WARRENDALE FIREWORKS - DANGER IN THE STREETS

FIREWORKS - DANGER IN THE STREETSJul 3, 2007 9:37 PMCategory: News
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HELLO DETROIT, MICHIGAN, ALL OF USA
Danger in the streets of Detroit and the suburbs. The lack of fireworks law enforcement means that more woman, children and men face being injured, maimed, burned or killed because illegal fireworks enforcement is lacking throughout the Metro area.
A mother of three was killed in Melvindale (Mi) when fireworks exploded early and in her face. Where were responsible people and the police.???
Sheriffs Warren Evans and Mark Hakel said they don't have the manpower to check for fireworks violations, (Detroit News 7/03/07) we'll let the profiteers go crazy - sell illegal dangerous fireworks to anyone anywhere anytime. This statement gives encouragement to people to violate the law and endanger the public safety.
I did fireworks enforcement in Detroit and Romulus, (Michigan) and I found merchants selling illegal dangerous fireworks to minors as young as 6 years old. I have a photo of several children, money in hand wanting to buy fireworks. The kind that can injure, maim and kill.
In Detroit - No party stores, liquor stores, dollar stores and of course gas stations of any kind were permitted to sell fireworks of any kind, but I still found stores selling illegal fireworks - they faced a $500. fine and if a MLCC store a similar fine by the Liquor Commission - still they sold because the new the manpower shortages and the crime level meant, that they faced little in NO enforcement. They made huge profits selling illegal fireworks. Last 4th of July, Speedy gas station at W.Warren-Evergreen was selling fireworks at the enterance to their front door - an unimaginable danger and a show of disrepect for the police and public. I have the photo.........A large cube truck parked in a vacant lot, on a busy Detroit street, and sold from the back end, people came money in hand eagerly wanting to buy the dangerous items.
Scout 6-2 (Detroit) ' we have shots fired at W. Warren and Patton ' over 60% (conservative estimate) of 'shots fired' police runs (which are a Priority 1 run - must be answered) but over 60% are fireworks related police runs, so that means a serious police run may sit in the stack and wait for hours to be responded to...because of fireworks....I have photographs of children in the middle of Patton street, littered with fireworks canisters and children lighting them time after time, in a densely populated area with housing barely 40' from street and fireworks bursting over rooftops, and cars trying to manuever down the street... No enforcement...
If communities enforced fireworks laws, there would be less danger of injury and fires and would take less police officers time and patience. It would be a safer and happier 4th of July for all..........
The State should allocate funds for fireworks enforcement as it does for alcohol, and special traffic enforcement issues...Starting 2008...