Let me guess, no suspects were apprehended?

This is out of hand. I used to love going for walks in my neighborhood and now I don't feel safe doing that, even though I invested in pepper spray. There is no excuse for this to happen so many times in the last few months. I never thought I'd say this but I am considering moving out of GP. Law enforcement needs to work on a plan to protect the residents better, as they are paid to do. No one should feel unsafe blocks from their own home.

Time for open carry people. Deter the miscreants.

Wow...be educated prior to speaking people...arrest was made on the last unarmed robbery in the farms on Belanger, and last robbery in GP City. We live a stone throw away from one of the most deadly and dangerous Metropolis in the world just on the other side of Mack where shootings, stabbings, murders, and rapings go on literally just blocks from the GP. And you are suprised when some of the garbage overflows into the community? Has anyone taken a ride up barham, hereford, neff, etc. Lately? Open your eyes people...it is not a "magical line" on mack or east waren or alter anymore...people are hungry, people are desparate, an most importanty they know most Grosse pointers are unarmed non CCW holders (easy targets). In conclusion I truly beloved from knowing a couple cops in the area for a long time these guys are doing what they can what they got...its not mayberry anymore here folks...

Honestly, I am a long way from not feeling safe. That said, I want the heat turned up on the street. It's time to step it up. This is unacceptable and should be punished with vigor and malice.

I am in no way saying that we should lay down and accept violence, etc. Just merely stating that if u don't like the sound of a Train...don't live near train tracks....and that people sometimes have unreal expectaions of law enforcement and overly depend on it...the first line of defense should be YOU....then 911.

I have lived in GPP, GPF and now GPC for over 30 years. Right now I am in GP's "hospital district," (Beaumont) and have seeb a huge increase in the number of people on the street. Between the street robberies and the storefront breakins that are becoming an almostdaily occurrence, I too am considering leaving the area. Our houses have lost half their value; escalating street crime will cause deterioration of not only property value but quality of life. The GPs have always offered an excellent quality of life, but I fear this, too, is ending. It is sad, and it is wrong.

What is with all of the defeatist attitudes around here! It is pathetic. Step up your community vigilance and quit being a victim. Support the police in bringing heavier street "pressure". All of this whining about moving is why communities decay. East Siders are tougher than that damn it! You sound like West Side wimps! And Allyson sorry about the devaluing of property due to the hospital redistricting but that doesn't have to happen everywhere. People can make a difference.

For an I-POD? Help me to understand.

Grosse pointes are one of the last remaining good communties in se michigan. I am not letting them have it! Stand your ground folks!

Running away will not solve the problrm. Be careful where you go, always be on the lookout. These fools and idiots think they have you on the run. They are everywhere so running will not help. There day is coming and I hope soon. I thought open carry was the law but who gets to shot first or faster then the other. They are not that desperate, if they wanted a job they would have one. They do not want to work for it. It is easier to be a coward with a gun and take it from you by force. One day they will get theirs I just hopoe soon.

GP is no longer safe. Take your CPL class @ Peter's on Gratiot and carry a gun.

^^^what he said!^^^

'Moving'/ 'running' away from these problems aren't going to help, we need to step up the patrol and hit this problem head on! Times are tough, and this is happening and on the rise EVERYWHERE. Grosse Pointe probably hasn't experienced this much crime in awhile, if ever, and even though we'd like to think this won't happen here, it is and will continue. The police need to be patrolling constantly, people need to be aware of their surroundings at all times( yes even in GP), and maybe we all need to start thinking about carrying a concealed weapon!

Mark, you are absolutely right. The reality is that the criminal element of Detroit now permeates all suburbs, so there is no "safe haven" to which anybody can move and expect to be completely crime free. In 2011, the FBI crime statistics showed Grosse Pointe Shores had the lowest per capita crime rate of any Detroit suburb; Harper Woods had the highest. Birmingham's per capita crime rate was equivalent to Grosse Pointe Park. Shelby Township's per capita crime rate was equivalent to the average rate across all five Grosse Pointes.

Community resiliency means being able to endure outside negative impacts through commitment, investment, and support for neighbors and the neighborhood. Grosse Pointe has always been a poster child for community resiliency. That resiliency is what has kept the Pointes strong and unyielding through decades of outsiders trying to damage and destroy. I read Mom and Dad the crimes reported in the historical headlines of the Grosse Pointe News from 50 years ago and there was no shortage of robberies and theft. However, GP has maintained a tightly woven community fabric and that fabric will not tear in the face of these feckless goons.

