Have a quorum. So we'll be introduced, we'll have our invocation, and then go directly to public comment.
Good afternoon. Good afternoon.
Yes, I would like to just stand in agreement with prayer concerning this afternoon's meeting, father. We just want to thank you for this very wonderful and beautiful day. It's because you're blessed recording in progress. I pray, Lord for the authority of those that are represented here. You said, Pray for all men, for all in authority, and so Father, I receive your mercy. I pray your wisdom, your unity governs each and everyone that has been given so much and too much is given, much is required. I pray Father God for this city. I pray for the leadership therein. I ask Father God that your grace would be sufficient. And I pray Father that everyone represented here, their families, them and all will walk in your blessing, your provision and under your guidance. I thank you for the opportunity this day to stand up, but they can't stand for themselves, but stand up for such a great city. We pray this in our Lord and Savior's name, Jesus Christ, amen.
Thank you, chaplain. And now our shared Darryl Woods is here, and I'm going to turn the meeting over to him.
Thank you very kindly. God. Good afternoon everyone. As we continue to wait for a quorum to come in, we will go into public comment.
Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Our first speakers will be
Miss finders.
Is Lisa lane, and then after Miss Lane, Miss Padilla Butler,
please state your name in the mic. Yes, I
Yes, hello, honorable body. Thank you for affording me this time. My name is Cheryl Sanders, and I've been very active in policing, having drafted what many across the country called the first of its kind in policing, legislation that would standardize policing across the nation, but would also also allow local authorities to retain control of very functional parts of policing. It's been reviewed by constitutional lawyers across the country, and is being, you know, applauded as that I am here today because I'm a resident of Detroit. I ran for mayor in 2009 against being in barrel, and today I became a convicted person. My parents 93 and 90 years old, I left my home to provide them with care, and in doing so, I have some siblings who have never done anything for them who decided they wanted to take everything they have. My father actually brought the ornamental storm doors, you see here the black doors on all the houses. He was responsible for that. So he was a man of means. My father was assaulted and literally murdered. He was brought into probate court under the guise of being incapacitated, and I have video, he was of exceedingly sound mind. My siblings have been a literal crime ring operating in Detroit. I've got a stack of police reports that, because of their affiliated with people in the judicial community that have completely gone unaddressed. His body a Korean War vet, his body was stolen using fraud from Henry Ford Hospital and a police lieutenant at the 12th precinct named it fraud. And guess what? Still, nothing done, nothing these people do are they held accountable for, including going into court today, putting a person on the stand who wasn't laughing when police arrested me for being assaulted.
Okay? Thank you, ma'am, that's the time. And do you have a complaint, a request? Do you have a complaint? All right, so what would happen, excuse me, excuse me. What will happen is someone from the Office of Chief Investigator been there. Okay? And so, if so it's always so it's been investigated, and so we're going through the investigative stage on our end in terms of what we can do if do you have any complaints against the police department bars the other judicial matters that is not under our purview, and we have no authority whatsoever to deal with any type of criminal cases or anything of that nature in the court that's dealing with you and your personal situation. So I
understand that, and I see the floor, but before I do, I am asking that my complaints be investigated. I've been to everybody there is, and I would like someone in this room to make sure that my workforce are investigated, because if you're a senior citizen in Detroit, people can take your stuff and kill you, and you have nothing you can do about it.
Okay. Thank you very kindly. Next speaker, you
Hello, everyone. Hello. How you doing? Good?
How about yourself, right? Great. I am the cousin of this wonderful
are you talking the mic for me? Please? Thank you. I
said. My name is Lisa lane, and I am the cousin of Gerald Sanders and I am here because, out of all of the complaints that her and I,
yeah, nice, that's better.
Okay. My name is Lisa lane, hello, everyone. And I am the cousin of Gerald Sanders, and I am here with her to address the issues that I would like to make a complaint with you, if there's a form, if there's not a form, who can you direct me to who's over the chief of investigators? Because I called and I left the message for Chief Warfield. I have not gotten one call back. I have called numerous of times. We have went down to the office, no response from no one as of yet. That's why we're here.
Okay, well, that's him right here, and you have a personal conversation with him today that's within the purview of the Office of Chief Investigator to be able to communicate space, because talk with him today. Okay,
okay, I'll get a chance to speak with him today. Absolutely awesome. I appreciate it. Thank you.
I got this.
You want to finish your time. Are you done? Or you just your main thing? You just want to be able to talk to the chief investigator. Purpose of why
we're here is for that specific reasons, because I wanted to go into the police department and make a complaint that all of the complaints into my family has made has been false allegations. And so we were trying to reach out to the detectives in the police department, 12th precinct. No one would return our call. We would come into the office and ask for like lieutenants or whoever the chief commander is. For that that day, we're not getting any feedback. It's like, Is it someone knows someone or, you know, do I have to be a police officer like sisters and brothers to get absolutely
not. And the assistant chief is here as well, and he's going to make sure that someone from the department speak with you too. And so your chief investigator. If you can communicate with her, I want you to talk to her personally, and to you go with them first, and then you would be able to have a conversation with the chief investigator himself.
