Public Safety
This week in crime: I call your attention to Grosse Pointe City this week, normally the snooziest part of the map, where a customer incensed at being denied use of a coupon at an ice-cream store responded by threatening the clerk with violence, not just there on the spot, but perhaps even after work. Police stood guard at closing time and nothing happened, but it got me thinking about anger and appropriate responses to disappointments like this. Please do not snicker; they say Amy Bishop got her start with stunts like this.
Elsewhere, meh, the usual. Someone is still breaking car windows to get the small electronics within; if I lived in the Shores, I'd be making room in the garage for my car, and then locking the garage. And note the coyote, spotted at the yellow marker. We can trap and hunt, but I have a feeling these critters are planning to stay a while.
Happy warm spell, all. Lock your doors.
– Nancy Nall Derringer
Public-safety reports are gathered from public documents made available by individual police departments. Locations represented by place markers are approximate. Comments? Suggestions? Send feedback to nderringer@grossepointetoday.com
Public safety contacts
IN AN EMERGENCY: DIAL 911
The Park Police & Fire
15115 E. Jefferson
313-822-7400
The City Police & Fire
17145 Maumee
313-886-3200
The Farms Police & Fire
90 Kerby
313-885-2100
The Woods Police & Fire
20025 Mack
313-343-2400
The Shores Police & Fire
795 Lake Shore
313-881-5500
OTHER EMERGENCY CONTACTS
Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms info: 800-ATF-GUNS
Arson Reward Tip Line:
800-44ARSON
Consumer’s Energy:
800-477-5050
Crisis Prevention Wayne County: 313-224-7000
DTE Energy: 800-477-4747
Drug Enforcement Administration: 313-234-4000
FBI: 313-965-2323
National Domestic Violence Hotline: 800-799-7233
Poison Control Center:
800-222-1222
National Helpline Network:
800-SUICIDE
U.S. Coast Guard Search & Rescue: 313-331-3110
(If no answer: 800-321-4400)
U.S. Secret Service:
313-226-6400
Wayne County Sheriff:
313-224-2222

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