Wayne leader asks Granholm to send law enforcement to Detroit
BY LORI HIGGINS • FREE PRESS STAFF WRITER • July 3, 2009
A Wayne County leader is asking Gov. Jennifer Granholm to send state law enforcement to Detroit in the wake of the shootings this week of seven teenagers at a bus stop.
“This is not a criticism of the Detroit Police Department, but our local law enforcement does not have the staffing or resources to keep our kids safe,” Keith Williams, vice chair of the Wayne County Commission, said in a statement this morning.
“We need the intervention of the state to protect our children. Thought must be given to sending in the State Police and possibly even the National Guard.”
Williams is also asking business, clergy and elected leaders at the state, county and local levels to address violence around Detroit schools.
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