Detroit envisions a city where youth and education are valued, it is safe to walk the streets, conflicts are resolved nonviolently, and young men and women have real job and career opportunities. The city recognizes that part of what they must do as a community is to shift the frame from one where youth are seen as the problem to one where they are seen as part of the positive future of our city.

Strategic investments by the city, foundations, nonprofit organizations, and others have begun to build a foundation to help Detroit and – most importantly – the neighborhoods in our city turn a corner. In 2010, the number of homicides fell to its lowest level since 1967 — the year of the infamous riot. Unofficially, there were 308 homicides in 2010, a decline of more than 15 percent from 2009. In addition, nonfatal shootings in Detroit decreased 10.5 percent last year from 1,307 to 1,170 in 2010. This downturn is due, in part, to a data-driven deployment of officers.

Point of Contact

Annie Ellington
Chief Service Officer
Office of Mayor Dave Bing
City of Detroit
Detroit, MI
313‐224‐3445
ellingtona@detroitmi.gov

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