Investigator Brian Fountain presented at the Neighborhood Safety Meeting at the North Rosedale Park Community House Thursday, September 25th. Investigator Fountain has worked for the Detroit Police Department for 30 years and is known for his informative, lively workshops. His presentation covered new squatter laws, as well as an overview of crime prevention through environmental…
8th Precinct Captain Marlon Wilson provided encouraging crime statistics at the June 26 Neighborhood Safety Meeting: Homicides are down 35%, Burglaries are down 29%, Robberies are down 28%, Carjackings are down 23%, Stolen Vehicles are down 19%, Larceny is down 17%, and Sexual Assaults are down 9%. The only increase is in Aggravated Assaults which…
The Neighborhood Safety Meeting on Thursday May 22 drew a good- sized crowd to the North Rosedale Park Community House eager to hear from 8th Precinct Captain Donna Jarvis as well as Miriam Blanks-Smart, manager of the Department of Administrative Hearings. According to Captain Jarvis, several areas of crime have decreased within the last year…
Sponsored by the Grandmont Rosedale Development Corporation’s Crime Prevention Task Force, residents from the northwest Detroit gathered at the North Rosedale Park Community House on April 24 to hear 6th and 8th precinct Officers Marshall, Coleman and Childrey address residents’ concerns. Questions from surveys submitted previous to the meeting were first answered by the officers. …
Pictured: Muhsin Muhammad, Mary Muhammad, Renee Ferguson, Investigator Brian Fountain, Clarenda Webb, Bryan Ferguson In response to concerns about carjacking in Detroit, Detroit Police Department (DPD) Investigator Brian Fountain, US Attorney Jeanine Brunson, and DPD Sergeant Vernal Newson gave a very insightful carjacking prevention presentation at the February Neighborhood Safety Meeting. More than 100 community…
Saul Green, former Deputy Mayor and US Attorney, addressed the December Neighborhood Safety Meeting, held December 19th at the North Rosedale Community House. Mr. Green, who currently serves as the Chairperson of the Detroit Youth Violence Prevention Initiative (DYVPI) and as Director of Ceasefire Detroit, provided our community members with an in depth look at…
On Thursday, 6th and 8th Precinct Radio Patrol volunteers gathered at the North Rosedale Park Community House to be saluted for their contributions to safe communities. This event, coordinated by the 6th and 8th Precinct Radio Patrol coordinators with assistance from GRDC community security program staff and volunteers, proved to be a success! Chief Craig,…
The October Neighborhood Safety Meeting was a productive, focused meeting where the audience came away with new information and hope for improvements in public safety The meeting began with update from the Detroit Police 6th/8th Precinct leadership. New Captain Marlon Wilson of the 6th Precinct introduced himself to the group and answered questions. Office Owens from…
Scrap Metal Reform: State Representative David Nathan, and State Representative Rashida Tlaib Nearly one hundred people turned out to hear about a variety of public safety topics at the September Neighborhood Safety Meeting, held last Thursday at the North Rosedale Park Community House. The keynote speakers for the evening were State Representative Rashida Tlaib (District-6),…