Detroit police help clean up home surrounded by junk, changing the image of a whole block

The Ninth Precinct’s neighborhood police officers, or NPOs as they are known, are keeping an eye on the problem and responded to the call to action this week by working with the city to clean up a house off Tacoma Avenue, close to Gratiot.

Police personnel in Detroit are contributing to the city’s upkeep.

They assisted a resident in clearing away a pile of belongings on Wednesday evening. The neighbors were tired of his house being surrounded by trash. A block was completely transformed by the cleanup, and it’s not only about appearances.

Darrell Washington, a neighbor, remarked, “This used to be a very, very nice neighborhood, believe it or not.” “Lot of opossums and rats coming from over there because it’s so just a bunch of junk.”

It continued to grow, and somewhere, someone does, in fact, reside there.

James Jackson, a neighbor, stated, “He had an old pontoon boat just hanging out there, and he had like 40 garbage cans.”

Unpleasant? Indeed. Odorous? Yes, and criminality also creeps in when it seems like no one is watching, especially the cops.

“They dump stolen cars over there, they think they can start stripping the houses over there, but when you start cleaning it out they see someone is over there, they see the police in action, they see that we are involved in the neighborhood, and it really slows it down,” Commander John Svec said.

The Ninth Precinct’s neighborhood police officers, or NPOs as they are known, are keeping an eye on the problem and responded to the call to action this week by working with the city to clean up a house off Tacoma Avenue, close to Gratiot.

“The public truly values it when they phone non-profit organizations and receive a prompt answer rather than a “yes, we will get to you in three weeks.” The following day, they tackle it,” Svec stated.

Twelve dumpsters, heavy equipment, and a dozen cleanup workers later, it’s completely different. Under NPO Aaron Kraszewski’s supervision.

“Officer K came through and told him he had to move, and they gave him a certain time, and he didn t comply, so he came through and cleaned up,” stated Jackson.

More homes are being targeted for cleanup, so they’re not finished either.

“I think there is an upward tendency in the block. It’s encouraging to see, so I suppose the next step is to demolish the remaining empty homes and rebuild them,” Washington remarked.

The homeowner may have to pay for the cleanup, FOX 2 was informed. To resolve all of that and any unpaid tickets, it will now go via the legal system.

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