Editing Detroit (section)

==Government==
{{Further|Government of Detroit|List of mayors of Detroit}}
[[File:Guardian Building, Griswold Street, Detroit, MI - 53026480077.jpg|thumb|upright|The [[Guardian Building]] serves as the headquarters of Wayne County.]]

The city is governed pursuant to the [[home rule]] ''Charter of the City of Detroit''. The government is run by a mayor, the nine-member [[Detroit City Council]], the eleven-member [[Detroit Board of Police Commissioners|Board of Police Commissioners]], and a clerk. All of these officers are elected on a nonpartisan ballot, with the exception of four of the police commissioners, who are appointed by the mayor. Detroit has a "[[Mayor–council government|strong mayoral]]" system, with the mayor approving departmental appointments. The council approves budgets, but the mayor is not obligated to adhere to any earmarking. The city clerk supervises elections and is formally charged with the maintenance of municipal records. City ordinances and substantially large contracts must be approved by the council.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.detroitmi.gov/Portals/0/docs/Publications/COD%20Charter/2_29_2012_CharterDocument_2_1_WITHOUT_COMMENTARY_1.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160425193308/http://www.detroitmi.gov/Portals/0/docs/Publications/COD%20Charter/2_29_2012_CharterDocument_2_1_WITHOUT_COMMENTARY_1.pdf |archive-date=April 25, 2016 |url-status=live |title=Charter of the City of Detroit | date =January 1, 2012 | website=detroitmi.gov | publisher =City of Detroit | access-date=October 19, 2017 }}</ref><ref name="crcmich.org">Ward, George E. (July 1993). [http://www.crcmich.org/PUBLICAT/1990s/1993/rpt31002.pdf Detroit Charter Revision – A Brief History] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161228003247/http://www.crcmich.org/PUBLICAT/1990s/1993/rpt31002.pdf |date=December 28, 2016 }}. ''Citizens Research Council of Michigan'' (pdf file).</ref> The ''Detroit City Code'' is the [[codification (law)|codification]] of Detroit's [[local ordinance]]s.

Presently three Community Advisory Councils advise City Council representatives. Residents of each of Detroit's seven districts have the option of electing Community Advisory Councils.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.detcharter.com/charter/charter-09-01.php |title=The Detroit Charter and City Government ARTICLE 9. CHAPTER 1. COMMUNITY ADVISORY COUNCILS | website=detcharter.com | publisher =2012 Detroit Charter Revision Commission | access-date=March 19, 2019 }}
* {{cite web|url=http://archives.wdet.org/news/story/community-council-districts-/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190806223229/http://archives.wdet.org/news/story/community-council-districts-/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=August 6, 2019 |title=Detroiters Push to Establish Community Advisory Councils in City Districts | website=wdet.org | publisher =WDET 101.9 and Wayne State University | access-date=August 6, 2019 }}
* {{cite web|url=http://detroitpeoplesplatform.org/2014/03/action-alert-city-council-evening-meeting-monday-march-3rd/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190720024421/http://detroitpeoplesplatform.org/2014/03/action-alert-city-council-evening-meeting-monday-march-3rd/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=July 20, 2019 |title=Action Alert: City Council Evening Meeting Monday March 3rd | date =March 3, 2012 | website=detroitpeoplesplatform.org | publisher =Detroit Peoples Platform | access-date=August 6, 2019 }}
* {{cite web | url=https://www.waynecounty.com/documents/clerk/16GDETLL.pdf | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190720024146/https://www.waynecounty.com/documents/clerk/16GDETLL.pdf | url-status=dead | archive-date=July 20, 2019 |title=Wayne Co., Mi General Election 11/08/16 Total Results | date =November 23, 2016 | website=waynecounty.com | publisher =County of Wayne | access-date=August 6, 2019 }}
* {{cite web
 |url=https://www.candgnews.com/news/communityadvisory-councilapproved-for-detroits4th-district-115390
 |title=Community Advisory Council approved for Detroit's 4th District
 |last=Losinski
 |first=Brendan
 |date=October 15, 2019
|website=candgnews.com
 |publisher=C & G Publishing
 |access-date=November 16, 2020
}}
* {{cite web
 |url=https://www.telegramnews.net/story/2019/10/03/news/community-activist-files-1570-signatures-to-create-community-advisory-council/758.html
 |title=Community Activist Files 1,570 Signatures to Create Community Advisory Council
 |date=October 3, 2019
|website=telegramnews.net
 |publisher=Telegram Newspaper
 |access-date=November 16, 2020
}}
* {{cite web
 |url=https://www.waynecounty.com/documents/clerk/electionsummary11320_unofficial.pdf
 |title=City of Detroit Community Advisory Council District 4 Partial Term Ending 01/01/2022
 |date=November 5, 2020
|website=waynecounty.com
 |publisher=Wayne County Michigan
 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201105182811/https://www.waynecounty.com/documents/clerk/electionsummary11320_unofficial.pdf
 |access-date=November 16, 2020
|archive-date=November 5, 2020
}}
* {{cite web
 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1u_eF5I6IB4
 |title=Detroit Community Advisory Council {CAC} Candidates Running For District 5 on Nov 8
 |last= Carter
 |first=Piper
 |date=October 25, 2022
|website=Youtube.com
 |access-date=November 3, 2023
}}
* {{cite web
 |url=https://detroitmi.gov/government/city-council/city-council-president-district-5/district-5-community-advisory-council
 |title=District 5 Community Advisory Council
 |website=detroitmi.gov
 |publisher=City of Detroit
 |access-date=November 3, 2023
}}</ref> The city clerk supervises elections and is formally charged with the maintenance of municipal records. Municipal elections for mayor, city council and city clerk are held at four-year intervals, in the year after presidential elections.<ref name="crcmich.org" /> Following a November 2009 referendum, seven council members will be elected from districts beginning in 2013 while two will continue to be elected at-large.<ref name="cdet">Nelson, Gabe (November 3, 2009).[http://www.crainsdetroit.com/article/20091103/FREE/911039978 Voters overwhelmingly approve Detroit Proposal D]. ''Crains Detroit Business''. Retrieved on December 23, 2009.</ref>

