The board of police commissioner mean is back in session. And Mr. Brown, Jeff person wood present,
VICE CHAIRPERSON Smith present, Mr. Bernard present, Mr. Banks present, Commissioner Hernandez, present. Commissioner Moore, President, Commissioner Presley Here.
Commissioner du was your pleasure.
Thank you so much through the Chair. First of all, I'd like to thank both candidates that are here present with us. I'd also like to thank not only the other interviewers that we interviewed a few weeks ago, but all of the applicants have been interested in not only joining our team and really serving as executive director of the board of police commissioners, but just in general, for your interest in working for the city of Detroit, I think it speaks a lot to the needs that we have, but it also speaks a lot to the needs, from an experience standpoint, that we actually have to fill as part of this vacancy. So with that, we have a motion after having been in closed session, and that motion is to provide an offer letter to Lydia Garnier, Barlow Jameson to the position of board secretary within the salary range of 115,200 25,000 pending further negotiations and backgrounds, check
any second second motion made by Commissioner Hernandez to send an offer letter to Lydia. Garner, Barlow, Jameson and a second by Commissioner Bernard. All in favor, say, Aye.
Aye.
Anyone opposed when that motion is carried? Mister Chair, yes, sir,
I may I likewise extend my gratitude and appreciation to the chair of our personnel and training committee, Commissioner, Hernandez, and the entire committee, for their diligence throughout this process. It has been a long, winding road, but I'm grateful that we finally have an offer that has been submitted, and is my hope that after the due diligence have been done, we will finally be able to see the board secretary and so to commission Hernandez and the entire committee, thank you for your work in this matter. Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Absolutely sentiments as well. And appreciate the public for being very, very patient with us, and we've been very, very diligent concerning this matter, and hopefully we have a secretary in place very, very soon, having said that, we want to go to oral communications.
Good afternoon, Mr. Chair. We have nine speakers. Our first speaker will be Mr. John K Smith, please. Um, state your name in the mic for the record. After Mr. Smith, it would be Miss Bernie Smith, and then Miss Jones.
You may be hurt. Good
afternoon. Smith, good afternoon. So I wanted to speak up about, uh, Lieutenant Cole in this situation, I was told by DC Hayes at the mayor's meeting that internal affairs should have contacted me. I've not been contacted by internal affairs. I don't know who should follow up about that, but somebody should also there's a very, very sad video I've watched recently, officers, two squad cars with officers pulling over a driver. Apparently it was about the suspected carrying concealed weapon pulled over to driver with his 13 year old nephew in the vehicle, told them, rolling windows down, put your arms out the window, or going to shoot you. Put your arms out the window, rolling down. That's that's unacceptable for department. Also like to talk about there was officer named Sergeant kewan Anderson, a part of that situation I'm going to be looking into that. Also, talking about the seven precinct, the seven precinct has a lot of officers who are not doing their jobs correctly. There's a detective being in there who I filed a complaint about in 2022 who assaulted me, threatened to arrest me after I tried to make a police report inside the station. Also, there's Lieutenant or Gorman, who's a part of he's a training Lieutenant at the at the at the training facility, and he also was a part of Metro. He was there today. Lieutenant Cole got suspended. He watched off. He watched detective Binion assault me and act on become an escalator situation that didn't need to be escalated, and did nothing. So we have lieutenants multiple, not just Lieutenant Cole suspended, all the other lieutenants who are seeing bad officers, bad actors, and not doing anything to talk about them. Also, we have a sergeant Lord at the seven precinct who detained me for lawfully and legally recording him during an investigation, which the first amendment right. Apparently, officers understand what the First Amendment right means. You have the right to record as long as you maintain a safe distance. If you're 10, at least 1015, depending on situation, 1015, feet away from situation, have the right to record. So the seven precinct needs to be looked at. I don't know what Commander G and quantro is doing, but his officers are terrible. They need to be looked at. Also. Sergeant Navalny, a homicide is very terrible. He needs to be looked at. And there's a complaint filed
against
him as well. All right, chair, the video that you said that you saw, I don't know if your willingness to share that with OCI, so they might be investigating
news, probably today.
Thank you.
Thank you. Are you familiar with that? Deputy Chief?
No, absolutely not for the chair. All right, thank you.
So far away from that
you may be heard. Good afternoon talking to Mike, please. Oh, sorry. Thank you. Thank you.
Good afternoon.
Good afternoon
commissioners and welcome. Welcome you back to work again. So glad to see you, my baby. I'm going to be very brief. I happen to go to family reunion down in Memphis, Tennessee, and the things that I heard about Memphis, but then again, I heard the report here today. So I can't I can't say too much about it, but I will tell you this, I was very disgusted, because I understand that a mother of a four, four kids. She was shot in the leg by an Army vet at the gas station. Then we have a young lady, 12 years old. She smothered her eight year old cousin in the bunk bed. Then we have another 15 year old shot in the neck, but refused to tell the police because he wants to retaliate and get the person who did it. Then we have, which is good news. Now we have the first black woman Bishop down there. So these are some of the things that I wrote down while I was down there, and then I got to tell you about the dinner itself, the picnic itself. I had never been to a family picnic where it was half and half, and I was quite surprised. The majority of them came from Southern Illinois, and that's ducorm and that's the really a nice town that I found out about. It was half and half y'all and husbands that was married to the Latinos and the Mexicans, or whatever, they were so friendly and kindly, and they had the little dolls coming along with them. So it was a good event. I hadn't been to Memphis in years, but I just want to let you know it's bad all over the United States, I guess, with pride, that's fine. Oh, all right, all right. Yep, take care. Yep.
Next speaker. You
You may be heard. Hi, my name is Sakina Jones. I'm here because of my neighbor.
