Retiring public safety director credits family, faith and teamwork for success After more than four decades in law enforcement — most recently, as Grosse Pointe Shores’ public safety director — John Schulte will be retiring Jan. 26. Photo by K. Michelle Moran Advertisement GROSSE POINTE SHORES — He’s worn different uniforms and had different titles during his more than 40 years in law enforcement, but there’s been one important constant that’s been a part of the dress code for Grosse Pointe Shores Public Safety Director John Schulte. Affixed to the protective trauma plate underneath those uniforms has been a medal of St. Michael — the patron saint of police officers — that Schulte’s mother, a nurse and devout Catholic, gave him when he first decided to go into law enforcement.