Detroit's courts are state-administered and elections are nonpartisan. The Probate Court for Wayne County is in the [[Coleman A. Young Municipal Center]] in downtown. The Circuit Court is across Gratiot Avenue in the Frank Murphy Hall of Justice. The city is home to the Thirty-Sixth District Court, as well as the First District of the [[Michigan Court of Appeals]] and the [[United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan]]. The city provides law enforcement through the [[Detroit Police Department]] and emergency services through the [[Detroit Fire Department]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Police Department |url=https://detroitmi.gov/departments/police-department |access-date=September 11, 2022 |website=City of Detroit |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Detroit Fire Department |url=https://detroitmi.gov/departments/detroit-fire-department |access-date=September 11, 2022 |website=City of Detroit |language=en}}</ref>

===Politics===
Beginning with its incorporation in 1802, Detroit has had a total of [[List of mayors of Detroit|74 mayors]]. Detroit's last mayor from the [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican Party]] was [[Louis Miriani]], who served from 1957 to 1962. In 1973, the city elected its first black mayor, [[Coleman Young]]. Despite development efforts, his combative style during his five terms in office was not well received by many suburban residents.<ref>[http://www.cnn.com/US/9711/29/young.obit.pm/ "Detroit's 'great warrior,' Coleman Young, dies"]. CNN. November 29, 1997.</ref> Mayor [[Dennis Archer]], a former Michigan Supreme Court Justice, refocused the city's attention on redevelopment with a plan to permit three casinos downtown. By 2008, three major casino resort hotels established operations in the city.<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.nytimes.com/1998/04/10/us/detroit-council-approves-plan-for-3-casinos.html| title = Detroit Council Approves Plan For 3 Casinos| date = April 10, 1998| website = The New York Times| access-date = March 19, 2023}}</ref>

In 2000, the city requested an investigation by the [[United States Justice Department]] into the Detroit Police Department which was concluded in 2003 over allegations regarding its use of force and civil rights violations. The city proceeded with a major reorganization of the Detroit Police Department.<ref>Lin, Judy and David Joser, (August 30, 2005). Detroit to trim 150 cops, precincts. ''Detroit News''.</ref> In 2013, felony bribery charges were brought against seven building inspectors.<ref>{{cite news|last=Abbey-Lambertz|first=Kate|date=August 29, 2013|title=Detroit Corruption Rooted Out As Felony Bribery Charges Filed Against 7 Building Inspectors|work=[[HuffPost]]|url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/detroit-corruption_n_3837180}}</ref> In 2016, further corruption charges were brought against 12 principals, a former school superintendent and supply vendor<ref>{{cite web|last=Baldas|first=Tresa|title=Vendor in DPS corruption case lived like a king|url=http://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/detroit/2016/04/17/vendor-dps-corruption-case-lived-like-king/82767944/|date=April 17, 2016|access-date=July 23, 2017|website=Detroit Free Press}}</ref> for a $12&nbsp;million (~${{Format price|{{Inflation|index=US-GDP|value=12000000|start_year=2016}}}} in {{Inflation/year|US-GDP}}) kickback scheme.<ref>{{cite news|last=Cwiek|first=Sarah|title=(The Latest) Corruption Charges in Detroit's Struggling Schools|url=https://www.npr.org/sections/ed/2016/04/22/474737468/-the-latest-corruption-charges-in-detroits-struggling-schools|date=April 22, 2016|work=NPR}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Quinlan|first=Casey|date=March 30, 2016|title=Feds Bring Corruption Charges Against Current And Former Detroit School Principals|url=http://thinkprogress.org/education/2016/03/30/3764706/detroit-school-principals-kickbacks/|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160522211529/http://thinkprogress.org/education/2016/03/30/3764706/detroit-school-principals-kickbacks/|archive-date=May 22, 2016|access-date=July 23, 2017|website=Thinkprogress.org}}</ref> However, law professor Peter Henning argues Detroit's corruption is not unusual for a city its size, especially when compared with Chicago.<ref>{{cite web|last=Gabriel|first=Larry|title=How corrupt is Detroit?|url=http://www.metrotimes.com/detroit/how-corrupt-is-detroit/Content?oid=2149028|date=March 14, 2012|work=Detroit Metro Times}}</ref>

Detroit is sometimes referred to as a [[sanctuary city]] because it has "anti-profiling ordinances that generally prohibit local police from asking about the immigration status of people who are not suspected of any crime".<ref>Jonathan Oosting, [http://www.mlive.com/lansing-news/index.ssf/2015/09/immigrant_advocates_blast_bill.html Push to ban 'sanctuary cities' in Michigan faces criticism from immigrant advocates], MLive (September 30, 2015).</ref> The city in recent years has been a stronghold for the [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic Party]], with around 90% of votes in the city going to incumbent vice president, [[Kamala Harris]], the Democratic candidate in the [[2024 United States presidential election|2024 Presidential election]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Election Results |url=https://detroitmi.gov/webapp/election-results |access-date=2025-02-13 |website=City of Detroit |language=en}}</ref>