I'm being Can you speak up a little if you don't mind? Thank
you. I'm being harassed because I choose not to communicate with him. This guy happens to be a Detroit police officer, and there's been a series of things going on since before the beginning of the year, he's been entering my home. I do have a alarm system. And for some reason, it's not detecting this guy entering my home on several occasions. And for whatever reason, this stuff did not start until after I chose not to speak to him. For whatever reason, he knows when I'm leaving. He knows when I return. He's there in my face, um, at 12 o'clock at night. For some reason, even he has ran cables inside my home, across the suspended ceiling, connecting to my internet and all this kind of stuff that's going on. This is unnecessary harassment. For whatever reason, I don't know what to do at this point. It's just myself, a single parent, my husband passed away. 2020 me, two girls and a little small dog, and keep getting these burglar alarms, and there's nothing that's happening. I went to the police station on the fifth precinct. When I entered the door, the police officer maybe at the door and told me I should go home and call the police. I'm here at the police station. That's unacceptable to me. As a citizen of Detroit. I don't feel like to have to move just because of this situation. I should be able to stay in my home and feel safe. I don't feel safe in my home. Entered my home four o'clock in the morning. Burglary alarm came in my house, switched on my kitchen light. He's doing stuff to let me know he's been in my home and keeps entering the house. The alarm company, they can't give me explanation how this guy is getting my home sometimes, and alarm doesn't even go off, so I'm not safe in my home. And I think that's fair. That's
your time. We got OCI here you can have you made a follow report with OCI yet
I just spoke to someone. Okay?
All right. All right. Thank you. And then, Commander, can you have that looked into our Excuse me? Deputy Chief,
no, that's okay. I'm
so sorry. No
to the chair upside could you get her information for me?
Thank you.
Also, can you report back to us on that if she hasn't already filed a police report? Can the Office of the Chief report back on her complaint she's obviously frightened? All right, thank you. Thank you, Mr.
Excuse me. I'm Commissioner Smith. Would like to ask your question, ma'am,
when you stated you say the cables are running through your ceiling, where are they coming from? And Sue, um,
it was the first one that was ran the guy, she's done it twice. Microphone. He's actually done it twice. Um, the first one I disconnected was Saturday, and he's done it again yesterday.
No, I'm asking, like, What do you mean? Like, what? Where are they connected to? Where is it coming from, and where is it connected to?
The first one, he ran between my central air cable, he ran it through, and it went through the suspended ceiling in my house and connected to my internet cable. I disconnected that one. He ran another one across the ceiling, drilling and connected to the outside, to my internet cable. Also, where
is it coming from? Now? Where is the connections one is to the internet? Where is the connection coming from? Last
connection came from outside of the house. He drilled through the hole in my bricks. He broke the bricks outside of my house. Okay? Thank you.
Thank you, ma'am. Next,
our next speaker will be Mr. Jackie hunt, after Mr. Hunt minister, Eric blunt and Miss Rella landfair, then we'll go on to zoom. All
right. Thank you. Hello, hello. You may be heard.
My name is Jackie Hunt. I am the owner of these three, move your vehicle. We will toy because it's abandoned. Some of you already know that. So far, I have gotten no more of these, and I think whoever has stopped it, but I'm still looking out the window every morning, afternoon, et cetera, et cetera. I went to the state, Michigan State site to try to find out, you know, the rules. And the rules state, you have to be on pavement. Okay? I did that it can't be parked on grass or this, and that that wasn't an issue in the first place, so I still don't know why, but I do think I am thankful I haven't gotten any more but I'm cautious if I go on vacation for a week or two or three and come back and my car is gone, and I have to find out why I traveled through different communities yesterday and last five days or so, I saw no stickers suburban communities. In other words, I went to junkyards in Detroit, and I did see these on windshields. So I understand that there's a program out and you mentioned in your report, if I recall chief report tomorrow, these type of things will be explained somewhere. I think I heard that I would like to know so I can be there to find out why this is happening, and how can is it an ordinance that the city can oversee the state, and I can understand that the state owns everything, and it gives the cities the right to make your own ordinances, or whatever I need to know, because so far, insurance didn't do it, a legal temporary plate didn't do it, and I haven't found out if they can run a plate of temporary plate, which I know they can, and it could have been avoided. Thank you for your two minutes,
Commissioner Smith and Commissioner Hernandez and then Deputy Chief Stewart.
Okay, sir, yeah, I just want to address I know when you came last week or a week before last, I asked, Are your plates expire? You told me that you have a temporary plate, and I said it only lasts for two weeks, but you say yours is last forever? No,
I didn't say forever. What is it? Line the tape, please. Okay, no, I'm just correct me, please. If I understand her, in the state, this is state stuff, 30 days or 60 days, you can get a 30 day or 60 day
temporary plate. Yes, so are you can continuously getting a temporary play over and over. Well, I
don't know if that's the issue or not, but if I can do it and it's legal and it helps my pocket out, then I will, if you understand what
I mean, I see. So I was just thinking that maybe if you have a driveway, that you can park in your driveway, or maybe just get a permanent plate, and then that will probably solve the problem of you keep getting an advantage
that way, but yeah, I'm sorry it is. I can't buy that. Okay? Commissioner
Hernandez,
thank you. Through the Chair, I would just caution this body from providing any kind of advice illusioning that that's not what we're here for. We are here to triage the concerns of Mr. Hunt, obviously. So I would actually defer to Deputy Chief
so through the Chair, I'm deputy chief steward, so it looks like what you have and without me being able to read them and just listening to you, it sounds like your vehicles have been ticketed on private property. And for private property impounds that that what has occurred
on the street in front of the house, at the curb in front of my house. So
Detroit Police Department does issue tag vehicles for abandoned vehicles. Also, municipal parking is also in the residential neighborhoods as well, placing stickers on vehicles that are determined to be abandoned. The stickers and notification there's a the Department of administrative hearing that you're typically given a court date from, and you can go to the Department of Administrative Hearings or adjudication on your case.
