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Jamiel Altaheri, deputy inspector and the commanding officer of diversity and inclusion at the New York Police Department, is set to become Hamtramck’s first Yemeni and Muslim police chief.
  • Detroit Evening Report
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DER Weekends: Hamtramck gets new Muslim, Arab police chief

Sascha Raiyn April 20, 2024

On the latest episode of Detroit Evening Report Weekends, WDET’s Nargis Rahman spoke with Jamiel Altaheri who becomes Hamtramck's new...

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  • Community & Quality of Life
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Jury awards $10 million to man who was wrongly convicted of murder

Associated Press February 20, 2024

DETROIT (AP) — A jury awarded $10 million to a Detroit-area man who spent nearly six years in prison for...

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Police vehicle East Lansing Michigan
  • Detroit Today with Stephen Henderson

How police departments can improve community relations and reduce crime

Detroit Today January 17, 2023

It’s been two and a half years since George Floyd was murdered by a police officer, prompting millions to flood...

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  • Tracked and Traced

Tracked and Traced: Does ShotSpotter prevent violent crime in Detroit?

Bryce Huffman February 16, 2022

Listen and subscribe to Tracked and Traced: Apple Podcast — Spotify — NPR — Stitcher — Google Podcasts Correction: The...

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ShotSpotter Website
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Detroit hopes to expand ShotSpotter gun detection system using $7 million in ARPA funds

Nargis Rahman February 11, 2022

ShotSpotter is a gun detection system that has been installed in Detroit to help lower crime and violence in the...

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Michigan State Police 9/25/2018
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Michigan State University report finds racial disparities in traffic stops

Rick Pluta January 12, 2022

Michigan State Police leaders are promising improvements after a study found a disproportionately high number of Black drivers are stopped...

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Greektown Green light
  • Community & Quality of Life
  • Detroit Journalism Cooperative
  • How's Detroit Doing?
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Greektown Businesses Install Security Cameras on Streets

Laura Herberg January 30, 2018

The streets of Greektown are now monitored by surveillance cameras that feed video directly to the Detroit Police Department. Eleven...

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Books
  • Community & Quality of Life
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  • Youth

Free Book Exchanges Coming to Detroit Police Precincts

Associated Press September 30, 2017

Police in Detroit want to help children in the city read more often.  The police department is partnering with the national...

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UM Men's Glee Club
  • Community & Quality of Life
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“Seven Last Words of the Unarmed” Explores Final Words of Black Men

Station Programming May 26, 2016

“The very question of ‘why?’ sort of sets up the whole rest of the piece," says composer Joel Thompson. "Why is...

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Mayor Mike Duggan
  • Community & Quality of Life
  • Detroit Today with Stephen Henderson
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Detroit Mayor, Police Chief Encouraged but Not Satisfied by Detroit’s Lower Crime Numbers

Station Programming January 12, 2016

J. Carlisle Larsen Mayor Mike Duggan and Police Chief James Craig know the gravity of these circumstances and say they’re...

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Chicago Cops
  • Detroit Today with Stephen Henderson
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Detroit Police Department Then and Now

Station Programming December 9, 2015

detroitmi.gov/police Laquan McDonald’s shooting death by a Chicago police officer has created enough of a stir that the U.S. Department...

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Mark Fancher
  • Community & Quality of Life
  • Detroit Today with Stephen Henderson
  • News

Detroit and Chicago: Police, Community, and the DOJ

Station Programming December 9, 2015

  JJ/Creative Commons Just over a year ago, a 17-year-old young man in Chicago - Laquan McDonald - was shot...

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