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CBS News
26-03-2025
- Health
- CBS News
Narcan use, community resources, cut overdose deaths in Dearborn, city officials say
Drug overdose incident and overdose death numbers both have dropped noticeably in Dearborn, Michigan, with city officials citing a range of public health services and solutions in making the difference. "This is what it looks like when local government takes public health seriously," Dearborn Mayor Abdullah H. Hammoud said in Wednesday's announcement. "We approached the opioid crisis not with stigma or shame but with action, compassion, and data-backed solutions. We're proud of this progress—and we're only getting started." Specifically, the city is reporting: City officials said this "meaningful reduction" is the "first sustained decline in both overdose events and deaths since the opioid crisis was declared a national public health emergency in 2017." "Fewer people are dying because we've treated this crisis with urgency—and with dignity for the people we know, love, and live alongside," said Ali Abazeed, Dearborn's Chief Public Health Officer. The Dearborn Department of Public Health's efforts since spring 2022 to address opioid and substance use issues include creating a Narcan vending machine program , providing free emergency overdose medication at locations across the city. The Dearborn initiative under the Michigan Naloxone Direct Portal was the first of its kind in the state. The vending machine outreach is in addition to providing Narcan kits at community events and explaining the use of such overdose mediation. City officials said about 10,000 units of the naloxone medication known as Narcan has been distributed in the past two years. The city also has a co-responder program, provided in partnership with the Arab Community Center for Economic and Social Services (ACCESS), in which a licensed substance abuse counselor responds with Dearborn Police on some emergency calls. "We have addressed this issue head-on utilizing multiple tactics, from providing lifesaving measures during calls to our co-responder program, and together with available public health resources, we'll continue working to maintain this positive trend," Issa Shahin, Dearborn Chief of Police, said.
CBS News
05-03-2025
- CBS News
Dearborn police step up reckless driving enforcement
The mayor of Dearborn and police chief sent letters Tuesday to all of the local driving schools in the city. The message is to help the city keep our roads and young drivers protected. Every day, thousands of cars travel on the roadways in the city of Dearborn. "We have over 50,000 cars that are coming through our city each and every single day," said Detroit Mayor Abdullah H. Hammoud. Which is why the city and police department are making it a priority to step up enforcement and stop reckless driving. "Honestly, it's the number one issue in the city, period," Hammoud said. According to the Dearborn Police Department Transparency Dashboard, officers issued 25,000 citations last year, including almost 4,000 for speeding, around 1,600 for disregarding a stop sign and more than 850 for illegally tinted windows. "Tickets alone aren't going to solve this issue, and so that's why we're focused on a number of things to try to reduce traffic crashes and improve traffic safety," said Dearborn Police Chief Issa Shahin. The majority of those violations were by young drivers between the ages of 17 and 24. "The leading cause of death among young adults is injuries and traffic crashes, and so that's why it's important to us," Shahin said. The city recently completed several traffic studies of various intersections throughout the city, on intersections like Ruby and Chase streets, as well as Prospect and Schafer roads. The mayor says these roads will be reengineered this summer to help prevent speeding and other reckless driving activity. "We have a whole number of projects in the pipeline that we're working through as quickly as we can. We're applying for grant funding year-round, and we've been successful last year, and those are the dollars that are helping fuel a lot of the investments we make it right now," Hammoud said. Traffic calming measures like light-up stop signs and speed bumps are going up all over the city. A full copy of the letter sent to driving schools is below: "We need their cooperation. We need their support. We need a partnership. We want to ensure that the individuals they're licensing and permitting to be driving on our roads are actually qualified and fit to be driving on our roads," Hammoud said. The letter goes on to say that the city has received reports that some driving schools have attempted to circumvent these regulations. And maybe certifying students who have not effectively completed the required coursework. "Ensuring that drivers' schools are doing their part, that the instructors are doing their part, and that they're teaching the latest and greatest of curriculum, that they're not letting anybody slide by, is extremely important, because when you have a responsibility of ensuring and licensing individuals and beyond on the road for their own safety, but also the safety on that road," Hammoud said. Leaders say it's going to take everyone, including parents, to help solve this ongoing crisis. "We have to have this open and honest dialog about how we get these young drivers to calm down on those roads," Hammoud said.
Yahoo
23-02-2025
- Yahoo
Woman fatally shot in Dearborn road rage incident, 3 persons of interest in custody
The Brief A 19-year-old Dearborn Heights woman was fatally shot in Dearborn. Dearborn Police believe the shooting stemmed from a road rage incident from earlier that evening. Three persons of interest are in custody – anyone with information relating to this incident is urged to call Dearborn Police. DEARBORN, Mich. (FOX 2) - A 19-year-old woman from Dearborn Heights was killed in a shooting police say stemmed from a road rage incident earlier that evening. What we know At around 9:45 p.m., on Friday, Feb. 21, officers responded to Tireman Ave and West Morrow Circle for reported shots fired at a vehicle. Dearborn Police believe the shooting followed a road rage situation that happened earlier in the evening near Warren Ave and Southfield Fwy. Police say evidence shows a white 2015 Chrysler 200 cutting off a black 2018 Jeep Grand Cherokee being driven by the victim. The victim followed the Chrysler onto Tireman and Southfield Service Dr in what police believe was an effort to get the vehicle's license plate information. As the vehicles reached the intersection of Tireman and West Morrow Circle, the Chrysler turned onto Cheyenne St and several gunshots were fired at the Grand Cherokee. One of the bullets entered the victim's vehicle through the windshield, fatally striking the driver. Two female passengers in the Grand Cherokee were uninjured, according to police. The Detroit Police Department had a barricaded gunman incident in the 11400 block of Whitcomb that was connected to this incident. Dearborn Police have three persons of interest in custody. "Our thoughts are with the loved ones of the victims who are mourning this tragic loss and undoubtedly, will be forever scarred by this incident. This is a tremendous and traumatic loss for the greater Dearborn community," said Dearborn Mayor Abdullah H. Hammoud. "I thank the Dearborn, Detroit, and Michigan State Police officers who responded and assisted at the scene on Friday evening. I have full faith that our police department will dutifully investigate this incident and bring those involved to justice." Anyone with information relating to this incident are asked to call the Dearborn Police Department at 313-943-2225 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-Speak-Up. The Source Information for this story came from a Dearborn Police Department press release.
