After receiving numerous complaints from Harper Woods neighbors, the Wayne County Sheriff’s Office and Harper Woods Police teamed up for a two-day crackdown on speeders and other violators in specific areas of concern. “It’s summertime, and there’s children out here playing in their yards,” said Sheriff Washington. “If balls roll out in the street, they chase them. We have to slow down in these residential neighborhoods!” Mayor Valerie Kindle joined HW Dir. of Public Safety Jason Hammerle and Sheriff Washington and their teams to help get the message out as well.
“It’s an ache that keeps coming, every time we hear one of our own has been killed in the line of duty, and this one truly hurts. Officer Courts was near and dear to our hearts. He came from a loving law enforcement family and his father worked closely with members of our agency. Our hearts are with all of them. Another hero was taken while trying to protect and serve all of us. We are losing too many brothers and sisters in blue and too many civilians to gun violence. The Wayne County Sheriff’s Office sends all our love and support to the Detroit Police Department and to the loved ones of fallen Officer Courts. We are also thinking of the family of that suspect. Let’s come together and lift them all in prayer.”
– Sheriff Raphael Washington