Can we talk afterwards? Yes, yes. We can.
Written it down Absolutely. Thank you.
I Good afternoon board. I am Minister Eric blunt from Sacred Heart Catholic Church here in Detroit, I'll ask for a moment of silence for the algier Motel massacre.
Thank you. This massacre was perpetrated by the Detroit Police Department and its officers. At least three young black men were murdered though they were innocent. I thank God that there is a historical landmark on Woodward so that future generations will remember what happened and how it happened, and maybe even why it happened. I want to thank Commissioner Moore for bringing up the Metro Times article its second phase again this week, detailing the evilness that a detective perpetrated against this community time and time again and affected people's lives. When you do something that evil, you affect that person, that family, that community, that city, that state, that the world hurts when they do something like that. And I bring up these historical events only because they are directly related to what happens today. How can I make that statement? Paula tutman From Channel Four issued an investigative report just this year on all of the things that have happened in misconduct for the Detroit Police Department since Malis Green was murdered, and more than once, that documentary said one thing, things have changed
for the words next.
I don't see Miss landfair, so we'll go into zoom. Our first speaker will be election integrity rule.
You may be heard,
okay? Detroit, listen up the Michigan State Police report for the review of the investigation into DPD case two, zero, dash, 11112, was turned over to the Detroit Police Department, late to 2023 as of now, has been requested by Commissioner Bernard a couple months ago, approximately two months and also the interim Secretary, Mister Brown, you can attest to it, and now talk to the chairman, Mister Woods about it. The fact that this report has not been proffered up to the board of police commissioners should raise every red flag in that room. Now, this report should contain the conclusive proof and evidence that Kenisha Coleman did not shoot herself. There were no gun stippling on the wound entry roll. Kenisha was left handed. She was shot in the left side from the trajectory of the bullet. There's no way there was no gun stepping on the entry room. There's no way that this woman shot herself. Now, I've been raising this issue, but the whole board of police commissioners needs to take a look at the Detroit Police Department now and why that report has not been produced. Because it's a closed case, deemed and labeled, designated a suicide. There's no reason that a Michigan State Police report regarding the matter and the issue of Kenisha Coleman's death should be kept from the public and especially the board of police commissioners the Thank you,
Mr. Chair, your next speaker is Victoria Camille, and then the final speaker will be former Commissioner William Davis.
You may be heard
Good afternoon board. This is Victoria Camille from district seven regarding the tragic incident that occurred the morning of Friday, July 12, attended a Palmer Park was shot and killed by a bailiff while being evicted from his home and suffering from a suspected mental health crisis. Since DPD was present, Please promote transparency by requesting the release of the body worn camera footage of this fatal incident. I'd also like to follow up on a few items. The first is, can the board please provide the directive number for the legal observers policy chief white indicated already exists at the June 27 meeting. The next one is Policy Committee Chair Linda Bernard wrote a letter to Chief white incorporation council regarding the charges against legal observers. Can the board please provide an update to the public on any responses the board has received? And last I understand, the board has written and sent the letter to the DOJ asking for an investigation into the police killing of Darryl Vance, and I'd like to know why the letter hasn't been published on the Board website. Thank you, Madam Chair. Thank you,
if I may, it's my understanding that the chief has moved to dismiss the charges against the legal observers. He, of course, has the letter that that I authored, and as does Conrad mallet, Corporation Counsel and the chairman of the board, informed me earlier today that those charges had been dismissed. I will confirm that, though. Thank you.
Our last speaker will be former Commissioner William Davis.
Good evening. Can I be heard? Yes, you can go right ahead. Okay, one I like. I would also like to say that I'm hoping that y'all will dismiss all those charges against illegal observers. Also, secondly, I would hope that y'all would dismiss those tickets against Miss Agnes Hitchcock, that she got tickets for being in the you know, for parking and active in the construction zone, which was not legal because those people did not have a permit. And far too often, we have white contractors coming to our city and taking advantage of our people, and they seem to be overlooked. Nothing seems to happen. So I think I need to get rid of those tickets against Agnes hickory. And also I think this board needs to come up with some stronger language, a stronger recommendations as it relates to officers to file false reports. I started with the water department before many of you I was born. I worked for him for 34 years. I've been retired for 12 years. But, you know, in the water department, if somebody falsified, you know, a report that was terminated, you know, we need to make sure that people feel safe in the city. And also, there's far too many examples from the past of police officers, and many of them are good and honest people, but there have been occasions where officers have falsified information and people have been convicted. They should not be convicted, and may be in jail for years. You know, as a city Detroit retiree that my pension cut, I want to see the city, Detroit Police Department, start having less lawsuits against it and doing the better job. Thank you. Thank you.
Commissioner Presley
through the chair. Two things one before you left, our last public commenter, Victoria asked about the tickets being dropped for the legal observers and Commissioner Bernard communicated that they had been driving. I just want to clarify. You shared earlier that one of them had been dropped, and you had the expectation that the rest will
yes as they go to court, as the court dates come about with them individually, one has been dismissed and the others will be dismissed. Okay,
just want to clarify that for the record. And then secondly, DC Stewart, is there a way that we can get that policy directive number around legal observers before today's meeting ends? I know it's been a few weeks since we've requested it, but we can get that number so that we might be able to share that to that public comment. Again, it's the policy directive number around legal observers and
also about say through the chair.
