Do not file a police report if a perpetrater commits a crime against you in the city of detroit michigan because it will be futile! Of or about March 28 at approximately 8: pm, a man kicks open my door (home invasion) and knocks me unconscious in front of my then 6 year old child and ransacks my place while i was unconscious. The man had jewelry on his fingers so i was very fortunate to be alive. I didn't wake until the next day. He had destroyed my eyeglasses as well. When i went to the police station and filed the report they noticed the swelling and cuts on my face and even commented on it. I was eventually assigned an "Investigator" (Investigator Evans) I do not recall his first name, however, I felt there was going to be neglect looming because instead of opening the case immediately he and another officer (investigator Simmons) were squabbling over who the case belongs to.investigator Evans never wanted the case because he felt that it was a "domestic" case because my ex-wife inadvertently led the perpetrater to my home. Regardless, my face was swollen, my eye was almost shut, AND THEY WERE BICKERING OVER WHO SHOULD TAKE THE CASE! Eventually, (much to his chagrin) Investigator Evans (who handled the prosecuting cases) took the case. (It is significant to note that Investigator Simmons apparently handled the Domestic cases.) Investigator Evans then got the pertinent information from me and had me do other footwork regarding preparation for prosecution of the case. I complied by doing the groundwork etc.in hopes that the case would be persued. He gave me his card and the number and extention where he could be reached. He told me to call him once or twice a week as he had to investigate before he can persue. Whenever I called however, he would say something like ' This guy is hard to find Mr scott' I gave him his complete name, i did'nt understand? But every time i called he would come up with one excuse after the other. I was naive at the time but, had it been me now i would have filed a complaint immediately. I trusted that he was going to "serve justice". I eventually became somewhat helpless and did not understand at the time that i could have filed a complaint and eventually gave up. Recently, after searching the mdoc website and finding the perpetrater very easily, i realized that Investigator Evans never had any intentions of prosecuting the case. So i inevitably filed a complaint against the department but this was to no avail. Somehow they seem to have no information on Investigator Evans or Investigator Simmons of the 36th precinct police department in 2002! Shouldn't the department maintain important records like that? Shouldn't it be a responsibility of the Department? After submitting the complaint I had hoped that someone would at least find the case but it was all for naught. I was sent a letter stating that there were no wrong doings on the part of the police department. So again i gave up. I am so glad that I don't live in the city of Detroit any more. That was not the only time that nothing was done. The other was in 1987 when my apartment door was kicked in and I was beaten with a jack iron, and robbed by two men and had to wear a cast and stitches in two places and made a police report and nothing was done. My advice to anyone who is thinking about moving to Detroit is: "BUY A GUN AND LEARN HOW TO USE IT BECAUSE THE DETROIT POLICE DEPARTMENT IS NOT THERE TO PROTECT YOU IF YOU ARE A RESIDENT!!!"
Darrell
Romulus, Michigan
U.S.A.
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