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The historic former Detroit Police Headquarters at 1300 Beaubien. Town constables were appointed in the territory for Detroit starting in 1801. During the American Civil War, the city's racial tensions escalated, and protests against the draft led to the Detroit race riot of 1863. The riots resulted in two deaths, the destruction of 35 ...
The former Eighth Precinct Police Station is a building located at 4150 Grand River Avenue in the Woodbridge Historic District of Detroit, Michigan, United States.It is the second-oldest police building in Detroit, [4] and was designated a Michigan State Historic Site in 1973 [3] and listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974. [1]
The station served as the police station for the Detroit Police Department's sixth police precinct for over 56 years, covering a portion of Southwest Detroit neighborhoods from 1930 until 1986. It served another 19 years (from 1986 until 2005) as Gang Squad Headquarters for the Detroit Special Crimes Section. The building was abandoned from ...
There were 467 injured: 182 civilians, 167 Detroit police officers, 83 Detroit firefighters, 17 National Guard troops, 16 State Police officers, and three U.S. Army soldiers. In the riots, 2,509 stores were looted or burned, 388 families were rendered homeless or displaced, and 412 buildings were burned or damaged enough to be demolished.
The Eighth Precinct Police Station is the second-oldest police building in Detroit. The station is made up of two, two-story structures with a single-story arcade between. The main building was used as office space while the other building was used as a garage. The building currently houses Phoenix Group Consultants. 37: El Tovar Apartments
The election of Mayor Jerome Cavanagh in 1961 brought some reform to the police department, led by new Detroit Police Commissioner George Edwards.Detroit had acquired millions in federal funds through President Johnson's Great Society programs and invested them almost exclusively in the inner city, where poverty and social problems were concentrated.
A 1982 photo shows the view from the roof of Detroit Police Headquarters. In the background are the Blue Cross Blue Shield Building, Renaissance Center and Detroit River. In 1981, two additional ...
William L. Hart (January 17, 1924 – November 22, 2003) [1] was a Detroit Police Chief for almost 15 years, [2] a position for which he was hired by Coleman Young, the mayor of the Detroit, in 1976; [2] Hart was a political ally and adviser of Young's. [3]