We are
in the process of redoing that policy. In fact, be a public commenter and that she works. Work with Julie horse. Attorney Julie horse have offered us a strong policy in that regard, and we will bring in the national Lori lawyers deal to the policy committee, and we will come just like we did with the identification policy, we will come with one of the strongest policy, First Amendment efforts of those who are legally observing in a constitutional way, Commissioner and then Commissioner. Thank
you through the chair. You may not immediately No, ma'am. Do we have an update? Or just in general, does the department have an update on Ms Hitchcock's case
through the Chair? I'm unsure. At this point in time, I can't speak to it.
If you could get something to us before our next meeting? Possible to be able to make this impressive that, you know, we want to get out of the business of waiting for meeting the meeting. We do have emails. We want to be fully engaged so that we can be able to communicate with these systems who are dealing with these issues. We deeply appreciate that. Deputy Chief also,
Mr. Chairman, on the matter of Tanisha Coleman, I think you're still present when that was brought up that okay,
Commissioner, thank you. Mr. Chair,
no problem.
Miss Camilla also asked about the letter to the Department of Justice being posted on our website
through the Chair. Mr. Chair, that letter got posted last week, and it's under news and events on the Board website. Thank
you, sir,
absolutely. All right. All right. Any other public commenters? That's it. No more public commenters. We're going to go to the human resource report.
Give us the remix.
Good afternoon. Good afternoon. Through the Chair. I'll be presenting the human resource Report for the month of June. So the report's going to cover, I know you probably have the information a couple weeks ago. Reports going to cover departmental staffing, personnel, recruiting, recruiting initiatives, and then you should have had some spreadsheets in your packet as well. So I don't know if you have the slides, but if not, because I said it was couple of weeks ago. I'll just go through my notes. So for departmental staffing, as I said, I know that was June, because we always do the previous month. One second
through the chair colleagues, this is half four behind in your binders.
Thank you. That is July. Yeah.
So for June, the department was filled at 96% for sworn members, we're at 98% we have 56 police officer vacancies at that time, or overall officers for vacancies, 2% police assistance. We had 97% Phil we only had one vacancy, 3% vacancy rate. So for civilians, for June, we've had a 92% feel rate, 8% vacancies. So if you go to the next slide, that should be the 2023 24 sworn recruiting. So that was beginning to the end of the fiscal year, sworn we had a total of 5322 applications. Next slide, right there, 63 processing. 120 applications were withdrawn. 2252 applications. Were archived. 1031 temporary disqualified. 881 currently disqualified. 250 was waiting on waiting, impulse testing. So those were your beginning to end fiscal year data point. And as you know, we started a new fiscal year, July 1 for the next slide that is correct written and physical agility testing for June, for the written test, we had 90 schedule, 67 of here, 36 Pass, which was a 54% passing rate. 22 30% 33% failure rate, nine reschedules. 23 no shows for the physical building. We had 168 schedule. 129 appeared. 78 passed, which was a 60% passing rate. 48 failed, 40% failure rate, three rescheduled and 39 no shows. Next slide for total noise for police officers, a total of 39 sworn 30 civilians overall, total, 69 personnel,
excellent, 584
sworn 425, civilians, 15 police assistant Detroiters, 1988 sworn to 89 civilians, 18, police assistance, and of those numbers for the civilian new hires, nine were Detroit residents and 13 sworn for Detroit New Hire residents for our internship program, their fellow program and the Road Detroit young talent vote will culminate on August the ninth, and we will do a farewell celebration for them also our other interns that are over at the Detroit Public Safety Academy, their culminating event will be on August the ninth as well. For the nutrition slide for the month of June, had separated 16 civilians for total of 24 next slide for the leave of absence. We had a total of 12 for FMLA, continuous was sworn for for civilians for intermitent. Intermitent, FMLA, 99 and 76 paid parental leave, five sworn to civilians, medical leave, three civilians, military one, sworn restricted. We had a total 144 for sworn by the civilians, disabled. 27 sworn to civilians, sick. 19 sworn seven civilians. Next slide, please. Separations. We had a total of eight, as I said, Seven more police officers, one sergeant. Total of 27 suspensions, 24 police officers, one corporal, one sergeant, one lieutenant. And then we had 507 members and the drop next slide and next slide. So these are numbers as of when I do the report in June, five academy classes. We had a class that graduated July the 12th. At that time, there was 159 students over there. So currently you have four classes, 131 that does not include the students that will start tomorrow. So we will have more. We will actually have five classes at the Academy tomorrow. And we will have, we actually hired another 30, so at 133 31 so 161 will be over there at the Academy tomorrow. And then we also have three officers that reinstated in May, the former DPD members that left, went to another department to come back, and then we so far, we've had two for the month of July. Next slide. So all are those are recruited initiatives for the month of June. In addition to that, we've updated all of our billboards, if you've been running around, telling these things are static and display bills it was as well as a new radio announcements and social media graphics effective July 1. As you know, the department received a 4% raise increase, so we're going to the academy. Students were 672, when they graduate, they will jump to 57,325, and then, for anyone who maxes out now at four years, their pay raise. Pay range will be anywhere from $78,957 and it can go up to 91,195 and that includes that they have any special and part of this like MPO, FPO and things like that, pending any questions, that concludes my presentation for the month of June.
Hernandez,
thank you so much. Excellent presentation through the chair. I have a question regarding leaves of absence, two part question, but I noticed that we You mentioned having one sworn member that's on military leave. Yes, could you just at a very high level share what kinds of support we have for active deployments, just from a benefit standpoint, even I'm thinking like some organizations will have wraparound services that not only the individual can benefit from, but also spousal or family.
So for we do have connections with the I know some of the service members do reach out to like the VA. So we do have personnel that we contact over at the VA if we need certain type of services for them. So we don't, besides, we also have here as well, which is a department thing. Those are the services that I can think of off the top of my head. Okay,
I'll follow up with you on that.
