Flint Police Officer Maria Reed

October 11, 2022Between the Lines

Episode 22 welcomes officer Maria Reed from the Flint, Michigan, Police Department who, in addition to being featured in the 2018 Netflix docuseries Flint Town, made Flint history with her son Dion in 2016 becoming the first mother–son duo to join the department.

She also focuses on two violent incidents that had a profound impact on her life: a traumatic encounter with a stalker that nearly derailed her dream of becoming a law enforcement officer, and a 2021 attempted robbery call that turned into the most challenging and dangerous response of her career.

Episode Guests

Maria Reed has been an officer with the Flint, Michigan, Police Department for six years.

Reed and her son Dion both applied to the police academy in 2016 and went through all 16 weeks of training together. Upon graduation from the academy, Maria and Dion made Flint history as the first mother–son duo to join the Flint Police Department.

In 2018, Reed appeared in five episodes of the Netflix series Flint Town which chronicled the police department in Flint as it struggled with dwindling resources and crumbling infrastructure in a community crippled by violence and a contaminated water crisis.

In addition, Reed is an instructor for Mott College Law Enforcement Regional Training Academy (LERTA), serves as a Crisis Intervention Team (CIT) officer and trainer, and is a part of the Genesee County Sexual Assault Response Team (SART).

Prior to becoming a law enforcement officer, Reed worked in the EMS field for 11 years.

Guest Information

Linkedin: Maria Reed
Website: City of Flint Police Department

Show Notes

Mother, Son form crime fighting duo with Flint Police Department

Maria Reed, 39, wanted to go into law enforcement for as far back as she can remember. But she had two sons, and a daughter, which meant she had to put those dreams on hold, until now.“The boys are older so I’m able to do what I want to do. I never gave up

Mother-Son Duo Sworn in as Flint, Michigan Police Officers

— — The streets of Flint, Michigan will soon be patrolled by a mother and son duo, who were recently sworn-in together as members of the Flint Police Department.

Flint police helicopter could be in the sky in less than 2 weeks

Flint police have been given three months to show that a helicopter can help them tamp down crime in the city, and Chief Terence Green says officers could be in the sky by the weekend after next.

Flint Town (TV Series 2018) – IMDb

Flint Town: With Tim Johnson, Bridgette Balasko, Robert Frost, Dion Reed. Documentary following the police department in Flint, Michigan as they struggle with dwindling resources and crumbling infrastructure in a community crippled by violence and a contaminated water crisis.