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Dearborn Heights council presses for tougher enforcement, approves new police radios
Summary
Council members and residents pressed the city Tuesday over rising shootings, reckless driving and short staffing; the council approved purchases of 28 encrypted mobile radios and ammunition and discussed a federal grant to hire officers.
Dearborn Heights City Council members and residents pressed city leaders Tuesday over a summer spike in shootings, reckless driving and short-stay rentals linked by several speakers to neighborhood disorder, while voting to buy new encrypted police radios.
Residents detailed recent shootings, late-night reckless driving and problems around short-term rentals; several called for more patrols and quicker hiring. The council approved purchases the police department said are needed to meet an upcoming state encryption requirement for public-safety radios.
The meeting opened to repeated public comments about neighborhood public-safety concerns. Resident Angela Venegas told the council, “...the gun involvement in the neighborhood has gotten really bad. Both North and South End.” Others reported daytime and nighttime reckless driving and a recent multi-car crash on Kingsbury.
The chief of police (identified in the meeting transcript as “Chief”) described enforcement and staffing efforts and…
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