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Author    Post   untanglingwebs El Supremo Traffic being diverted off Interstate 69 near Dort Highway following traffic accidents; officer's vehicle struck while responding to area Published: Sunday, January 29, 2012, 11:23 AM Updated: Sunday, January 29, 2012, 1:10 PM By Roberto Acosta | racosta1@mlive.com GENESEE COUNTY, Michigan — An officer's vehicle was struck around 10:30 a.m. on westbound Interstate 69 and traffic is being diverted off the Dort Highway entrance ramp. Lathan Goumas | The Flint Journal January 29, 2012 - Flint Police officers, Genesee Count Sheriff officers and emergency medical technicians at the scene of an accident on westbound Interstate-69 near Dort Highway in Flint on Sunday. Flint Police rerouted traffic on I-69 around this accident scene. Police were called to the scene for a personal injury accident when an officer's patrol car was struck by another vehicle. The officer has been taken to the hospital for injuries. (Flint police vehicle struck during early afternoon accident) The road has been shut down on Interstate 69 at Dort Highway, with westbound traffic rerouted down the Dort Highway entrance ramp from the interstate. (Snow expected to accumulate in Flint area through this evening) Several other accidents are being reported across the county, with 24 incidents listed on the Genesee County 911 website. THERE WAS SO MANY ACCIDENTS LAST SUNDAY ON WEST BOUND I-69 THAT FLINT POLICE SHUT THE XWAY DOWN FOR 2 HOURS. TWO FLINT POLICE OFFICERS, ONE A SGT., WERE INJURED AFTER BEING STRUCK DOING ACCCIDENT REPORTS. EVERY OFFICER THAT WAS ON DUTY WAS ON SCENE. MANY OF US WERRE SURPRISED WHEN A POLICE SUPERVISOR ANNOUNCED OVER THE 911 THAT HE WAS MAKING AN EXECUTIVE DECISION AND BRING IN SELECTIVE ENFORCEMENT ON OVERTIME. WITH ALL OFFICERS ON THE SCENE AT I-69 THERE WERE NO OFFICERS TO COVER ANY OTHER PORTION OF THE CITY. SEVERAL OF US HAVE COMMENTED TO ONE ANOTHER THAT THE ACTIONS OF THIS SUPERVISOR NEEDS TO BE COMMENDED. COMMUNITY AWARENESS OF A LACK OF POLICE CREATES AN OVERWHELMING SENSE OF DOOM AMONG THE RESIDENTS. WHILE WE KNOW THE CITY IS TRYING TO PREVENT OVERTIME, WE SINCERELY HOPE THERE WILL BE NO BACKLASH FOR ACTIONS THAT WERE SO JUSTIFIABLE UNDER THE CIRCUMSTANCES. THE 24 ACCIDENTS IN THAT SHORT TIME HAD THE SHERIFFS DEPARTMENT AS WELL AS THE FLINT POLICE STRETCHED TO THE LIMIT. Sat Feb 04, 2012 5:00 pm  untanglingwebs El Supremo In the last two years there were several instances where a murder occurred and we did not have enough officers to secure the scene. Once there was two murders and Lock refused to let the officers he had in a meeting leave to help. With only one Flint officer on the streets they had to call in the Sheriff and the State Police to do the necessary work. Sun Feb 05, 2012 7:43 pm    Display posts from previous:   All Posts1 Day7 Days2 Weeks1 Month3 Months6 Months1 Year Oldest FirstNewest First

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