By Dave Herndon
Press & Guide, Dearborn, Mich.
DEARBORN, Mich. — Since Issa Shahin took over as police chief in Dearborn in January, he’s been cracking down on reckless driving.
That hasn’t fully deterred all of the speedsters, road racers, or people from doing burnouts. But the boldness of three such drivers took the cake this week when Shahin looked out his office window and saw three people doing burnouts in the parking lot shared by the police department and Ford Community and Performing Arts Center.
“When this happened, I was in my office and I could hear the sounds, and so were some of my other members of the department,” Shahin said. “I literally looked out my window and saw these kids doing the burnout right in front of the police station.”
Shahin personally went outside and got license plate numbers before the cars sped off. His officers then followed and arrested three people.
All three cars were impounded, and two of them were forfeited to police following the arrest of the three drivers.
“I wanted to make sure what I saw was real, because I couldn’t believe that this was happening next to the police station,” Shahin said.
Shahin said the crackdown on reckless driving will continue.
“If you’re reckless driving, and I want to be clear here if you’re driving recklessly and you’re putting people’s lives in danger, your car’s going to be pulled over, you’re going to be arrested, your car’s going to be impounded, and if it meets the criteria, the vehicle will be forfeited if you’re putting other people’s lives at risk,” Shahin said.
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