This is what happens when you let liberals control things. Detroit has had a Democrat Mayor for how long? If liberal crybabies, ie ACLU, would get off the cops backs and let them do their job. Time to profile. And time for residents to step up and start calling the police if they see anything that looks suspicious. Oh, and get your Concealed pistol license as soon as possible.

The bigger threat to GP is coming from the state. If the education bills they are working on pass, our property values will drop so low - nobody will want in and everyone will be leaving their house to get out. The current increase in crime can be handled - hopefully an aberration due to the economic depression we're in. The proposed EAA bills are the immediate/greater threat to life here.

If someone doesn't seem like they should be in the neighborhood the residents should pay attention. This way if something does happen maybe someone might have noticed a car , or someone walking around through their neighborhood earlier in the day. Any info the police receive is better than none.

GP City made an arrest last week of the home invasion suspect they were looking for, there are three suspects in jail for the jewelry heist and they made an arrest in a supposed armed robbery that was a inside set up. Great job. We need to support the boys in blue all we can and keeping more of them on the road and being alert to our surroundings is a great start.

Its a shame this has happened again, and the GP police departments need to step it up. Our housing values dropping has NOTHING to do with some occasional crime that happens in GP - values dropped everyone. And, crime happens in every community - stop making it out to be that all of the sudden GP has become an unsafe place to live. Our statistics are still better than most communities in Michigan. And, Bill, give me a break with your political nonsense. As we saw in Lansing, when you let Rebublicans control things, you get totally undemocratic fast-track processes to passing laws that hurt the middle and lower class (thereby increasing crime), bills to allow people to carry guns in schools and several pieces of legislation that will decimate the public school system in this state to make sure money winds up in with the investors of for-profit education companies who will have no oversight and who's methods have never been proven to be successful. Why? Because major GOP donors are pushing all these bills and lining the pockets of Republican legislators. If you think crime is our biggest problem and if you falsely believe that our housing values are dropping because of it, wait to see what happens to this community if these ridiculous education bills pass - the value of living in Grosse Pointe for its great schools will be vastly diminished. Put your efforts into calling the Republican legislators you probably voted for and sharing that info with them....

Worth noting on this one: GPF PD issued a Nixle report quickly on this one. Reduced the lag between crime and report combined with increased Nixle usage by the public can provide our communities a tool that provides both early warning and the opportunity to lend our eyes and ears. There are few police to go around to protect us these days: using this tool together we can work together. This is one social media tool that may do some real good!

You can sign up for Nixle by texting your zip code to 888777 for SMS notifications. (Further information is at www.nixle.com.) Nixle is free to public safety agencies.

I'm just hoping that Park decides to move into the 21st century before we have too many more unsolved assaults.

I agree, to a large extent, with GpGr67. In fact, what has gone on in Lansing this week has me ready to move--right out of the state. If I have to live in a state with a legislature like this and laws like this, I might as well live in one that has an ocean view! But, beyond that, I think most of the comments smack of racism, and come from people who have no idea what they are talking about. You are probably the people who drive through Detroit with your windows up and doors locked, holding your breath until you're on the other side! People LIVE there! People with children and grandchildren and dogs and cats and jobs, and LIVES--just like YOURS!!! It's not about "us" and "them"!! When will you ever realize that we are all in this life/country/state/city together??? I'll tell you what will happen if you start "profiling" kids in "hoodies"----you'll pick up a lot of your own kids!!! They ALL wear swetshirts with hoods--black, white, old, young--it gets COLD here in Michigan! And, as far as carrying guns is concerned. it's STUPID for anyone to carry one if they are not a police officer!!!

Patch can you tell me what in my comment was bad and caused you to remove it? Truth hurts or this site is just a joke or what?

If it looks like a problem, smells like a problem, acts like a problem.... it's probably a problem.

There is no substitute for knowing your neighbors, having a nice big dog and looking out for things that seem out of place. If you think there is a problem call the cops.

Jensen and the guys in GPF do a fine job. We're all flipping out over a robbery (because its scary and unacceptable), but 1 mile northwest you cant count all the robberies.

I call that winning in a tough world.

And no, we are not moving. We are simply getting more determined. Grosse Pointers have the brains and the resources to handle this. Now stop whining and get to work.

The Grosse Pointes will soon be the next Palmer Park, Indian Village or East English
Village-that is why more and more people are moving out to Oakland County. There was an article in the Detroit News this week that Macomb County is becoming the new Detroit. Go to Kroger in the Village everyone is on Bridge cards or WIC - I work in Troy and never see anyone at the grocery stores out here on those cards. Good Luck Grosse Pointers you need it.

