how is your crime-fighting plan different from benny napoleon's? doingill go right back to what i was doing when i was a prosecutor. if the sheriff lets them right out of the jail, you haven't accomplished anything. if they are not sent its properly, you haven't accomplished anything. if the probation officer does not handle it correctly, you haven't accomplished anything. when i was the prosecutor, we went to boston, we went to new york and we established the approach. i am not running to be police chief. we have a police chief. what i am going to do is take my experience and my relationships to make sure that when somebody thatrested for gun crime, we go to the state and make novation is followed up, that if they need to be prosecuted on the federal side, they are. >> the only way to reduce crime is to use proven crime reduction tactics. policing, thatd is the only thing that has been proven to work throughout this country. i have a square-mile initiative that will place officers on every single square mile of this community. that officer will ta

his opponent is benny napoleon. this is about one hour. ♪ >> the 2013 my oral debate. >> moderator: welcome to a special presentation, the great debate for mayor of detroit. detroit is the city that put the world on wheels but so much has changed for the motor city as it has confronted at the challenges by shrinking population, tax base and major financial woes. with so much at stake this is even more vital. which is why we are pleased to welcome the two candidates who want to be detroit's next mayor. mike duggan and sheer benny napoleon for appearing here in the first televised debate. great techie guys with us. for the next hour we will hear from them in a conversation we hope provides a deeper look at both of them. all of us here are pleased to partner with our sister radio station wwj d. and the michigan chronicle and bring you this important for them. join me in the question is political pundit cliff russell, tom jordan, morning news anchor, and senior editor at the michigan chronicle. if you are tweeting are u

the detroit that the people of this city deserve. >> moderator: and we'll hear now from sheriff benny napoleonon: detroit, this is a serious election. i have a neighborhood revitalization plan that is online that's 673 pages long -- 63 pages long. it's going to revitalize this community the way it's never seen in the last 50 years. i have a square mile initiative that will make this city safe, livable, walkable, sustainable once again one square mile at a time. but let me just say this, my opponent says that he's been come anything and out of detroit for the last 32 years. how many of you have seen him the that last 32 years before he began to run for mayor? while he was sleep anything lavoian, i put on a bulletproof vest, a 40 caliber block and patrolled this city. we were arresting murderers, carjackers and break-in men. while he was sleeping, we were getting rid of pony down, young boys i were continued and the chambers brothers. i was taking flags off the coffins of slain police officers who have given their lives for you while your were sleeping. >> moderator: and, gentlemen, i want to th

so mike, how different is your crime fighting plan from benny napoleon?us a stark contrast. >> i will go back to what we we're doing when i was a prosecutor. the detroit police are heroes into a phenomenal job but if they arrest a prisoner and then share flats the matter jimmy have not accomplished anything if the judge does not sentence they go on probation and violate in the probation office does not take them up you have not accomplished anything. when i was the prosecutor went to boston and ended the york we adopted the strategy we created a team of u.s. attorney in the detroit police because i am not ready to be police chief we had one. when i am going to do is make sure that when somebody is arrested for a gun crime if they could be prosecuted we put that on the federal side to get all agencies to work together. >> the only way proving to reduce crime is with community policing director for smith indicated driven approach that is the only thing that has been proven to work. i have the square mile initiative that places a police officer for every squ

his opponent is wayne county sheriff, benny napoleon.♪ >> from cbs 62, this is a special michigan matters. the 2013 mayoral debate. ♪ >> hi there and welcome to a presentation, the great debate from detroit. .. and if you're tweeting or using facebook use #cbs 62 debate. the rules or conversation agreed to by both candidates are simple. each will ask a question of the candidate who has 60 seconds to answer. the other candidate has 60 seconds. then each candidate has and additional 30 seconds to respond if he chooses. it's agreed to by the candidates and kick it of with a 60-second opening statement. by a flip of the coin, mike goes first. >> i want to start by thanking cbs 62, wwj, and the michigan chronicle for giving us a chance to talk directly to the voters. my name is mike and i'm running for mayor of detroit. i believe we need change in the city. i was born in detroit, as a young boy i lived on trains berry. i went to high school in the city and worked in the city every day for the last 32 years. i never, in my life, thought i woul