DETROIT (WWJ) – Detroit Police Chief James White was at the White House on Friday talking about using federal American Rescue Plan dollars to reduce crime in a city notorious for violence. Later that night a man and a teenage girl were caught in the crossfire of a shootout right in the middle of downtown Detroit.
Around 24 hours later, Detroit police officers were involved in a shootout with suspects just a few blocks away, as more gunfire erupted in the city.
In a new edition of The Daily J podcast, WWJ’s Zach Clark takes a look at what’s causing the uptick in violence and what kind of work is being done to cut into Detroit’s crime rate.
Detroit Police Chief James White was at the White House on Friday talking about reducing crime in a city notorious for violence... But then a bloody weekend in Detroit followed. In a new Daily J, WWJ's Zach Clark takes a look at the work being done to cut the crime rate.
Editor's note: When talking about violent crime in Detroit. the Detroit Police Department would like to point out that crime is in fact down in the city since the beginning of the year in several categories — including homicides, sexual assaults, aggravated assaults and robberies.
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