Public Safety

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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