I appreciate Okay. Thank you. Thank you for your time.
You have a quorum. Mr. Chairman. Jane Darrell,
okay, great, right, right,
thank you so much.
We do not have a quorum. Please call the roll.
Present. Linda
Bernard, District Two President
burden presently
is excused, Commissioner
de waste. I percent.
Thank you very kindly. And we have, I entertain a motion for the approval of the January 5, 2025, agenda, so moved, moved by Commissioner Moore, second by Commissioner de wash. Any discussion, all in favor, say, Aye. Aye. Anyone opposed, the motion is carried. Entertain a motion for approval of the minutes of May 22 2025 moved by Commissioner Bernard and supported by Commissioner Moore. In discussion, all in favor, say, Aye. Aye. Anyone opposed, the motion is carried. I entertain a motion for the approval of the minutes of May 29 2025
so move, move by Commissioner Moore,
second by someone, second, second by Commissioner de wash. Any discussion? All in favor? Say, aye. Anyone opposed the motion is carried. Please introduce the BOP see staff, Chief of Police and elected officials and representatives and community leaders,
Corporation Council, comrade Malik, talking to Mike more, maybe, There you go. Just there you go. Thank you.
Present today, registered as of this time, Corporation Counsel, Conrad mallet, chief investigator, Jerome Warfield, Drew fries, Mary Barber, Theresa blossom, Candace, Hayes, armecia, Joshua, johnia Underwood, investigator, Jessica Hunter, Dr Francis Jackson, parliamentarian, DPD, HR director, Katrina Patillo for police chief, Todd Bettison, Assistant Chief AC Ewing. Our interpreters today are Miss Yakata and Dr Stephanie Beatty, court reporter, Don Handyside, Henrique Jackson, audio visual, Charles Henry media services, video, elected officials or representatives today are Marie overall from state representative Tyrone Carter's office, bridge of Butler, second precinct, community relations, President Ladon Davis offices, Office of council member Fred Der Hall, the third young president, lieutenants and sergeants. Scotty Bowman, former Detroit Police Commissioner, William Davis, those are all that are registered at this time, sir. Okay.
Thank you very kindly. And we do welcome Corporation council here. Thank you for being here, brother. Good to be
here. And I'll be here, Mr. Chairman, until we can find a replacement for Dante Goss a good attorney and a good man was found a different position, and we're happy for him. Always like to see young people move up and forward in the world, and that's just what happened with him. The city onboarding process, as you know, is a is a torturous process sometimes, but we're working our way through it. Thank you
very kindly. Mr. Chairman,
if I may, I'd like to welcome attorney and Corporation Counsel Conrad mallet, personally and ladies and gentlemen, if you're not aware, He previously served on this board, both as an appointed Commissioner and as an elected commissioner from my district, District Two. So welcome again. Conrad. Appreciate it.
Okay, chief of police report,
good afternoon. Everyone. Good afternoon. Please. Chair. I like to introduce my staff Absolutely. And we have Captain Whitmer from the family unit, Sergeant McIntyre, MPOs, Matthews and Taylor. And if I hopefully I didn't forget anybody else back there, the rest of the CNL, MPOs, happy to still report, as we have been in the past couple of couple months, individuals have been reporting out for the chief. The chief himself, to talk about the crime stats, we're still enjoying decreases in homicides, non fatal shootings, robberies and overall part one, crimes. Just to give you a few numbers here, homicides currently are down 17% for the year. That's 14 less homicides than we had the previous year. Non fatal shootings are down 39% that equates to 94 less shootings victims, robberies are down 14% approximately 59 less than last year, and a total part one crimes down 11% but when you look at it number wise, it's almost 500 500 less part one crimes in the year before. So doing, doing a fantastic job thus far. That's that's in combination with the good work for the Detroit Police Department and the partnership with the community, community updates, DPD recently hired last week, May 27 seventh, a new media director, Jasmine bar more. She started. She started with DPD on that date. She comes from the channel, CHANNEL SEVEN NEWS. She's also worked in the Detroit Free Press, Detroit News and New York Times as commitment for the chief of police to continue to make a continuous improvement in the Detroit Police Department. He's focusing right now on his media team to make sure it's