HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolutions - 2020.06.25 - 33340REPORT (MISC. #20199) June 25, 2020
BY: Commissioner Penny Luebs, Chairperson, Health, Safety and Human Services Committee
IN RE: MR #20199 — BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS — SUPPORT FOR MICHIGAN SENATE BILL 945
— REQUIRING POLICE OFFICERS TO UNDERGO TRAINING ON IMPLICIT BIAS, DE-ESCALATION
TECHNIQUES AND MENTAL HEALTH SCREENINGS
To the Oakland County Board of Commissioners
Chairperson, Ladies and Gentlemen:
The Health, Safety and Human Services Committee, having reviewed the above -referenced resolution on
June 9, 2020, reports to recommend adoption of the resolution with the following amendment(s):
Add the following after the NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED clause;
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED the Board of Commissioners further calls upon the Michigan
Legislature to include a provision to ensure adequate funding will be distributed to local
governments for the implementation of the standards and training requirements in this
legislation.
Chairperson, on behalf of the Health, Safety and Human Services Committee, I move the acceptance of
the foregoing report.
Commissioner enny Luebs, District #16
Chairperso , alth, Safety and Human
Services Committee
HEALTH, SAFETY AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMITTEE VOTE:
Motion carried unanimously on a roll call vote with Gingell absent.
MISCELLANEOUS RESOLUTION #20199
BY: Commissioners William Miller, District #14
IN RE: BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS — SUPPORT FOR MICHIGAN SENATE BILL 945 - REQUIRING
POLICE OFFICERS TO UNDERGO TRAINING ON IMPLICIT BIAS, DE-ESCALATION TECHNIQUES
AND MENTAL HEALTH SCREENINGS
To the Oakland County Board of Commissioners
Chairperson, Ladies and Gentlemen:
WHEREAS introduction of the Senate Bill 945 came at about the same time as the first reports of the death
of George Floyd, an African American man in Minneapolis who was killed by a white police officer; and
WHEREAS Mr. Floyd was filmed in police custody being restrained by a white officer who used his knee to
pin Mr. Floyd by the neck until he died after pleading to be allowed to breathe; and
WHEREAS Mr. Floyd's death has sparked protests across Michigan and the country over what African
Americans and others have pointed to as the most recent in a string of acts of police brutality against people
of color; and
WHEREAS Senate Bill 945, introduced by Senator Jeff Irwin (D -Ann Arbor) on May 28, 2020, would require
all incoming law enforcement officers to complete training on implicit bias and de-escalation techniques;
and
WHEREAS the bill also requires the Michigan Commission on Law Enforcement Standards (MCOLES) to
prepare officers to seek mental health screening as part of their certification requirements; and
WHEREAS police officers have difficult and stressful jobs and they deserve training that will destigmatize
officers who seek treatment to improve their personal and professional life; and
WHEREAS on June 4, 2020, Senate Bill 945 passed out of the Senate unanimously.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Oakland County Board of Commissioners hereby supports
Senate Bill 945, which requires all incoming law enforcement officers to complete training on implicit bias,
de-escalation techniques and mental health screening as part of the Michigan Commission on Law
Enforcement Standards (MCOLES) certification requirements.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Oakland County Clerk/Register of Deeds is requested to forward
copies of the adopted resolution to the Governor of the State of Michigan, the State Senate Majority and
Minority leaders, the State House Speaker and Minority Leader, and the members of the Oakland County
delegation to the Michigan Legislature.
Chairperson, I move the adoption of the foregoing resolution.
Commissioner William Miller
District #14
Resolution #20199 June 4, 2020
The Chairperson referred the resolution to the Health, Safety and Human Services Committee. There were
no objections.
Resolution #20199
June 25, 2020
Moved by Hoffman seconded by Luebs the resolutions on the amended Consent Agenda be adopted (with
accompanying reports being accepted).
AYES: Gingell, Hoffman, Jackson, Kochenderfer, Kowall, Kuhn, Luebs, Markham, McGillivray,
Middleton, Miller, Nelson, Powell, Quarles, Spisz, Taub, Weipert, Woodward, Zack,
Gershenson. (20)
NAYS: None. (0)
A sufficient majority having voted in favor, the resolutions on the amended Consent Agenda were adopted
(with accompanying reports being accepted).
I HEREBY APPROVE THIS RESOLUTION
CHIEF DEPUTY COUNTY EXECUTIVE
ACTING PURSUANT TO MCL 45.559A (7)
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 June 25, 2020,
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 Circuit Court at Pontiac,
Michigan this 251h day of June, 2020.
Lisa Brown, Oakland County