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MICHIGAN POLICE

2018 SUMMERCONFERENCE REVIEW

WHAT EVERY POLICE CHIEF NEEDS TO KNOW ABOUT TITLE IX

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CONTENTSMICHIGAN POLICE CHIEFS FALL 2018.ISSUE 3

FEATURES10 What Every Police Chief Needs to Know About Title IX

12 Marijuana Legalization and Traffic Safety

14 Utilizing Civilian Search and Rescue Teams

18 We’ve Been Here Before: The Impact of Marijuana

Legalization on DUI

23 Special Insert: 2018 Summer Conference Review

DEPARTMENTS04 President’s Message

06 Director’s Message

08 Accreditation News

34 Member News

40 Supporting Members

42 Advertiser Index

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4 FALL 2018

PRESIDENT’SMESSAGE

Chief David E. Molloy

Life begins when you decide to

serve.– Ronald Reagan

It has truly been an honor for me to represent you as the 2018/2019 President for these first few months. I have enjoyed the teamwork and synergy we have on our Board of Directors and look for-ward to an outstanding year ahead. I have every confidence that your MACP representatives and al-ternates will work hard to represent every district throughout our great state.

One of my favorite quotes is from President Ronald Reagan. He said, “Life begins when you decide to serve.” That’s a message and theme I hope resonates for every one of our police leaders in Michigan. As we have seen over the past couple of months, there are plenty of opportunities for Chiefs and leaders at every level to get involved and serve on a committee or initiative. It not only ensures the MACP’s voice is heard, but it also provides the opportunity for you and your team to meet new peo-ple, grow your professional network and obtain an enhanced perspective on how policy initiatives are advanced.

I look forward to the challenges and opportunities we will face in the year ahead. I promise that we will represent you and your interests with the utmost professionalism and we will lead with integri-ty. I look forward to visiting several of our associations throughout the state to do my part in helping you enhance our chosen profession of law enforcement.

One of my personal goals since becoming Chief of Police thirteen years ago was to always work to build public trust. Rarely will a day go by that I am not saying, “We must treat every contact we have as an opportunity to build public trust.” I believe it is incumbent upon us all to treat EVERY contact we have with a citizen, a motorist or a business owner as an opportunity to build trust, establish rap-port and solidify mutual respect for one another. We must embrace these contacts as opportunities to bridge any potential gaps that may exist with our departments, our profession and the communi-ties we protect.

I believe we must all commit to continuous improvement and lifelong learning. By implementing improvement, we move people, including ourselves, from an established comfort zone. When we do that we can achieve amazing results. In the coming year, I will work to exemplify the leadership which helps improve and grow our state accreditation program, to maximize the opportunities in our Strategic Plan, to expand our influence across the state, and to support you and your agency by providing quality leadership training that can help make you and all of your men and women better.

The MACP is one of the finest organizations in this state. I look forward to hearing from all of you on how we can assist you, your agency and your community as well as to help mentor and develop our next generation of police executives.

I learned early on in my career that perfection is rarely attainable but you can, and must, have a com-mitment to excellence. This dedication should be excellence in thought, excellence in living an hon-orable life, and excellence in doing our very best every single day to enhance the honor, the nobility, and the service of our chosen profession of law enforcement.

In closing, I would ask you to please join me in praying every day for all of our officers, deputies, troopers, and agents as they work collectively to protect our communities and keep us safe.

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6 FALL 2018

DIRECTOR’SMESSAGE

The situation today is that the Washington

Post, a publication known to be adverse to law enforcement,

has the most complete database of police use

of fatal force.

Robert Stevenson

Whether you love him or hate him, most will agree that President Trump will be remembered for at least one thing, his term for inaccurate media reporting, “Fake News.” Perhaps nowhere is this term more apropos than in the reporting of police use of fatal force.

From the now totally debunked “hands up, don’t shoot” incident involving Michael Brown, to many other high-profile police shootings, we have seen the same result. Fatal police shootings that are char-acterized by the media as improper and/or unjustified turn out to be just the opposite...proper and justified.

