2014
Emmy Award winning TV production company GRB Entertainment is currently developing a new TV series for a highly respected cable network and we’re looking for heroic women in the law enforcement field who've lost a loved one to crime or an injustice and entered law enforcement to help protect others from the pain they experienced.
We would love to find an expert who is female and in their late 20's to early 50’s to HOST this program. We would specifically like to find someone who entered law enforcement as a result of a traumatic experience and now pledge their time to helping prevent others from experiencing that kind of trauma.
Primary Election Day is Tuesday, Aug. 5, 2014. Michigan Association of Police Organizations (MAPO) endorses the following candidates for office:
CONGRESS
4th District – John Moolenaar – Midland
8th District – Mike Bishop – Brighton
14th District – Rudy Hobbs – Southfield/Detroit
MICHIGAN STATE SENATE
2nd District – Bert Johnson – Detroit
4th District – Virgil Smith – Detroit/Downriver
5th District – Thomas Stallworth – Detroit/Redford
11th District – Vince Gregory – Southfield/Farmington Hills
23rd District – Curtis Hertel, Jr. – Ingham County
28th District – Pete McGregor – Rockford
31st District – Mike Green – Mayville (Thumb)
37th District – Wayne Schmidt – Traverse City/Petoskey/Eastern UP
MICHIGAN HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
1st District – Rebecca Thompson – Detroit/GP Woods
3rd District – Clarence Gayles – Detroit (University District)
6th District – Stephanie Chang – Detroit (Southwest)
7th District – Nicole Stallworth – Detroit (48235 area)
10th District – Roy McAllister, Jr. – Detroit/Redford
11th District – Julie Plawecki – Dearborn Hgts/Garden City
13th District – Tony Trupiano – Southgate/Allen Park
19th District – Laura Cox – Livonia
22nd District – John Chirkun – Roseville
34th District – Omar Sims – Flint
37th District – Theresa Rich – Farmington Hills
38th District – Kathy Crawford – Novi
45th District – Michael Webber – Rochester Hills
46th District – Brad Jacobsen – Oxford
47th District – Henry Vaupel – Fowlerville/Livingston County
82nd District – Jan Peabody – Lapeer
90th District – Daniela Garcia – Holland
98th District – Karl Ieuter – Midland
107th District – Frank Foster – Petoskey/Eastern UP
Union representatives invited to Grievance Seminars
All Local Executive Board Members and Local Stewards are encouraged to attend a series of Grievance Seminars being held at the MAP Office. The Seminars, being conducted by MAP Executive Director Fred Timpner, will provide valuable information on key grievance issues.
Seminars on Aug. 28 and Oct. 24 will focus on contract interpretation. Discipline will be discussed at the Seminars on Sept. 25 and Nov. 21. Each Seminar begins at 10 a.m. and lunch will be served. Details can be found on the website Calendar.
These Seminars are limited to 12 persons on a first-come basis so please contact Julie Palmquist at (248) 304-8800, ext. 231 as soon as possible to make reservations.
Ingham County Sheriff's Deputy dies in the line of duty
- With excerpts from the Lansing State Journal
Ingham County Sheriff's Deputy Grant Whitaker, 25, died in the line of duty Dec. 7 due to injuries sustained in a high speed pursuit.
Whitaker was pursuing Stockbridge resident John Coryell Kelsey II when his patrol car left the road and struck a tree. Kelsey faces charges of driving with a suspended or revoked license causing death and first-degree fleeing police. The 34-year-old was arraigned in 55th District Court and bond was set at $1 million.
According to preliminary reports, a deputy in an unmarked vehicle began chasing an SUV for a traffic violation on Chapman Road, west of M-52. Whitaker, who was in a fully marked cruiser, joined the chase. The crash happened on Dexter Trail shortly after 2:10 a.m.
Kelsey, who remained at large after the accident and was later arrested, has multiple previous convictions for fleeing police and driving with a suspended/revoked license.
Whitaker, who was with the department for 18 months, was previously a Stockbridge Police Officer. He is survived by his parents: Clyde Whitaker and Mary (McGinn); siblings Aaron (Emily) Whitaker, Josh (Laura) Whitaker and Angie (Brian) Adiska; his girlfriend Morgan Gyhra; his grandmother Alice (Edward) Lirette; his nephews Henry and Tyler; and many aunts, uncles and cousins.
Officer Whitaker was laid to rest at Oaklawn Cemetery in Stockbridge following a funeral service at St. Mary Catholic Church in Chelsea on Dec. 12.
Expressions of sympathy may be made to the Deputy Grant Whitaker Memorial Fund at Mason State Bank, 322 S. Jefferson, P.O. Box 130, Mason, MI 48854-0130.
Michigan Commission on Law Enforcement Standards (MCOLES) has issued a comparison chart on law enforcement population trends spanning the years of 2001 to current. Please click here for the chart dated October 2014.