Finally the interim manager I found placed a note for her to call me within 24 hours or the police will have break down their door in an emergency-basis (the water bill was almost 4x as high but there are no obvious leaks and the cause is not obvious).  

I am not from your area but ask them if they have any family in the military, fire / police or medical field.  

lol  I've also asked the police department what their opinion was when I was looking at an area I wasn't familiar with. 

I know it is Detroit and police will take forever and multiple calls to respond as they are over taxed.  

I am a former police officer of 18 yrs, currently in my 3rd Yr of Law School, worked as a Part-Time Realtor from August 2012 to October 2013 (my license is current but I'm not with a Broker at this time), and I am dedicated to Real Estate Investing during my last 1 1/2 of Law School and beyond as I plan to use Real Estate Investing as my main avenue of investing when practicing law.

Without any evidence of who had caused the problem, only our tenant's word, we said it would be their responsibility to pay for the window damage unless they could provide for us a police report regarding the vandalism.

There are requirements federally under the SEC, the UCC, The Patriot Act, Money Laundering, Treasury Rulings, Federal Reserve, FDIC, HUD, Fair Credit Act, Consumer Federal Protection Act, Fair Housing Act, the Veterans Administration, The Small Business Administration, yes, even the Postal Service, many of which have police powers and their own investigators .

Yes, just add the security and police calls in that area to your due diligence list.Like I said originally, if it's been on the market for a long time, it's probably overpriced.And yes, occupied anything costs more than unoccupied, but that's not saying unoccupied doesn't consume assets, time, money and management.Sounds like you're on to it here...... good luck, let us know when you close the deal!

The police say its only a misdemeanor any suggestions on what to do?

Point is, as you've said, rights are rights, even if they're not developed, and unless they're squashed by a particular police power, they likely have value to someone.