Stop the Robberies, Enjoy Safe Streets

Stop The Robberies, Enjoy Safe Streets (STRESS) was a Detroit Police Department unit that operated from 1971 until 1974.^[1]

STRESS was created to reduce crime in Detroit. It used decoy units, targeting African-American men.^[2] It led to the deaths of twenty-four men, twenty-two of them African-American, over the course of three and a half years.^[2]

Notes

^ Deadlinedetroit (retrieved 30 November 2018)
^ ^a ^b Merriman, Doug (November 17, 2015). "A History of Violence: The Detroit Police Department, The African American Community and S.T.R.E.S.S. An Army of Occupation or An Army Under Siege". Doug Merriman. Retrieved 16 August 2018.

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[1] Deadlinedetroit (retrieved 30 November 2018)

[Doug-2] Merriman, Doug (November 17, 2015). "A History of Violence: The Detroit Police Department, The African American Community and S.T.R.E.S.S. An Army of Occupation or An Army Under Siege". Doug Merriman. Retrieved 16 August 2018.

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v t e Detroit Police Department
Events	Death of Malice Green Hudson v. Michigan Killing of Aiyana Jones Michigan v. Bryant Michigan v. Summers
Facilities	Detroit Public Safety Headquarters Eighth Precinct Police Station
Related	Detroit Board of Police Commissioners Stop the Robberies, Enjoy Safe Streets