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reinvestment efforts. Among other things, an uncoordinated effort would result in the inefficient application of scarce
resources, fragmented remediation activities and investments and duplicative investments in tools and technology, all
resulting in slowed and more costly re-development. By coordinating the efforts of all interested stakeholders, the City can
leverage multiple resources to target specific areas for improvement, leverage existing technology investments and
maximize the potential for the long-term success of its remediation efforts. In so doing, the City can raise investor
confidence and effect lasting change in economic growth and quality of life. In developing its blight removal initiative, the
City has taken into account the proposals set forth in the Detroit Future City Strategic Framework (the "Strategic
Framework"), and the City believes that its strategies for blight removal are consistent with the goals set forth in the
Strategic Framework.
2. Public Safety (Police, Fire and EMS)
A significant percentage of the funds to be devoted to reinvestment will be used to improve the performance and
infrastructure of the City's police, fire and EMS services. The City believes that its reorganization and successful
redevelopment depends upon its ability to offer adequate public safety services to existing City residents and those who
may consider relocating to Detroit in the future.
(a) Police
As discussed in Section VII.C.7.a, the DPD has been plagued in recent years with debilitating problems including
(i) obsolete information technology; (ii) poor performance, as evidenced by high response times and low case clearance
rates; (iii) chronic understaffing; (iv) low employee morale; (v) a lack of employee accountability; and (vi) an aging and
unreliable fleet and facilities. These difficulties have contributed to the DPD's inability to reduce Detroit's exceedingly high
crime rate.
To combat these problems, the City has proposed to make targeted investments in the DPD totaling
$274.2 million. These investments are intended to: (i) reduce response times to the national average; (ii) improve case
clearance rates and first responder investigations; (iii) update the DPD's fleet and facilities; (iv) modernize the DPD's
information technology systems; (v) achieve compliance with federal consent decrees; (vi) overhaul the structure, staffing
and organization of the DPD to better serve the citizens of Detroit; and (vii) improve employee morale and accountability.
The City intends to make the following investments in DPD over the next 10 years:
$101.3 million to initiate and maintain a fleet vehicle replacement program on a three-and-a-half-year
cycle;
$75.2 million to hire, employ and provide benefits to 250 additional civilian personnel, which will allow
the City to redeploy uniformed personnel to more appropriate functions;
$38.2 million to provide or replace vital equipment, materials and supplies, including in-car and handheld
radios ($22.0 million), tasers and cartridges ($5.2 million), bulletproof vests ($3.1 million), body cameras
($1.9 million) and other items ($6.0 million);
$42.8 million in capital expenditures and other expenses related to DPD facilities (partially offset by
$10.2 million in savings associated with the termination of certain facility leases), including
department-wide projects ($17.0 million), the build out of new precincts and a training facility
($10.0 million), other precinct or facility improvements ($7.2 million) and annual costs associated with
new facilities ($8.6 million);
$17.3 million to improve the DPD's technology infrastructure, through the implementation of a fully
integrated public safety IT system that will provide DPD, DFD and EMS with integrated computer aided
dispatch, records management and reporting and allow for much-needed data exchanges between
agencies and will improve efficiency and operations ($13.8 million), the employment of related
temporary personnel ($1.0 million) and other technology infrastructure items ($2.5 million);
$1.9 million to implement promotional exams every other year and to add security at the animal control
facility;
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