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Crime in Flint, Michigan, has been a serious issue, primarily due to an ongoing economic depression. Since the late-2000s, Flint has consistently ranked among the most violent cities in the United States. Law enforcement in Flint is primarily the responsibility of the Flint Police Department, which is often assisted by the Genesee County Sheriff's Department and the Michigan State Police, which maintains a post in adjacent Flint Township that serves all of Genesee County, as well as the Genesee County Parks and Recreation Commission and the campus police departments of the University of Michigan–Flint, Kettering University, and Mott Community College. Flint Police Department{{update section|date=September 2018}}The Flint Police Department (a.k.a. Flint PD or FPD) is the primary law enforcement agency in the city, led by Chief Tim Johnson. In recent decades, it has faced significant downsizing due to population decline and the ongoing economic depression in the city. Between 2008 and 2010, mayor Dayne Walling reduced the number of patrol-level police officers from 208 to 67. The total number of police officer positions fell by 141, due to a combination of layoffs, resignations, and retirements[1][2] On September 28, 2011, the Flint Police Department was awarded $1,225,638 from the Department of Justice's Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) program to re-hire 6 laid off patrol officers. The officers were scheduled to be on the job starting in October 2011.[3] On June 18, 2012, Michigan Governor Rick Snyder visited Flint and announced additional state troopers would be sent to Flint and that additional state money would be provided to Flint for the city jail.[4] Additionally, on the same day, state representative Jim Ananich proposed the Michigan State Housing Development Authority give state money from the federal foreclosure benefit fund to the Flint Police Department to hire more officers.[5] A month later on July 17, 2012, Ananich reiterated his push to secure those funds from the state. He also pointed out that scrap metal thefts are on the rise in the city, and proposed a portion of the $97 million fund be set aside to prevent them, which he claimed will also benefit the local economy by attracting new businesses to the city.[6] Flint PD's newest squad is the Crime Area Target Team, formed by Chief Tim Johnson in April 2016.[7] It concentrates on combating the illegal narcotics trafficking and firearms trades. In February 2017, it confiscated $20,000 street value crystal methamphetamine, $20,000 street value heroin, nearly $10,000 worth of powder cocaine, $2,300 worth of crack cocaine, $30,000 worth of marijuana, $1,500 in psilocybin mushrooms, $1,500 of illegal prescription medications, and about $34,000 cash. This resulted in 126 arrests, 238 new felonies, 82 new misdemeanors, 22 felony warrants, 19 misdemeanors, 30 guns confiscated and 30 vehicles impounded.[8] In popular cultureThe Flint Police Department was featured in a 2015 episode of TNT's Sex Crimes, which paid to test old rape kits that resulted in convictions of three people for criminal sexual conduct.[9] The Flint Police Department has appeared in the 31st season of the reality show Cops, aired in mid 2018 and early 2019.[10][11] The Flint Police Department (and the Flint water crisis) is also the subject of the eight-part 2018 Netflix documentary Flint Town, which was recorded in 2016.[12] Historical crime trendsThe following statistics are derived from the annual Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Uniform Crime Reports.[13][14]
Most dangerous city in the U.S.Flint has been consistently ranked as one of the most dangerous cities in the United States by multiple sources.[16][17][18][19][20] From 2007 to 2009, violent crime in Flint was ranked in the top five among U.S. cities with a population of at least 50,000 people.[21] From 2010 to 2012, Flint ranked as the city with the highest violent crime rate among cities with over 100,000 population.[22] In 2015, CQ Press (using FBI statistics) ranked the crime index for Flint as 7th-highest in cities with population greater than 75,000.[23] Unsolved crimeUnsolved crimes remained high in Flint. In 2008, only 19 of 32 homicides resulted in convictions; in 2009, only 12 of 36 homicides led to conviction; and, in 2010, only 31 of 64 homicides led to conviction.[24]Notes1. ^{{cite news |first = Kristin |last = Longley |url = http://www.mlive.com/news/flint/index.ssf/2010/12/2010_a_difficult_year_for_publ.html |title = 2010 a 'difficult year' for public safety, Flint Mayor Dayne Walling says |work = The Flint Journal |date = December 17, 2010 |access-date = December 27, 2016 }} 2. ^{{cite news |first = David |last = Harris |url = http://www.mlive.com/news/flint/index.ssf/2010/12/flint_police_officers_union_he.html |title = Flint Police officers union head: Response times expected to go up another 25 percent after layoffs |work = The Flint Journal |date = December 19, 2010 |access-date = December 27, 2016 }} 3. ^{{cite news |first = Kristin |last = Longley |url = http://www.mlive.com/news/flint/index.ssf/2011/09/6_additional_flint_police_to_b.html |title = 6 additional Flint police to be rehired with $1.2 million federal grant |work = The Flint Journal |date = September 28, 2011 |access-date = December 27, 2016 }} 4. ^{{cite news |first = Kristin |last = Longley |url = http://www.mlive.com/news/flint/index.ssf/2012/06/gov_snyder_in_flint.html |title = Gov. Snyder