Unfortunately, we have also been guilty of our own version of fake news. While the Uniform Crime Reports was reporting that approximately 450 civilians are killed by the police each year, the Washington Post was methodically scouring newspaper clippings across the country and discovered that the actual amount was almost twice that number. Since 2015, the Washington Post has created their own database of police use of fatal force and lists the number of civilians killed in 2017 at 987 and 679 at the end of August 2018. The lack of law enforcement statistics was called “embarrassing and ridiculous” by former FBI Director James Comey.

The situation today is that the Washington Post, a publication known to be adverse to law enforce-ment, has the most complete database of police use of fatal force. This is unacceptable to law enforce-ment for many reasons. Among the most serious is that we cannot independently verify what the Washington Post is reporting as totally accurate because it is only based on news reports. Additionally, much of the incident circumstances, subject information and officer information related to the shoot-ing, are not collected. Another serious concern is how can we analyze the use-of-force incidents in the absence of reliable nationwide data?

Recognizing the law enforcement data collection shortcomings, the FBI’s Criminal Justice Information Services Advisory Policy Board recommended that the FBI develop a new data collection method for fatal and nonfatal officer-involved shootings. The nationwide initiative is to have police agencies voluntarily report the deaths and injuries caused by use of force as well as any incident in which a police officer shoots at someone. In early 2016, law enforcement leaders convened to develop the National Use-of-Force Data Collection and a pilot study was conducted in 2017. The National Use-of-Force Data Collection is now operational and many Michigan departments self-report electronical-ly through a web application in the FBI Law Enforcement Enterprise Portal.

I was recently appointed to the FBI’s National Use-of-Force Data Collection Task Force, which is composed of law enforcement professionals from across the country. The goal of the task force at this point will be to offer insight and advice for implementation, identify and address concerns, offer solu-tions and help educate police agencies about the National Use-of-Force Data Collection. To that end, I have arranged to have both IACP and FBI representatives make presentations on this topic at the 2019 MACP Winter Professional Development Conference.

As we move forward, it is important that all Michigan law enforcement executives become fa-miliar with this issue. For a good overview of the National Use-of-Force Data Collection, go to https://ucr.fbi.gov/use-of-force.

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8 FALL 2018

ACCREDITATIONNEWS

We now have 10 departments accredited

under our state accreditation program.

This is quite a milestone for a program that has only been in existence

for two years.

Neal Rossow

The summer of 2018 has been a busy time for the MACP Professional Development section. The Summer Professional Development Conference in June at Shanty Creek was a huge success. The training included two police training rock stars, Gordon Graham and Jack Ryan, and was described by the attendees as some of the best training they have attended at an MACP conference. We contin-ue to be very thankful for the training suggestions we receive from our membership—it is those sug-gestions that make our conferences so successful.

The Michigan Law Enforcement Accreditation Commission (Commission) met during the Conference and there were four departments that had successful Compliance Review Hearings. Bloomfield Hills Department of Public Safety, Farmington Department of Public Safety, Farmington Hills Police Department, and the University of Michigan-Flint Department of Public Safety all received full ac-credited status by the Commission at the conference. Kudos to those departments for their dedication to improving professionalism in Michigan law enforcement. We now have 10 departments accredit-ed under our state accreditation program. This is quite a milestone for a program that has only been in existence for two years.

We continue to conduct Accreditation Manager Training classes to acquaint personnel who have been newly assigned the task of managing the accreditation process for their agency. The training is not just for those who actually carry the title of Accreditation Manager for their agency. It is extremely import-ant for anyone who has any involvement at all in the agency’s law enforcement accreditation process to attend the training. It introduces the attendees to the entire process, which includes application, self-analysis, providing proofs of compliance, through the mock and Commission onsite assessments. Watch for training announcements on the listservs. We offer this training about five times throughout the year at the MACP office in Okemos, Michigan.

In July, I presented information on our law enforcement accreditation program to a group of 25 may-ors at the Michigan Mayors’ Conference. It is our belief that as more people in local government are made aware of the many advantages of law enforcement accreditation, more agencies will become involved. The mayors were very attentive and only stopped asking questions because of time con-straints. In this same regard, I am more than willing to come to your municipality to speak to your elected officials about the accreditation program and the value it will bring to their community.

10 FALL 2018

FEATURE

IX to complaints of school-related sexual violence carries a potentially wide-ranging impact on those who conduct criminal in-vestigations into those same allegations.

