Articles tagged: Crime Stoppers
Ypsilanti Township mother seeks help solving son's 2008 slaying
Posted: May 31, 2012The mother of a 19-year-old Ypsilanti Township man fatally shot in 2008 has teamed up with Crime Stoppers to hopefully bring about a resolution in the unsolved killing. Read more »
COLUMN: Column: Handling downtown Ann Arbor's panhandlers: Just say 'no'
Posted: Sep 29, 2011Last Sunday’s article about downtown panhandlers becoming a problem for local businesses is not surprising because the downtown beat walking/bicycle riding police officers are gone. There is no one to keep the beggars and con ... Read more »
COLUMN: Desperate times make for desperate thieves
Posted: Sep 22, 2011Are stolen sewer covers another economic indicator of hard times in this country and more specifically this state? Thieves stole storm sewer grates in Chelsea last weekend. Scrap iron like that may be worth up ... Read more »
COLUMN: Heroin - the evil scourge of the illegal drug world
Posted: Sep 15, 2011If there is a more evil substance than heroin, I cannot think of what it is. Perhaps there are even more addictive substances (e.g. crack, methamphetamines and alcohol to name some possibilities), but I doubt ... Read more »
column: Minds of rapists, other criminals work in frightening and uncompassionate ways
Posted: Aug 10, 2011Most criminals couldn't really care less about their victims. When they say they are sorry, it usually means they are sorry they got caught. They may say they care and are sorry just before the ... Read more »
COLUMN: Tackling crime tips can be daunting in a big police investigation like the serial rapist case
Posted: Aug 04, 2011Somebody saw something and somebody knows something out there. It may be that person knows everything because they are close to the suspect or they may have a tiny sliver of information that somehow fits ... Read more »
COLUMN: Recent attacks show need for video cameras in downtown parking garages
Posted: Jul 28, 2011The sexual assault of a woman in the elevator of the Liberty Square parking structure in downtown Ann Arbor begs the question why the Downtown Development Authority (DDA) has not placed video cameras in the ... Read more »
COLUMN: Late Ann Arbor Police Chief William Corbett was a cop's cop
Posted: Jul 21, 2011He strode down the hall with quiet purpose. When he passed you, if you were new like me, he’d say in his deep authoritative voice, “Hi, how ya doin’?” There was never any doubt who ... Read more »
COLUMN: 'Areas of void' - sometimes what's not there is more important than what is
Posted: Jul 14, 2011“Areas of void” is a term I first became familiar with while learning how to interpret bloodstain patterns. In that context, it meant that if there was an area where there was no blood when ... Read more »
Column: The spectacle that is the Ann Arbor Art Fair
Posted: Jul 07, 2011Love it or hate it, the circus that is the Ann Arbor Art Fair is coming to town in less than two weeks. Running from July 20-23 the Ann Arbor Art Fair will bring an ... Read more »
Column: Even in safe Ann Arbor, beware of the peril of summer 'beat downs'
Posted: Jun 30, 2011Ann Arbor is a world-class town and statistically very safe. There is a lot to do in and around Ann Arbor and Washtenaw County. Certainly in this great land of ours a person should be ... Read more »
It's either hot or cold in the police surveillance 'Box'
Posted: Jun 23, 2011There is an old saying when in police surveillance that is a takeoff on a more common saying. The surveillance maxim is: “We do the time and they do the crime.” Surveillance work is 99 ... Read more »
Column: Crime Stoppers allows people to anonymously - and safely - help police solve crimes
Posted: Jun 16, 2011They say, “The eyes are the window to the soul.” It is in the eyes, where humans first make contact with each other. It is hard for law-abiding citizens to understand, but there are areas, ... Read more »
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