a professional media team, so we welcome her aboard, and she's been doing a fantastic job thus far. Chief police Todd Bettison participated in the 7% abandoned vehicle tour. And what that essentially is, is looking at the blight in our in our city, quality of life issues. And he took with him the first assistant chief, Chuck Fitzgerald, Deputy Chief our Williams, the seventh precinct commander. And they did a tour of the seventh precinct that look at areas that need to be addressed in terms of abandoned vehicles. And they're doing that operation right now in the seventh precinct, and that's going to be a similar tour that's going to go around the city to remove the Blight within the city. On Tuesday, June 3, we did Operation Purple Rain. I don't want to date myself in here, but some of you are Prince bands purple. My understanding that's exactly where this name came from. But it was a collaborative effort between Detroit Police Department and the Wayne County Sheriff's Department to go after individuals with these outstanding warrants, felonious for warrants, and it was highlighted on the website, Facebook, website for the Detroit Police Department in which our new media director kind of directed that. Fantastic job. You have no chance to take a look at it. Please do kind of highlights what we're looking forward to do in 2025 as we continue to work with our partners across the city. Eighth precinct, interesting story. We had some officers who were actually on unrelated traffic stop or investigation when they observed four individuals approach a victim on foot, armed with weapons. How these are individuals didn't see the police were right there at the time, I don't know, but it ended up being the individuals fled into a home, and it became a barricaded incident. However, after the Metro Division was called upon about 10 minutes after they arrived on scene, the suspects gave up without any incident, just highlighting the great work and by all the officers of the eighth precinct as we continue to try to drive down crime, the eighth precinct commander feels strongly. Had the officers not been vigilant in that, in that effort, we would have had another shooting tonight. There is a cycling event being hosted at the third precinct. So any of you who want to put on your little shorts and come on out and wire with the DPD the third precinct, they're going to be starting that tonight, at 6pm right in front of the third precinct. So if you feel rambunctious, come on out. Enjoy yourselves. On Saturday, June 7, the 18th, annual silence to violence rally will be held. They'll be located at 231 East Grand Boulevard, I believe that is Pastor Barry's event. Come on out. As you know, again, it's just annual event where we're trying to make sure that we keep the shootings down and the violence down in the city of Detroit. So we welcome all the community to come out and take part, because this is a collaborative effort between us and the community. Wednesday, June 11, the chief will be hosting another walk a mile. Wednesday. It'll be in the third precinct. The first two have been very well attended. We're hoping that the third precinct is looking to make sure that they have more people than the past one. And we're going to make this a competitive nature here. Come on out and join the chief walk a mile. And I assure you, it is a mile. We don't go past that. It'll be a mile. Just come on out. I'll be there. Also, let's just put your gym shoes on. It's a slow walk. We just chief integrate, engages the public and finds out what the issues are in those particular areas, and we try to address those as we do a wraparound services the Fourth Precinct on Wednesday, June 11, we'll be hosting a Family Fun Day at the precinct. It would include food, beverages, music and community resources and bounce houses. So feel free to come out to that just real quickly. I'm pleased to report that there is no critically or injured individuals in Detroit Police Department to report for this week. That's great. And lastly, recruitment efforts. We're always looking to recruit and hire for Detroit Police Department. We did so over this past weekend at Detroit Grand Prix. We took some applications or interested people in for that tomorrow we will be on the river walk with flyers and also down at the Motor City Pride Parade. And in addition to that, they will be at the Fourth Precinct next week for The Family Fun Day to try to recruit. So if you know anybody who wants a good job, as I've always said, as I've been sitting up here, I'll be 40 years this year, Detroit Police Department. So it's worked out for me, I'm sure to work out for others.
