.  .   AND LOCAL FOUR HAS LEARNED THINGS ARE NOT GOING AS
SMOOTHLY AS THE DEPARTMENT WOULD LIKE.   FIRST THE LAWSUIT
TO STOP THE MANDATORY OVERTIME AND NOW SUGGESTIONS FROM SOME
THAT THE DEPARTMENT MAY NOT BE EQUIPPED TO HANDLE THE STEPPED
UP PATROLS.   DEREK DENNIS IS LIVE AT POLICE HEADQUARTERS
AND DEREK YOU BEEN SO AND OFFICERS WAS THE WELL DEVON WE'RE
HEARING AMID TO REACTION TO THE NEW LONG SHIFTS THERE IS
SUPPORT FOR DEPARTMENT AND A NEW POLICE CHIEF TRYING TO
ADDRESS THE RECENT DEADLY SPIKE IN CRIME.   BUT THERE IS
ALSO FRUSTRATION WE'RE HEARING NOT ENOUGH PATROL CARS ON THE
STREETS.   NOT ENOUGH RADIOS TO GO AROUND.   OFFICERS AND
PRECINCTS FORCED TO DO MORE WITH LESS.   WE FOUND SOME
EVIDENCE OF THIS JUST LISTENING TO DETROIT POLICE RADIO
TRAFFIC OF FRUSTRATED DETROIT POLICE OFFICER RUNNING DOWN THE
LIST OF EQUIPMENT SHE DOESN'T HAVE.   NOT A NEW DETROIT
POLICE PROBLEM BUT ONE MADE WORSE WITH THE DEPARTMENT'S NEW
MANDATORY TWELVE HOUR PATROL SHIFTS.   EVERY SQUAD CAR EVERY
RADIO EVERY COMPUTER STRETCHED TO THE LIMIT.   IN SOME CASES
FORCING OFFICERS TEMPORARILY OFF THE STREETS.   WE HAVE NOT
DONE VERY WELL IN TRACKING YOU KNOW EXACTLY WHERE OFFICERS
ARE ASSIGNED SO THAT WE COULD PUT MORE OFFICERS OUT ON PATROL
. CHIEF ELLA BULLY CUMMINGS REACTING EARLIER ON LOCAL FOUR TO
LAWSUIT FROM THE DETROIT POLICE OFFICERS ASSOCIATION ASKING
FOR TEMPORARY RESTRAINING ORDER AGAINST THE TWELVE HOUR
POLICE SHIFTS.   THE DPOA'S REQUEST WAS DENIED THE LAWSUIT
RAISES QUESTIONS OVER POLICE EQUIPMENT INCLUDING CARS AND THE
HARDSHIPS SOME OFFICERS ARE FACING BECAUSE OF THE MANDATORY
OVERTIME POLICE OFFICERS ARE NOT WORKING UNDER THE BEST
CIRCUMSTANCES AND THEIR FAMILIES ARE SUFFERING BECAUSE OF
THAT.   AND CHIEF CUMMINGS TELLS LOCAL FOUR THE NEW TWELVE
HOUR SHIFTS ARE NOT PERMANENT JUST UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.  
AND SHE REMINDS US ALL THAT MANY OFFICERS HAVE BEEN WORKING
SIXTEEN HOUR SHIFTS THOUGH THAT'S BEEN VOLUNTARY.   AS FOR
THE LAWSUIT BY THE POLICE OFFICER'S ASSOCIATION IT NEXT GOES
BEFORE THE STATE EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS COMMISSION WHERE
COMPLAINT IS ALSO BEEN FILED.   A HEARING ON THAT IS LIKELY
NEXT WEEK.   UNTIL THEN THE TWELVE HOUR SHIFTS CONTINUE BY
DETROIT POLICE HEADQUARTERS TONIGHT I'M DEREK DENNIS ALL
RIGHT DEREK A TWO DAY STRIKE BY AMERICAN AXLE WORKERS ENDS
WITH THE HANDSHAKE AND OF THE SIGH OF RELIEF.   AS WORKERS
RALLIED OUTSIDE PLANTS NEGOTIATORS FOR GM AND THE UAW
HAMMERED OUT A TENTATIVE NEW DEAL.   THE FOUR YEAR CONTRACT
COVERS SIXTY FIVE HUNDRED HOURLY WORKERS EMPLOYEES WOULD GET
BONUSES INSTEAD OF RAISES GM GETS THE TWO TIERED WAGE SCALE
THAT WILL SAVE THE COMPANY MONEY IN THE LONG RUN.   UNION
LEADERS SAY SPIRITED PICKETING MADE THE DIFFERENCE.  
