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When stage rigger Vicente Rodriguez last year fell almost 40 feet to his death in a showroom on the Strip, the hotel’s security office did not dial 911, according to the Metropolitan Police Department office that processes emergency calls.

The Detroit City Council signed off Tuesday on the purchase of the old MGM Grand Detroit casino building for $6.3 million to be used as a new headquarters for the police and fire departments, and also approved the sale of $100 million in bonds to fund the purchase and renovation.