The current charter was enacted in 2012 by a vote of Detroit residents. The body lost its power when the city became bankrupt in 2013, when Emergency Manager Kevyn Orr executed Executive Order 11. This authority was restored by a vote of the Detroit City Council in September 2015.. Composition and authority. Board of Police Commissioners has 11 members, seven are …

The city is governed pursuant to the home rule Charter of the City of Detroit. The government of Detroit is run by a mayor, the nine-member Detroit City Council, the eleven-member 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 ...