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ACROSS
1 Many opera
villains
6 Georgia __
10 ’70s Israeli prime
minister
14 Ration out
15 Antioxidant-rich
fruit in smoothies
17 Some earrings
18 Celestial
explosion
19 Midwestern pair
21 Japanese prime
minister since
2012
22 Cold War
weapons
26 Northeastern pair
33 Ready followers?
34 Jumper cable
connection
35 Did lunch, say
36 Morse clicks
37 Fly catchers
38 Corp. money
execs
39 Puerto Rican
pronoun
40 Bandleader’s cry
41 Ring figure?
42 Southwestern
pair
45 Queen __ lace
46 Lode load
47 What the
answers to three
“pair” clues
share, both in
this grid and in
reality
55 Soldier of
Fortune subject
58 D-sharp
equivalent
59 Grifter
60 __ del Sol
61 Prepare for
mailing
62 On the less
windy side
63 Woods
components
DOWN
1 Automobil route
2 Healing salve
3 Frustrating
roommate for a
neatnik
4 Many opera
heroines
5 “I’ll take that
action”
6 Checklist item
7 Galápagos
locale: Abbr.
8 Bos’n’s boss
9 Hustles
10 Stand-up sort
11 Mancinelli opera
“__ e Leandro”
12 Robbins of
Baskin-Robbins
13 Shaggy
Scandinavian rug
16 Slow-cook, in a
way
20 Give a darn?
23 Former African
secessionist
territory
24 “The Wind in the
Willows”
character
25 Handles
26 Italian
headquarters of
Maserati
27 Out of the sack
28 Around, so to
speak
29 French-speaking
republic
30 Escapade
31 “Crossroads of
America” in
Indiana, e.g.
32 Law-and-order
gps.
37 Pancake-making
aid
38 Nurtured
40 Mother of Pearl,
in an 1850 novel
41 PC part?
43 Cantina quaff
44 Head of England?
48 Masonry support
49 Word with coat or
shirt
50 Gaelic tongue
51 Bunch of bits
52 “What __ could I
say?”
53 Evaluate
54 D.C. Metro
stops
55 Escher and
Hammer
56 Fair-hiring
letters
57 Protein-building
molecule
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City Council debates efficacy of AAPD review
By ANDREW HIYAMA
Summer Daily News Editor
Though
Ann
Arbor
City
Council unanimously approved a
resolution to fund a second phase
of the third-party review of the
Ann Arbor Police Department
at the council meeting Monday
night, several councilmembers
expressed their concerns with the
efficacy of the process so far. They
raised questions of whether the
additional appropriations were
necessary and whether Hillard
Heintze LLC — the Chicago-based
security firm in charge of the
review — had been implementing
the best methods available.
The
resolution
added
an
additional $30,000 in funds to the
original $200,000 approved in
February. According to a memo to
council from Debra Kirby, Senior
Vice President at Hillard Heintze,
the $30,000 will fund “interviews
with command staff regarding
community engagement, off-site
training and brainstorming session
on community engagement and
development
of a strategy
and plan for
enhanced
community
engagement.”
While the
first phase of
the
review
was intended
to
involve
community
outreach and
listening
to
perspectives
on
the
AAPD
from
community
members, the
second phase
was intended
to implement some form of civilian
review board for the AAPD.
Members of the community
have expressed their disapproval
of the process so far, saying
Hillard Heintze’s outreach efforts
to minority communities have
been insufficient. Councilmember
Jack Eaton (D–Ward 4), among
other councilmembers, said he
heard residents’ concerns.
“At times I’ve been rather
disappointed
in
their
ability
to reach members of minority
communities who could really get
good information about people
who may in fact have a legitimate
complaint about our police,” he
said.
Councilmember
Sumi
Kailasapathy (D–Ward 1) shared
Eaton’s concerns and said Hillard
Heintze had also failed to properly
communicate
with
the
city’s
Human
Rights
Commission,
despite their active involvement
in the review.
“Hillard Heintze has appeared
before the HRC, but this extension
of work was never discussed
or brought before the HRC,”
she said. “The HRC has been a
watchdog on this whole issue, and
they have raised several serious
concerns with the consultants
regarding especially reaching out
to minorities. I hope they take this
seriously. The HRC has been giving
really constructive help in terms of
which groups they should be going
to, where they should be going to
and reaching out.”
Councilmember Kirk Westphal
(D–Ward 2) was surprised the firm
was asking for more money. He
cautioned that the request should
be considered carefully, especially
given errors
the firm had
made during
the
first
phase of the
review.
“I
have
trouble
when a large
contract like
this
comes
back with an
additional
ask
that
seems
to
have
been
part of the
original
request,”
he said. “I’ll
note now in
something that one constituent has
highlighted to me is that the survey
contained an error in it, and it gives
me pause about the process and
some feedback we’ve received from
members of the community. So my
inclination would be to think more
about what we are getting here and
see if this money can be sourced
from the existing contract.”
Asking
City
Administrator
Howard Lazarus if the community-
wide survey on attitudes regarding
the AAPD was still available to the
public, Lazarus replied that it was,
but they would not be considering
new responses.
“There comes a point in time
where we have to own the results
and then implement it,” he said. “I
think that’s where we are.”
There was also debate over
the terminology Hillard Heintze
used in its memo to the council
regarding the second phase of the
review. Though much of the talk
around the audit prior to approval
of the city’s contract with Hillard
Heintze
revolved
around
the
creation of a “civilian oversight
board,” which the chief of the
AAPD has publicly opposed, the
memo from Hillard Heintze used
the term “citizen advisory board.”
MAX KUANG/DAILY
Ann Arbor Mayor Christopher Taylor speaks
at the Ann Arbor City Council at Larcom City
Hall on Monday.
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