Grand Rapids Police Department now turning over misconduct investigation records to police oversight office
Updated May 12, 2021;
Posted May 12, 2021
The Grand Rapids Police Department has begun sharing previously-withheld internal affairs investigation records with the Office of Oversight and Public Accountability. Pictured is an officer inside department headquarters. (Cory Morse | MLive.com)Cory Morse
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GRAND RAPIDS, MI The city office tasked in part with independently reviewing the outcome of Grand Rapids police investigations into allegations of officer misconduct has finally begun that work nearly 20 months after its formation.
Brand Davis, director of the Office of Oversight and Public Accountability (OPA), told MLive/The Grand Rapids Press on Wednesday, May 12, the Grand Rapids Police Department has begun sharing previously withheld internal affairs investigation records. He said his office can now review the outcomes and possibly initiate a secondary i
GRPD training being questioned after Black man forcibly arrested despite police stopping the wrong vehicle
Updated May 07, 2021;
Posted May 07, 2021
On May 2, Grand Rapids police pulled over a Black man they thought was someone else because he was driving a silver pickup truck like the man they were seeking to arrest for a crime. The situation escalated to the driver being jailed for resisting arrest.
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GRAND RAPIDS, MI The Grand Rapids Police Department is again facing public scrutiny after officers pulled over a Black man they thought was someone else, with the situation escalating to the driver being jailed for resisting arrest.
Apr 28, 2021
The Grand Rapids Police Department is opening an Internal Affairs investigation into the traffic stop where an officer punched a man several times.
Police body camera video from the incident on March 26 has been shared on social media.
Officers initially pulled the car over for littering however the traffic stop led to four recovered weapons and three felony arrests.
GRPD Chief Eric Payne says they take any kind of force by an officer seriously.
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Grand Rapids residents call for accountability of officer who punched motorist in the head
Updated 9:45 AM;
Today 7:29 AM
A bodycam video shows a Grand Rapids police officer using punches to try to stop a man from resisting arrest following a March 26 traffic stop for littering (Grand Rapids Police bodycam)
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GRAND RAPIDS, MI About a dozen people expressed their anger and concern to Grand Rapids elected leaders Tuesday evening over body camera footage showing a city police officer punching a man seven times in the head during a struggle.
“I’m calling to demand that the city holds the officer that punched a Black community member in the face during a traffic stop, hold them accountable, as well as to defund the Grand Rapids Police Department,” one person said to commissioners during their virtual meeting Tuesday, April 27.
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