FROM. DETROIT LOCAL 4 NEWS AT SIX STARTS NOW. A MAJOR AUTOMAKER IS TELLING THE OWNERS
OF HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF ITS
VEHICLES TO STOP DRIVING THEM.
IT’S ALL BECAUSE OF A DEADLY
PROBLEM YOU MAY HAVE ASSUMED WAS
ALREADY SOLVED TONIGHT. WE’RE
HEARING DIRECTLY FROM STILL
LANTUS ABOUT WHY THEIR EFFORTS
TO FIX THE PROBLEM DATING BACK
TO 2009 HAVE COME UP SHORT FIRST
. HERE’S WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW
ABOUT THE STOP DRIVING ALERT
ISSUED TODAY IT APPLIES TO
276,000 VEHICLES, SO QUARTER OF
A MILLION VEHICLES WHOSE AIRBAGS
ARE BECOMING MORE DANGEROUS. THE
OLDER THEY GET, IT’S THE SAME
PROBLEM THAT LED TO THE LARGEST
SERIES OF RECALLS IN AMERICAN
HISTORY. TAKATA AIRBAG INFLATORS
THAT CAN EXPLODE, SENDING
SHRAPNEL FLYING INTO THE
PASSENGER AREA. THERE HAVE BEEN
THREE NEW DEATHS NOW FROM THESE
EXPLODING TAKATA AIRBAGS OVER
THE PAST SEVEN MONTHS, SO THAT’S
A TOTAL OF 32 DEATHS NOW
WORLDWIDE NOW LINKED TO THIS
INFLATOR ISSUE STILL, AND THIS
IS WARNING YOU TO STOP DRIVING
THESE FOUR MODELS FROM YEARS. 5
4010. THE DODGE MAGNUM WAGON,
THE DODGE CHALLENGER, DODGE
CHARGER AND CHRIST 100 SEDAN.
ALL FOUR MODELS WERE PART OF THE
RECALL YEARS AGO. BUT GETTING
PEOPLE TO SHOW UP FOR THE REPAIR
HAS BEEN A STRUGGLE. JACQUELINE
FRANCIS’S LIVE WITH THAT PART OF
THE STORY FOR US, JACQUELINE.
GOOD EVENING. YEAH I TALKED WITH
THE HEAD OF THE RECALL CAMPAIGN
TODAY. WHO SAYS WHILE THE
COMPANY IS SADDENED BY THESE
DEATHS ARE ALSO REALLY
FRUSTRATED TELLING ME THAT IN
SOME OF THESE CASES WHERE PEOPLE
HAVE DIED, THE COMPANY HAD TRIED
CONTACTING THE OWNER OF THE
VEHICLE MORE THAN 149 TIMES
ABOUT THE RECALL, WHICH GOES TO
SHOW WHEN THESE RECALLS ARE
IGNORED. PEOPLE CAN DIE. WE’VE
HEARD NUMEROUS REPORTS OF PEOPLE
ASKING US NOT TO CALL THEM AGAIN
. WE HAVE A CALL CENTER AGENTS
THAT ARE HUNG UP ON ROUTINELY
PEOPLE THAT WALK NOR NUMBER
URGENT MESSAGE YOU DON’T WANT TO
IGNORE FOR SEVEN YEARS. STILL
LANTUS HAS BEEN TELLING AFFECTED
DRIVERS ABOUT THE POTENTIALLY
DEADLY RECALL INVOLVING THE
AIRBAGS OF SELECT VEHICLES CRASH
IN THE AIRBAG DEPLOYS PIECES OF
THE AIRBAG CAN BREAK APART AND
COME FLYING THROUGH THE AIR BAG
AT THE OCCUPANTS OF THE VEHICLE.
