Keep entering abandoned buildings long enough in Detroit and sooner or later you will be shot. Trust me, I may be the one that scoops you up off the ground shot.
The police station there has only been closed for about 4 years, the fire station about 2 1/2. A few of our members that work for Detroit Fire Department work side jobs with Highland Park Public Safety. The PSO's have been back on the streets for the past year plus and their stations were moved to more modern facilities as the old facilities were in obvious disrepair and it would have cost way too much to bring up to code.
Not to discourage your explorations, but, you really need to watch where you are walking into within the city limits and in Highland Park. You may very well get shot or stabbed to death and I seriously mean that. I've been working the streets of Detroit for years and at the very least for your own safety, stay out of the neighborhoods at night.....you will get shot! If you don't know the hoods, the safest thing to do is stay away.
You must remember too, that a large portion of Highland Park was wiped clean by a tornado back in the late 90's and that cleared a large section of those neighborhoods out. HP may be very well on it's way to being back on the map as one of the Japanese auto makers are considering moving operations there....stay tuned.
One place you may want to consider exploring as myself and a couple of police officers and fellow medics/firefighters are wanting to check out is the old subway entry points on 2nd near the Detroit border. When Detroit and Highland Park were in their haydays, rail cars and street trollies were king and one of the areas to catch a trolly was underground tunnels located under Highland Park....before the construction of M-8, these railways ran some distance underground.
I hate to sound like a nag, but again, WATCH YOUR BACK!!!!! Folks in these hoods will just as soon shoot you as look at you. Also, you may want to consider blacking out the faces of those autopsy photos.....hate to see someone from the feds get on you over violation of HIPPA laws (Federal laws that protect the identity of patients dead or alive.) It's all good, but be carefull.
This is an EMT's response to an urban explorer who goes into abandoned buildings in Woodland Park, Michigan. Amazing, haunting photos.
