Articles tagged: police

Apartment burglarized, cars broken into, vandalized in Ypsilanti

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Posted: Jan 07, 2012

Ypsilanti police said an apartment in the 500 block of Emmet Street was broken into and numerous electronic items were stolen. The burglary was reported Friday, according to a crime summary sheet. No further information ... Read more »

COLUMN: In hot pursuit: The how and why of high-speed police chases

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Posted: Jan 05, 2012

Several weeks ago, an arrestee slipped his handcuffs in front of him, crawled through a prisoner control screen and stole a Blackman-Leoni Township police car. This escapee led police on a 70-mile-long pursuit down I-94 ... Read more »

Column: Oven safe to 350 degrees - or the case of the cooked gun

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Posted: Dec 29, 2011

Officers deal with their firearm like a tool. It is inspected daily. If the gun gets rained on or wet, rolled around on during a scuffle or fired, it is cleaned and lubricated as soon ... Read more »

Dexter inks new contract with Washtenaw County Sheriff's Department

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Posted: Dec 13, 2011

The Village of Dexter will not see an increase in the cost of contracting for three Washtenaw County sheriff’s deputies in 2012. And with that in mind, the Dexter Village Council unanimously approved a contract ... Read more »

COLUMN: A primer on police and emergency vehicle sirens

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Posted: Oct 27, 2011

Do sirens in the distance ever stir you? There is seldom a time in a city like New York when you don’t hear a siren, unless it is drowned out by the cacophony of horns ... Read more »