Detroit, MI
Mayor Sheffield announces Detroit’s first-ever neighborhood and community safety office
Detroit Mayor Mary Sheffield is delivering on a promise she committed to completing in her first 100 days: the city’s first Office of Neighborhood and Community Safety.
Neighbors in Detroit already look out for one another through community violence intervention groups, and this new office makes those efforts officially part of the city’s strategy.
The office’s executive director, Teferi Brent, is now bringing the work he’s already been doing for decades in-house.
“We will remove the silos that have historically prevented neighborhood-based organizations from accessing the resources and tools they need to effectively service communities in which they operate,” Brent said.
He says this office will focus on preventing crimes from happening in the first place.
“We have to address the social determinants of violence at its core with every resource we can muster. To put it in my grandmama’s terms, an ounce of prevention is always better than a pound of cure,” he said.
Organizations working to create change from inside their communities say an office like this is pivotal to making a bigger impact.
“We play our role in intervening in violent conflicts, but one of the most important parts in having support from the mayor is community transformation,” said Force Detroit Executive Director Dujuan Zoe Kennedy.
“We are coming from boots on the ground to the city. Those who would have been arrested before, those who would have been prosecuted, we are asking you to come into it. They have now flipped the script and let us be a part of this thing,” said Live In Peace Movement founder Pastor Maurice Hardwick.
The new office will also be a hub for programs focused on survivor advocacy, group violence intervention, conflict resolution, re-entry from incarceration, and the reduction of domestic violence.
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DETROIT (FOX 2) – A 16-year-old moped driver was hospitalized after a crash on Detroit’s west side on Wednesday night.
The backstory:
Detroit police say the teen disregarded a stop sign while going east on Vassar when he collided with a vehicle turning south on Outer Drive at about 9:30 p.m.
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The boy was taken to a nearby hospital where he is listed in critical condition. The driver of the car, a woman in her 30s, was not injured.
The Source: Information for this report is from Detroit police.
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Chickens and geese that went missing from a local nonprofit’s Detroit site were found in the backyard of a nearby home, the director of operations said Wednesday.
The Full Circle Foundation, a Grosse Point Park-based nonprofit, said more than a dozen chickens and geese were believed stolen from a chicken coop on Detroit’s east side that also features the Full Circle Edible Garden.
The nonprofit provides training and job opportunities for young people with special needs.
Neighbors who learned from news reports about the missing flock found the “chickens were being held in the backyard of a vacant home not far from the Full Circle Edible Garden,” said Stephanie DiVirgil, director of operations. She said Ribbon Farm 4-H owns the flock.
“The homeowner was contacted, and she reached out to Full Circle to confirm,” said DiVirgil. “We were able to retrieve all of the chickens and geese that were found on the property, 19 in total.”
The foundation and Ribbon Farms 4-H are working to secure the site, including cameras, fencing and lights.
“We will likely start a fundraising campaign to have these items installed,” DiVirgil said. “We’ve gotten amazing support from the community, including offers to help pay for these additional security measures.”
DETROIT (WXYZ) — Human remains were found in a furnace of an home on Detroit’s west side, the Detroit Police Department tells us.
The remains was found by an individual working on the home in the 5200 block of S Clarendon just after 11 a.m.
Anyone with information can call 313-596-2260 or CrimeStoppers at 1-800-SpeakUp.
Stay with WXYZ.com for updates on this developing story.
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