They can please come report. Thank you. Thank you so much. Can you also just elaborate very briefly on the procedural justice aspect in terms of mediating disputes with citizens and the police department who have have grievances with the police department? So
yes, sir, as the chairperson talks about, many of you have already attended my police community summits, but within the Detroit Police Department, what we're trying to do now is we have situations out there where law enforcement officers have in common with citizens. We don't always have to wait for my Summit. If that happens, we're prepared to mediate that, sit the individuals down and have the conversation. If I'm able to pull the body cam footage and look at it, maybe there's a situation where we just need to sit down and have the conversation. It's a teachable moment, not only for the citizens, but specifically the officers of Detroit Police Department. A lot of times you get involved in these situations. You've been on the job for a very long time, you get a little monotonous in some of the things you do, you're not paying attention to what you're saying or how you're saying it right? We want to make sure that the officers, when they're engaging the citizens, they're making them feel as though this is a positive engagement, not something that we're trying to browbeat the citizens on. So we're prepared to do that in Detroit Police Department. Matter of fact, coming forward in the coming weeks, I'm in conversation with the chief now to try to make that little bit more robust, and it'll be a continuing program that we were able to do, not waiting for the summits alone, but being able to engage and maybe we can, you know, correct some of the harm that's been put out there sometimes when we engage individuals, absolutely, I've
brought some young folks your way. And you know, with some challenging issues, and it worked very, very powerfully with them and others. So thank you for what you're doing. Any questions? Yes, Commissioner. More than Commissioner Bernard, thank you,
Mr. Chairman, Chief, you were down in Washington, DC. What was going on down there. That
was Police Week, sir, there was Police Week. We had a young officer who was being honored at top cop. He was involved in the shooting. And I'm glad you brought that up, Commissioner, because top cop, if you don't know that particular ceremony, it's a very emotional ceremony. It involves individuals who have been involved in shootings, and they are honored there, right for surviving, even the ones who didn't survive are honored there too, kind of tough pill to swallow. If you're sitting up there and you're being honored for shooting at a curb, but your partner did make out, make it out. So it's, you know, it's kind of bittersweet, very emotional, very nice ceremony, but I don't want to have to in my career the rest of the time that I have on this job to ever be honored in that way, because if I have to stand up there and not have my partner next to me, that's something I don't think I can do. But Police Week as a whole, as you know, is where we go and honor our fallen officers, and I'm glad to announce that we didn't have anyone going on the wall this year, so that was a good thing, but unfortunately, next year, we will have a few names go on the wall. And
my last question chief deals with, I think it was a $25 million lawsuit filed against the department. Are you aware of that? No, I'm not. Yeah, channel four had a story on it. I just read the headlines, and I was wondering if you had any details on it.
No, I will take a look at it and then get back with you. All right, thank you.
Commissioner Bernard, just quickly.
Number one, I noticed that you have a different account. I'm calling an accounting type situation for the time that people will be off for Juneteenth. It's, it's not, is it's compensatory time. It's not a hot it's a holiday. What's happening with it? I mean, I couldn't understand from the from the administrative message that you've issued. So police officers, as well as for civilian officers. And I assume that what you're doing applies to the rest of the city in terms of employees. So
that's a holiday that we're recognizing is in the in the city of Detroit, that is an opportunity for individuals, that's a day that you can either earn or earn, earn or earn.
I thought you don't get paid. You could get comp time, but you don't get it's not like a paid no, it's not over Christmas, it's not overtime. Oh, okay. And then secondly, you mentioned your mediation and arbitration program. I'm both a certified mediator and an arbitrator with the highest settlement rate of anybody for the federal government in terms of the Postal Service and so forth. I'd be happy to help any way I can, or go to any scene you want me to go to.
Oh, it won't be a scene Commissioner. We would actually have those individuals in on neutral ground, that's fine, and be inside and just have the conversation. That's fine.
I'd love to participate. Thank you. Thank
you very kindly. Can you tell us about this appointment?
Yes, sir. Proud to
he is here. Just make sure he was in the room, sir, yeah. The chief would like to bring forth the following individual for consideration promotion, Lieutenant Timothy Jones. Would you stand up please? Lieutenant Jones joined the Detroit Police Department may 19, 2008 he brings over 16 years of experience in law enforcement. Throughout his career, he has demonstrated strong leadership, dedication and versatility in the various roles, including patrol, special operations, major crimes and homicide. He was promoted to sergeant in 2018
and then to lieutenant in 2022
he served in key administrative investigative positions, including overseeing federal task forces. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in criminal justice for Ferris State, and he's known for his professionalism, his communication skills, strong ethic based on his experience and his rec in his leadership, we are recommending him for promotion to the rank of captain.
It is, is there on order? Is there a motion to accept the recommendation, achieve better center to promote to the rank of captain, Lieutenant Timothy Jones, Mr.
Chairman, I'd like to make a motion to promote Lieutenant Timothy Jones to the rank of captain. Motion
made by Commissioner Moore, second, second by Commissioner Bernard. Any discussion? All in favor? Say, Aye. Aye. Anyone opposed, the motion is carried. Congratulations. Thank a
thank you to this board, to the body, the citizens, the leadership of this department, couple of coworkers they have worked with throughout my career, and even officers behind me. This is truly and indeed a great day for me, personally and professionally. It is. I'm overwhelmed with joy. I only came on the job thinking, I go make it to Lieutenant, and because of the leadership here, they've given me a chance to become a captain and serve the city in a different capacity. I will not let you guys down.
Thank you very much, and thank you for your service to the citizens of the city of Detroit. God bless you. Through the Chair, yeah,
do you know where he's going?
AC, uh, I think
you'll be pleased, sir. Okay,
just let me say this, if I could through the chair when we did the interviews for this, this position and record captain, I had the pleasure of sitting on this interview with this now Captain Jones, and he reminded me of an incident he'd had, I shouldn't say an incident, but an encounter he had with then what rank was i Then Captain that time for acting the deputy chief, Deputy Chief whatever. I went into the 12th precinct and saw this particular individual, and he wasn't in the attire that he should have been. He met the, I guess, Deputy Chief Ewing at that day, and it kind of changed his whole trajectory of how he carries himself. So he mentioned that to me in the interview after it was already over. So just a testament to listening to some of the things he's been told, and I can see why he's in the position he is right now, because in the interview was very, very refreshing. And I'm glad that you all approved his promotion. I think you're going to see some good things out of him.
