New Wayne County Sheriff Ray Washington. Inmate food contract extended by $15M.
Hello! I’m Byron and I’ll be live-tweeting the Wayne County Commission Committee on Public Safety, Judiciary, and Homeland Security meeting at February 10, 2021 at11:00 AM for #DetroitDocumenters @WDET @CitizenDetroit @Detour_Detroit @Freep
09:56 AM Feb 10, 2021 CST
All members are present. Jonathan Kinloch will not be available for the entire meeting, but will “duck in” to greet the new sheriff. Minutes of last meeting approved.
Sheriff Rafael Washington is being introduced and each Commissioner is greeting him.
Commissioner Martha G. Scott mentions that she would like the new jail and/or the building on Woodward to be renamed in honor of the late Sheriff Napoleon.
Commissioner Sam Baydoun and Commissioner Melissa Daub also joined the call the call to congratulate the new Sheriff. Commissioner Duab spoke with the new Sheriff about CPL training and weapons safety.
Sheriff Washington mentions the need for more personnel in the Sheriff’s Department. Deputies are working mandatory overtime. Entry level salaries need to be higher. Moving to the new jail will casue the department to operate more efficiently.
Sheriff pledged to work with Commissioners and be responsive to their requests. Commissioner Irma Clark-Coleman suggested he let the Commissioners know when he will be in their area. The Sheriff’s office pledge to do this.
Commissioner Irma Clark-Coleman asked about the status of vaccinations in the department. 181 deputies have recieved at least on dose, 81 have received both. No inmates have been vaccinated.
Item 2 was a food services contract for adult and juvenile detention facilities. It was approved.
Item 3 was the approval of a contract for sexual assault services for the county. https://t.co/GpoDsrWJSs
Public Comment Session had one comment concerning that was submitted by email. It raised a concern of non-medical personnel in the jails administering medical tests. The Sheriff’s Department agreed to look into it. https://t.co/SSWUz8QmTz
A motion is made to adjourn the meeting at 11:40 AM. Today’s meeting was largely a meet & greet for the new sheriff. The two agenda items were approved in under 10 minutes. Thanks for following #DetroitDocumenters @WDET @CitizenDetroit @Detour_Detroit @Freep