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Detroit Mayor Offers Cops Abandoned Homes for $1,000

Detroit Mayor Dave Bing doesn't just want cops to police the city's neighborhoods -- he wants them to live in them as well. The mayor has launched a new program offering police abandoned homes in Detroit for $1,000, in the hopes of enticing the city's officers -- more than half of whom live in Detroit's suburbs -- to...

Detroit Police Seek Clues in Missing Blind Woman's Disappearance

Authorities are investigating the disappearance of a legally blind woman who has not been in contact with her family for about three weeks. Zilphia Craig, 47, has not been heard from since two days after Christmas. When concerned family members recently went to check on her with police, they said they discovered her...

Opinion: Girl's Death Illustrates Need for New Policing Style

(May 20) -- When 7-year-old Aiyana Jones died in Detroit early May 16, it was at the hands of a police force intended to protect and serve the community, not enrage it. Aiyana, a second-grader described by family members as a "lively girl" who would sing and dance along to the tunes of Justin Bieber and "Hannah Montana,"...