News - Detroit Police Department
DETROIT, June 6, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- The following statement is attributable to Richard Fenton, vice president, Corporate Security, Olympia Development, regarding an attempted robbery in downtown Detroit today: EXTERNAL STATEMENT: "We suspect this isolated and random incident is not in any way related to the neighborhood and it appears the criminals either knew the victim or had been following the victim for some period of time.
-- New citywide initiative seeks to build on reductions in homicides & shootings "Still not good enough." DETROIT, July 2 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- That is the sentiment of local law enforcement leaders as the city of Detroit crosses into the second half of 2010 with a 25% reduction in homicides and a 20% reduction in non-fatal shootings compared to the same point last year.
By Ben Schmitt, Detroit Free Press Feb. 12--A Detroit Police officer shot and killed an 18-year-old outside of a funeral home Monday afternoon. Officers responded around 2:45 p.m. to a disturbance call at the Cantrell Funeral Home on Mack and St.