Any further questions? Commissioner Moore and then Commissioner Bernard?
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Yes, I'm looking under the June 2024, monthly separation with the reason report and number two is a Academy student who died active. Can you elaborate on that? Any DC
Stuart? You want to take that one so yes, we did have a student police officer. But I will kind of go over to DC to work
through the Chair. Yes, unfortunately, we had a student police officer who was tragically killed in an accident.
Was that on duty or off duty? It was off duty, okay? And next, just FYI. Just for public information, 27 people. According to the monthly suspension report, 27 people were suspended with the from DPD, and 16 of those were without pay. So thank you. Thank you.
Anything further? Commissioner Bernard, I'm sorry, just
quickly, I didn't see it. Maybe I overlooked it. What's the in terms of the racial makeup for the department, is that in your report, this report,
it should be in your report. However, I do have the stats that are current as of July the 26th if you give me one second,
really, looking for the overall demographics? Yes, please. So for male, as I say, this is as of July 26 so for males, we had a 73.9% females, 26.1 Caucasians, 38.1 African Americans, or 55.1 5.5 and other, 1.3
that's for all sworn Yes. Okay, the other question I have for you actually relates to one of the slides that I do have, and that is the residency information, and which it's indicated I don't have my glasses. 1919, 188 of the sworn members are non Detroiters, so roughly 2000 and of the sworn members, 584 are Detroit residents. So we're not making any progress with respect to officers living in the city of Samos, four to one outside the city.
We advertise everywhere. I
know we do, but I'm just, I mean, I mean, have you been able to identify any initiatives maybe the other cities have that maybe we need to adopt in order to get more of more officers in the city?
So we are looking into that. I don't have a final answer for you just yet, but I can get off hand with you.
Thank you, because it's clear that all the data indicates, as you and I both know, that if you live in the community, you're more responsive to the community, since it's 2000 outside of city and 500 in that's that's an issue. All right, thank
you very kindly, Mr. Breeze, great, great and excellent report. Thank you. I see your literature all over Detroit too. You
chairman, hello, board of police commissioners, true freeze executive fiscal manager. It is with anticipation and excitement that I love to give this presentation. I do want to preface that, although I'm going to read my own words, it is from the ask and encouragement of several commissioners and the chief investigator that this letter of recommendation has been authored. You can find this letter, I believe, the last page of tab four in your package titled role, compensation, standardization and reconciliation. Here's Chairman woods. It is with the goal to fill our open roles help ensure colleagues are working effectively, and in doing so, further our collective responsibility to progress civilian oversight for the city of Detroit that I write to you, I would like to recommend the following pay adjustments, below which will cumulatively standardize pay across similar titles and provide back pay to employees that have stepped up to a higher band of title and responsibility. For the sake of the bopc item, one administrative assistant for the bopc, I would like to recommend standardizing all of our administrative assistants for the board of police commissioner positions at the same rate of pay. Currently there is a wide range of pay across the beat. Three bopc staff positions currently filled on the team employee 150 $9,604 is their annual pay employee to $61,601 is their annual pay employee. 350, $1,150 these and three employees are doing the same job with the same level of responsibilities at the same level of competency. Therefore, I would like to recommend all three of these positions salaries be set at $61,601 the standardization will help bring parity to these roles and help reduce turnover. We have favorability in the fiscal year budget to execute this change. Item number two, supervising investigator to the board of police commissioners, I would like to recommend standardizing our two present OCI and supervisors to the same rate of pay. Currently, there is a pay gap between these two positions currently filled on the team, employee 180 $1,000 employee to $84,991 $84,991 Similarly, these two employees are doing the same job at the same level of responsibilities, at the same level of competency, and therefore I would like to recommend these two position salaries to be set at $84,991 additionally, employee one was hired into this role July 10 of 2023, prior to this, employee one was working out of class as a supervising investigator for two years without any pay adjustment to reflect the increased responsibilities. As such, I recommend making employee one full by providing back pay for the delta of 80,080 4901 $991 from the present to one employee. One was hired into the into the role to live 2023 this represents a prorated amount of $5,406.92 for that 13 months time to true up employee one, the standardization will help bring parity to these roles and reduce turnover, and we have favor of ability to execute this. Item number three, investigator to the board of police commissioners. New Hires for the OCI investigator role are bring being brought in at 54 and a half 1000, the employee below was hired may 1 of 2023 at 53,000 then received a 2% pay bump in their annual adjustment, bringing them to their current amount, which is $54,060 presently, as shown above, employee one is making less than what new hires making today. To reconcile this, I would like to recommend a pay increase to employee one to that $54,500 and back pay this new hire from when employee one was brought on to the OCI team. This represents a prorated amount of $550.15 months in which they've been working in at this role to true up employee one. In a similar statement, the standardization will help bring parity and reduce turnover, and we have favorability to do it. Finally, item number four, standing secretary. Our standing secretary has stepped up and taken on the role and responsibility of bopc Secretary since january 18 of 2024 this is in addition to this individual's current role of administrative specialist three, adding up to working two jobs for the board of police commissioners at the same time, I would like to recommend back pay for the standing secretary and the delta of the Secretary's Standard salary,
which is $117,000
117 875, I'm sorry, 117,008 $75 and his current role as administrative specialist three, which is at $66,398 this represents a promated, pro rated amount of $30,028.25 for the seven months he has been in this role to true up the standing secretary. This standardization will help bring parity to the work that has been justly done. We have favorability in the fiscal year budget to execute this change. Thank you for this. Thank you for your consideration. That concludes my report,
Commissioner Moore, Commissioner Moore, Commissioner Hernandez and Commissioner press, thank
you, Mr. Chairman. So going back to the first administrative assistant position, we have three different employees. Was there an educational expectation when these individuals were hired at their salaries, or was it a no education requirements
through the chair? That's a that is a great question. I am giving this letter of recommendation from the from the budget side, and that the dollars are being paid to the staff in terms of the education and training, that is a bit outside of the fiscal manager scope their responsibility. So I'm not sure I'm the best to speak to that question, but it's a just one.
