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City
Councilmember
Ali
Ramlawi, D-Ward 5, shared in
Jackson’s confusion. He said
he understands the police chief
will be on leave pending the
investigation of a matter “we
don’t know anything about yet.”
“There was no information
given as to what it pertains
to, only that there was a need
to put the senior official on
an administrative leave so an
investigation can be conducted
so we can have the best possible
look at what happened,” Ramlawi
said.
The Daily contacted Cox’s
secretary Keri Hirschman, who
did not reply prior to publication.
Cox was sworn in as the city’s
new police chief in September
2019
after
being
appointed
unanimously to the position in
July 2019 by City Council. Cox’s
salary starts at $160,000 a year.
Prior
to
coming
to
Ann
Arbor, Cox served in the Boston
Police Department for 30 years,
including as a bureau chief for
the Boston Police Academy from
2018 until his leave.
According to Jackson, Lazarus
dealt
exclusively
with
Cox’s
leave. Lazarus had recommended
Cox for the position in June over
two other candidates vying for
the role.
She said she found out about
the
leave
Friday
afternoon
after being copied on an email
from Lazarus to City Council
members.
Lazarus
did
not
respond to request for comment
prior to publication.
Ramlawi,
as
one
of
the
liaisons to the ICPOC alongside
Councilmember
Jane
Lumm,
I-Ward 2, said he received a phone
call from Lazarus informing him
of Cox’s leave before the email
was sent. ICPOC was established
by City Council in 2018 following
years
of
advocacy
by
local
activists.
Lumm
did
not
reply
to
request for comment by time of
publication.
Ramlawi said he is unsure why
Cox’s leave will last two weeks.
“I’m not sure what made the
city
administrator
believe
it
would just take two weeks, or
whether they might come back
and ask for more time after that,”
Ramlawi said. “I would only be
guessing.”
Jackson said the fact that
the leave has a specified time
frame “strikes a lot of people as
strange.”
“If there is an investigation we
want to know into what,” Jackson
said. “If there is an investigation
we’d like to know on what
evidence that investigation is
being
conducted.
Those
are
things we don’t have answers
to now, and those are things we
would like and we would like that
information to be made public.”
Despite the ICPOC receiving
minimal
information
about
Cox’s leave, while he was being
considered
for
the
position
in
March,
Cox
emphasized
transparency, expressing that
he believes a police oversight
commission had an important
role to play in the community,
bridging the gap between law
enforcement and the public.
“I think in policing we don’t
always educate the public or
educate folks on what we do or
how we do it, and the oversight
commission is just an opportunity
for that education process to
exist in a more transparent way,”
Cox said.
Forsberg has also commended
the commission as an important
transparency and accountability tool.
“I
think
the
policing
commission
is
a
great
opportunity to begin bridging
that gap,” Forsberg said. “We
really only do begin building
trust by having transparency —
having accountability within the
ranks. But we do a lot of great
work right now that, I feel like,
people just don’t know about.”
In 1995, Cox was beaten
by other police officers while
undercover. According to Cox in
a previous interview with The
Daily, his experience with police
brutality and others in which
he said he has been mistaken
as the suspect rather than the
officer have informed his belief
in fostering trust between law
enforcement and the community.
“Interacting with the public
in ways that don’t have to do
with normal police work is
important and builds trust,”
Cox said. “It helps us figure out
what the community wants. It
helps the officers get to know the
community, and the community
gets to know the officers.”
Though
Ramlawi
said
he
would like more information, he
said he understands not everyone
can know the details because
there can’t be “five different
bosses.” He urged patience as the
investigation plays out.
“We need to have trust in
a system that has checks and
balances hopefully,” Ramlawi
said. “You want due process.
All too often, we just jump to
conclusions… It’s important to
take our time and just allow the
process to work.”
Kurtz then introduced Dingell
to the crowd. Though Dingell
has not endorsed Bloomberg, she
spoke about their friendship and
the Democratic Party’s goal of
defeating President Donald Trump
in the 2020 election.
“I know every one of the
presidential candidates,” Dingell
said. “I’ve known Mike for a long
time, so I’m staying neutral and I’m
going to support who the people of
the 12th District support because
we got to come together. We cannot
not come together because if we
don’t, we have four more years and
what it’ll do to our democracy, I
don’t know.”
Following Dingell, Jones spoke
to the crowd. He voiced his support
of Bloomberg and of the campaign’s
priorities.
“I’ll tell you this, what I’ve
learned over my 10 years of playing
in the NFL is learning how to pick
a great team, so welcome to Team
Bloomberg,” Jones said. “This is
why I believe in Mike, number one,
he’s a great leader. He’s a motivator,
and he’s a unifier. He never lets
anything get in the way of success,
things are practical. He’s got a
practical way about him in order to
achieve his ultimate goal and that’s
to bring everybody together.”
The event closed with remarks
from Erica Bolton, Bloomberg’s
regional
organizing
director.
Bolton expressed the importance
of getting out and volunteering for
a political campaign ahead of the
2020 election.
“I ask that you would continue
to support, continue to be involved,
continue to lend your voice to
making sure that change happens
because it takes each and every
one of us,” Bolton said. “Even your
neighbors and your friends that say
they’re not political — because they
are this year.”
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