Police: “Enter Detroit At Your Own Risk”
If you plan on visiting Detroit any time soon, the police have a message
for you: "Enter Detroit at your own risk". That ominous message was
actually emblazoned across the top of a flyer that the Detroit Police
Officer Association was passing out prior to a rally on Saturday. The
flyer pointed out that Detroit is the most violent city in the nation
and that more homicides are committed in Detroit than anywhere else.
Meanwhile, the number of police officers in Detroit has been steadily
decreasing. There are more murders in Detroit today than there were a
decade ago, but the number of police officers in the city has decreased
by about 1,000
over that time period. The remaining police officers are overworked
and incredibly frustrated. But Detroit is far from alone. All over the
nation there are major cities that are reporting a spike in crime even
as police budgets are being slashed. Sadly, this is just the
beginning. As the economy gets even worse, budget cuts will become even
more severe and crime will become an even bigger problem.
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