hopes reopening city jail, more state police will have 'major difference' on Flint crime |work = The Flint Journal |date = June 18, 2012 |access-date = December 27, 2016 }} 5. ^{{cite news |first = Kristin |last = Longley |url = http://www.mlive.com/news/flint/index.ssf/2012/06/flint_lawmaker_requests_forecl.html |title = Flint lawmaker requests settlement money to pay for more police as Flint tops nation's violent crime list |work = The Flint Journal |date = June 18, 2012 |access-date = December 27, 2016 }} 6. ^{{cite news |first = Kristin |last = Longley |url = http://www.mlive.com/news/flint/index.ssf/2012/07/flint_lawmaker_pushes_for_publ.html |title = Flint lawmaker pushes for public safety funding out of foreclosure settlement |work = The Flint Journal |date = July 17, 2012 |access-date = December 27, 2016 }} 7. ^New Flint police task force seizes guns, drugs, $18K in two-week period The Flint Journal via MLive.com, April 26, 2016 8. ^Flint police CATT squad seizes guns, drugs and arrests 126 The Flint Journal via MLive.com, March 7, 2017 9. ^[https://www.mlive.com/news/flint/index.ssf/2015/08/three_men_charged_in_flint_cas.html 'Cold Justice: Sex Crimes' TV show results in charges against Flint trio] The Flint Journal via MLive.com, August 25, 2015 10. ^[https://nbc25news.com/news/local/flint-pd-featured-on-cops Flint PD featured on network series COPS] NBC25 (WEYI-TV)] 11. ^[https://nbc25news.com/news/local/flint-featured-on-copsagain Flint featured on COPS --again] WEYI-TV (NBC 25), January 11, 2019 12. ^[https://www.newsweek.com/flint-town-netflix-police-michigan-documentary-series-episodes-839497 In ‘Flint Town,’ New Netflix Documentary Series, Policing Problems Are More Than Good Cop, Bad Cop] Newsweek, March 9, 2018 13. ^{{cite web |title = UCR Publications |url = https://ucr.fbi.gov/ucr-publications |publisher = Federal Bureau of Investigation |access-date = December 27, 2016 }} 14. ^[https://www.mlive.com/news/flint/index.ssf/2018/09/flint_is_sixth_most_violent_ci.html Flint violent crime rate up 23 percent, new FBI stats show] The Flint Journal via MLIve.com, September 24, 2018 15. ^{{cite web |title = Rape |work = Crime in the United States 2013 |url = https://ucr.fbi.gov/crime-in-the-u.s/2013/crime-in-the-u.s.-2013/violent-crime/rape |publisher = Federal Bureau of Investigation |access-date = December 27, 2016 }} 16. ^{{cite news |first = Lori Jane |last = Gliha |url = http://america.aljazeera.com/watch/shows/america-tonight/america-tonight-blog/2013/10/24/growing-up-in-americasmostdangerouscityflint.html |title = Growing up in America's most dangerous city, Flint |publisher = Al Jazeera |date = October 24, 2013 |access-date = December 27, 2016 }} 17. ^{{cite news |url = http://blogs.marketwatch.com/thetell/2011/05/24/the-most-dangerous-city-in-america/ |title = The most dangerous city in America |work = Market Watch |date = May 24, 2011 |access-date = December 27, 2016 }} 18. ^{{cite news |first = David |last = Harris |url = http://www.mlive.com/news/flint/index.ssf/2012/04/forbes_magazine_ranks_flint_si.html |title = Forbes Magazine ranks Flint sixth most dangerous city for women in the nation |work = The Flint Journal |date = April 27, 2012 |access-date = December 27, 2016 }} 19. ^{{cite web |url = http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2014/07/14/despite-recent-shootings-chicago-nowhere-near-u-s-murder-capital/ |title = Despite recent shootings, Chicago nowhere near U.S. 'murder capital' |last1 = Desilver |first1 = Drew |date = July 14, 2014 |website = FactTank |publisher = Pew Research Center |accessdate = August 28, 2014 |quote = According to the FBI figures, Flint, Mich., had the highest murder rate of any sizeable U.S. city in 2012, the most recent year available. There were 62 murders per 100,000 population (which, coincidentally, was just about Flint's estimated population that year). }} 20. ^{{cite web |url = http://www.businessinsider.com/most-dangerous-cities-in-america-2013-6#1-flint-mich-25 |title = The 25 Most Dangerous Cities In America |work = Business Insider |date = June 13, 2013 |access-date = December 27, 2016 }} 21. ^{{cite news |url = http://www.mlive.com/news/flint/index.ssf/2010/09/fbi_statistics_show_flint_four.html |work = The Flint Journal |title = FBI statistics show Flint fourth most violent city in America |date = September 17, 2010 |first = David |last = Harris |accessdate = October 19, 2010 }} 22. ^{{cite news |first = David |last = Harris |date = February 19, 2014 |url = http://www.mlive.com/news/flint/index.ssf/2014/02/flint_loses_the_title_of_fbis.html |title = Flint no longer most violent city in America, according to new FBI crime stats |work = The Flint Journal |access-date = December 27, 2016 }} 23. ^{{cite web |url = http://data.sagepub.com/sagestats/document.php?id=6373 |title = Crime Rate Rankings (City) |publisher = Sage Stats |access-date = December 27, 2016 }} 24. ^{{cite web |url = http://www.chronline.org/Flint%20Michigan%20Research%20Report.pdf |title = Analysis of Flint Homicides |author = ((Drake, Proskin, & Crain)) |publisher = Center for Homicide Research |accessdate = December 31, 2010 |deadurl = yes |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20110725165229/http://www.chronline.org/Flint%20Michigan%20Research%20Report.pdf |archivedate = July 25, 2011 }} References{{reflist|30em}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Flint, Michigan}} 2 : Crime in Michigan|Crime in the United States by city |
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