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Following Mallett's appointment as Detroit's corporation counsel, the city began redacting police officers' disciplinary records requested under the Freedom of Information Act. Previously, the city had disclosed officer discipline files in full. As corporation counsel, Mallett heads the city's law department, which processes FOIA requests. [11]
Detroit City Council declined to pay a $215,000 contract for seven murals done by out-of-town artists. City of Detroit wants $17,000 to fill FOIA request on controversial Detroit murals Skip to ...
Senate Bills 669 and 670 would add both the Legislature and the governor's office to Michigan's existing FOIA laws, which allow individuals to request records and other information from government ...
The PFRS board oversees the $2.8 billion fund serving about 8,000 retired police and fire and approximately 3,000 active duty first responders. Dana Afana is the Detroit city hall reporter for the ...
The Detroit Police Department has one of the largest percentages of Black officers of any major city police department, reflecting current overall city demographics. Lawsuits alleging discrimination stemming from the influence of affirmative action and allegations of race-based promotional bias for executive positions have surfaced repeatedly.
In the course of reporting on a lawsuit against the Michigan prison system, I obtained a series of videos depicting the treatment of underage inmates in adult facilities, as well as hundreds of prison documents through Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests and other sources. (Jamie is a plaintiff in the lawsuit.)
The Detroit Board of Police Commissioners received global notoriety after the newly appointed Chair Lisa Carter had Police arrest Commissioner Willie Burton during a meeting. [ 13 ] [ 14 ] Carter said Burton was arrested for speaking out of turn, while Burton said it was an attempt to silence citizen voices. [ 15 ]
The Detroit Board of Police Commissioners has launched an online dashboard that gives the public more data and information about citizen complaints against the city's police officers.