The Michigan State Police department is being sued for $1 million in connection with an arrest where a K-9 attacked a suspect for more than three minutes.
Gaines Township board moves to disband police department after voters reject tax proposal
Updated May 06, 2021;
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The motion was made and passed to begin shutting down the police department and selling its equipment.
More than 67 percent of voters chose “no” when asked if they’d like to approve an operations millage to keep the Gaines Township Police Department afloat during the May 4 special election Tuesday.
If passed, the levy would have secured approximately $179,000 per year for the department over a five-year period, per the ballot proposal. The millage received 594 votes in favor and 1,223 votes against, according to unofficial results.
Future of Gaines Township Police Department hinges on outcome of May 4 election, officials say
Updated Apr 28, 2021;
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GAINES TOWNSHIP, MI The Gaines Township Police Department could be shut down for good if township residents don’t pass a tax proposal on the May ballot, officials say.
A 0.89-mill ($0.89 per $1,000 of taxable value) levying about $179,000 per year for a five-year period for the Gaines Township Police Department will be on the May 4 ballot for township voters.
If the millage does not pass, township police Chief Chief Mark Schmitzer said it is likely the township will shut down the department entirely.
US Cops Arrest Man Over False Facial-Recognition Match. They Are Now Sued Robert Williams, a 43-year-old father in the Detroit suburb of Farmington Hills, was arrested last year and accused of taking watches from a Shinola store after police investigators used a facial recognition search of the store s surveillance-camera footage that identified him as the thief.
Updated: April 14, 2021 7:27 am IST
Robert Williams is suing the Detroit Police Department after his wrongful arrest.
A Michigan man has sued Detroit police after he was wrongfully arrested and falsely identified as a shoplifting suspect by the department s facial recognition software, one of the first lawsuits of its kind to call into question the technology s risk of throwing innocent people in jail.
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