Absolutely. Thank you. And we looking forward to continue to bring the numbers down in the city of Detroit. We chasing after Boston. And also, yes, sir, that being said, oral communications. Back to Oral Communications.
Thank you, Mr. Chair. We're going to start with Ms Padilla Butler, after ms Butler, Ms Bernice Smith
and Lieutenant Mark Young. I
Good afternoon Good afternoon
commissioners. When I was working, I taught students to speak out But be respectful. I believe if more of us would speak up and write letters about what we see or hear of wrongdoing, we would not be in the condition that we are in. Let's think and be consistent and precise in working on issues that affect all of us. We know and I believe no right from wrong with what is happening in Washington and around the world, let's work on those issues that will make a difference and not contribute to confusion. We can do that. We need peace and equality of life for everyone. Commissioners, you have a very difficult job to do. And some people think, seem to think that this is all you do. What they see you doing here, your job is going to become more difficult in days ahead because of what is happening in Washington, DC. You have a life and other responsibilities, but you chose to serve in your capacity. Prayerfully, you will make wise and right decisions. Thank you.
Thank you. Very calm
for support. You can
we give mother Bernice a round of applause? Ladies and gentlemen, I think she turned 92 this weekend.
Nope,
you're a year you're a year
too late. Oh, please. 93 Wow,
congratulations. Bless you,
and I appreciate you babies making that announcement because I was very surprised that my children took me to New York. Can you imagine that? Oh, my God, don't go there. You guys just crazy. And my police there, they were very kind, because I let them know who I was, so they were very kind, but they got a job on their hands. We're doing a wonderful job here in the city of Detroit, and I will forever be grateful to my police department here in Detroit, believe me, Chicago. Don't even complete.
But anyway,
yeah, man, we're glad to have you among us.
Glad to be here. It's a long time when I was running for the Coleman Young's campaign. That's how I met him. His dad come running in the office all the time, and he was running behind him, and then he finally became the judge in the courts, so I was quite quiet of him, but it's good to have you here with us. All right. Now, what I would like to say, I was at a luncheon yesterday with one of the candidates,
and it was very nice. It was in
our former police commissioners building. And you know who that is? Reverend, what's your name? Reverend, Holly, dark on it. See him up there. And age now, Holly's building, all right. Was beautiful. The seniors is there. They were very kind to us, and they let me speak. Believe it or not, I spoke there. So I told Reverend Holly, there was a beautiful building that we're very proud of him, but he has to get a mic in there so he can notify the attendance in there when they're having some affair, so they'll be able to come down to it. But what I want to say today is the parents here in the city of Detroit, they're letting their children go amok with the crime and hijacking that we're encountering here. I don't like it, and I will continue to talk about it, because the fact that no one else other than the police department is being taken care of it in our our behalf. Like the other day, the police had four men. I watch the news every, every week, every 11 o'clock, four men had the police at bay, and they had to bring those bit What do you call the tanks? As I call them out. Just think they have to jeopardize their lives because of these people that we have in our city that's running around here with guns and want to shoot people for the no reason whatsoever, and I'm tired of it. I want to live peacefully in this city. We have a good city, believe it or not. It's lots better than what Chicago is, and that's my home. So I can tell you, we're living good here in this city, but our police, they're in jeopardy at all times when they put that uniform on. And I tell them, I appreciate the fact that you're putting that uniform on because you're taking care of all of us, and I want you to be careful when you do go out there, but 10 seconds left you always tell me that
that was 30 seconds.
I want my police department to be careful, and I want you to know we love you. We really do, and we need these parents to have more attention to their children. If they're leaving at home, find out who you're going out with and who you're associating with. I did it with my five children, so I'm very proud of mine. But the fact is, we have to do better, especially the parents and I thank you so much for your duties that you're being done in my respect and all the rest of the citizens here in the city of Detroit, just be careful. That's all I'm saying to you.
