Lowell, Michigan, police officer faces assault and other charges after shooting passenger in fleeing vehicle CNN 3/10/2021 By Ray Sanchez, CNN © Lowell Police Department Jason Diaz resigned Monday night after learning about the charges against him, his lawyer said.
A Lowell, Michigan, police officer was arraigned Tuesday on assault, misconduct and weapons charges after he fired at a fleeing vehicle last year, wounding a passenger in the head, Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel said.
In a statement announcing the charges against Officer Jason Diaz in Lowell, Nessel adressed another police involved shooting, saying there was insufficient evidence to charge Shelby Township Police Officer Jason Zuk in the 2018 fatal shooting of a man with mental health issues in a separate case.
A police officer in Michigan has been charged after shooting a passenger in a fleeing vehicle, state AG says
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The Police Officers Association of Michigan, representing Branch County Sheriff deputies, and Branch County Commissioners are at odds over a contract dispute that went to arbitration last year.
Commissioners heard a grievance filed by deputies Carl Sevidal and Union President Steve Mcmanamey who did not receive retroactive pay raises awarded to other road patrol deputies. Both are usually assigned to courthouse duties.
Both are licensed police officers with state MCOLES certification. County attorney Bonnie Toskey, who lost the arbitration to the union, said that does not matter. She said there are court cases which require the covered officers “to engage daily to enforce general laws” and they do not qualify because “of the nature of their job assignments.”
Innocence advocates push police transparency bills
Detroit Two men who spent decades in prison for murders they didn t commit joined a state representative and innocence advocates Friday to lobby for making police discipline records public, which they say would help identify problem cops and curb wrongful convictions.
The legislative virtual briefing was hosted by Rep. Tyrone Carter, D-Detroit, who on Thursday co-sponsored bipartisan legislation that would require police departments release files of disciplined police officers requested under the Freedom of Information Act, or during court cases. The proposed bills are similar to those Carter co-sponsored last year, which expired in committee.