Bing, Detroit law enforcement launch collaborative crime-fighting effort
Detroit Mayor Dave Bing joined federal, state and local law enforcement to unveil the “Detroit One” crime-fighting initiative Thursday. The idea underpinning the effort is that a large portion of...
View ArticleBrass bell stolen from Detroit Catholic church
DETROIT (AP) - Thieves struck a Detroit church and swiped a brass bell that's more than 100 years old.The bell belongs to Sweetest Heart of Mary Roman Catholic Church. Officials believe a lock was cut...
View ArticleThe 6 most dangerous neighborhoods in Michigan
With all the problems in Flint and Detroit, it's no surprise we see these cities end up on "most dangerous cities" lists. The lists are generated using violent crime statistics from the FBI's annual...
View ArticleJury to decide fate of Detroit cop who shot Aiyana Stanley-Jones
Jurors will get instructions from a judge and then start deliberations in the trial of a Detroit police officer charged in the fatal shooting of a 7-year-old girl. Joseph Weekley told jurors Thursday...
View ArticleStateside for Wednesday, July 24th, 2013
This week marks three years since an Enbridge Energy pipeline ruptured near Marshall, Michigan. More than a million gallons of tar sands oil have been cleaned up from Talmadge Creek and the Kalamazoo...
View ArticleHow is crime hindering the comeback of Detroit?
With the historic Detroit bankruptcy filing, there has been much talk about money, about taxes, about shrinking revenue and rising legacy costs. But two of our guests on Stateside today strongly...
View ArticleThe kid or the hit man: who killed 4 people?
The Michigan Court of Appeals today heard the case of a 14-year-old boy convicted of four murders. The court is considering evidence that the now 20-year-old man may be innocent. In 2007, four people...
View ArticleDetroit Police look to boost ranks with hiring fair
The Detroit Police Department is looking to boost its ranks. The department is holding a recruiting fair for the first time in almost decade at its downtown public safety headquarters Saturday. Police...
View ArticleSnyder: FBI crime stats show more work needed in Detroit, Flint, Saginaw
Governor Rick Snyder says new FBI crime numbers show there’s still work to be done to make Michigan cities safer. Flint and Detroit topped the FBI’s list of most-dangerous cities, which is based on...
View ArticleWhat is driving the violence in Detroit and Flint?
Election Day 2013 is close at hand. And that's when Detroit voters will decide whether their next Mayor will be Mike Duggan or Wayne County Sheriff Benny Napoleon. The winner of the election will...
View ArticleBing, Snyder team up to expand Detroit public safety initiative
A successful program that utilizes volunteers to fight crime is growing in Detroit. Governor Snyder and Mayor Dave Bing announced Monday that the Americorps Urban Safety Corps program will extend into...
View ArticleWhat really happened the night Renisha McBride died?
It's been a weary, awful November in metro Detroit so far. A week ago Saturday, 19-year-old Renisha McBride was shot dead by a 54-year-old white homeowner in Dearborn Heights. She was killed on his...
View ArticlePolice Chief: Detroit crime down in 2013
Detroit’s crime rate fell slightly in 2013, according to data released by the city’s police department Thursday. Detroit recorded 333 criminal homicides last year, down from 386 in 2012. Non-fatal...
View ArticleThis is doing more damage to Detroit than a hundred drug murders could have
By now, millions know the story. Thirteen days ago, on the east side of Detroit, a ten-year-old boy darted in front of a truck driven by a middle-aged tree trimmer named Steven Utash. He couldn’t help...
View ArticleDetroit’s comeback needs to include those left behind in the city
For the past year, for the first time in decades, people in the suburbs, in Lansing, and across America are thinking about Detroit. Everybody has had to face that Detroit is broken, hopelessly in...
View ArticleCrime in Detroit has declined, but what can we do to keep it down?
Violent and property crime in Detroit dropped 25% in the first quarter of this year. However, Carl Taylor, a sociology professor at Michigan State University and native Detroiter, says the statistics...
View ArticleDetroit campaign: Ring in the New Year with bells, not bullets
Ring in the New Year with a bell, not a bang. That’s the message of a campaign to discourage Detroit’s unofficial tradition of celebratory New Year’s gunfire. The Reverend Nicholas Hood III has...
View ArticleDetroit's 2014 homicide total could be lowest in decades
Detroit may have wrapped up 2014 with the fewest number of homicides in decades. The end-of-year crime data is still preliminary. But Detroit police officials say the official homicide tally for 2014...
View ArticleCity of Detroit launches new website, makes more data available online
In what officials call an effort towards greater transparency, the city of Detroit launched a website that offers access to many government documents that were once difficult to find. "People have...
View ArticleWorking day in and day out to end violence in Detroit
Turn on the TV news in metro Detroit, and you're bound to catch the latest story about a shooting, a stabbing, or some other tragic story about another lost life in the city. Violent crime is something...
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