Thank you. Thank
you through the Chair. Thank you for, obviously, the work that you've done for the presentation today, I would just ask that we actually defer this to the Budget Committee. It would be a partnership between the Budget Committee and the HR committee. I have a list of questions that I need to ask. I just don't think this is the appropriate form to do so, given it's also a personnel matter, so we're stating current salaries. Were stating projected salaries, and I think there are just lots of lots of eyes and t's that needs to be addressed before we can make a holistic decision.
And I would acquiesce
to that through the chair. My only question, I guess, in completing report, you stated that these recommendations are being made because the same job, same responsibility, same competency, but is the tenure also the same
tenure?
So questions that I have, so as
you hear that report for if that is the chair's desire to send it to the budget committee, that that that be a consideration as well. Thank you,
Mr. Chairman, can I actually make a motion to that effect to send to the budget committee any commissioners welcome, as long as we don't
meet and we will make, as relates to the budget committee, we gonna have some new leadership there. And so, absolutely, okay, absolutely,
I'll make that motion support. Can I adjust my motion before i
Okay? Yeah, so,
so I would ask that we move this item to the budget committee, but put a two week turnaround to come to a solution, because I also am very sensitive to the expectation that has been put forth in this document. I think we have a responsibility to do so quickly. Support absolutely
motion made by Commissioner Hernandez to refer this item to the budget committee with a two week deadline to come to report out, and second by Commissioner. More discussion,
Mr. Chair, also, I don't know if you're, if you're going to do something Jesus, with respect to evaluations concerning this issue, you're going to, that's part of your Okay. Gotcha. Thank you. Thank you, Mr. Chairman, absolutely.
Any further discussion, I would say motion, any All in favor. So by say, aye, aye. Anyone opposed,
it's also, I just want to say this is personnel and and the, excuse me, budget committee. Okay, thank you. That's
Budget Committee. That was this motion. And anyone opposed, motion is carried, all right? I think act Secretary Brown, yeah, good
afternoon. This is here. There are four correspondence under my reports.
We received any offers from the chief office and approved in ov digital radiology technology specification report. Also, we've received a administrative leave without pay for police officer ever Graham. The OCI inventory report, 720, to 726, and then we received from the chief office executive appointment to the record commander and captains and a foreground promotion list of lieutenant sergeants and detectives and Mr. Chair Dales I stated to go on your agenda for the 15th of August.
Okay, thank you so much.
Now go to announcements. Announcements. The next bopc meeting is Thursday, August, 8, 2024, 6:30pm, with the fifth precinct hosting at Wayne County Community College, eastern district that addresses 5901, Connor Street, 4213, and then the following community meeting will be Thursday, September the 12th, at 6:30pm with the fourth present hosting at Kennedy recreation center that addresses, 2260, South Fourth Street, 40, 217, the monthly meeting, many meetings scheduled for August 2024 how's the community meeting would be meeting Tuesday, August 6 at 5pm and also Tuesday August the 20th at 5pm and Mr. Chair. All those can be we were taking place here at detour, Detroit Public Safety headquarters. And can also be viewed on Zoom.
Okay, any unfinished business right here? Yes, sir,
yes. On last week. On last week, Commissioner Hernandez put some things out on the floor, and what he put out on the floor, told me a little bit that the appointed commissioners is in Division with the elected commissioners, something like that
point of order. Go ahead. Not unfinished business.
Yeah, that's new business. No,
I'm finished. Finish business. I'm
sorry. I'm sorry.
I thank you for any unfinished business. There have been no unfinished business.
Excuse, there is a policy committee memorandum. Policy
thank you, Mr. Chairman. The Policy Committee has several key updates based on our meeting from july 23 2024 the persons in attendance, in terms of commissioners for myself and Commissioner woods, Chairperson woods, pardon me, acting the staff and other persons. Community persons that were present included included Acting Secretary, Robert Brown Jasmine Taylor, administrative assistant, Teresa blossom, community relations coordinator, Commander Ryan Connor from organized crime, representing DPD at that meeting, we approved a specification report called the sky deal, unmanned aerial system on july 23 2024 I reviewed and discussed the key points within the fair within the specification report that required further clarification with the committee. As a result, the Committee's review and discussion have been postponed to the policy meeting currently scheduled for August 6. Second item was number number 272, specification report 278, regarding the surveillance van. This had been brought up previously, as most people are aware, Commander Connor attended the meeting to provide further insight and address the committee's concerns regarding the report, he clarified that the technology on the van would be located only on the on the front corners and the rear corners. In terms of listening devices, we've always had the ability to see Mike. My concern was that the band could also be targeted to listen to conversations without a warrant. He stated again that this could not occur because the listening devices that would be on the van could only he could only listen for up to four feet. These devices are intended solely to enhance the safety of officers inside and outside the van. He emphasized that listing devices are used strictly for safety purposes, and using them to listen to private conversations would require a warrant. Following this clarification, the committee unanimously agreed to move the policy forward to the full board for approval. The third item which we discussed was patrol policy, which is number two, zero, 1.1 I reviewed and discussed the key points within the specification report. Following the discussion of the report, the committee unanimously agreed to move the policy out of committee to the full board for approval. One point that I'd like to note for the community is, first of all, all these policies are online. Please, please, please, look at them. But the thing that's important to many people in our community is that when an officer approaches you when you're pulled over. They are to give you the reason for the stop. You don't have to start on Linda, whoever. And you know, and here's my license and registration. Before any of that occurs, the officer is to give you the reason that he stops you, so you will see that, and you can also ascertain whether or not he or she has her body cam on. And finally, the concern was raised regarding the legibility and esthetic appeal of the gray identification lettering on patrol cars, specifically questioning whether the lettering will be updated to yellow to enhance visibility, because you don't know if it's a police car, not, quite frankly, until after really up on it, Commander Connor assured the committee that he would relay the concern to the chief for further insight. But it was also reported that they were going to pull those cars off the road until such time as the lettering is the policy number three, oh 4.5 the training policy. We're going to review that at the next policy committee meeting. We use already after 630 when we finished, and then we also postpone directive number four, oh 3.5 drug and alcohol abuse by department personnel. So we'll, we'll follow up on that later. So the next policy meeting is currently scheduled for August 6, but there may be a change to that. I'll discuss it with the Chairman. Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
What is your pleasure?
