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Detroit police oversight office urges council to keep six investigators, add two admin staff to cut backlog
Summary
At a Detroit City Council budget hearing, the Board of Police Commissioners and the Office of the Chief Investigator described a shrinking but still-large backlog of civilian complaints and asked the council to preserve six investigator positions and approve two additional administrative full-time equivalents.
Commissioner Daryl Woods, representing the Board of Police Commissioners, told the Detroit City Council at a budget hearing that the board has expanded oversight tools and sought budget capacity to keep recently added investigators and expand administrative support.
"The city of Detroit, the Board of Police Commission has never been this transparent," Woods said, highlighting a new online civilian-complaint dashboard the board launched.
The request centers on a budget delta between the board’s requested funding and the mayor’s proposal that council members described during the hearing. Council members and BOPC staff discussed a figure the council president cited as $534,007.88 and staff later described in the packet as $534,788; BOPC leaders said that difference represents funding tied to six investigators the office added this fiscal year.
Chief Investigator Warfield described the backlog and recent caseload changes: "At the end of 02/2024, we had a total of 2,231 cases," Warfield said, and staff said…
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