Let me thank you so much. All right, next speaker,
thank you, Mr. Chair. Our next our last speaker in the room would be Minister Eric. Oh, my goodness, the lieutenant. Give me Lieutenant Mark young, then Minister Eric blunt,
um, AC, you and thank you for mentioning the Top Cops. I sit on that board. And you know, from sitting here, our people do the Top Cops what you see across the nation do every day, and they do it outstanding. But if you said it to Top Cops as we reviewing those selections, that I get is very emotional, and it'll change you. And that leads me to my next segment. I would like to thank Captain Widmer, Sergeant McIntyre, the family team, for their compassion. Saturday, for retired officer Kelvin Patrick, that meant a lot to their family. You represented well, but Captain Whitmer, I would like to thank you personally for what you do for the men and women that's fallen you go above and beyond to make sure that they are represented and they get everything that's due to them. And let me tell you something, I appreciate that, and the men and women of our department do the National Law Enforcement Memorial Wall say it's not how these heroes died, but it's how they lived. And that was never, no clearer than Kelvin Patrick, Mike Todd. Lloyd, Mike Todd, let's get it right. Patrick Heald and waters Johnson, these individuals suffered. Many individuals that represent the city suffered when you think about Calvin Patrick suffering from 29 years paralyzed, if the public saw what I saw on the video of how this guy lived off duty and on duty, they would look Different before they speak negative. Are we perfect now, that includes this person here, but I tell you something, the compassion of him, Walter Johnson, Mike Todd, what of Patrick Hill and a host of others. If you ever saw these individuals off duty, you would never speak ill of them again.
Next speaker, thank you. Yeah,
good afternoon. Board. So many lose so little time. I've been around here long enough to see a board lawyer or legal counsel, Jermaine Weirich, who was never employed at the city and employed or did work for the board of police commissioners. So through the chair, comrade mallet, I really need you to help us understand. Because for reasonable people, it's it's viewed that you, someone in your position, playing attorney for the board and working for the city is is plain to and defendant at the same time. So that conflict of interest, just nags, just questions, the nagging part of it, Naco, the National Association of civilian and law enforcement, has a pillar of his principles, independence, independence from the police department. So I hope you stay here long enough to help us understand how it's not a conflict of interest.
The Purple Rain program,
along with cutting Social Services and nonprofit services like Job Corps, that takes individuals homelessness, but now is being defunded, Purple Rain, even as our understanding goes after people with tether problems. Can we please as a society, have our priorities in better shape? Commissioners Bell, his opinion letter really can be summed up by me as just wanting to get paid for doing less work, for not focusing on police officer misconduct. These surveillance systems are just another way of many people describing black faces in power places that support white supremacy. You cannot have a system in law enforcement that discriminates against black people and yet not support white supremacy. That's all I have. Thank you.
Next speaker, Mr. Chair, we're going to go into zoom. Our first speaker will be Mr. Ryu, followed by former Commissioner Davis, and you matter.
Okay, it was a aka Mr. Real, attached to that name. Now you can hear me clearly. Listen up now the certificate of occupancy for 19, 327, is down there. And 434, the certificate compliance. It needs to go 2550, feet down the hallway to where they issue the occupancy certificate. I need that. We need that now. No matter is more important to me than Canis death, the cover up or the cover up or the cover up. Now, Dante found that out when I talked to him and explained to him that there's no it's physically impossible for Kenisha to have shot herself like that. Now I want to switch to another important matter, and that's Steve Wasco. That's the director over there at Saint Suzanne's church. Saint Suzanne's Resource Center, Cody goo, Resource Center. That's your buddy. You know who I'm talking about. Now, in the car the police just was in court. Cena, it's an affidavit that's been filed in court by Lorenzo Lindsey, your attorney. And what I'm finding out is Steve is up to no good. I talked to him personally a couple of weeks ago. He said he didn't have no problem. What we is doing over at 19, 327, and that's the veterans housing facility now. So comrade, comrade, in your legal expertise, I'm going to need you to stand down and get out the way y'all been cheated in by Dennis Winfrey and Gina Avery Walker, and I'm the one that uncovered it, along with Ramon Jackson, that's why that federal lawsuit is in right now with y'all cannot beat in court. That's why y'all don't want it to go to court.
Thank you. Next speaker,
good afternoon. Could I be heard? Yes, sir, good afternoon. And
I think that there's a need to do more in the precincts. I think there's a need to do more about people running red lights, because I see it all the time, all over the city. You know, I think we need to have a greater emphasis. You know, downtown is doing great. Downtown is well protected, but I think there's a need for better protection in the local precincts and local communities. You know, I think that also that need to be officers need to be reminded of the dudes that you intercede. Because I keep hearing reports all over the city. You may not know, but while I was still elected Police Commissioner, I did a white paper on the duty to intercede that made national recognition. But in a far too often, I keep hearing reports about officers stopping young black men and Hispanics and just patting them down, ask them where they're going, what they're doing. It's almost like we back to, you know, the big four stress, because, you know, I'm getting more and more reports of this, and we shouldn't be going through this. You know, if it continues, I am going to make this a national story, and I can easily do that. You know, we have a need to make sure things are better in the city of Detroit, especially for black people, as far too often, it looks like, in some ways, some things are regressing. So that's all I have for today. I'm still watching. Bye.
