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New Community Policing Initiative Targets Home Break-Ins

Posted 05.23.2012

Read More: Detroit Crime, Detroit Break Ins, Broken Windows Theory, Detroit Police Department, Detroit Home Invasions, Commuity Policing, Ralph Godbee, Manhattan Institute, Grandmont-Rosedale, Detroit Police, Video, Detroit News

The Detroit Police Department is piloting a new program that may help discourage home invasions through increased police interaction with the communit...

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Former Police Chief Slams Detroit Department

CBS Detroit | Posted 05.23.2012

Read More: Detroit Crime, Detroit Police, Detroit News

Detroit’s former police chief is lashing out about crime in the city. Speaking exclusively with WWJ’s Roberta Jasina, Warren Evans said crime is ...

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Lawsuit: Detroit Police Lost Access To Crucial Records Because Of Unpaid Storage Bill

AnnArbor.com | Posted 05.22.2012

Read More: Detroit Crime, Detroit Police, Detroit News

By John Counts The City of Detroit lost access to records of murders and other crimes that occurred before 2004 because it failed to pay its bill t...

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Plan Would Allow Neighborhoods To Use Public Funds For Private Security

Posted 05.19.2012

Read More: Detroit Public Safety, Private Security Detroit, Video, Grandmont Rosedale Neighborhood Development Corporation, Virtual Precincts, Michigan Home Rule City Act, Neighborhood Private Security Detroit, Detroit Police, Detroit News

A coalition of citizens and community groups is pushing Detroit City Council to make use of a recently amended Michigan law to charge residents for a ...

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Police Shoot 72-year-old Man

Posted 05.15.2012

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Detroit Police officers shot an elderly man three times Monday night on Detroit's west side, after he charged at them with a knife, they allege. Of...

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Detroit City Council Ponders Police Millage Proposal

HuffingtonPost.com | David Sands | Posted 05.10.2012

Read More: Detroit Crime, Detroit Police Department, Detroit News, Rev. Warfield, Detroit Board of Police Commissioners, Video, Public Safety Millage, Dave Bing, Police Board, Mayor Dave Bing, Detroit Safety, Detroit Crime Rate, Austerity Measures, Detroit City Council, Detroit Police, Detroit Politics, Detroit News

Claiming that Detroit is facing a public safety emergency, representatives from the Board of Police Commissioners urged Detroit City Council Thursday ...

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Occupy Detroit Does Not Occupy Again

The Huffington Post | David Sands | Posted 05.03.2012

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This story has been updated with comment from the Detroit Police Department. Detroit Police Department officers enforcing a 10 p.m. curfew cleared ...

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Men Held In Backpage.com-linked Murders

AP | COREY WILLIAMS | Posted 05.02.2012

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DETROIT -- Two men were held for questioning Tuesday as part of an investigation into the slayings of four Detroit women whose bodies were found in ca...

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Serious Crimes Up Across The City

Posted 05.01.2012

Read More: Detroit Shootings, Detroit Crime, Video, Detroit Homicides, Detroit Crime Rate 2012, Detroit Police Department, Crime Rate, Detroit Crime Rate Up, Detroit Police, Detroit Homicides Down 2012, Detroit News

Detroit Police Chief Ralph Godbee Jr. revealed Monday that major crimes in the city have increased in the first quarter of 2012. At a community me...

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Detroit 300 Calls Identity Card Drama A Media 'Half-Truth'

The Huffington Post | David Sands | Posted 04.20.2012

Read More: Detroit 300 Id Cards, Detroit Crime, Video, Delric Miller, Che Daniels, Detroit Impact, Detroit Community Patrol, Vigilante Justice, Angelo Henderson, Detroit 300, Detroit Police, Detroit News

The neighborhood watch and crime-fighting group Detroit 300 on Friday disputed media reports that the organization had issued identification cards in ...

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Detroit Holds Forum On Youth Violence Prevention

The Huffington Post | David Sands | Posted 03.22.2012

Read More: Detroit Youth Violence Prevention Initiative, Detroit Crime, Mayor Bing, Detroit News, Ralph Godbee, Detroit Mayor Dave Bing, Video, Annie Ellington, Detroit Youth VIolence Conference, Mayor Dave Bing, Detroit Youth Violence, Detroit Youth, Detroit Kids, Detroit Youth Violence Forum, Detroit Police Chief Ralph Godbee, Detroit Police, Detroit News

Concerns over youth violence have been rising in the city of Detroit after a string of recent tragedies involving young people. A conference devoted t...

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Finding Justice For Victims In Detroit's Rape Kit Backlog

AP | COREY WILLIAMS | Posted 03.19.2012

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DETROIT -- For nearly two decades, Carol Bart's untested rape kit collected dust in a police evidence room. Her attacker, who kidnapped her from outsi...

