Overview
- Chief Todd Bettison said the driver will not face charges and was released from custody after he reviewed body-worn camera video.
- Michigan State Police are leading the investigation, and a warrant request has been submitted to the Wayne County Prosecutor’s Office.
- Bettison plans to ask the Board of Police Commissioners to suspend the shooting officer without pay.
- The chief said officers violated policies by failing to call a supervisor, pursuing for a traffic offense, boxing in the vehicle, and firing at a moving vehicle outside extreme circumstances.
- Footage contradicted initial accounts by showing the driver provided her license and registration; she was struck in both arms and a leg and is recovering.