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Wayne
County,
Federal
officials
including
the DEA,
FBI, ATF
and
Department
of
Homeland
Security,
Michigan
State
Police
and
Michigan
Department
of
Corrections
,
Leadership
of the
courts,
including
3rd
Circuit
Court,
Detroit
Wayne
Integrated
Health
Network,
The
City’s
seven
ShotStoppers
community
violence
intervention
groups:
Detroit
Friends
&
Family,
Force
Detroit,
New Era
Detroit,
Detroit
300,
People’s
Community,
Live in
Peace
and Team
Pursuit
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Detroit
Homicides
Plunge
to 165
in 2025,
Lowest
in
Decades,
Mayor
Sheffield
Announces
Derick
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DETROIT
-
Detroit
Mayor
Mary
Sheffield
announced
historic
reductions
in
violent
crime
across
the city
for
2025,
with
homicides
dropping
to
165—the
lowest
in
decades.
She
joined
Police
Chief
Todd A.
Bettison
and law
enforcement
partners
from
local,
state,
and
federal
agencies
to
highlight
the
progress
during a
press
event.
All
major
crime
categories
saw
double-digit
declines,
crediting
collaborative
strategies
and new
funding.
Criminal
homicides
fell 19%
from 203
in 2024
and 35%
from 252
in 2023,
while
nonfatal
shootings
dropped
26% to
447
incidents—a
62%
plunge
since
2020.
Carjackings
plummeted
46% to
77 last
year and
84%
since
2015.
Overall
violent
crime
decreased
10%,
matched
by
property
crime
reductions.
Mayor
Sheffield
praised
Chief
Bettison
and
partners,
pledging
a new
Office
of
Neighborhood
&
Community
Safety
within
her
first
100 days
to
prioritize
prevention.
Chief
Bettison
emphasized
teamwork,
noting
tougher
parental
fines
for
curfew-violating
juveniles
curbed a
mid-year
spike in
youth
violence.
Both
leaders
thanked
Wayne
County
Executive
Warren
Evans,
U.S.
Attorney
Jerome
Gorgon,
and
agencies
like the
FBI,
ATF,
DEA, and
Michigan
State
Police.
ATF
Special
Agent in
Charge
James
Deir
vowed
relentless
action
against
gun
traffickers
and
prolific
shooters
fueling
gang
violence.
FBI
Detroit's
Jennifer
Runyan
credited
intelligence
sharing
and
joint
task
forces
for the
gains.
Wayne
County
Executive
Evans
highlighted
coordinated
county
efforts
sparing
families
heartbreak,
while
state
funding
via
Governor
Whitmer's
Public
Safety
Trust
Fund
delivers
$10.6
million
to
Detroit,
with
$2.6
million
earmarked
for
community
violence
intervention
expansion.
Force
Detroit's
Zoe
Kennedy
saluted
residents
breaking
violence
cycles,
from
avoiding
gunfire
near
children
to
resolving
conflicts
peacefully.
DPD's
partnership
with
Detroit
Wayne
Integrated
Health
Network
handled
2,859
crisis
intervention
calls in
2025
through
co-response
training,
setting
a
national
model
for
mental
health-sensitive
policing.
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