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HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolutions - 2014.11.19 - 21595REPORT (MISC #14255) November 19, 2014 BY: General Government Committee, Christine Long, Chairperson IN RE: MR #14255 — BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS — RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF HOUSE BILL 5682 TO COMBAT GANG RELATED CRIMINAL ACTIVITY To the Oakland County Board of Commissioners Chairperson, Ladies and Gentlemen: The General Government Committee, having reviewed the above referenced resolution on November 19, 2014, reports with the recommendation the resolution be adopted. Chairperson, on behalf of the General Government Committee, I move the acceptance of the foregoing report. GENERAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE GENERAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE Motion carried unanimously on a roll call vote with Crawford and Hoffman absent. `otraissioner Bill Dv(iyer District #14 Miscellaneous Resolution # 14255 \kW BY: Commissioner Mattie McKinney Hatchett, District #10; Commissioner Bill Dwyer, District #14 RE: BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS — RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF HOUSE BILL 5682 TO COMBAT GANG RELATED CRIMINAL ACTIVITY TO: Oakland County Board of Commissioners Chairperson, Ladies and Gentlemen: WHEREAS the Federal Bureau of Investigation conducted a National Gang Threat Assessment in 2011 and concluded that there are approximately 1.4 million active street, prison, and outlaw motorcycle gang members comprising more than 33,000 gangs in the United States ; and WHEREAS in recent years, gangs are participating in more non-traditional crimes such as prostitution, alien smuggling, and human trafficking, identity theft, and mortgage fraud- non-traditional crimes that create higher profitability and lower visibility; and WHEREAS gang initiation often includes a violent crime that could include theft, murder, gang-rape, or drive-by shooting; and WHEREAS gangs are one of the leading factors for growth of violent crimes both on and off school property; and WHEREAS members of gangs wear specific articles of clothing to be recognized as part of the group such as bandanas, hats, scarves of certain colors, or gang-related tattoos or symbols; and WHEREAS in 2009, following a significant rise in gang-related crime in Oakland County, the FBI, in conjunction with the Oakland County Sheriff's Office, Oakland County Prosecutor's Office, Michigan State Police, Bloomfield Township Police Department, Auburn Hills Police Department, Waterford Police Department, Homeland Security, Michigan Department of Corrections, and Drug Enforcement Agency formed the Oakland County Violent Gang Task Force to identify and target-for prosecution violent-criminal enterprises that-operate in and around the Oakland County area; and WHEREAS in 2008, Oakland County Sheriff Michael Bouchard authorized the formation of the Jail Gang Intelligence Unit because law enforcement had recognized that gang members being sent to jail did not stop their activities; and WHEREAS the current statute that defines and prescribes gang activity is almost impossible to use and needs reform to be an effective tool for law enforcement; and WHEREAS Michigan needs an effective law to target individuals who have demonstrated a pattern of criminal activity due to gang involvement; and WHEREAS House Bill 5682 is modeled on laws in that have proven effective in California and Florida in the prosecution of the most dangerous, violent gangs; and WHEREAS House Bill 5682 provides a reasonable burden of proof for gang membership and realistic sanctions for the judiciary to consider, and WHEREAS this legislation is provides law enforcement and prosecutors with necessary tools to meet a growing threat in Michigan, the region and Oakland County. NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Oakland County Board of Commissioners supports House Bill 5682 to create an effective law to combat gang criminal activity in Michigan. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Clerk of the County of Oakland is directed to submit a copy of this resolution to the Board's legislative lobbyists, the Office of the Governor, Senate Majority Leader, Senate Minority Leader, Speaker of the House, House Minority Leader and the Oakland County delegation to the Michigan Legislature. Commi sio er District # ZD Comm sioner District # - Commissioner District # Commissioner District # Commissioner District # Commissioner District # Commissioner District # Commissioner District # Commissioner District # Commissioner District # Commissioner District # Commissioner District # Commissioner District # Commissioner Commissioner District # District # ij6Cd6 Commissione District # (,e Resolution #14255 October 23, 2014 The Chairperson referred the resolution to the General Government Committee. There were no objections. Resolution #14255 November 19, 2014 Moved by Spisz supported by Quarles the resolutions (with fiscal notes attached) on the amended Consent Agenda be adopted (with accompanying reports being accepted). AYES: Gershenson, Gingell, Gosselin, Hatchett, Jackson, Long, Mats, McGillivray, Middleton, Quarles, Runestad, Scott, Spisz, Taub, Weipert, Woodward, Zack, Bosnic, Dwyer. (19) NAYS: None. (0) A sufficient majority having voted in favor, the resolutions (with fiscal notes attached) on the amended Consent Agenda were adopted (with accompanying reports being accepted). OA- `( HEREBYAPFIFINE THIS RESOLUT(O% CHIEF DEPUTY COUNTY EXECUTIVL ACTING PURSUANT TO MCI 45.559A (/ STATE OF MICHIGAN) COUNTY OF OAKLAND) I, Lisa Brown, Clerk of the County of Oakland, do hereby certify that the foregoing resolution is a true and accurate copy of a resolution adopted by the Oakland County Board of Commissioners on November 19th, 2014, with the original record thereof now remaining in my office. In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the County of Oakland at Pontiac, Michigan this 19th day of November 2014. Lisa Brown, Oakland County