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What You Need To Know About Detroit Police's New 911 Response Rules

Posted 03.06.2012

Read More: Detroit Crime, Detroit Police 911 Calls, Telephone Crime Reporting Unit, Detroit Telephone Crime Reporting Unit, Detroit Police Department, Virtual Preceincts, Detroit News, Ralph Godbee, Detroit Emergency Protocols, Detroit Police Emergency, Detroit Police, Detroit News

Detroit Police are reorganizing the way they respond to emergency calls with a new Telephone Crime Reporting Unit that will allow officers to prioriti...

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Detroit Crime-Fighting Group Launches Campaign To End Child Shootings

Posted 02.22.2012

Read More: Detroit Crime-Fighting Group, Kade'jah Davis, Delric Waymon Miller, Raphael B. Johnson, Detroit News, Delric Waymon Miller IV, The Detroit 300, Detroit Police, Video, Detroit News

The crime-fighting community organization known as Detroit 300 announced it will begin patrolling high-crime neighborhoods in response to the accident...

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Infant Killed By Shots Fired Into Home

AP | Posted 04.21.2012

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DETROIT — Attackers peppered a house on Detroit's west side with gunshots early Monday, killing a 9-month-old boy, police said. Delric Miller w...

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No Charges For 9-year-old Accused Of Shooting Teen

Posted 04.08.2012

Read More: Kilbourne, Detroit Crime, Gun Laws, 9-Year-Old Arrested, Shooting, Minor Arrest, Young Crime, Detroit Police, Crime News

UPDATE: Detroit cops said today that no charges would be filed against the 9-year-old boy suspected of shooting a 15-year-old this weekend, according ...

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Argument Leads To Shooting Death Of 12-Year-Old Detroit Girl

Posted 02.02.2012

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This story has been updated. Detroit Police are investigating the tragic shooting of 12-year-old girl on Tuesday night. According to Channel 7 N...

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More Cops Please, Says Attorney General

Posted 01.25.2012

Read More: Michigan Attorney General, Michigan Budget Surplus, Attorney General Bill Schuette, Video, Bill Schuette, Detroit Police Department, Governor Rick Snyder, Ralph Godbee, Detroit Police, Detroit News

Michigan can't prosper without more police, claims Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette, who is calling on the governor to direct funds from the st...

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The Untold Story Of Police Concessions: When Is Too Much Enough?

John K. Bennett | Posted 03.26.2012

Read More: Detroit Police Concessions, Detroit Financial Crisis, Detroit Police Cuts, Detroit Police, Detroit Police Pay Cuts, Detroit Police Department, Detroit News

As citizens if we continue to allow the intellectually bankrupt to make decisions that are harmful to our quality of life, we the citizens of Detroit will evaporate a lot quicker than you can say bankruptcy.

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Resolutions for Detroit in 2012

Chris Zadorozny | Posted 03.19.2012

Read More: 2012 Resolutions, Detroit, Detroit Works Project, North American International Auto Show, Manuel Moroun, Detroit Public Schools, Dan Gilbert, Detroit Police, Detroit News

It is a brand new year for Metro Detroiters, and we can now put 2011 behind us. As we head into 2012, only a couple of weeks in, we have already received both good and bad news for the city.

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Can Volunteers And Social Media Replace 24-Hour Precincts?

AP | By COREY WILLIAMS | Posted 01.13.2012

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DETROIT -- Fighting crime is a 24-hour job, but Detroit police stations will be sticking to business hours. The department is rolling out a plan to c...

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Cremations On The Rise Due To Struggling Economy [WATCH]

The Huffington Post | Harry Bradford | Posted 12.14.2011

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The economy is forcing households to cut back in many ways -- including how they rest in peace. Americans chose cremation in 41 percent of deaths ...

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Let's Invest in Detroit: A Marshall Plan for America's Cities

Kevin Boyle | Posted 02.07.2012

Read More: Detroit Budget, Marshall Plan, Detroit Murder Rate, Detroit, Detroit Police Layoffs, Detroit Budget Cuts, Detroit Budget Deficit, Detroit Police, Detroit News

Detroit's about to go broke. Something drastic has to be done. But the answer isn't to slice more deeply into the city's workforce. Or to slash benefits. Or to sell off the street lights. The answer is something genuinely wider and deeper and bolder.

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Police Hunt For 2-year-old Girl

AP | Posted 12.02.2011

Read More: Bianca Jones Missing, Detroit Crime, Video, Missing Girl Detroit, Amber Alert, Bianca Jones Detroit, Detroit Police Chief Ralph Godbee, Bianca Jones, Missing Child, Detroit Police, Detroit News

DETROIT -- Detroit police are searching for a 2-year-old girl who has been missing since her father was carjacked and the thief drove away with her st...

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It's Not All About the Benjamins, Baby

Zak Rosen | Posted 01.30.2012

Read More: Detroit Renaissance, 8 Mile, Detroit Racial Issues, Detroiters, Toby Barlow, Rabbi Jason Miller, Detroit, Detroit Riot, Detroit Police, Detroit News

We are not writing to argue over who is a 'real' Detroiter and who is not, nor who is and is not going to save Detroit. We are more interested in unpacking our region's history with a critical eye.

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