The Hamtramck police department runs recruitment ads in Arabic.
Posted by The Gerry Callahan Show, Checked
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The Gerry Callahan ShowAug 4, 2026
None of the provided sources addresses whether the Hamtramck police department ran recruitment ads in Arabic as of 2026-08-04. The claimant's passage is not evidence, and the city's employment page and other local sources are silent on the language of any recruitment advertising.
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What was said
… In this video, the former mayor Ghalib, who's also Muslim, was nice enough to translate his statement for the infidels who still live here. This is not integration; this is replacement. The police department now openly caters to the Muslim community. Recruitment ads run in Arabic. Traffic law awareness signs are posted in Arabic. The department posts Eid Mubarak greetings with female officers wearing hijabs. "I wish you all Eid Mubarak, Eid al-Hamdbarak to all Muslims and the world. …
The Gerry Callahan Show · · from the transcriptPost →What we found
Context. The city of Hamtramck's employment opportunities page lists open police positions and a sponsorship notice, but it does not mention Arabic-language advertising or any language other than English.[1]
Context. A 2016 Free Press report quotes a mayor saying the city invites applications from ethnic groups, including Muslim communities, but it does not describe any Arabic-language recruitment ads.[2]
Context. The WDET police-related item concerns class registration and application pickup at the police department, with no mention of Arabic-language materials.[3]
Context. The claim matches the passage's wording, so no extraction addition is involved. The passage itself is the claimant's own assertion and cannot corroborate it.
Sources
3 sources: 1 primary, 2 not rated
- 1Employment Opportunitieshamtramckcity.gov · primary source · cited for: context
- 2Arab-American Muslims accuse Hamtramck police of bias in arrestsfreep.com · not rated · cited for: context
- 3hamtramck Archives - WDET 101.9 FMwdet.org · not rated · cited for: context
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