Big Dog, I've never seen any thing close to a police state in Detroit. It's more like a state of lawlessness these days. I'm a civil libertarian but I'll take federal, county and police from other local municipalities roaming the streets of Detroit over the thugs who are right now.

The state police ranks have been decimated by budget cuts so they aren't in a position to lend much help, but what if area sheriffs and municipal police joined with DPD to patrol, do traffic detail, do detective work, etc. The crooks are hitting the suburbs pretty good these days and many of the crooks are from Detroit as evidenced by a number of unfortunate suburban crimes this summer. Why not have Chief Evans deputize other area police & sheriffs as DPD police and have them patrol with DPD, doubling the size of the DPD force. It would lower crime in Detroit as well as the surrounding suburbs. Sounds like a win to me for everyone.