Reduce Violent and Serious Property Crimes

● Invest in youth violence prevention to reduce the root causes of violence. This includes investing in youth mentoring, apprenticeship and leadership programs; safe home gun storage initiatives; social-emotional learning, mental health, and social service programs; and, after school and youth jobs programs.

● Expand community-based violence intervention strategies citywide designed to reduce violent crime in Detroit’s most impacted neighborhoods. These evidence-based strategies focus on training community members to interrupt cycles of violence by connecting impacted individuals to mental health and social services.

● Build balanced partnerships between law enforcement and community partners to stop violent crime. Homicide review commissions that create a balanced partnership between law enforcement and community partners to identify gaps and missed opportunities for intervention with chronically violent offenders will be supported. Additionally, the Kinloch administration will launch the “Police From Our Own Streets” initiative to prioritize the hiring of police officers from our own neighborhoods and provide housing benefits to those living in Detroit.

● Launch the “Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design” (CPTED) strategy to reduce serious property crimes, such as burglary, motor vehicle theft, larceny, and arson. CPTED is a successful strategy, endorsed by the National Institute of Crime Prevention, that brings together community members to develop physical design standards for their neighborhoods that directly reduce crime.

● Expand access to and improve wrap-around services for re-entry and rehabilitation programs to prevent recidivism. Reentry programs address the significant challenges people face when returning to society after prison. These programs help people find employment and stable housing, access education services, receive mental health support, and expunge their records to prevent them from reoffending.

● Support our police officers. One in four police officers experience PTSD, anxiety or depression due to the stressful nature of their work. Under the Kinloch administration, we will improve access to mental health services and peer support groups for our police officers. Additionally, we will ensure they are receiving a competitive wage and the most innovative training in the field.

2. Improve Neighborhood Infrastructure and Walkability

● Stop the flooding: In a recent survey of almost 5,000 Detroit households, 43% reported experiences of household flooding, resulting from a variety of factors, including aging infrastructure, climate change, and need for home repairs. Under a Kinloch administration, the city will partner with the county, the Great Lakes Water Authority, and the State on capital improvement projects in flood-prone areas. These projects will reduce water main breaks, street flooding and sewer system failures and increase green stormwater infrastructure, and facilities and equipment upgrades.

● Make Detroit walkable: In 2024, Detroit was named one of the most dangerous cities in America for pedestrians due to high pedestrian fatality and accident rates and low walkability. As Mayor, the city will focus on making sure pedestrians are safe on our streets. We will identify hotspot locations for pedestrian accidents to improve the walking infrastructure in those areas, including sidewalk improvements, installation of speed bumps, and increasing the frequency of crosswalks.

● Invest in maintenance of our parks, recreation centers and libraries: Economic impact studies have determined that well-maintained urban parks, recreation centers and libraries can increase the property values of surrounding homes up to 10%.

Additionally, these public spaces act as safe havens for residents to relax and socialize. As Mayor, we will partner with the state, philanthropic partners, and community organizations to strategically invest in our neighborhood parks, libraries and recreation centers. Additionally, we will help connect these assets through further investments in the Joe Louis Greenway.

3. Transform vacant spaces into vibrant community places

● Develop vacant Detroit Land Bank (DLB) property into valued community assets. The Kinloch administration will ensure the DLB plays a key role in working with community leaders to transform vacant land into neighborhood assets such as community gardens, urban farms, and green spaces that directly benefit residents and neighborhoods. This will include making the process of transferring ownership of vacant lots to individuals and groups for these purposes much easier than it is today.

● Reduce commercial blight in our neighborhoods. The Kinloch administration will hold large commercial property owners accountable for blight remediation of their properties through legal and enforcement actions. Simultaneously, the administration will work with state and local economic development agencies to develop “entrepreneurial zones” for redevelopment that provide financial incentives to small,

Detroit-based commercial property owners for fixing up their properties, such as grants, low-interest loans, and tax credits.