LANSING, Mich. (WLNS) -- Former U.S. Rep. and Republican candidate for U.S. Senate Mike Rogers called on Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan to ask President Trump for "backup" to help lower the city's violent crime rates.

In a statement released Sept. 4, Rogers said Detroit has become a "hub" for violent crime.

"These aren’t just statistics," Rogers said. "They’re people and families, whose lives have been flipped upside down because they aren’t even safe in their own community anymore. We have got to make our cities safe again. The Mayor of Detroit should be on the phone with the President now calling for backup."

Despite that assertion, Detroit saw a 19% drop in homicides in 2024 from 2023. Last year's rate was the lowest it had been in 50 years.

Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan is a lifelong Democr

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