Overview
- After reviewing body-camera video, Chief Todd Bettison said officers violated policies on nonviolent pursuits, boxing in vehicles, shooting at moving cars, and failing to summon a supervisor when requested.
- Bettison asked that the officer who fired be suspended without pay and said a warrant request was filed with the Wayne County Prosecutor as Michigan State Police lead the probe.
- The driver, wounded in both arms and a leg, was treated at a hospital, then ordered released from custody and will not face charges.
- Body-camera footage contradicted early accounts, showing the driver had provided her license and registration before the confrontation escalated.
- The Oct. 26 stop for alleged speeding, window tint and an obscured plate escalated to pepper spray, two brief pursuits, a box-in near Concord and Outer Drive, and six shots fired into the SUV.