Simply, babe, you don't have to vote the policy committee. It simply received the
there being no objections.
I don't know
if it's an objection as of yet, but in reading it, I'm looking at the two documents. One, this is approved for the spec report, and then secondly, the committee unanimously agreed to move a policy forward for full Board approval. Neither of those are requiring the board to accept those from the committee. Yes,
we would like the board to vote on those
Okay, so that means that there are motions to come out of the policy committee.
Absolutely, yes. So the motion is
to approve the specification report. Well, that was approved by for skidio unmanned aerial systems. I'm trying to see. I don't have my glasses on. So, you know, it's difficult, but that that has been postponed, I'm sorry, the specification regarding report regarding the surveillance van, that that move out of committee and that the Board approve that policy, so I so move that
they there is any objections, discussion, discussion, no, this, no. You have any discussion, no discussion, then that policy is adopted and the report is received.
Mr. Chairman, just put me down as a no vote for that.
Okay, call for the roll. No.
You don't have to
call for the vote. This one All in favor, say, aye, aye, and one opposed, correct.
No, they'll
be speaking.
Let's go to new business. No. And the second thing is to approve the patrol policy. Okay? That was unanimous, also out of the committee that that should be approved and sent back to the department. It's a very good policy. So you're making a motion to the board to accept that that policy Commissioner,
the policy committee Bernard Commissioner, Chairwoman Bernard is asking that or order,
Mr. Chair, you just want to say this by recommendation of the policy committee, recommendation
of the policy committee the
prove to approve the patrol policy
I should turn to that page.
Second, second is
needed. Is any objections? Discussion? Any discussion? No, just
quick discussion. Deputy Chief, I had to call you into this, but isn't the purpose of having a semi marked Scout card to an advantage to the police department,
to the chair. It would be an advantage to the police department, but unfortunately, I don't have the information with regard to what you're talking about, so I don't, I don't want to speak improperly.
We talked about what we just discussed for the last five minutes.
You're talking about the color, the lettering on the right. This is my first hearing about it. Is what I'm saying. This is my first time hearing about it, so I would have to do additional research. I just don't want to speak off the cuff about something that I'm unaware of. So
who to share? What is the advantage of the department having a semi marked Scout car, which they're changing with this policy Deputy Chief?
I think I can question
for you. Hold on,
just a department question, Commander Connors, go ahead.
So again, I was not here when commander Connor spoke. I'm assuming, just listening to you, you know you are aware we aren't always here at all of these meetings. I'm assuming this is what unit is this for?
He didn't mention the unit. He said that the department was going to change he volunteered it, that the department was going to change it because he it is disturbing to the community, because they can't identify the car or the number on the car, whatever it is, and that's and that you were sitting there and that they were going to repaint the curves. That's what he said. We just
go ahead and vote. Go ahead.
Thank you.
There being no objection,
objection.
All in favor, say, aye. Anyone opposed? Oh, all right, the ayes. Have it new business. Thank you. Okay,
let's go ahead. Go ahead. Just go ahead. I'm
recognized. Oh, you don't want to you. Was gonna go with him, all right.
Okay, how on last week, the commissioner, Commissioner and just mentioned that there was vision on the board between the appointees and elected officials. But I want to mention, I don't have no problem with nobody on this board, nobody, nobody on this board, so don't, please don't include me in that. I know it's a lot of little stuff going on, but I'm my own man. Always been my own man when I came in this door, always, always want bring it up. Is because my pastor friends been calling me up. They want to know what you mean by that. I told her, I can't speak for you. You said it last week only. My staff go through the chair,
speak through the chair. And
okay, I'm sorry, through the chair. Normally, my staff, they goes on, on the meeting board, and tape it. Get the tape. But I can't speak for one, and I don't speak for nobody. My pastor has been caught because they all my pastor friends and Bishop Prince, look at the board of police commissioners. So I can I can't speak for him, but he said there's division between the appointees and the elected officials. But like I said, I have no problem with nobody. Then you go on to say, if my memory serves me correct, if my memory memory serves me correct. You went on to say that the elected officials is not not been showing up, but as an elected official, I have some of the best attendance on this board. As an elected official, they can print the attendance record out, and you know, I have some of the best attendance on this board. I'm not saying the best, but I got some of the best attendance on this board, and so I don't want to be included in that. Only just want to say something, because I don't want to be included in that. All right, thank you. Thank
you, Commissioner Hernandez and Commissioner Bernard.
Thank you so much. My through the chair, my common sense. All stand by the comment. You know, I would encourage any commissioner or anyone in the in the public to actually go re watch the video, actually see what I said, and it was actually addressing that same rhetoric that has been very constant about elected versus appointed commissioners on this board. So I would actually encourage everyone to go rewatch that tape. I actually think this proves a very key point, and this is my own opinion. This is entirely counterproductive to the priorities that we have, and it doesn't even fit under new business.
