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The following events are being held in honor of the life and legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. This year Martin Luther King Jr. Day, a federal holiday held annually on the third Monday in January, falls on his birthday, Jan. 15.
A community took to the streets as a call to come together. Walk-a-Mile Wednesday’s, one of Detroit Police Department Chief James White’s community initiatives, has become a weekly tradition...
Detroit police board, officials discuss COVID's impact on crime Detroit — Domestic violence-related homicides in Wayne County have have skyrocketed during the coronavirus pandemic, Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy said Thursday during a virtual forum of law enforcement officials and other stakeholders. Wayne County prosecutors usually handle 8 to 10 domestic violence-related homicides annually, but last year there were 24 — "and we're on track this year to go even higher than that," Worthy said during the Detroit Board of Police Commissioners' "Roundtable on Criminal Homicide and Nonfatal Shootings.” Multiple topics were covered during the virtual meeting, which lasted almost two hours, including a year-long backlog of court cases because of the pandemic, early jail releases and cash bail reform. The discussion's central theme was how the COVID emergency has impacted crime and law enforcement.
Detroit experiences rise in gun violence, domestic abuse during COVID-19 pandemic By Fox 2 Staff The COVID-19 pandemic resulted in more crime in Detroit. DETROIT (FOX 2) - Detroit saw a rise in crime, including gun violence and domestic abuse, during the COVID-19 pandemic. Police Chief James Craig and the department’s board of commissioners discussed crime rates during a roundtable Thursday. A focus was on how the pandemic impacted crime and the department’s ability to fight it. "At one point during 2020, we were ravaged by COVID," Craig said. "We had, at one point, roughly 650 members of our department that were quarantined."