Farmington Public Safety Department Plans May 24 Open House

Tour the department and get a close look at police, fire and emergency medical vehicles.

The Farmington Public Safety Department will host an open house for the community on May 24, 12 p.m.-5 p.m. Public safety officers will present fire safety demonstrations for kids and give building tours. Police, fire and emergency medical vehicles will also be on display, and refreshments will be served.  The department is located at 23600 Liberty Street. To learn more, contact Commander Frank Demers at 248-474-5500, ext. 2246.   Source: Farmington Public Safety press release

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Detroit Man Faces Underage Drinking Charge After Farmington Traffic Stop

The following information was supplied by the Farmington Public Safety Department. Arrests and charges do not indicate a conviction.

A 20-year-old man from Detroit faces a charge of underage drinking after an April 21 traffic stop at Shiawassee and Floral Streets in Farmington.  According to the Farmington Public Safety report, the Detroit man was a passenger in a vehicle stopped at around 12:40 a.m. for having a broken headlight. While the driver, a 22-year-old Farmington resident, passed sobriety tests, a preliminary breath test showed the passenger's blood alcohol level was .06. Michigan law prohibits anyone under age 21 from drinking.  For questions on the police blotter email jonette.hubred-golden@patch.com.

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Farmington Police Investigate Tayler Prescriptions Break In

Police are looking for three men suspected of taking prescription drugs from the Grand River business.

Farmington Home Invasions Net Jewelry, Electronics

Farmington Public Safety officers investigate two home invasion incidents east and west of Gill Road and south of Grand River.

Farmington Public Safety issued a Nixle.com alert Tuesday warning residents about two recent home invasions in the area of Gill Road between Grand River and Alta Loma. According to the alert, a homeowner in the 23300 block of Longacre Court, near Longacre Elementary School, called police Monday around 6:30 p.m., after arriving home to find the front door forced open. Jewelry and electronics were taken some time after 7 a.m., and the door had been secured with a deadbolt lock.  The alert also noted an April 12 home invasion occurred less than a mile away, in the 24000 block of Pickett Street, which is east of Gill and south of Grand River. In that incident, a rear door was forced open and a large amount of jewelry was taken.  Since thieves …

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What Are Farmington Public Safety Officers Doing at Dunleavy's Pub?

The department uses the site for training until the building's new owner tears it down.

Thanks to the building's new owner, Farmington Public Safety Department has been using the closed Dunleavy's Pub on Grand River for fire and police training.  According to a department press release, Bright Side Dental will tear down the existing building before construction begins on a new dental office. In the meantime, public safety officers have the opportunity to train in an unknown environment to search for a downed firefighter or trapped victim. In one of the training exercises, rescuers had to enter the building, find a self-contained breathing apparatus (SCBA) with its alarm sounding, which represented a downed firefighter. Officers had to refill the SCBA from a spare bottle, and then remove the "firefighter" from the building. …

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Wheelchair Theft in Farmington May Lead to Charges

The following information was supplied by the Farmington Public Safety Department. Arrests and charges do not indicate a conviction.

A Farmington man may face charges after admitting to police that he took a $2,500 wheelchair from an enclosed garage at Chatham Hills Apartments April 1 and tossed it into a Dumpster.  According to the Farmington Public Safety weekly report, friends of a 20-year-old man who has no legs brought him into the station on Liberty Street at around 2 p.m. to report the theft. The man left his wheelchair in the garage while visiting with friends in the apartment building.  The report indicated that when friends learned the wheelchair had been dumped, they went to retrieve it and found the waste container had just been emptied. When asked why he did it, the man who dumped the wheelchair told police simply, "it was poor judgment”.  The man who owned…

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Southfield, Detroit Teens Face Charges After Farmington Traffic Stop

The following information was supplied by the Farmington Public Safety Department. Arrests and charges do not indicate a conviction.

Three 17-year-olds from Southfield and Detroit face charges after police were called to check out a suspicious vehicle parked at a Farmington apartment complex on Grand River March 26. According to the Farmington Public Safety report, the vehicle was moved by the time police arrived, but was later stopped in the complex. A check of the driver's record showed a suspended license; she was taken into custody.  The report indicated police noticed an odor of burned marijuana, and when the Detroit teen got out of the vehicle, a 4-inch marijuana "blunt" or cigar fell onto the ground. Eight additional blunts were found in the vehicle's glove box.  Two teens home from college face charges of possessing alcohol, after an early morning traffic stop …

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Fast-Moving Thief Hits Chatham Hills Apartment in Farmington Home Invasion

Police are investigating a Wednesday break-in that happened while a resident was away from his home for 20 minutes.

In just minutes, a fast-moving thief took cash and other items Wednesday from a Chatham Hills apartment in Farmington. According to a Nixle.com alert issued Thursday morning by Farmington Public Safety, officers responded to the apartment at around 3 p.m. The resident told police he left his apartment at 2:30 p.m. and returned 20 minutes later to find the door forced open. The door knob was locked but the deadbolt was left unlocked, the resident told police.  In the alert, Farmington Public Safety reminded residents to take extra precautions by securing their doors using all available locks and asked residents to immediately report any suspicious vehicles, people or situations.

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Intoxicated Driver Wreaks Havoc at Farmington Condo Complex

The following information was provided by Farmington Public Safety Dept. Arrests and charges do not indicate convictions.

A 70-year-old Farmington man faces a charge of drunken driving, after his vehicle hit another vehicle, then took a path that damaged a garage and two other vehicles, and temporarily knocked out power for residents at a condo complex at Heritage Lane and Drake.  According to the Farmington Public Safety report, police were called to the scene of the accident at 10 a.m. on St. Patrick's Day. The driver told police he mistook the gas pedal for the brake, collided with another vehicle on Drake Road, then did a "full circle" to the garage door he hit. During the course of their investigation, the report indicated, police learned that after the first collision on Drake Road, the driver swerved off the road, collided with a boulder and condo …

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Sharla

2:03 pm on Tuesday, March 26, 2013

Awe, come on Mike, none of this was his fault! The old man should be forgiven, put out a BOLO for Saint Patrick, the real culprit for all the damage. JUST KIDDING! LOL! Sharla Voy   more ›

Crime Mapping Website Coming Soon to Farmington

Public safety officers currently use the site, which daily shows the location of reported crimes.

Information on a daily crime mapping website Farmington Public Safety officers use will soon be available to the general public. At a Thursday night Neighborhood Watch meeting, Commander Frank Demers said public access to crimemapping.com could be ready by the end of spring. "It gives you an opportunity every day to see what's going on in your area," he said. "We as a department are using this now for crunching our numbers, and it's fantastic." Crime reports are loaded each day, and the site produces a map with icons pinned to locations where crimes have occurred. Clicking on the pin produces a pop-up window that provides more details about each incident.  Canton, Dearborn, Livonia, Novi and Plymouth Township are among the 20 Michigan …

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