DESPITE HUNDREDS OF LETTERS,
PHONE CALLS AND THE OCCASIONAL
DOOR KNOCK TO WARN OWNERS ABOUT
THE RECALL. THERE HAVE BEEN
THREE NEW DEATHS FROM THE
EXPLODING TAKATA AIRBAGS OVER
THE PAST SEVEN MONTHS, TWO
VEHICLES WHERE WE HAVE A
CONFIRMED FATALITY ONE OF THEM
WAS WE ATTEMPTED TO TALK TO THE
PERSON OVER 149 TIMES. STILL,
ANTIS IS NOW TELLING THE DRIVERS
WHO HAVEN’T GOTTEN THE FIX TO
STOP DRIVING IMMEDIATELY
OFFERING TO COME TO THEM FREE OF
CHARGE TO MAKE THE REPAIR,
WILLING TO DO JUST ABOUT
ANYTHING TO GET PEOPLE TO TAKE
THE RECALL SERIOUSLY. IT’S VERY
FRUSTRATING. THESE ARE
PREVENTABLE. UM THESE ARE
PREVENTABLE INJURIES AND
PREVENTABLE FATALITIES HAVE BEEN
VERY DILIGENT AND WORKED VERY
HARD TO GET THE WORD OUT TO
PEOPLE. AND MOST IMPORTANT FOR
US IS THAT WE FIX THESE CARS.
ONCE YOU GET THE RECALL TAKING
CARE OF YOUR OFF THE LIST,
MEANING NO MORE BEING BOMBARDED
WITH CALLS AND NOTICES TO LEARN
MORE ABOUT THE RECALL AND HOW
YOU CAN GET YOUR FIX FREE TODAY
GO TO OUR WEBSITE
CLICKONDETROIT.COM REPORTING
LIVE IN DETROIT, JACQUELINE
FRANCIS LOCAL 4 VEHICLES
INVOLVED HERE ARE JACQUELINE.
THE CITY OF DETROIT HAS LONG
FACED AN UPHILL BATTLE TO
RECRUIT AND RETAIN POLICE
OFFICERS. THERE’S A PROPOSED PAY
RAISE AWAITING CITY COUNCIL’S
APPROVAL, BUT NOT EVEN THAT
WOULD MAKE DPD WAGES COMPETITIVE
WITH OFFICERS IN MANY OTHER
CITIES, AND ONE OF THOSE CITIES
IS BEING QUITE BOLD IN ITS
ATTEMPT TO APPROACH OFFICERS
FROM DETROIT. SHAWN LEY IS LIVE
WELL, THE LOOKOUT WHAT’S ON THE
TABLE WITH THIS OFFER SHAWN LEY.
LISTEN TO THIS. KIMBERLY JUST
SPOKE WITH DETROIT’S POLICE
CHIEF. HE SAYS HIS DEPARTMENT IN
2022 THIS YEAR HAS LOST ABOUT AN
OFFICER A DAY THE NUMBER RIGHT
NOW TO 90 THIS BILLBOARD, NOT
HELPING RAISING EYEBROWS,
RAISING SOME ANGER IN DETROIT.
INDIANAPOLIS POLICE TELLING
DETROIT POLICE OFFICERS HATE
MOVED INDIE YOU’LL MAKE A LOT
MORE MONEY. I ASKED THE CHIEF IF
HE CALLED INDIA’S CHIEF, THE
VOICES DISPLEASURE. I SAW IT. UM
BUT, YOU KNOW, I KNOW THAT OUR
OFFICERS ARE THE BEST IN THE
COUNTRY AND I KNOW THAT, UH, YOU
KNOW, THEY GET HIGHLY RECRUITED
AND STAYED IN OUT OF STATE.
DETROIT POLICE CHIEF JAMES
WHITE, REACTING JUST MOMENTS AGO
TO INDIANAPOLIS POLICE PUTTING
UP THIS BOLD BILLBOARD IN
DETROIT LOOKING TO POACH DETROIT
POLICE OFFICERS WITH THE LURE OF
A $72,000 STARTING SALARY IF
DETROIT CITY COUNCIL APPROVES
PAY RAISES FOR DETROIT POLICE
STARTING SALARY HERE WOULD BE
53,000. I’M NOT SURPRISED.
LITTLE BIT DISAPPOINTED THAT
SOMEONE WOULD PULL SOMETHING
LIKE THAT IN OUR COMMUNITY, BUT
I ALSO KNOW THAT OUR OFFICERS
ARE HIGHLY RECRUITED. POLICE
UNION LEADER WENT TO CITY
COUNCIL URGING THE COUNCIL TO
APPROVE THE PAY RAISES OR THE
DEPARTMENT WILL CONTINUE TO LOSE
OFFICERS. HERE’S COUNCIL
PRESIDENT MARY SHEFFIELD FROM MY
CONVERSATION WITH COUNCIL
MEMBERS. EVERYBODY BELIEVES WE
ARE WAY OVERDUE IS SUPPORTING
OUR DPD, MEN AND WOMEN AND SO
LOOKING FORWARD TO UNANIMOUS
SUPPORT COME NEXT WEEK. TUESDAY.
