The last white mayor of Detroit was Roman Gribbs , who served from 1970 to 1974 . The mayor-elect tells a newspaper his first priority will be cutting police response times . The married father of two and former Wayne County prosecutor attended Detroit Catholic Central High School before graduating from the University of Michigan as an undergraduate and as a law student . FBI says there were 15,011 violent crimes , 386 homicides in Detroit last year . Comment:
The last white mayor of Detroit was Roman Gribbs , who served from 1970 to 1974 . The mayor-elect tells a newspaper his first priority will be cutting police response times . FBI says there were 15,011 violent crimes , 386 homicides in Detroit last year . Comment: