Posted on 07/01/2015 11:06:03 PM PDT by dr_lew
Edited on 07/02/2015 12:24:23 AM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]
DETROIT A utility says three line crews have been robbed at gunpoint of cash and cellphones while trying to restore power in Detroit after weekend storms.
Michael Lynch, chief security officer for DTE Energy Co., tells the Detroit Free Press each robbery involved two or three suspects and it's possible the robberies are related. The Detroit News reports one happened Saturday and the others were Monday.
(Excerpt) Read more at wndu.com ...
They could have pulled double duty if they’d been carrying. They could have restored power AND taken out the trash if they’d been packin’
Where’s a Mall Cop when you need one?
With or without his trusty Segway.
How about: That Detroit real estate just keeps getting more and more valuable.
I haven't been laughing much lately, but that was funny.
” Lynch says they’re advised to avoid carrying cash.”
Yeah. Take a bullet when the perps get ticked off cause you don’t have anything they can steal. Hand them a live wire!
Cut off the power until the locals take out the trash.
Crack cocaine is a hell of a drug.
Just hand them a live wire and say “okay, hold this while I get my money out for you”.
The crews were lucky they weren’t murdered so there would be no IDs. They should probably refuse to service that area.
MOVE AWAY.
Hey! Hello! When you go to Africa you carry a weapon. Everyone knows that.
This is why Detroiters can’t have nice things.
Now the electric rates will increase again to cover the cost of armed security for the linemen.
Consumers Energy employees are not allowed to carry a weapon while on the job, I assume that DTE has a similar policy.
Yabbut, wouldn't the Sanitation Workers union have protested?
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