I SAID LETTERS. CHIEFS ACROSS
THE COUNTRY, SAYING PLEASE DON’T
HIRE OUR PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, AND
THEY LOOKED AT ME AND THEY
LAUGHED. FORMER DETROIT POLICE
CHIEF MIKE MCKINNON SAYS DETROIT
CAN’T COMPETE WITH A $72,000
STARTING SALARY. YOU CAN’T
COMPETE WITH SOMEONE WHO’S
MAKING OR PAYING $70,000 TO
START MAKING AS MUCH AS SOME OF
OUR COMMAND OFFICERS ARE, DID
YOU HAVING TO CALL INDIE BY
CHANCE. WE WON’T GET INTO THOSE
KIND OF CONVERSATIONS. THE
CHIEF, NOT I WANT TO TALK ABOUT
WANTING TO TALK ABOUT IF HE
CALLED INDIANAPOLIS POLICE ABOUT
THEIR BILLBOARD HERE. DID YOU
GET THAT NUMBER GUYS? 290
DETROIT POLICE OFFICERS LEAVING
THE APARTMENT FOR OTHER JOBS
THIS YEAR ALONE IN THE NOT JUST
TARGETING DETROIT BEING VERY
AGGRESSIVE RECRUITING OFFICERS
FROM CINCINNATI, CHICAGO AND ST
LOUIS. WE’RE LIVE TONIGHT.
SHAWN LEY LOCAL FORM BACK TO
YOU. OKAY, SEAN, THANKS.
SOUTHLAND HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS
WERE ALLOWED BACK INTO THE
CLASSROOMS AFTER THE THIRD
UNFOUNDED THREAT IN THE LAST 10
DAYS SCHOOL WAS EVACUATED THIS
MORNING BECAUSE OF A THREAT TO
BLOW UP THE SCHOOL STUDENTS AND
TEACHERS WERE MOVED TO A SAFE
ZONE UNTIL INVESTIGATORS COULD
DETERMINE THE BUILDING WAS SAFE
. BUT EARLIER THIS WEEK, THE
SCHOOL WAS PUT ON LOCKDOWN
BECAUSE MESSAGE THREATENING
VIOLENCE WAS FOUND IN A BATHROOM
AND THE SAME THING HAPPENED LAST
WEEK AS WELL. ALRIGHT WELL,
FEWER THAN FIVE DAYS REMAIN
UNTIL POLLS OPEN IN THE 2022
MIDTERM ELECTION AT SEVEN A.M.
TUESDAY AND WE’RE DOING OUR BEST
TO HELP YOU PREPARE BY TAKING A
CLOSER LOOK AT THE ISSUES AND
RACES AT THE TOP OF THE TICKET
TONIGHT THE CLOSE RACE FOR
ATTORNEY GENERAL CHRISTINE
MACDONALD HERE TO BREAK IT DOWN
FOR US, CHRISTINE WELL, DEVIN
AND KIM THE AGES RACES, THE
CLOSEST ON THE BALLOT THIS
NOVEMBER WITH UNIQUE
CIRCUMSTANCES. IT PUTS INCUMBENT
DATA NESTLE UP AGAINST
REPUBLICAN MATT DEEPER. NO A
LAWYER FROM THE WEST SIDE OF THE
STATE AND WHILE NESTLE IS ALIVE
LIGHTNING ROD FOR CRITICISM.
DEEPER NO IS UNDER INVESTIGATION
FOR POTENTIAL CRIMINAL CHARGES.
