JOHN HUTCHINS

Photo by Laurel KrausTom Shimko during his promotion to lieutenant Oct. 14, 2019. From left are former Deputy Director John Hutchins, Frank Zielinski who was promoted to sergeant, Shimko, former Director Dan Jensen, Mayor Louis Theros and City Manager Shane Reeside. GROSSE POINTE FARMS — Just three weeks into his promotion to Farms detective in

Photo by Renee LanduytFrom left, City Manager Shane Reeside, Director of Public Safety John Hutchins, Officer Tim Harris with K-9 partner Duke, Officer Richard Rosati, Mayor Pro Tem John Gillooly and Deputy Director Andy Rogers. GROSSE POINTE FARMS — Highlighted at a meeting that is looked forward to all year, Mayor Pro Tem John Gillooly

THE GROSSE POINTES — A goal of education is for students to gauge the consequences of potential action, and police are doing their former teachers proud by thinking through the economic and logistical challenges of a proposal to station a full-time public safety officer at both of the district’s two high schools. Law enforcement and municipal leaders in the five […]

GROSSE POINTE FARMS — For as long as anyone at the Grosse Pointe Farms Public Safety Department can remember, its officers have worked eight-hour shifts. As of

GROSSE POINTE FARMS — Though serving in the Grosse Pointe Farms Public Safety Department since 1999, Andrew Rogers didn't specifically intend to go into law

Beginning Tuesday, Nov. 30, citizens in the Grosse Pointe communities and Harper Woods will be able to send text messages directly to 911 in case of an emergency.

But not so much, actually, for this week’s top winners (except for Robert Schechter’s runner-up worstminton: played with a grenade). I hereby confer Instant Classic Aphorism status on Melissa Balmain’s Marrython: The only endurance sport where you try not to reach the finish line. It gives Melissa her 180th blot of Invite ink, including her 14th victory, but it’s her first Clowning Achievement, the trophy we started giving out since December. Also too grown up for Mad: Hannah Seidel’s American Ninja Worrier, which nailed the “anxious parents” (her own?) quotes: “A series of extreme obstacles, from the devilishly sensible “He’ll probably text us in the morning” to the terrifyingly reasonable “She’s an adult; she can make her own choices.” And John Hutchins, who’s back Inviting after an unexcused absence, is back in the Losers’ Circle with offencing, a competition between the most vile talk show hosts; “the winner gets a prime-time spot on cable so they can complain every night about being ‘censored.’” [Despite my decades of “fixing” it as a copy editor, I’m on board with the singular “they” in cases like these, when the pronoun applies to any gender.]

GROSSE POINTE FARMS — The No. 1 area in which a lot of police departments are lacking is adequate camera coverage throughout their campuses, according to a

John Hutchins was playing an acoustic set at a nearby venue in December 2009 and dedicated songs such as The Who's "Love Ain't For Keeping" to those who died at the concert. Hutchins was at The Who concert; he skipped school that day, got to the coliseum nearly seven hours early to be among the first in line, and got close enough to the stage to see The Who's song list.