Thank you. Next speaker.
You matter. Yes, ma'am,
okay, thank you.
You know, I've never said the police officers have an easy job. I met some police officers recently without did some outstanding work in the community. They weren't in Detroit, though there are some nice police officers here, but I've also had the problem where I call up report a crime and people tell me it's a civil matter, and I try incite the MCL statute, and they don't even want to hear it and even hang up. So, you know, if you don't want to take care of people like that, then people get fed up and leave. And Commissioner Bernard, I want to tell you what the city law department is up to. So the city is a very disgustingly using eminent domain to take people's private property for solar farms, as if this city doesn't have enough publicly owned land already, and then the city's going around presenting this false narrative that they're not pushing anybody out of their homes. Well, that's not true. I spoke to a woman who told me the city's bullying her, threatening her, threatening to cut off services, which I don't think is legal, and I'm going to be pursuing that because it was just it's a violation of the charter. We got somebody here at Corporation Council who's supposed to uphold the charter but doesn't uphold it. There's numerous provisions of the charter that do not get upheld, like charter section seven, Dash 201, the city is supposed to be providing adequate mental and physical health services. Doesn't provide any mental health services, and that puts all the officers and the rest of us at risk. You can't delight rely on to win. That is not what the charter says. And no one at the OCI ever investigated the abuse of me at the jail. But I know I'm on the do not help list in this city and and so, you know. But
the next three speakers will be CAC, Scotty, Bowman,
caller with the last three digits, 973,
and the last caller will be the with the last three digits, 989,
um, before we go there,
Chief Warfield makes
that that's been addressed, okay, all right, just want to make it a matter of record. All right, thank you,
Mr. Chair. I don't see Scotty Bowman anymore, so we're going to go with 973
Okay, thank you. Next speaker.
Are you there?
973, Can you unmute?
Yes. Can you hear me? Yes. Can you identify yourself?
Yes. My name is Michelle George, good evening to the board. How are you? Good evening to the commissioners. So yes, I want to, well, a couple of comments. Hopefully, I know the Trump administration has put certain things in place where a lot of the consent decrees have been taken away from stations like the Breanna Taylor and George Floyd. So hopefully it will not embolden, allegedly, what Mr. Davis was saying, it will not embolden a lot of officers to take advantage of what the administration illegal thinks they're doing. So hopefully that's not the case. And I also want to say glad the officers we do respect the officers a lot of us that put their lives on the line every day. Much appreciated, because I do see a lot of work they're doing, especially in mental health. A lot of things going on in mental health.
Also, I found out that the city council had
passed a ordinance legalizing recreational marijuana and so and one of the there was a caller on the phone on the Mildred Gaddis show on Sunday, mentioned that they're vaping on some of the busses. So I also feel that, when I get time and we'll go before the city council, that they're putting a lot of burden on police with the things, because this new marijuana is very dangerous, almost like this plant they brought in for China, that fungus plant. So it's really dangerous. And right now we see the studies where they're causing six times the more heart attacks and 50 and under, and also causing strokes and dementia. So now we have the evidence base that we're seeing and a lot of times in the medical centers. And I was speaking to a trauma surgeon the other way, will not operate on a patient that smokes. They have to stop smoking because they see a lot of the damage that's being done when they have to, you know, operate and cut a patient open and knowing that they smoke. So that's something the city council that we'll be reaching out to them, because it's not helping our youth and our city to have access to all of this weed. It's got
Thank you, Mr. Chair, our last speaker will be CAC. Scotty Bowman,
yes, sir,
Yeah, hello. I don't know why you didn't see me earlier. I've been here all along. Okay, anyway, yeah, couple things. The first thing I want to bring up here is about the the whole fact that we still don't have a board appointed attorney in here, which we had for a couple years, and suddenly we don't. The city charter does empower the board to have its own attorney, and it should have its own attorney, because the police are appointed by the mayor's office, who also appoints the Corporation Counsel. You have a case where, if the board is also, in some cases, having to oversee and investigate police that there may at some point be a difference of interest between the Corporation Counsel and the board, and for that reason, um, you need to have a separate attorney to handle these cases separate. That's the only reasonable way to have it. Similar with negotiating contracts. You have different powers for different parts of the city government discussed and the city charter empowers the board certain ways. In the past, the city has actually done a rather poor job of properly negotiating labor contracts that comply with the city charter, and rather have contracts that end up doing end runs around the city chart. So there's a number of reasons that we want to have an independent Corporation council that, and we need to go back to that, and I urge all the board members to work toward getting that done. And I hope those who are seeking election, if re elected, will join me in seeking to appoint a board attorney. Thank you. Thank you.
