma, grandma,
grandma, and that's from ages, boys and girls, ages three to 16. They have T ball, Coach pitch and baseball. And I like to note that I'm, I'm a coach of the Rosedale grades and I've been a coach. This will be my 19th year in a cult. And I want you guys to try to get your kids to sign up. Hopefully you can get them on my team and we could win a championship this year. And I quote 789 year olds. Yes,
I'm sorry. Deputy chief steward. I forgot. We made a request with the department to have someone come out to the same grandma Rosedale Park developmental area to make a presentation on ShotSpotter and we're, we're we're scoring real high. We're gonna get commander Harris to come out and make the presentation at a safety meeting neighborhood of safety. So please, thank the department for him agreeing to come up.
Okay. I was I should I push the message along that he's coming but he's already know. Okay, well, yeah, he
you agree. Okay. Thumbs up.
She said thank you.
If I'm an order, and I like to give the what you see when you go into lead on how you
do business. Oh, I'm sorry.
New business.
We already did a new business for committee. Reports. Now, go ahead, sir.
I wanted to put something out a new a new business or I can go Go ahead.
Go go do
business. For new business. I like to put a motion out that I like to move that. That for that
we put a whole
start over my apologies. I like to move that we postpone the interviewing process until we get a full list from the city's HR on all the applicants that apply for the executive secretary position as well as the chief investigators position. We just learn that there are people that apply for the position. And right now we have a short list that commissioners went through, but we did not get the full list. We don't know how individuals ranked alone that list. But for for transparency and accountability and and to protect his board from future possibly future lawsuits. It's best that we get that list and we work off the full list is that of doing something pre maturely that we
may regret later. Is there a second? Very none.
I'll support that. We should know what the support
is that a second? Yes, you second it. Any discussion? Mr. Brown let's take a roll call vote.
Hi on to the full list. of applicants. That's all I'm saying. Chairperson Ferguson.
No. VICE CHAIRPERSON Oh, no. Mr. Barnard, Yes Mrs. Roubaix. No. Listen to bail. I couldn't hear hearing. No. Missing a burden. Yes. Mr. Hernandez No. Mr. Hawley. No. Permission to press. No. Mr. Chair, the motion failed.
And that vote was seven to two. Yes, sir. All right, Motion fails. Now. I'd entertain a motion to adjourn. So moved. Any discussion? All in favor? Hi.