Board of Police Commissioners

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Meeting was called to order in the assets of a quorum, so they’re going straight to the invocation and then directly to public comment

First commenter said their siblings are a murdering crime ring who killed her father. She was referred to DPD

Second relative of the same person saying that they can’t get any interaction from the Chief Investigator.

It’s a wild story, but that shouldn’t distract from a very common issue they’re having: no response from the department and getting shuffled around

They now have a quorum. I’d include the roll but the mic is having issues and I can’t hear the names

Agenda and minutes were approved with no objections

Moving on to the Chief of Police report. Bettison is present today

Homicides down 17% for the year, non-fatal shootings are down 39%.

DPD hired a new media director from Channel 7

Chief Bettison mentioned Operation Purple Rain (that’s really the name) which is a big sweep of the city for outstanding warrants

https://www.wxyz.com/news/region/detroit/operation-purple-rain-detroit-police-warrant-sweep-targets-offenders

Chief Bettison is talking about the department’s developing efforts to meditate disputes between citizens and officers

Now Chief Bettison is bringing up an offer for promotion

Lt. Timothy Jones was duly promoted to Captain

Back to public comment

Minister Eric Blount accused the attorney for the Board of a conflict of interest and sharply criticized Operation Purple Rain as a waste of resources and a misappropriation of funds and efforts.

Former Comm’r William Davis called over Zoom and complained about the continuing problem of people running red lights, especially outside richer districts like Midtown

Next caller called with issues with the eminent domain seizures of property for the solar farm project, and further complained about a lack of mental health response rather than police response

Next caller voices objections to the legalization of marijuana and people vaping on public transport

Last caller urged the Board to appoint a lawyer for itself, as the city charter employers them to do.

The board voted unanimously to hire two administrative assistants for the department

In New Business, the board brought up a resolution opposing the current White House administration’s incursion into the city with federal agents, and particularly the agents not adhering to standard policing procedures like bodycams and identifying themselves to those they interact with

In the middle of the resolution being read out, the board lost their quorum and had to pause until the next opportunity

Meeting in was adjourned at 4pm

Well folks, this closes my coverage of the Detroit Board of Police Commissioners meeting for June 5th. Learn more about our coverage of local meetings at https://documenters.org

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