Board of Police Commissioners

Detroit Board of Police Commissioners

Criminal Justice

Thursday, March 30, 2023
3:00 p.m. EDT

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Reporting

Edited and summarized by the Detroit - MI Documenters Team

Live reporting by Dan Ignacio

At the start of the meeting, Board of Police Commissioners Chair Bryan Ferguson addressed several investigations that the board is currently facing.

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01:52 PM Mar 30, 2023 CDT

Dan / @civicDetroitDan@a2mi.social @civicDetroitDan 2/5

👀 The BOPC is now involved in several scandals (more in this thread) including the inspector general’s ongoing investigation into the board’s citizen complaint backlog. Today, the board is expected to hear from the city’s Law Department.

Dan / @civicDetroitDan@a2mi.social @civicDetroitDan 3/5

📄 More notes, materials on Documenters.org: detroit.documenters.org/assignments/bo…

ℹ️ Join this meeting online, by phone or in person: detroitmi.gov/events/board-p…

📎 Agenda wasn’t posted on the meeting page, but we got it through a BOPC email. https://t.co/xTA1x4WcLk

Dan / @civicDetroitDan@a2mi.social @civicDetroitDan 4/5

⏮ The last BOPC meeting we covered — Damien Benson took notes: detroit.documenters.org/assignments/bo…

Alex live-tweeted: twitter.com/mostlikelyalex…

Dan / @civicDetroitDan@a2mi.social @civicDetroitDan 5/5

🗞 Detroit’s police oversight board is being investigated for an alleged payroll scam. Staffmembers Lawrence Akbar and Melanie White were placed on paid leave. The Detroit Police Department is leading the investigations. @GeorgeHunter_DN: detroitnews.com/story/news/loc…

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Attachments

230327 BOPC Facial Rec Report

By Dan Ignacio 3/30/2023

230327 Mental Health

By Dan Ignacio 3/30/2023

230327 Weekly Stats

By Dan Ignacio 3/30/2023

230328 DPD Stats

By Dan Ignacio 3/30/2023

Agenda March 30, 2023

By Dan Ignacio 3/30/2023

BOPC Meeting Transcript 03-23-2023

By Dan Ignacio 3/30/2023

Draft Minutes March 23 2023_rev

By Dan Ignacio 3/30/2023

MediaRelease_03292023

By Dan Ignacio 3/30/2023

Transcript and recording

By Noah Kincade 3/30/2023

Audio recording of online meeting

By Dan Ignacio 3/30/2023

Agency Information

Detroit Board of Police Commissioners

www.detroitmi.gov

(313) 596-1830

bopc@detroitmi.gov

See Documenters reporting

The Board of Police Commissioners has supervisory control and oversight of the Police Department, including plenary authority over citizen complaints and the power to appoint fact finders, subpoena witnesses, administer oaths, take testimony, and require the production of evidence. The Board also appoints a civilian as Director of Police Personnel and approves all promotions made by the Chief. The 11 member board is comprised of 7 elected members from each city council district and 4 members appointed by the Mayor. https://detroitmi.gov/government/boards/board-police-commissioners