Detroit Police Commissioners Meeting - September 10, 2026

The Detroit Board of Police Commissioners meeting on September 10, 2026, included discussion of surveillance technology and a prospective purchase of mobile surveillance trailers. Commissioners passed a motion to hold a town-hall-style public hearing at a regularly scheduled meeting to gather community feedback on the department’s August 20 surveillance technology specification report before voting on the proposed trailers. The Deputy Chief said ShotSpotter coverage would remain unchanged under the renewed contract and that he was not aware of new sensor installations, though replacement of a sensor was possible. A commissioner requested a comparison of cases solved with and without ShotSpotter; the department had not yet provided a date for a requested audit of Flock license-plate-reader use. A public commenter cited a $9 million ShotSpotter cost and questioned the value of the technology; that amount was not confirmed by the department during the meeting.

The board also adopted directives 202.1 (Arrest) and 204.4 (Towing and Impound Procedures). A motion referring development of a precinct visitor policy to the policy committee passed, and commissioners requested information on officer resignations and a breakdown of suicide-related calls. No contract award or vendor selection was made at this meeting; the mobile-surveillance-trailer proposal remains under review pending public input and a later vote.