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announcements of upcoming meetings. The next board meeting is community meeting for Thursday, June 12, 6:30pm the meeting location is sacred, heart activities, building 3451, Brevard Street in Detroit, and that's in the seventh precinct in July. The community meeting will be held Thursday, July 10, 6:30pm six precinct at New Providence Baptist Church, which is located 18211, Plymouth Road in Detroit next week, two committee meetings citizen complaints will be held next Tuesday, June 10, 3pm here at headquarters, and the Policy Committee will follow at 5pm Tuesday, June 10, and that's the report for today, sir. Thank you very kindly.
We have some unfinished business. I want to entertain a motion contingent to the office as Administrative Assistant Board of police commissioner to Jasmine Espinoza and Dior Mathis at the annual salary of $54,850 $815.50 so moved second move by Commissioner de wash and supported by Commissioner Moore. Any discussion, all in favor? Say, Aye. Aye. Anyone opposed. The motion is carried, we have new business.
Yes, Mr. Chairman, first of all, I want to thank President fredia Butler and Michelle George, because they laid the foundation for this motion that I'm about to read resolution strengthening and unleashing local control law enforcement to pursue accountability and protect constitutional rights and standing in opposition of Executive Order Number 14288, whereas we are living in a time when human dignity and human rights are under siege, Executive Order Number 14288, which authorizes federal police and military deployment to local communities, conflict squarely with established policies and procedures of the Detroit Police Department, as well as federal law, whereas actions by federal government disregarding constitutional protections of free speech, due process and access to legal counsel are occurring with increasing breadth and frequency, and whereas federal law enforcement officials are violating minimal standards of conduct expected of every Detroit Police Department officer, including probable cause to interfere with the actions of a person, clear identification of officers during interactions, active body worn cameras and respect full treatment of people placed in custody. And whereas, for more than six decades, Detroit has developed the principles of civilian oversight over the Detroit Police Department. In 1974 in the aftermath of Detroit rebellion and the dismantling of the infamous stress unit, Detroit residents voted for a city charter amendment that gave broad oversight authority over the police to an elected board and created the civilian Detroit board of police commissioners. The Detroit board of police commissioners is invested with responsibilities for oversight on policies and procedures, citizen complaints of abusive behavior, promotions, discipline and budgetary matters, and whereas civilian control over the police have been reaffirmed in all city charters since 1974 and is explicitly affirmed in the city charter of 2012 which was approved by a vote of the people and accepted by the state legislature. The charter establishes the city's police forces are, in all cases and at all times, a strict subordination to civil we just lost our coin.
That's that. Yeah. But you agree you finished
the resolution. I'll
finish reading. Thank you. Mr.
Chairman, just can't vote on it. Is that correct, madam, it won't be no violation. And then will
it? The issue is that the of Meetings Act allows you to discuss matters of interest without making a decision, right? So the question for the parliamentarian and for the attorney is whether or not this is not a resolution that's being presented for action versus an issue that is being discussed as members of the board. If
I could just read it next week. Okay, so he continued, is an issue
of whether or not this is a matter that's coming before the board for action. If it is, then no it cannot be discussed. If a board is discussing matters of mutual interest without making a decision, you can do that. My understanding is that this is a matter that is being presented for action by the board. Under those circumstances. It cannot be presented now. This is the Open Meetings Act, and this is the attorney's playpen. Okay.
Council, yeah, you know, he just read something. We're not voting on it today, but I get it. He digressed, and so we'll finish it up next week. But I appreciate you presenting that, because you know the fact of the matter is, is that we've been talking diligently with the department under the the atmosphere, under the atmosphere that we are in. And I'm very, very pleased that the chief is committed to make sure that he's advocating strong for constitutional protections of citizens. And we this won't be a rogue police department because of what's happening nationally. In fact, Chief medicine, I have have testified in support of the police accountability bills in Lansing, in both the State House as well as in the state senate, to show his commitment to constitutional police and in the city of Detroit. And so I'm very, very pleased that he support the legislative package statewide, and quite frankly, the city of Detroit, through his policies, are already adherent to, I believe, 99.9% of the legislation already. And so thank you for uplifting that Commissioner more and the citizens should know that we would never go back to pre COVID young years, that that would not happen ever in the city of Detroit, under our watch, anybody else watch, you Know, because the community demands excellence in his policing and not perfect, but would definitely would not go back to that, you know. So thank you for uplifting that and that being said, we are,
I'm sorry this matter would be under unfinished business for next week's agenda. Yes, ma'am. Thank you, sir.
Yes, ma'am. You the boss.
We're not a here. We can't even make a motion. So this meeting is adjourned. Motion to
adjourn is in order, even in the absence of a quorum. Thank you. Oma requires that a motion of German be made. Move
for German, motion made by Commissioner banks and second by Commissioner Moore. Any discussion, all in favor say, Aye, the motion is there. The mean is adjourned. I.
