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272 Assaults Reported by AAPD to Date in 2014— 11 Percent Involved Weapons, Including Guns
AN ANALYSIS OF data submitted by the AAPD reveals that an individual in Ann Arbor is most likely to be assaulted on Sunday and then Saturday. Monday has been, since January of this year, the day of the week on which the fewest assaults took…
83 Drug Crimes Reported by AAPD to Date in 2014—26.5 Percent for Heroin, Crack, Narcotics
IN HIS EARLY 2014 presentation to City Council and the public, Ann Arbor Police Chief John Seto reported that Part I crime in Ann Arbor was down over the previous year. While the report included numbers for burglaries and larcenies, it did…
26 Home Invasions Reported by AAPD in the Month of May, 90 Thus Far in 2014
ACCORDING TO DATA compiled by the Ann Arbor Police Department, during the month of May there were 338 crimes, total, reported. The homes of 26 residents were invaded by thieves. Of those break-ins, 12 were forced entries, or almost half of…
A2POLITICO: AAPD Sources Dish on How Drug Crimes Might Get Classified as Trespass Violations
by P.D. Lesko
IN ANSWER TO how often the officers on Ann Arbor’s police department simply skip the step of filing official police reports, a source within the AAPD said: “Probably four times per month and all of the officers are doing…
Ward 3 Council Member Wants Answers From AAPD Concerning Heroin Sales/Use at Downtown Library
WARD THREE CITY Council member Stephen Kunselman—who’s running for mayor—read aloud from The Ann Arbor Independent at that group’s April 7 meeting. Kunselman read to his Council colleagues and the public from the newspaper’s April 3 article…
In 2013 Ann Arbor Library Security Team Documented Over 1,000 Incidents Ranging From Weapon and Drug Crimes to “Flatulation”
In response to a Freedom of Information Act request, AADL officials turned over 1,307 pages of incident reports generated by library staff during 2013. A total of 160 of the incidents involved patrons sleeping on library premises.
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“Scary to think of the effect if the public knew there was heroin dealing in the building.”—January 2011 Trustee Email To AADL Director
ON MARCH 17 Ms. Josie Parker, Director of the Ann Arbor District Library, spoke before Ann Arbor City Council and confessed that “over the past 36 months” there have been “five heroin overdoses” at the main branch of the public library. In…
A2POLITICO: Trustees & Director Keep Mum On Library’s Drug Crime Problem
by P.D. Lesko
THE DIRECTOR OF the Ann Arbor District Library (AADL) has a heroin problem. It’s not only her heroin problem, exactly, except that it is. On March 17, AADL Executive Director Josie Parker went before City Council to tell…
The Number Of Rapes and Forcible Fondling Complaints At The University of Michigan Rose Sharply In 2012
THE NUMBER OF forcible rapes committed on the University of Michigan’s campus and/or reported to the University’s police dropped from a high of 75 in 2005 to a low of 8 in 2010.
Between 2011 and 2012, however, the number of forcible…
Interview: 22nd Circuit Court Challenger Michael Woodyard Pledges To Dispense Justice “Fairly.”
MICHAEL WOODYARD IS either Gandalf or Saruman, it just depends on whom you ask. He is challenging Judge Timothy Connors for his seat on the 22nd Circuit Court, a seat Connors has either warmed, or filled admirably, depending on whom you…