It's a violent crime.

And so I can assure you that you're gonna see things change in that arena.

And I'm saying this publicly before council and to the rest of the community as well.

I have not seen so many be on the lookouts for property crime since I've been chief or ever a member of the department.

It they're putting they're putting their faces everywhere, sending it to the media.

And it's not to embarrass anyone, but it's like we have to be able to identify these individuals, somebody know who it is, and we need to also get them the help that they need because some folks have substance abuse disorders and issues as well.

And so I work very closely with James White, who's the CEO of D Wynn and work very closely with 36th District Court Judge McConaco to make sure that when they are apprehended, that when they get to the court that they receive the type of help that they need as well, because um Madam Mayor isn't about just the overall arrest or criminalization of Detroiters, but it's a whole intervention prevention and aspect where we're gonna work to try to get people on the right path, but also protect the citizens of Detroit property because there's nothing more disturbing or aggravate you more than when somebody steal your stuff.

So when somebody stole my Amazon package, I would be so upset about it.

I I know I would be, and I know that other Detroiters are as well, just like with motor vehicle theft, and so utilizing technology, um, our neighborhood police officers, they have also received the message as well.

Where we're good when it comes to um a lot of them focused on the community events and um throwing those type of things, but really being in the neighborhood addressing those quality of life type issues is their new focus as well.

And so when it comes to um um home security surveys, when it comes to business security surveys, what can we do also to help the residents help us as well by um Mr.

Terman police language that we call target hardening?

That just means making it harder for somebody to steal your stuff or take your property.

So our neighborhood police officers, when you talk to them, you can ask them.

Chief said that y'all are really focused on property crimes, you can test me.

Um that's what we're focused on.

Our detectives in the detective unit, uh, they're really focused on those property crimes as well.

And just because we're focused on that, that doesn't mean we're gonna take our eye off the ball when it comes to the violent crime.

So thank you, ma'am.

Yeah, thank you for that.

I think what's what people want to see is that there's some level of investigation that's being done, so you don't continue to see the same people committing crimes throughout the the community, um, because it does become it feels like just a nuisance.

This person is just being a nuisance throughout the community, in addition to the packages, I've seen um a particular area, their vehicles are um people are just going into their vehicles, just ram ransacking their vehicles uh and taking whatever they can find.

So if if people know that it's a focus of the department, I think we'll see less of it.

Um and so just hope that you know we can we can do that collectively, and I will say that Officer Pitts in the fifth precinct is always letting people know that he will come out and if you need to cut your shrubs back or you know add a light here or there or whatever to help harden their uh property, he has been willing to do that.

So thank you for that.

Thank you.

Thank you, Chief.

Thank you, Mr.

Chair.

Thank you.

Pro Tim Young.

Thank you, Mr.

President.

Um, I just want to say thank you, Chief, for all your service.

Thank you for keeping us safe.

And uh yes, I've been out with the CVI groups walking door to door, playing ball on the playground and talking to CVI moms, so I really appreciate that and all the work that you're doing, all the people in all this and all the work you're doing as well.

Um I wanted to ask you really quickly about um one the co-mental health uh program.

You're saying that it doesn't cover a million dollars.

Are are you are you taking more money out of this budget in order to make up that difference?

Because that was supposed to be covered under the ARPA funds.

And I just want to know from your perspective, and the reason why it is because I made the appropriation.

So I just want to know from your perspective, was it because the money was too short?

Was because that money was damned elsewhere.

And can you tell me how what the um impact that has been on crime and quality of life in the city training and and don't hesitate to really kind of impress me and laying on thick since I am the sponsor of that legislation?

Um council member Tate, I'm I'm sorry, what um President Tate through the chair, Councilmember Young, pro Tim Young, I gotta get the title.

Yeah, let me put the respect.

Yeah, yeah, I appreciate it.

Pro Tim Um Young, thank you so much for um really championing this.

Um I'm not sure I understand the question completely.

When I talked about uh mental health co-response, what I what I had alluded to is um I have a day shift and I have an afternoon shift.

It just doesn't cover midnights.

So when I came in as chief, um, when I looked at it and had a conversation with the former chief, um James White, and um he was his goal was to get it there, and so in the spirit of continuous improvement, I was like, we have to get there.

And so this year um we are definitely going to get there.

And so hiring and training the behavioral health specialists, um, getting the additional officers there.

And so I've I've identified the officers within the budget, they're getting trained, and uh we've been able to hire behavioral health specialists, and so within the next let me um turn and ask assistant chief you what's my timeline 30 days, Chief.

So within 30 days when residents call 911 in this um um a situation where one of their loved ones or someone is experiencing an episode um, and if it's at two o'clock in the morning, then you will be able to still get a behavioral health specialist along with the appropriate officers.

They have a different uniform, um, they have specialized training above and beyond, they have additional additional tools that the regular patrol officers don't have, even though we have trained the I would say 98% of our force in mental health first aid, but CIT crisis intervention training and co-response takes it to that next level.

Um and we also based off of um your support, we took it to the next level where we have behavioral health specialists embedded in our 911 um call center so that we're able to offer people the type of assistance and oftentimes um divert them to the appropriate resource without even having to send a response unit out.

But when we do have to rescind a sponsor unit out, we're sending um our our co-response or um officers that have the specialty training.

And from the budgetary standpoint, um, even though I didn't get it, I know um my CFO, he he understands it.