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🛣️ Michigan’s speed limit story
And finally, some movement on the search for a new Detroit Board of Police Commissioners secretary.
🏈 The football effect on Detroit transit
We look at how people got around during 2006’s Super Bowl, crime stats from State of the City and check in on if summer really is the most violent season in Detroit.
👮 Cops, sheriffs and guards galore
In preparation for the NFL Draft, we’re looking at who is on patrol. Also, rewinding to a racial quota at DPD.
👨👩👦 Who’s to blame when children commit crimes?
And Detroit police ask the public to stop shooting at them.
Spotlight on safety
This isn’t a rundown of the latest crime headlines. Instead, you’ll see us in your inbox every other week with the explainers, data and key stories you need to help build a safer Detroit. We’ll bring you the best information, experts and reporting on how safety and policing intersect in the city, from the expansion of ShotSpotter and surveillance technology to the increasing frequency and severity of mental health crises to updates on oversight or inaction by the Board of Police Commissioners.
Streetlight Detroit launched in May 2023 as a collaborative project. Members of the Collaborative Detroit Newsrooms network — Outlier Media/Detroit Documenters, BridgeDetroit, Chalkbeat Detroit, Detroit Free Press, Detroit Metro Times, Michigan Radio, Planet Detroit, WDET 101.9 FM, WXYZ (Channel 7) — are working together to make sure Detroiters have the information they need to feel safer.
