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Committee sends citizen patrols ordinance to new business, asks for fiscal-impact study

Detroit City Council Public Health & Safety Standing Committee · October 6, 2025
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Summary

An ordinance to create citizen 'patrols' and neighborhood blight patrols (amend Chapter 26) was introduced; law department said $50,000 was previously allocated and the committee voted to request a fiscal-impact study before advancing the ordinance to formal.

The committee considered a proposed ordinance (item 6.36) to rename and expand Chapter 26 to establish citizen patrols and neighborhood blight patrols, including provisions on administration, forms of assistance, eligible expenditures and reporting.

Graham Anderson of the Law Department described the proposal as a community-led program that would not impose city supervision; he said…

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