OFFERING UP SOME PRAYERS

I wish more would follow the example by the city of Detroit.

Detroit police officers held hands and listened to sermons, saying that prayer -- coupled with community involvement -- was the only solution to the city's surge of horrific crimes.

But others -- from national experts to cops who work the city's streets -- said the Police Department was just throwing its hands up in the air.

The department held its first day of prayer, allotting an hour Monday at each of the department's 13 precincts.