Title IX of the 1972 Education Amendments, 20 U.S.C. § 1681(a), is the landmark civ-il rights law that prohibits sex discrimina-tion in education. The concept of sex dis-crimination has been interpreted to include sexual harassment and sexual violence, in-cluding rape, sexual assault, sexual battery, sexual abuse and sexual coercion. Title IX’s prohibitions apply to all educational pro-grams receiving federal funding, from K-12 schools to institutions of higher education.

Title IX requires institutions to conduct their own review of allegations of sexual violence occurring within their education-al communities. Unlike police jurisdic-tion, even conduct occurring off campus, if it creates a “hostile environment” within the educational community, falls within a school’s Title IX’s reach. This institutional review, which may result in a formal in-vestigation conducted by the institution’s Title IX investigator, is separate from any potential law enforcement investigation into the same conduct. The mandate that institutions perform their own review can therefore result in a situation where both the institution and the law enforcement agency are handling investigations at the same time into the same behavior. When these two investigations are conducted in a silo-type fashion, without knowledge of each other’s system, there is potential for negative impacts on all involved. Some of the key steps each police chief can take to ensure that their department will be on solid footing, if and when its officers find themselves working alongside a Title IX investigation, are as follows:

WHAT EVERY POLICE CHIEF NEEDS TO KNOW ABOUT TITLE IXBY REBECCA LEITMAN VEIDLINGER

Before the public disclosure of Larry Nassar’s sexual abuse of MSU student ath-letes, many people had never heard of Title IX. Those who had heard of Title IX may have only thought of it as the law related to

gender equity in athletics. However, Title IX has a broad application well beyond just gender equity in athletics. The Nassar case—and allegations that MSU may not have adequately responded to complaints of his abuse—has brought Title IX into na-tional focus. The broad application of Title

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BECOME FAMILIAR WITH TITLE IX STAFF AND POLICIESAll schools that receive federal financial assistance are required to identify a Title IX coordinator who is the employee ulti-mately responsible for creating the cam-pus’ sexual misconduct policy, publiciz-ing the policy among students and faculty, and enforcing the sexual misconduct pol-icy. Getting to know your school’s Title IX coordinator is as important as befriend-ing the Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner (SANE), nurse supervisor, the assistant district attorneys, and the DNA analysts at the state lab. Likewise, every school is re-quired to establish policies that set forth how the school handles complaints of sex-ual violence. Some institutions have ded-icated Title IX investigators, while others may use quasi-judicial hearing panels to adjudicate claims. If you have a working relationship with an institution’s Title IX coordinator, and if you are familiar with the policies they oversee, you will be well-positioned to address conflicts that may arise during parallel investigations.

UNDERSTAND THE LEGAL FRAMEWORK OF TITLE IX INVESTIGATIVE PROCESSA school’s Title IX investigation and law enforcement’s criminal investigation coex-ist best when each entity understands the differing legal frameworks and constraints of the other’s system. For police chiefs, this means understanding that schools must be impartial and equitable in their investigations, that schools must share in-formation collected with the two parties involved, and that schools are bound by federal privacy law.

Impartial and equitable investigations mean that schools do not approach these matters as if they are building a case against an accused individual, unlike law enforcement which typically begins with a victim’s complaint, the collection of oth-er evidence, and then seeks to interview the suspect, whose interview is typical-ly saved for last. In practice, this means you can expect institutions to interview both the complainant and respondent, the terms often used in the Title IX setting, at the beginning of the investigation and pri-

or to other evidence collection. Both the complainant and the respondent have the right to have an advisor, who may be an attorney, present for all meetings with the school’s investigator. Institutions must also provide complainants and respon-dents equal access to the information col-lected during an investigation prior to any finding being made. This is important for law enforcement officers as it can result in the premature disclosure of valuable evi-dence prior to the completion of the crim-inal investigation.

A final and key constraint on institutions stems from federal privacy laws. Schools follow strict federal guidelines regard-ing the privacy rights of their students. Specifically, a student’s educational record, of which sexual assault investigative files are part, are protected against third-party disclosure by federal law. This means that Title IX investigators will be unwilling to discuss their investigations or provide any information to law enforcement. Law en-forcement can get the information they need and work within privacy guidelines by using search warrants and subpoenas.

