If you are convicted of a low-level offense in Ingham County, you may be serving your sentence in a very interesting manner. Sheriff Gene Wriggelsworth is developing a program called “DART”, or the Dead Animal Recovery Team, made up of low level offenders with the sole task of cleaning the Ingham County roadways of dead animals. [Read more…]
Police Taking “Super Drunks” Off Roads at High Pace
What’s being called the law of “Super Drunks” went into effect in October of 2010 and has since accounted for thousands of OWI arrests in the metro area. The law was created to deliver particularly harsh penalties to those people who weren’t just over the legal limit, but were dramatically over the limit, making them “super” drunk. [Read more…]
Heroin Addicts Getting Younger and More Populous
The illegal prescription drug trade has done wonders for the heroin trade as well. Cheaper and easier to find than prescription opiates, heroin use is on the rise in Detroit suburbs and even among kids as young as 15, according to the Detroit Free Press. [Read more…]
Gov. Snyder Unveils Public Safety Plan
Michigan Governor Rick Snyder unveiled an extensive public safety plan this week, which would focus spending on adding state troopers and bolstering various programs targeting crime and poverty in the state’s most populous cities. [Read more…]
Lawmakers Propose Toy Gun Ban
Legislators in Michigan have proposed laws that would criminalize the alteration of toy weapons and the use of toy weapons in a crime. While their proposal could reduce the likelihood of a cop mistaking a toy for a real weapon, it could also push would-be toy users to purchase the real thing. [Read more…]
Detroit Crime Gets International Attention
The plight of Detroit was covered in a scathing article in the Daily Mail Online, a British Publication. They called the city a “Wild West Motown,” and focused on the high crime rate and inability of police to stay ahead of the curve. But the article doesn’t include anything the people of Detroit weren’t already witnessing firsthand. [Read more…]