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Saturday, February 22, 2014

THE DEMORALIZED POLICE FORCE OF BANKRUPT AND CRIME RIDDEN DETROIT


It has come to this: Even some criminals sympathize with Detroit's cops.
 
Baron Coleman thought he'd heard it all in his 17 years patrolling the streets. But then came the city's bankruptcy, a 10 per cent cut in police salaries, followed by support from a most unlikely corner - the bad guys.
 
‘When they saw us take a pay cut they were in shock. We were arresting guys ... and they were like, “I can't believe your city would do you like this.” ... I say, “Thanks for caring,”’ the veteran officer says with a smile. ‘It's just funny because I don't like communicating with a person who has just committed a robbery how sad my life is.

Paychecks have shrunk. Morale is low. Co-workers have fled to more lucrative jobs. And those who remain face a formidable task: trying to protect a sprawling, often violent city where hidden dangers lurk among tens of thousands of abandoned houses.
 
 
Related
 
WHAT DOOMED DETROIT? 
And links to post-apocalyptic photographs of the city 
 
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