UNDERSTAND THE REQUIREMENT OF PROMPTNESS AND THE WORK-AROUNDTitle IX requires institutions to com-plete investigations promptly, but the law provides no specific timeframe for what promptly means. Due to the promptness mandate, institutions often feel pressured to complete investigations swiftly. As a re-sult, schools may seek to undertake the in-vestigative steps, such as interviewing re-spondents and sharing valuable evidence with both parties, so quickly that it could compromise the law enforcement investi-gation. Title IX acknowledges the priority of criminal investigations and permits in-stitutions to pause their investigative pro-cesses if requested to do so by law enforce-ment. Agencies would be well-advised to seek such investigative pauses to avoid any harm to the integrity of their investigations.

KNOW THAT THE SCHOOL WILL SEEK YOUR REPORTS AND EVIDENCE Just as the school will have access to certain information that is protected by

privacy laws, law enforcement will have evidence that is inaccessible to Title IX investigators. Institutional investigators may want copies of photos, SANE re-cords, blood alcohol content (BAC) lev-els, and even criminal history materials. Law enforcement agencies should devel-op policies regarding when/if they can provide these materials to the request-ing schools, and to what extent infor-mation can be freely shared. Those pol-icies might permit information-sharing only after the prosecutor has made a de-termination regarding whether to file charges or require a formal Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request result-ing in a very limited and redacted re-lease of information.

USE CAMPUS PUBLIC SAFETY AS POTENTIAL LIAISONMost institutions have some kind of pub-lic safety staff; some even have fully-sworn police officers. As employees of institu-tions of higher education, it is likely that in addition to their law enforcement train-ing, these personnel have received Title IX training too. External law enforcement agencies, who often have professional re-lationships with these staff and officers, will benefit by using those relationships to assist in working out some of the thornier issues that may arise from the parallel but separate investigations they are conduct-ing. This means that campus-based law enforcement can help external agencies understand the school’s Title IX processes, assist with information sharing, and help coordinate outreach to victims or poten-tial witnesses.

While aspects of Title IX sexual assault in-vestigations will continue to develop as the federal guidance develops, it is clear that law enforcement officers have much to gain by becoming familiar with schools’ work on sexual assault. The information contained in these lessons provides a basic foundation for law enforcement agencies to move forward and build a relationship with their higher education counterparts, resulting in police officers being in the best position to secure justice for those in-volved in allegations of sexual assault.

12 FALL 2018

BY MICHAEL L. PRINCE

With marijuana legalization headed to the ballot in November, the Office of Highway Safety Planning (OHSP) is receiving ques-tions on how our office is preparing for the possibility of a trans-portation system that includes legalized recreational marijuana. Without question, the legalization of marijuana will make it more prevalent on our roadways. In addition, with the wording of the ballot proposal, the current “zero tolerance” provision for driv-ers testing positive for Tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) will be elim-inated. As a result, law enforcement officers will be required to demonstrate impairment, rather than simply provide evidence of a driver having a positive blood test for THC content.

Impaired driving continues to be the highest urgency for our of-fice in the coming year and OHSP has conducted our usual annu-al planning process with an assumption that legalization will be a reality. In anticipation of this, OHSP will be providing funding support for the following initiatives:• A $400,000 grant for the Michigan Department of State Police

to fund training for law enforcement officers on the detection of impaired driving, with the primary focus on the 16-hour Advanced Roadside Impaired Driving Enforcement (ARIDE) course. OHSP recommends that law enforcement agencies ensure that every officer with road patrol duties be trained through the ARIDE level in order to have the requisite skills to properly detect drug impairment.

• OHSP will invest $300,000 in the refresher training for ex-isting Drug Recognition Experts (DREs) as well as conduct-ing another DRE course for an additional 20 police officers and prosecutors. While training every officer to the DRE-level of training is neither practical nor cost-effective, it is OHSP’s goal to ensure that any police officer will have a trained DRE available anytime of the day or night to assist them with driv-ers suspected of being under the influence of drugs including marijuana. This will be particularly critical for cases of traffic crashes involving serious injuries or fatalities.

• OHSP will be funding $2.5 million in overtime traffic enforce-ment initiatives including four, 2-week, OWI enforcement crackdowns focused specifically on removing impaired drivers from the roadways. Tentatively, these crackdowns are planned for October and December 2018 and July and August 2019.

