VHS

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

VHS tape containing the first 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 Project Safe Neighborhoods, an effort to combat gun-related crimes. This portion of the program primarily focuses the inspiration for Project Safe Neighborhoods, Richmond, Virginia's Project Exile. The event is hosted by Hubert Williams, president of the Police Foundation from Washington D.C. Williams has all of the attendees introduce themselves. The crowd includes other representatives of the Police Foundation, as well as representatives from the Department of Justice; the Detroit Police Department; suburban police departments; Detroit city government; the Wayne County prosecutor's office and sheriff's department; the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms; and of the community. Former Managing Assistant U.S. Attorney in charge of the Richmond Division of the United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, James Comey speaks first about developing and marketing the plan with the help of an advertising agency, as well as the response to the program. Richmond Commonwealth's Attorney David Hicks speaks next about crime in Richmond prior to the program, and about dealing with a constitutional challenge and questions of racial inequity in arrests after the implementation of the program. Former Richmond police chief turned Detroit police chief Jerry Oliver speaks last about importing the program. The speakers break for lunch at the end of the tape.

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.