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‼️IMPORTANT: If you believe anything in the coverage today is inaccurate, please email us at [email protected] with "Correction Request" in the subject line
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Well folks, this closes my coverage of the Detroit Board of Police Commissioners meeting for February 27th. Learn more about our coverage of local meetings at documenters.org
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The meeting was adjourned at 4:01pm
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In New Business, a motion was made by Comm'r Carter to raise the proposed salary of a job posting and to post another job listing. The motions both pass unanimously
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A caller echoed sentiments of Minister Blount about the proper role of police commissioners, and how their role is not to deal with homelessness, but with police misconduct.
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Former commissioner William Davis called in to advocate for reserve police officers. He said they should receive a stipend or at least a gas card for their efforts
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The next commenter came in hot against several commissioners, accusing them of a cover up, then dropped an f-bomb and got cut off.
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Next commenter was trying to get in private contact with Darryl Woods about her relative who was reincarnated after years in parole with a GPS tracker. Woods said he'd look into it.
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A second commenter asked the department rep about Trump deleting the police misconduct register. DPD says it won't affect them at all, because they have their own list and exhaustive background checks.
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Minister Eric Blount of Sacred Heart Catholic Church says the Board is concentrating on things outside its purview in order to look competent, while real issues are being ignored.
He mentioned citizens being wrongfully arrested due to being misidentified by facial recognition software.
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The next commenter notes that the database used to track officers who have been convicted of a crime or of misconduct has been shut down by the Trump admin. She said it is incumbent on the community to make sure bad cops aren't just shuffled around.
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Next commenter lamented the state of care in the city, and expressed her sadness at the death of the children in the recent incident
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Moving on to public comment. First commenter was from Ravendale and had issues with the Traveler's Inn, which everyone in the meeting seems to know is a hotbed of seediness and crime.
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Comm'r Banks just added the chief's rep for a job for a pal. Felt odd. I'll try and look into it
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Comm'r Woods responded that he wished that fact had remained private, and went on to further praise Chief Bettison and the department.
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Commissioner Bernard praised the DPDs response to the recent death of two children from exposure due to being unhoused. She related that Comm'r Darryl Woods personally paid for the funeral of the children
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Chief of Police report flew by. Basically violent crime is down and the department is trying to combat homelessness by allowing people to shelter in any police precinct. A story was related about a man who died in his car trying to stay warm with a propane heater.
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There's a lot of people attending this meeting, they listed a long list of staff and elected officials in attendance
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They approved the minutes from the previous meeting unanimously
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The meeting was called to order and Commander Gregory Wilson, a police chaplain, gave the invocation
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In the meantime, here's the agenda for this meeting
detroitmi.gov/sites/detroi...
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They're having some weird audio, I'll let you know when it resolves
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‼️IMPORTANT: If you believe anything in the coverage today is inaccurate, please email us at [email protected] with "Correction Request" in the subject line
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Well folks, this closes my coverage of the Detroit Board of Police Commissioners meeting for February 20th. Learn more about our coverage of local meetings at documenters.org
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The meeting was adjourned at 5:05pm
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Now a motion to adopt two separate Human Resources Policy directives
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The budget was unanimously accepted
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Comm'r Bernard agreed that there should be a stipend for reserve officers, and Chief Bettison also agreed
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A motion to approve the DPD budget for fiscal year 2025-2026 from the budget committee. Comm'r Burton had a question about reserve officers.
Response: we have been making this budget for months and nobody ever brought this up before.
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No motion was made in the matter, and therefore the matter was dismissed
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The board has returned and is back in session
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The board is going into closed session to consider disciplinary action against an officer. I'll let you know when they get back
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The department is introducing new non-lethal weapons, specifically BolaWraps, pepper balls and a foam cannon. A BolaWrap is essentially a kevlar rope attached to 2 hooks, that is meant to restrain people. The board is asking questions about it, trying to discern the danger involved in it's use.
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By the way: PR-24 is an industry term of a side-handled nightsick
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Now the Commission is moving on the DPD's use of force report
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Bettison responded that an investigation is ongoing and he can't be sure if anybody at all is responsible, nor can he give an approximate timeline for the completion of the investigation
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Commissioner Willie Burton asked about several officers who were hired without proper licensure, HR said that most of them are back on the street and Chief Bettison said he's overlooking the process himself. Comm'r Burton asked who is responsible for hiring these officers and letting them patrol
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Now the Human Resources presentation, which is being read out in a matter-of-fact fashion, running through person and numbers as required
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Commissioner Woods is describing the search process for a new police chief and how the commission was managed to engage a search firm, which he claims explains several complaints, the exact nature of which he did not describe
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Commissioner Linda Bernard is emphasizing the physical fitness of the Special Response Team
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The board continues to praise the department and their efforts to help the homeless in the cold weather. Lots of charming anecdotes
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The board is thanking the DPD for their hard work
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Chief Bettison mentioned in connection to the water main break that many people manifested profound distrust of police even in the wake of a terrible and dangerous event.
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New DPD Chief Todd Bettison is giving his report.
12% decrease in all Part I crimes. Larger decreases are present for all crimes except car theft, which has gone up slightly.
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A resolution was passed honoring for police chief Knox