"Police Department paying millions for phone lines in buildings it does not occupy

According to sources there will be a story airing soon about more waste in the police department that cost untold millions. It seems since 2005 the Detroit Police Department has been paying for phone lines that were left open in buildings that the department moved out of. Among the buildings listed are:




  • 13th Precinct now currently Wayne County Sheriffs Admin. Bldg.



  • 5th Precinct that was demolished and replaced with INS.



  • 4th Precinct on Fort/Green.



  • 8th Precinct on Grand River



  • Gang Squad on McGraw.



  • Academy on Greenfield at WCCC



  • Gaming on E. Jefferson



  • 2110 Park the old police academy behind the Fox




Other buildings where phone lines may have been left open for years include the Fisher Building, Cobo Hall and the Joe Louis Arena where DPD formerly had offices. Allegedly there were millions of dollars paid to AT&T for telephone and data lines that remained active and were not disconnected upon DPD vacating the property. According to sources the person who may fall on the sword for this is Deputy Chief Rahimzadeh who is in charge of Technical Services. He was reportedly investigated by Internal Affairs and even though they found no criminal wrong doing there is a matter of negligence on his part. In 2007 Chief Godbee became the Assistant Chief of the Administrative Portfolio, he was Rahimzadeh’s boss. He left and returned as Assistant Chief in 2009 before becoming Chief of Police. Unfortunately this mismanagement has cost the department millions of dollars over many years, dollars that could’ve been more useful in manpower and resources. According to sources in that 8 year period there was $2 million of lost revenue. Even if it’s just a million the symbolism of any money lost will not be lost on the citizens who are without police protection or officers being asked to give up their pay.Not to long ago Chief Godbee had to answer questions on why the city was paying for lease vehicles that the lease has been up for years, not to mention paying more than what the vehicles were worth. "