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Detroit Files Plan To Fix Debt, Leave Bankruptcy. City of Clovis > Departments and Services > Police Department. Beginning on April 5th, 2013, the City of Clovis will be bringing its parking fines in line with those of other agencies in Fresno County, as recommended by the California Vehicle Code, to standardize parking penalties.
This is the first time since 1994 that the City of Clovis has revised its Parking Violation Fine Schedule. The Clovis Police Department is asking for your cooperation, as citizens and as visitors, to follow the law as it pertains to parking. Officers will continue to be looking for safety violations, people illegally parked in handicapped spaces and in front of fire hydrants, and for abandoned/non-working vehicles contributing to blight in city neighborhoods. The new fee schedule is not designed to generate revenue. It merely brings the City into alignment with neighboring communities. In addition to its contract with JDS, the City is obligated to pay Fresno County $12.50 from each citation issued. Bigstory.ap. DETROIT (AP) — It has come to this: Even some criminals sympathize with Detroit's cops.
Baron Coleman thought he'd heard it all in his 17 years patrolling the streets. But then came the city's bankruptcy, a 10 percent cut in police salaries, followed by support from a most unlikely corner — the bad guys. "When they saw us take a pay cut they were in shock. We were arresting guys ... and they were like, 'I can't believe your city would do you like this.' ... I say, 'Thanks for caring,'" the veteran officer says with a smile. Detroit police officers have long known adversity: They've worked in crumbling station houses with busted pipes, driven run-down cars, tangled with balky radios. As Detroit tries to rebound — a plan to emerge from bankruptcy was filed Friday — few groups, if any, have been feeling the pain of the city's financial collapse more than the police. Baron Coleman knows it's hard being a police officer anywhere. The bankruptcy erased all that. Detroit's biggest crime problem: Lack of police, poll finds.
Detroit — Detroiters overwhelmingly feel the biggest contributor to crime is a lack of police on the streets — and they'd gladly pay more taxes to hire more officers, according to a poll commissioned by The Detroit News and funded by the Thompson Foundation.
The finding comes weeks after the City Council refused to put a measure on the ballot to do so. The poll found that 49 percent of residents don't feel safe in their neighborhoods. The results cross most income and gender lines, but generally those who make more money feel safer in their neighborhoods. The survey also found that residents have mixed views of the Police Department, but generally liked Police Chief Ralph Godbee. Residents were surveyed, however, before a sex scandal that exploded last week. As Detroit breaks down, scourge of arson burns out of control.
Detroit firefighters speak out on bankruptcy. By Tim Rivers and Jerry White 29 July 2013 In fire stations across the city of Detroit, discussions are being held about the impact of the city’s bankruptcy filing and initial efforts by rank-and-file firefighters to mobilize opposition to the emergency manager’s attack on pensions and essential services.
Last week, scores of red T-shirted firefighters, organized in the ad hoc Public Safety Workers Action Group (PSWAG), fanned out across the city holding informational pickets and protests outside of fire stations and the Federal Bankruptcy Court. Detroit residents worry about their future after city declares bankruptcy. (CBS News) DETROIT -- Detroit owes 100,000 creditors money that it doesn't have.
The Motor City is running on fumes: sixty percent of its residents have left since 1950s. Unemployment here is 16 percent. Motor city bankruptcy: Repercussions of Detroit's filingDetroit files for bankruptcyWatch: Detroit becomes largest U.S. city to go bankrupt "This is the time to say enough is enough in terms of the downward decline of Detroit. The 700,000 people of Detroit deserve a better answer," said Michigan Gov. Detroit is negotiating a $340 million deal to get big banks to accept 75 percent of what they're owed. But other creditors, including municipal bond holders, could end up with pennies on the dollar. And city workers, owed $9 billion in benefits and pensions, oppose this bankruptcy the most. David Sole, a retired city employee, said it's not only his retirement which is on the line. "My survival is on the line," said Sole, who stopped working last January. . © 2013 CBS Interactive Inc.
Threatened Cuts From Mayor: Police, Fire & People Mover. DETROIT (WWJ) – One week after the Detroit City Council voted 8-1 to cut an additional $50 million beyond Mayor Bing’s budget recommendation, new details are emerging Monday regarding the additional cuts to the city budget.
An advisory sent to WWJ stated the city departments, which have the responsibility of managing their budgets, have analyzed the cuts and the staffing and service reductions that will result. A detailed summary of three high-priority areas that will be affected by the $50 million cut are listed below: Public Safety (Police and Fire) Parks, Recreation and Grass Cutting (General Services and Recreation) Transportation (DDOT, People Mover and Woodward Light Rail) Fire Proposed Fire Cuts: $4,100,000 Reduction in Fire personnel Potential Closure of Fire Stations Reduced vehicle availability for Emergency and Fire Response Diminishes fire safety efforts “These cuts won’t solve our fiscal crisis. Detroit faces exodus of police, firefighters.