By the way, for those of you who have not been paying attention, these crimes "of attack from across Mack" that have everyone so outraged take a look at who the police end up finding out are behind these car break-ins, house burglaries, etc... About half the time the criminals are (OH NO, IT CAN'T BE) teens and young adults WHO IN LIVE GP. So once again people, stop with the profiling and just start paying attention. Any where, any place, just about any one!

My family and I live in GPF three blocks from the robbery and we're not going anywhere. I'm buying myself a glock as an early Christmas present. Want to break into my home, let me introduce you to my dogs or the flurry of bullets coming your way. Sick of this crap. And for those of you whiners who say you're moving, cya.

I treasure GPW and do not desire to move. As a woman, I also believe that we need to protect our community, especially senior citizens. Instead of retreating in fear, we should take more walks, jog more frequently, AND report any suspicious activity without worrying about diverting police resources.

Sucher's point about auxiliary police is a great start!

Why not a ten-year dedicated police millage across all the Pointes, so the police can walk the beat, bike the streets, and drive around in unmarked cars as well as the old "black and whites"? If we had this millage, we could afford to have several Raleighs. Did you know that Raleigh is now supported by donations, not taxes?

Budgets are not my specialty, but if we supported a 1/2 mill increase across all the Pointes, wouldn't we generate more than a million for additional police support at an average homeowner cost of $75.00 per year, half the cost of the IPAD stolen from this young jogger? This millage would supplement the present police budgets.

Then police would have the time and resources to pull over suspicious individuals. Didn't GP for Life indicate that teens in hot rods were pulled over routinely when he was young?

Nothing like a swiftly delivered jail sentence to dampen criminal interest in GP. Why might we need to invest more to save GP? Unless an eccentric millionaire were to buy up all of neighboring Detroit and convert it into farmland, we must deter the criminal element.

Why in the H-E-double hockey sticks, would you run from these people. Stand up and make a difference. You dont like the way someone is looking around your block, call the cops. dont like the way the pants are hanging, call the cops. dont like the use of dirty words infront of women and children, call the cops. THAT IS WHAT THEY ARE HERE FOR. If you dont want to call the police then do the work your darn self. I for one would not hesitate and have stopped someone for looking suspicious in my GPF block. Hey I might be an idiot, but I dont care. They will not take my city that i have been a part of for 40 years with out a fight. If the police wont do it or help, I will. BRING BACK THE STRESS SQUAD TO TRAIN GP POLICE!!!!!

Christine, it's so interesting that you posed your "hypothetical" about the eccentric millionaire and his farmland because that is exactly what is happening with Hantz Woodlands. Detroit City Council approved the sale of 125 acres on the east side of the city to Mr. Hantz (between Jefferson and Mack, west of St. Jean) and the media has reported he intends to purchase another 180 acres east of St. Jean, closer to Grosse Pointe Park. As the "wave" of eastside Detroiters continues to push into Harper Woods and Macomb County, they will leave a landscape of vacant lots and scattered abandoned buildings in their wake. Mr. Hantz is more than eager to turn all of this emptiness into his growing commercial tree farm and put vast former neighborhoods into a viable use that will not produce a threat to the health, safety, and welfare of others.

I think before anyone suggests we raise our taxes the respective Grosse Pointes need to demonstrate any capacity to share services, coordinate services and use the resources that are available. While the departments are backing one another up (and to what extent we really don't know) that is not the same as creating a system where the existing resources are used cooperatively.

GPF police station at Mack/Moross?

@katie, stop making sense

Grosse Pointe Farms at least has a police force that wants to inform their citizens by Nixle. In the Park we have had 4 breakins to businesses within 2 days, a robbery at the Sunoco station, and a bump and rob attempt on Mack by a repeat offender. All these things have happened in the last week. The police here are just too busy to inform the members of our community of any of these incidents. Great community outreach, isn't it.

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Brian F
Like some of the previous people have said you can't run away. My wife and I both have CPL permits and we know quite of few fellow pointers that do. I don't know a soul who has one that really wants to use it however, One day a message will be sent by somebody who will have to legally defend themselves which in turn will get a point across to these thugs the hard way!!! I got run out of Detroit I'm NOT running out of the Pointes. We have the best Police agency around but they can't be everywhere. Take a class get a permit, observe safety and protect yourself and your family!

Well, Bob. You miss my point. Very simply, it WILL get the point across. Yes, the media thrives on this crap. No, Grosse Pointe will not become an instant safe haven; it never was. However, when less a-hole on the streets. Really? A simple purse snatching was on channel 4 news.