The recent police incident on Sunday, October 26, in the 8 Mile/Van Dyke area was a tragedy that should never have occurred.
It presents an opportunity to test the strength and the trust between the Detroit Police Department and the community-at-large. Detroit has come a long way in its relations between the community and the Police Department.
We must not go back to the days when there was no trust, no relationship, and a lack of transparency of most questionable incidents. Chief Todd Bettison is to be commended for the swift and transparent manner in which the incident involving the shooting of a woman over a traffic stop has been held…