Just quickly, I just want to make a point. There is a difference between an elected official, a person elected by the people who volunteered their time, who campaigned, who got out there, who defeated, generally, other people in order to for an elective office. There are, there are 18 elected officials in the city of Detroit. Obviously, there are nine city council members, there's one mayor, one city clerk, and then seven elected police commissioners. There is a clear distinction between an elected person and an appointed person in any role, whether it's at the Wayne State University or any place else. When you are elected, you are true. You are elected to represent the voters within your community. And so there is a distinction and a clear one for the 2918 people that are elected in the city of Detroit, okay, and the other, and I'm one final point on that there are numerous commissions in the city of Detroit, the Civil Rights Commission, the Zoning Commission. There are all kinds of commissions that are all appointed by our by his honor by our mayor, but this is the only commission in the city of Detroit, but has elected representatives by district, I might add, just like city council members, okay, I would actually
call for the question, but that would be out of order, because there's no motion to be handled. And I think that is Commissioner Hernandez's point, that new business is usually left for action items that need to be taken and so in further meetings, it might be helpful, maybe for the parliamentarian to provide us some description on what each agenda item is for the board of police. Commissioner's report does provide commissioners to lift these necessary comments as well as announcements. When we come to new business, it should be about an actionable item, a motion that has to be discussed. That's what new business is for. That's what unfinished business is for. That's what business is for. And so in that vein, I do have new business like,
if I could, if I could be recognized, yes, the only thing that I will add in closing on this topic is, again, if anyone who would like to go back and rewatch the tape, my comment was specific to effectiveness. Our responsibilities, based on the charter, regardless of elected or appointed, are no different, and so I don't want to confuse the public, even if there is a distinction, our responsibilities are the same. The effectiveness that's brought the table is entirely different.
Okay,
let me just vote, and we this the last comment, and I'm
out of order.
Yeah. Order. Go ahead. Yeah,
okay, who's here now, if there is some division, let's let the chaplain pray for it. When we open the meeting up and he come up against Division on this he's very division. He's spirit now among us,
or she, or see,
I or
C, and you know, I ain't got time. Thank you for one more.
Okay. Is it new business? Yes,
it is, because you're gone from the citizen compliant committee, you've got a promotion, and I need another person that committee. We
want to read overhaul. We was waiting for commissioner to watch to get in. And so we're going to redo our entire structure, you know? So we'll be having that out next week. Okay? One, thank you.
Thank you. I have a resolution to be read and hopefully adopted by my colleagues, a resolution regarding the murder of Sonia Massey in Illinois, whereas on July 6, 2024, Sonia Massey, a 36 year old mother and Illinois residents called 911, to report a possible home invasion. When police arrived, Sonia remain calm and followed their instructions despite her proper handling of the situation. Sagaman County Sheriff's deputy Sean Grayson shot and killed Miss Massey released body cam footage shows that after firing a shot that struck Sonia in the Head Deputy Grayson can be heard calling her an expletive, slur. He also objected to his partner attempting to render medical aid to miss Massey. And whereas Sonia Massey deserved to be safe after she called the police for help, she was tragically killed in her own home at the hands of a responding officer sworn to protect and serve Detroit board of police commissioner send strength and prayers to Sonia's family and friends, and we join them in grieving her senseless death. And whereas this incident is disturbing, and according to all reports, unprovoked, the nation is again shocked by the death of an unarmed and nonviolent person of color during the unnecessary use of lethal force by law enforcement officers. This fatal police encounter underscores the need for professional standards that filter out the unsuited, those unsuited for law enforcement as well as for improved training for officers responding to 911 calls and behavioral health emergencies, it is particularly important that police officers receive training about the potential or implicit bias among anti white officers doing encounters with black, brown and other communities of color, and whereas the Detroit Border Police Commissioner successfully pushes for important police reforms. This includes the Michigan Law Enforcement Officer Separation service record act of 2018 that discloses misconduct and helps disturb troubled police officers from going from city to city for employment and other resolutions the board has called for the US Justice Department to establish stronger professional standards, training and best practices for all 18,000 US police agencies, the board has also called for the full passage of the George Floyd justice and policing Act, which includes such standards and other reforms for transparency and accountability, local disclosure laws, new federal standards, or full congressional passage of the George Floyd act, all remain needed. These measures could have better protected ms Massey by enhancing police professionalism everywhere, and specifically by ensuring that law enforcement agencies could see red flags presented by Deputy Grayson, who reportedly worked in six different agencies in four years. Now therefore be resolved that the Detroit board of police commissioner, speaking on behalf of the citizens of the great city of Detroit, expresses deep sorrow over the death of Sonia Massey. It is crucial to secure justice for Sonia Massey and to take tangible steps to prevent similar incidences in the future, and be it further resolved that the Detroit board of police commissioners calls for the US Justice Department, through its FBI and other law enforcement divisions, to investigate and prosecute the murder of Mrs. Massey as a hate crime based on the language used by Deputy Grayson. I now move that we adopt this resolution to archives. Second
motion made by Commissioner Presley and second by Commissioner Hernandez. Any discussion? That's
Mr. Chairman, yes, sir. I agree with that resolution 100% I just want that same energy that we're showing across the nation to be here in the city of Detroit, because it's not a matter of if, it's a matter of when. So as long as we're consistent, let's go. Thank you.
Any further discussion, no, no further discussion. All in favor, say, aye. Anyone opposed, the motion is carried. This meeting is adjourned.
Motion to adjourn,
motion made by Commissioner Hernandez and supported by Commissioner. More discussion.
Yeah, right here, Mr. Chair, I move that we put this. I move that we put this in our guy.
