VHS

Detroit Police Department
Project Safe Streets
(December 11, 2002)
Tape Two

VHS tape containing the second of two videos shot by the Detroit Police Department's Audio-Visual Unit of a law enforcement presentation at Cobo Convention Center on December 11, 2002, about Detroit's Project Safe Neighborhoods. The tape begins with the attendees finishing lunch as the host Hubert Williams, president of the Police Foundation from Washington D.C. prepares to speak. He introduces Jeffrey Collins, the U.S. attorney for Detroit. Collins discusses the series of meetings between himself, Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick, Chief Jerry Oliver, and Wayne County Prosecutor Mike Duggan in the wake of a shooting, which brought about Project Safe Neighborhoods. He also discusses handling firearms cases on a federal level. Between speakers, Williams recognizes the mayor's chief of staff Christine Beatty who arrived to represent the mayor's office. Mike Duggan speaks next about past lax attitudes toward charging people illegally in possession of firearms in contrast to current more aggressive practices. Grey Holley, Special Agent from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms, then talks about the role of the ATF in Project Safe Neighborhoods, and their parallel programs to combat gun-related crime. Afterward, Williams and Oliver provide closing comments, and Oliver fields questions and comments from the attendees. The session covers the topics of forging community partnerships, the Department of Justice's Operation Weed and Seed in Highland Park, the roles of the Wayne County Sheriff's Office and the Michigan State Police, post-9/11 cooperation between different levels of law enforcement, and the efforts of the mayor's office.

The video is on a Fuji T-120 tape with printed labels on the top and side. The tape is housed within a clear plastic VHS case.