BOTH ARE VYING TO BE THE LAWYER
FOR THE STATE OF MICHIGAN. THE
ADS ARE UGLY. THE RACE CLOSE
DEMOCRAT DANA NESSEL, ATTORNEY
GENERAL FOR THE LAST FOUR YEARS,
IS FACING OFF AGAINST REPUBLICAN
MET TO PUNO, AN ATTORNEY FROM
KALAMAZOO, WHO CAME INTO THE
NATIONAL SPOTLIGHT FOR TRYING TO
OVERTURN THE 2020 ELECTION
RESULTS. THEIR POSITIONS
COULDN’T BE FURTHER APART FROM
ABORTION TO LINE FIVE, EVEN IF
PROP THREE PASSES. WE’RE GOING
TO NEED AN ATTORNEY GENERAL
THAT’S AGGRESSIVE AND STRONG IN
DEFENDING PROPOSITION THREE
OPPONENTS NOT GOING TO DO THAT,
BUT I WILL MAKE HER FIRST TERM
ABOUT CONSUMER PROTECTIONS,
CLERGY ABUSE INVESTIGATIONS AND
OCCASIONALLY LETTING HER
OPINIONS FLY ON. SOCIAL MEDIA
HAS A RECORD TO TOUT AND DEFEND
PERSONALLY ARGUED THE CASE OF
ROUSH WORLD, THE MICHIGAN
DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL RIGHTS.
WHICH BECAUSE OF THAT CASE AT
LONG LAST NO ONE IN THE STATE OF
MICHIGAN CAN BE FIRED FOR BEING
GAY OR BISEXUAL OR TRANSGENDER,
AND YOU DO HAVE SOME CRITICS
OVER THE LAST FOUR YEARS
SPECIFICALLY NOT GETTING
CONVICTIONS IN THE FLINT WATER
CASE ASSIGNED SOME OF THE BEST
PROSECUTORS, I KNOW, INCLUDING
PROSECUTOR KIM WORTHY AND WE
STARTED THE INVESTIGATION AND
USED A GRAND JURY PROCEDURE. AND
ULTIMATELY, OF COURSE THAT WAS
APPEAL THROUGH THE COURTS HAS
WASTED NO TIME ACCUSING NESTLE
OF ABUSING HER OFFICE IS SOFT ON
CRIME AND SEIZING ON A COMMENT
NESTLE MADE THAT SHE SAYS WAS IN
JEST, AND YOU HAVE AN ATTORNEY
GENERAL RIGHT NOW IN THIS STATE,
DANA NESSEL, WHO SAYS SHE WANTS
TO PUT A DRAG QUEEN IN EVERY
SCHOOL AND YOU’RE ALLOWING IT TO
HAPPEN. CANDIDACY IS CLOUDED
WITH ALLEGATIONS OF MISCONDUCT.
CURRENTLY AT THE MICHIGAN
ATTORNEY GRIEVANCE COMMISSION.
HE’S ALSO THE SUBJECT OF AN
ONGOING CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION
INTO POTENTIAL CHARGES OF
TAMPERING WITH VOTING EQUIPMENT
. NESTLE HAS REQUESTED A SPECIAL
PROSECUTOR TO LOOK INTO THAT.
BRUNO DENIES THE MISCONDUCT. HE
INSTEAD ACCORDING TO HIS
CAMPAIGN PLEDGES TO DEFEND
MICHIGAN’S 1931 ABORTION BAN AND
PROTECT PARENTS ABILITY TO HAVE
A SAY IN CURRICULUM. THE
FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS OF THE
PARENTS IS A HUGE ISSUE RIGHT
NOW IN THIS COUNTRY AND ACROSS
THE STATE. THE LATEST DETROIT
NEWS. WDIV’S POLL SHOWS THE RACE
WITHIN ONE POINT, NESTLE 44% TO
THE PERNOD 43% MAKING THIS LAST
WEEKEND OF CAMPAIGNING FOR BOTH
CANDIDATES CRITICAL AND WE
REQUESTED SIT DOWN IN DEPTH
INTERVIEWS WITH BOTH CANDIDATES
SO THEY COULD ANSWER SIMILAR
QUESTIONS ABOUT HOW THEY
APPROACH THE JOB AS A G NESTLES
TEAM RESPONDED, MR PIANO’S TEAM
CANCELED OUR INTERVIEW AND DID
NOT RESCHEDULE. KIMBERLY BACK TO
YOU. OKAY CHRISTY, THANK YOU.
AND EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO
PREPARE FOR ELECTION DAY IS IN
OUR CLICKONDETROIT.COM VOTER
GUIDE. IT HAS INFORMATION ON THE
LOCAL RACES, BALLOT PROPOSALS