Detroit Under S.T.R.E.S.S.

This film is about a police department that puts out a decoy unit on the streets to fight crime. It is an interesting idea, but putting this them in the black neighborhoods caused a lot of issues. I understand that the crime was in the black neighborhoods, but the officers were white and the city was so racial. It was bound to cause problems and it did. The number of fatal shootings were horrible, but then this film lets you see from the police officer's point of view. You begin to understand how explosive it becomes when you see what the officers went through when their friends and fellow officers were killed, injured, and in some cases targeted. This is an important film for everyone to watch to gain some perspective on policing.

Once I started watching this documentary, I couldn't stop. At times real life is hard to believe!

Some of the interviews are eye-popping. It's like a car wreck - you want to look away but you can't because the doc exposes amazing insights to the way that some police officers worked in Detroit in the early 70's.

I had never heard about the "S. T. R. E. S. S." unit before, which is kind of amazing because this is a fascinating piece of U. S. history and has so much relevance for us today. It's like BLM issues on steroids!

I appreciate that the documentary provides multiple points of view and then leaves the viewer to reflect on this very controversial (and in many ways really messed up) crime fighting unit. This is a must see doc!

Only criminals and those who wish to commit crimes are the types of people who would be against S. T. R. E. S. S. Units.

These officers risked their lives on a daily basis to instill fear in those who chose to do harm to the law abiding citizens. Criminal elements never rest. We live in a terrifying world. Injecting these officers into real life scenarios was a brilliant plan.

These officers should be applauded. I'm happy this documentary gives them the credit and recognition they earned and deserve. To all the officers who put their lives on the line to make mine safer, I thank you for your service.

The city would be a safer place if these units were allowed to continue operating.

This documentary explores a police unit that, while effective in reducing robberies in Detroit, employed tactics that raise multiple ethical dilemmas. I appreciated that the film presented different points of view from multiple sources: community activists, historians, police, etc. So that I could form my own thoughts with the information provided. It was well researched and presented.

I was also surprised with how relevant the topics from the film still are today. Detroit Under Stress covers a period of time from 1971-1974 yet the issues of community policing, undercover work and race relations is very relevant today.

Highly recommend.

Normally documentaries can be dry but Detroit under STRESS was such an attention keeper that I wished it was longer than it was! Terrific interviews from the cops and gave a glimpse into a program that was groundbreaking in the 70's and couldn't even be mentioned today due to the racial implications. Unfortunately part of the issues police face was due to policies that removed community policing with more of a reactionary policing that is currently taking place. I highly recommend anyone that is interested in policing watch this movie and take a look at these grizzled cops that patrolled the dangerous streets of Detroit!