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STATE OF DELAWARE
LEGISLATIVE HALL
DOVER, DELAWARE 19901
December 8, 2015
Dennis P. Williams, Mayor
City of Wilmington
Wilmington City Council Members
Louis L. Redding Building
800 North French Street
Wilmington, DE 19801
Dear Mayor Williams and Council Members:
Last year, we were approached by hundreds of Wilmingtonians who believe we all have a
responsibility to address violent crime throughout Delaware. Wilmington has its own
Mayor, City Council, and Police Department, but this does not absolve state legislators of
our duty to our shared constituents who reside in the city.
In response to this situation, we sponsored and the General Assembly passed legislation
that established the Wilmington Public Safety Strategies Commission. With your support,
the governor signed House Joint Resolution 2 and immediately put together a statefunded commission with representatives from the community, employers and members of
law enforcement which included an appointment of your choosing, Wilmington Police
Chief Bobby Cummings.
On March 31st, the consultants presented their final report to the commission. The report
provides a detailed blueprint for how the department should be structured in order to
maximize its effectiveness. According to the report and the advice of nationally
recognized law enforcement experts, in order for the Wilmington Police Department to
realize the full impact of the commissions report, these particular recommendations must
be adopted.
1. Deployment: Adopt a metric based deployment strategy, utilizing minimum staffing
levels of 24 officers per shift. Based on the Temple University Hot Spot Analysis,
WPD needs to incorporate the Neighborhood Stabilization Unit: a six-to-seven person
community-oriented unit that would respond to statistically generated crime conditions.
This would resemble Operation Disrupt, but would be stable and targeted, without
relying solely on overtime.
Stephanie T. Bolden
State Representative
District 2
Helene Keeley
State Representative
District 3
Gerald L. Brady
State Representative
District 4
John L. Mitchell
State Representative
District 13
James Johnson
State Representative
District 16
Harris McDowell
State Senator
District 1