Landis Spencer
Landis Spencer ran for election to the Detroit Board of Police Commissioners to represent District 6 in Michigan. He lost in the general election on November 2, 2021.
Spencer completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2021. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Landis Spencer was born in Southfield, Michigan. He earned a bachelor's degree from Michigan State University in 2019. Spencer has been affiliated with the Democratic Socialists of America organization.[1]
Elections
2021
See also: City elections in Detroit, Michigan (2021)
General election
General election for Detroit Board of Police Commissioners District 6
Incumbent Lisa Carter defeated Landis Spencer in the general election for Detroit Board of Police Commissioners District 6 on November 2, 2021.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Lisa Carter (Nonpartisan) | 56.6 | 4,391 | |
 | Landis Spencer (Nonpartisan)  | 42.8 | 3,318 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.6 | 47 | ||
| Total votes: 7,756 | |||
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Nonpartisan primary election
The primary election was canceled. Incumbent Lisa Carter and Landis Spencer advanced from the primary for Detroit Board of Police Commissioners District 6.
Campaign themes
2021
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Landis Spencer completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2021. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Spencer's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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- We need to rethink how we do public safety in the city of Detroit. Our current model is expensive and isn't keeping anyone safe. We need to end wasteful programs such as facial recognition technology, military equipment purchases, and survelliance equipmment, and instead use those funds for social programs.We also need a dispatch able team of mental healthcare/social workers responding to non violent crimes that deal with mental health. Police are notoriously bad at responding to these calls. Similar programs have saved municipalities millions of dollars, while reducing the number of police encounters
- We need to return the board to its original purpose, which is true civilian oversight. The board of police commissioners was bestowed with broad powers such as launching investigations into officers who engage in misconduct, oversight over promotions and the budget, and setting policy for DPD. Currently, the board is acting as an extension of DPD, not a real police oversight body. This is evident by the number of officers that get promoted with questionable backgrounds, including an officer that had 85 complaints against him.
- We need to ensure that civil liberties are being protected. Last summer peaceful protestors and legal observers were met with tear gas, rubber bullets, and an unequal violent response from the police. The constitution gives citizens the right to protest. This must be protected and we need to launch an investigation into any officer that engaged in misconduct during these protest.
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See also
2021 Elections
External links
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Candidate Detroit Board of Police Commissioners District 6 |
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Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on September 28, 2021.
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