Flashpoint 6/6/21: Interim Detroit Police Chief James White discusses initiatives at critical time for policing in America

DETROIT – Detroit has a new police chief, at least for a while. We talked to interim police chief James White about priorities at a critical time for policing in the nation.

Meanwhile, did his predecessor former Detroit Police Chief James Craig, leave the position to run for governor?

We also checked the Michigan political landscape where there are burning issues everywhere.

Read: James White takes over as interim chief of Detroit Police Department

Segment One

Interim Detroit Police Chief James White

Segment Two

Steve Mitchell of Mitchell Research and Communications, Stephen Henderson, host of WDET’s show Detroit Today, Jill Alper of Alper Strategies and Nolan Finley, editorial page editor of The Detroit News.

Segment Three

Flashpoint host Devin Scillian wraps up this week’s episode.

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