OBVIOUSLY THE PRESSURE OF OF UH SHUTTING DOWN PLANTS UH MADE
EVERYONE TAKE THE PROCESS CONSIDERABLY MORE SERIOUSLY.   GM
DID LOSE TWO DAYS OF PRODUCTION ON SOME OF ITS BEST SELLING
VEHICLES.   THE AUTOMAKER HOPES.   TIMOTHY MCVEIGH'S
EXECUTION WAS SUPPOSED TO BRING CLOSURE TO THE OKLAHOMA CITY
BOMBING.   BUT NOW NEW EVIDENCE COULD REOPEN THE CASE.  
THE FBI IS REVIEWING DOCUMENTS SUGGESTING MCVEIGH MAY HAVE
HAD MORE ACCOMPLICES THAN PREVIOUSLY THOUGHT.   THE
DOCUMENTS LINK MCVEIGH TO A GROUP OF WHITE SUPREMACIST BANK
ROBBERS.   THE FBI IS CALLING THE PROBE A PRECAUTIONARY
MEASURE.   THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE APPOINTS SPECIAL
ATTORNEY TO INVESTIGATE THE NATION'S FIRST MAJOR TERRORISM
TRIAL.   THE APPOINTMENT COMES AMID CONCERNS OVER THE
BEHAVIOR OF THE LEAD PROSECUTOR IN THE DETROIT TRIAL OF FOUR
ARAB MEN.   THREE MEN WERE CONVICTED ONE WAS ACQUITTED.  
THE CASE QUICKLY CAME UNDER FIRE AS ALLEGATIONS SURFACED THE
PROSECUTION WITHHELD EVIDENCE FROM THE DEFENSE IT'S THIS WEEK
AND LENT IN THE CATHOLIC CHURCH IS TIME TO REPENT FOR PAST
SINS.   WITH THAT IN MIND THE CHURCH RELEASED TWO NATIONWIDE
STUDIES DETAILING A HALF CENTURY OF SEXUAL ABUSE BY CATHOLIC
PRIESTS.   ONE REPORT FOUND THERE BEEN MORE THAN TEN
THOUSAND CLAIMS OF ABUSE MORE THAN FOUR THOUSAND PRIESTS AND
CLERGY MEMBERS HAVE BEEN ACCUSED AND EIGHTY ONE PERCENT OF
THE ACCUSERS ARE MALE.   TODAY THE HEAD THE DETROIT
ARCHDIOCESE AGAIN TRIED TO EXTEND AN OLIVE FOR.   AND I
OFFER MY APOLOGIES WAS THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN VICTIMIZED AND FOR
OUR FAILURES ADDRESS THIS MATTER APPROPRIATELY.   OF PRETTY
COMPLETE STUDY FOR THE FIRST TIME NINETY SEVEN PERCENT OF THE
NATION'S DIOCESES INCLUDING DETROIT ACQUITTED IN THE GROUND
BREAKING STUDY AS HAITI STANDS ON THE BRINK OF CIVIL WAR
THOUSANDS OF US TROOPS COULD SOON BE DEPLOYED TO KEEP THE
PEACE.   AS REBELS STORM THE CAPITAL QUARTER PRINCE THE BUSH
ADMINISTRATION CALLED FOR HAITIAN PRESIDENT OVER FRAUD
ARISTIDE TO STEP DOWN.   AND MEANWHILE TWO THOUSAND US
MARINES ARE PREPARING TO DEPLOY THE MISSION PRESIDENT BUSH
SAYS WOULD BE A LAST RESORT SITUATION.   WE'RE INTERESTED IN
ACHIEVING A POLITICAL SETTLEMENT.   WE'RE STILL WORKING TO
THAT EFFECT WE'RE ALSO AT THE SAME TIME.   PLANNING FOR A ON
IN MALTA NATIONAL FORCE FREE DEMOCRATIC LEADERS SAY THEY
SUPPORT SENDING TROOPS TO KEEP THE PEACE AND TO STOP THE
STREAM OF REFUGEES HEADING TO THE US KIM