As of November, 1,055 CCW cases are pending in the Wayne County Circuit Court. Before the pandemic, fewer than 400 arrests were being made per quarter.īut by the summer of 2020, arrests had quadrupled. Over the last two years, the number of people arrested for only carrying a concealed weapon in Detroit has soared. RELATED: Former Detroit police detective files whistleblower lawsuit after alarming uptick in CCW cases “It feels like we’re being targeted as a criminal,” Lloyd said, “and we’re not.” Lloyd was arrested and charged with carrying a concealed weapon, or CCW. Like many, he said trying to renew his CPL through the Wayne County Clerk wasn’t easy after the pandemic shut the office down. Lloyd had moved back to Michigan from Georgia and his concealed pistol license, or CPL, had expired three months earlier. “They checked out the information and told me my (concealed pistol license) was expired.” “I let them know that I was armed,” Lloyd said, who at the time was working as an armed security guard. Traveling through Detroit’s New Center on West Grand Boulevard, he was pulled over by police for a traffic infraction. DETROIT (WXYZ) - John Lloyd had just dropped his mother off at work on a night in December 2020 when he noticed the flashing lights behind him.
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