by Richard Clement
DPD 2015/2016 Proposed
Budget recommendations.
Councilmember Cushingberry cares
about the Detroit Police Department so much that he is closely watching
operations. He wants to make sure that citizen concerns and needs are addressed,
On June 3,2015,
Mr. Cushingberry asked the following questions of Police Chief James Craig.
List of Questions
1. In
light of neighborhood/community policing, what are the efforts to encourage
police offices to live in the City of Detroit?
2. How
much have collected in the last three years from the various forfeiture
programs?
3. Please
provide details relative to new efforts in Information Technology ?
4. What
steps should be taken to request Federal and State funds for a Blight Task
Force and Quality of life blight deterrence?
Summary of Answers by Chief
James Craig
1. Officers
are being encouraged to live in the City by coordinating with the Detroit
Public and Charter schools to provide education to Officer’s families.
2. We
have collected a total of $6,045,732.02 dollars with $1,210,172.71 from Federal
and $43,648.07 from the State of
Michigan collections divisions.
3. We
are collecting more information from new fingerprint machines and other data
requiring that we upgrade to 450TB of storage. We are upgrading hardware with
100 new units that have the Microsoft System Center Configuration and Operation
Manager.
4. The
Office of Grant Management can assist with providing information on seeking
grants for this cause
We hope that the answers provided by Chief Craig will
further enhance the transparency that the Department and the Council wants and
the public demands of their public servants.
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