Grosse Ile police present annual report, warn of budget shortfall and aging equipment

The Grosse Ile Police Department on Jan. 21 gave commissioners a year-end report showing roughly 10,000 incoming station calls in 2024, rising equipment and training costs and several urgent capital needs that officials said could create a budget shortfall for the 2025–26 fiscal year.

Chief (name not stated) told the Police Commission the department recorded 10,651 incoming phone calls in 2024 during his presentation and later staff said the department’s call-recording system (Equiture) counted 10,150 calls for the year. The department also reported declines in some call-for-service categories, a rise in certain citations and steady OWI arrests.

The presentation highlighted technology and facility issues that staff said require near-term funding. The department installed its first body-worn camera system and upgraded in-car cameras with Axon equipment paid from federal forfeiture funds, and it used federal and other grants for records and evidence-room upgrades. But staff said the department’s internal analog phone system is end-of-life, laptops in the fleet…