DETROIT CRIME !!! OUT OF CONTROL ?????

DETROIT CRIME !!! OUT OF CONTROL ????

Gangs members (groups) of kids running loose DOWNTOWN - during 'Winter Blast' - Downtown, that is supposed to be the safest place in Detroit, home to new arrivals (Yuppies) who do not see or comprehend the dangers, maybe they didn't see WDIV TV film of up ended tables and chairs at American Coney Island or police chasing kids through the streets.

Crime is out of control in Detroit and as I have said in the past - the Mayor and City Council have not made Crime the #1 issue, in Detroit - they should have spent the time devoted to the Belle Isle issue, on crime and how to protect Detroit residents and visitors.

Detroit needs State and Federal funding to improve the Detroit Police Department, Fire Department and EMS - the Mayor and City Council must go, in person to Lansing and Washington, to request the money.

Detroit should apply, immediately, to be a DRONE test area, Detroit should be a natural and perfect - first site - being the major international boder city, we need the money it will bring and the technology.

Ps. GANG SQD vs GANG INTELLIGENCE UNIT.......

I was a member of Gang Squad, assigned by PC Benny Napoleon, because I criticized it..!!

It was a temp assignment.... Required one MUPP arrest on days - protected bars at night...It was a sacred cow, under Benny - a road to promotion for others...I still have my GANG SQD jacket...hat - code name... Newsman

I have said Gang Squad is NOT needed - all those officers should be dispersed to precincts - and that officers supply a central Gang Intelligence Unit - with information that will be collected, analyzed and dispersed to ALL street officers....

One TV station reported that an officer had 300 names of gang members on the East Side, but how many officers on the East side - know those names...??? Signs, colors, logos ??

I am not saying Detroit does not have a gang problem - I have said that DPD needs to combat it, more effectively - that every DPD officer should be gang literate....knowledgeable...aware...

To prevent gang violence every officer should be a source of information - not just merely
responders to gang related violence...

David L. Malhalab
Sgt DPD RetiredSee More