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AAPD chief questions
police oversight board
Race, gender and
culture influence fear
of death in elderly
Baird criticizes
findings of Human
Rights Commission
report
By BRIAN KUANG
and ISHI MORI
Daily Summer News Editor
and Daily Staff Reporter
In a split with City Coun-
cil, which voted unanimously in
March to consider a set of recom-
mendations put forth by its Human
Rights Commission, Ann Arbor
Police Chief Jim Baird questioned
the need for increased civilian
oversight of the AAPD in a memo
to members of council last week.
Baird
also
explicitly
opposed
the implementation of a civilian
review board and alternate dis-
pute resolution mechanism until
a third-party audit of the AAPD is
completed.
Baird’s memo comes as the
council is expected to finalize and
formally vote on implementing
recommendations from the HRC
— which is composed of local resi-
dents appointed by the mayor and
receives assistance from Univer-
sity of Michigan law students — in
the coming month.
Efforts to reform oversight of
AAPD increased after the 2014
fatal shooting of unarmed local
resident Aura Rosser by an AAPD
officer. The Washtenaw County
prosecutor ultimately chose not to
indict the officer involved in the
shooting, thoughmany local resi-
dents criticized the transparency
of the investigation.
A study of best practices in
police departments across the
country and a public engagement
process — in which Baird partici-
pated as interim chief — culminat-
ed in a 42-page report in late 2015
from the HRC. The report rec-
ommended an independent audit
of AAPD practices, the creation
of a civilian oversight board, an
emphasis on community policing
and the implementation of crisis
response teams.
Leslie Stambaugh, chair of the
HRC, said she was not surprised
by Baird’s opposition to the imple-
mentation of increased civilian
oversight. Nonetheless, she said
she intends to continue to push for
an oversight board and is confident
that it will ultimately be imple-
mented.
“I imagine that very few police
chiefs would welcome review
boards with civilian powers,”
Stambaugh said. “He’s hoping the
consultant will say, ‘Hey, you don’t
need it, everything is fine.’ ”
In his memo to the council,
Baird said the Rosser shooting,
while tragic, was justified and
does not reflect any broader issues
within the AAPD. Baird also noted
the only other incident mentioned
in the HRC report took place in
1995, when AAPD undertook a
University
study identifies
demographics that
influence attitudes
By ALEXA ST.JOHN
Daily Staff Reporter
A recent University of Michi-
gan study shows that racial and
gender differences can affect
one’s death anxiety — or fear of
death — and subsequently affect
the best ways to reduce these
feelings.
Death anxiety, an issue partic-
ularly prevalent in elderly people,
reduces one’s well-being and will
to live, according to the research.
This negatively affects elderly
patients and could potentially
be a barrier to patient-caretaker
communication.
According
to
the
Geriat-
ric Mental Health Foundation,
depression affects about 15 per-
cent of adults over the age of 65
in the United States. This often
results from one’s loss of senses or
mobility, retirement or the death
of a loved one. When untreated,
depression — one of many mental
health illnesses that can affect
the elderly — can worsen other
medical issues or lead to prema-
ture death due to a prolonged
inability to physically or mentally
function normally.
The University study was con-
ducted by Shervin Assari, the lead
author and a psychiatric research
investigator, who used data from
a religion, aging and health sur-
vey from 2004. The survey repre-
sents a nationally representative
assessment of 1,074 white and
Black people over the age of 65
who either identify as Christian
or never associated with a reli-
gion or faith.
Previous studies have shown
that people’s attitude toward
JEREMY MITNICK/Daily
UMPD and AAPD investigate a suspicious device left on the corner of East William
Street and South State Street.
RESEARCH
See RACE AND GENDER, Page 3
See AAPD, Page 8