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Michael Cox

Ann Arbor’s Police Chief Finalists: PPOs, Suspensions, Excessive Force and Civil Rights Violation Complaints

The Ann Arbor Independent Editorial Team Nov 28, 2023

by P.D. Lesko One of the candidates selected for the Ann Arbor police chief interviews scheduled for 8 a.m. on Dec. 1 is the former Chief of Police in Ferguson, MO. In 1996, this same candidate was suspended three times in one year and…

Police

Records Show State Police Fixed Speeding Ticket for Wife of Ann Arbor’s Former Chief of Police

The Ann Arbor Independent Editorial Team Jul 28, 2022

by P.D. Lesko A disgruntled AAPD officer alleged in a 2020 email to Council members that was released to The Ann Arbor Independent as the result of a Freedom of Information Act request, that Ann Arbor Police Chief Michael Cox "cost…

City Council

Emails Show Mayor Tried to Have UM Regent “Jump the Line” and Take ICPOC Appointment

The Ann Arbor Independent Editorial Team Jul 7, 2020 0

by P.D. Lesko The Chair of ICPOC asked that the name of the UM Regent who contacted Mayor Taylor—and whom Taylor attempted to have appointed to ICPOC—be withheld in order to save the individual any embarrassment. That request has been…

City Council

Disturbing Details Emerge on Why City Administrator Put AAPD Chief on Two-Week Leave

The Ann Arbor Independent Editorial Team Feb 26, 2020 5

by P.D. Lesko Correction: Derek Delacourt, Ann Arbor's Community Services Area Administrator, responded to say he has no involvement with or jurisdiction over the Ann Arbor Unit of Community Standards. On Friday February 21, 2020…