I have emailed about Gang Squad for years...
DPD Chief Napoleon put me on Gang Squad to 'educate me' because I criticized it...
here are my comments on this article...
Wrong...for Detroit Police
DPD does NOT need a Gang Squad - it does not have the officers !!!!
I have repeated stated this - Detroit needs a Gang Intelligence Unit - with former Gang Squad officers in the precincts collecting information, and teaching other officers about gangs. The information that is collected would be passed along to the GIU and diseminated to all precincts and officers, so that every officer is gang educated.
A GIU is a better more effective use of manpower - which is extremely low, so much that it may be hard in the near future for officers to protect each other, let alone the public.
Andrew Arena, was FBI, when he needed man power, he requested it...Detroit does not have that luxury, for day to day enforcement efforts. The suburbs and other law enforcement agencies can not and will not be able to supply Detroit with manpower, whenever Detroit wants it.
Mayor Bing wanted to end the fireworks, ethnic festivals etc because of manpower shortages.
Detroit Police have a real man power shortage - reconstituting the Gang Squad is a public relations - smoke and mirrors effort, that all recent police chiefs have used to make the public believe that DPD can properly protect them - they can't.
DPD needs to hire 500 - 1,000 officers - NOW, with state and federal law enforcement grants. Before they do so they must raise the hiring standards to prevent the mass hiring problems, that have previously occurred.
Speak Out...DPD needs money and manpower.
The Governor, Kevyn Orr, the Mayor and City Council, must go to Lansing and Washington and request money - so that DPD, DFD and EMS can protect the residents, the visitors and themselves - they must succed - because people are dying in the streets, in their neighborhoods, their churches and homes.
David Malhalab
Sgt DPD Retired
Ps. George Hunter, Detroit News, August 7, 2013 - wrote a story about: Detroit to bring back gang suppression unit...read it for reference. please read and leave a comment on both his story and my blog...Thank you...
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