Detroit runs out of firefighters during destructive night on east side
Entire neighborhoods were without fire protection, forcing skeleton crews to battle blazes that spread to four occupied homes and contributed to the injury of a firefighter.
Cover-up? Police, fire officials protect firefighter from drug operation, illegal DTE hookup
Detroit’s top brass is determined to protect a firefighter who raised $10,000+ after his house was gutted by a blaze that caused two injuries under suspicious circumstances.
Mayor Duggan’s war on graffiti targets victims of vandalism, costing them $1,000+
Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan is ratcheting up his crusade against graffiti, fining businesses and homeowners who fail to remove spray paint from their properties within a week of getting a notice from city inspectors.
Numerous fire engines & trucks break down after Duggan administration denies problems
On the day that Mayor Mike Duggan’s administration disputed our 18-month investigation into the city’s dangerously defective fire engines and ladder trucks, at least four rigs broke down.
‘Rolling the dice:’ Detroit routinely sends dangerously defective rigs to fires
An 18-month Motor City Muckraker investigation has found that the Detroit Fire Department has placed firefighters and residents in serious jeopardy.
Detroit’s new fire engine taken out of service less than day after its debut
Less than a day before hitting the streets for the first time, Detroit’s fire engine was taken out of service and sent to the repair shop.
Street artist Shepard Fairey to turn himself into Detroit police today
Mayor Mike Duggan’s war on graffiti is about to get an international stage – and maybe not the one he’s anticipating.
Detroit defends handling of dog found bleeding to death in cramped cage
Detroit officials were quick to defend the seizure of a 2-year-old dog, but they refuse to answer the bigger questions of accountability and deplorable conditions at the shelter.
Beloved family dog dies after being covered in blood, feces at city of Detroit shelter
Veronica Seward was horrified when she saw her 2-year-old pit bull bleeding profusely, laying motionless in a pile of his own feces inside a dirty cage at the Detroit Animal Control Shelter.
Mayor Duggan henchman disrupts historic commission with absence
The former DWSD employee who failed to pay his tax and water bills is having trouble with another responsibility.