• A grant for $575,000 with the Prosecuting Attorneys Association of Michigan will fund continuation of the Traffic Safety Resource Prosecutor (TSRP) Program in fiscal year 2019. This grant provides valuable training and technical as-sistance for prosecutors and law enforcement officers in the prosecution of impaired drivers. Michigan is fortunate to have Ken Stecker and Kinga Gorzelewski Canike as part of our TSRP program.

• OHSP will be providing over $1.5 million in funding support to the State Court Administrative Office for the establishment, expansion, and training of (DWI) court programs to facili-tate intensive supervision and treatment of repeat offenders in Michigan. Michigan continues to be a leading state in the es-tablishment of DWI court programs, including regional DWI courts. The Judicial Outreach Liaison grant, which funds re-tired District Court Judge Patrick Bowler, will continue to pro-vide guidance and technical assistance to district judges in the establishment of DWI Court programs.

• Based on discussions with states that have already experienced marijuana legalization, the development of public information and education initiatives are critical to raise the awareness lev-el of the public about the dangers of mixing driving and mari-juana use. In recent focus group tests and surveys of Michigan drivers, the majority of those surveyed do not view marijua-na as a major risk while driving. The states and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration will be pursuing effec-tive communication strategies to better inform the public and change this perception.

• OHSP will be tasking one of our program staff with being the primary point of contact for our traffic safety partners regard-ing studies, research and information concerning the impact of marijuana on traffic safety. We will also be creating a section on the OHSP website which will provide links for easy access to the latest information.

We encourage our partners to take time to review the recent-ly published Governors Highway Safety Association (GHSA) report titled Drug-Impaired Driving: Marijuana and Opioids Raise Critical Issues for States. The June 5 webinar on this re-port is now available at https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/regis-ter/4158804166949353985 (note that you will have to “register” to view).

Michael L. Prince is the Director of the Michigan Office of Highway Safety Planning, a divi-sion of the Michigan Department of State Police. He can be reached at [email protected] or 517-284-3066.

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FEATURE

UTILIZING CIVILIAN SEARCH AND RESCUE TEAMS

BY SHERIFF STEVEN J. KIELISZEWSKI

Dispatch centers are most often the first agency to receive a call of a missing or lost person. Thankfully, the vast major-ity of individuals who become lost are found within a short period of time. But what happens if that time extends to a day or several days? As the sheriff for Alpena County, I have limited staffing that I can make available to look for individuals who become lost. As time goes by, this type of incident can become overwhelming and

taxing for law enforcement staff who have limited, if any, search and rescue training. Fortunately, there are several trained civil-ian search and rescue teams in Michigan who are available to assist law enforce-ment agencies should the need arise.

In May of 2015, the Michigan Sheriffs’ Association (MSA) and the Michigan Association of Chiefs of Police (MACP) were approached by a member of a civil-ian search and rescue (SAR) team request-ing the development of training standards

for civilian SAR teams. The rationale be-hind this was to encourage all SAR teams to use the same methods to look for lost subjects. Doing this would make the teams more likely to be utilized by law en-forcement. The biggest reason, however, is to save lives.

After reviewing the issues, the MSA and the MACP agreed that establish-ing training standards for civilian SAR teams was worth pursuing. They ap-pointed representatives to form the Law


Enforcement Committee (hereinafter the “Committee”) to represent law enforce-ment and take the lead. Prior to meeting with the civilian SAR teams, the mem-bers from the MSA and the MACP held discussions to determine what the train-ing standards would entail. Who would be the certifying agency? What would the training standards be comprised of? Once established, how would the stan-dards be enforced?

The Committee quickly recognized that because of staffing issues, responsibili-ty for training and certifying the teams would be difficult. They knew of several national and international organizations that currently have training standards and certification services. The Committee de-cided that the training and certifying stan-dards of these organizations should be evaluated and, if acceptable, adopted for use in Michigan.

In April of 2017, the Committee met with over 30 individuals representing SAR teams throughout the state. This was the first time in several years that these teams gathered together for a common goal—to develop training standards for civilian SAR teams in Michigan. From this meeting, subcommittees were estab-

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lished to look into and evaluate nation-al and international SAR organizations that have training and evaluation stan-dards for canine searches as well as for ground and search management teams. Subsequently, it was decided that meet-ing the training standards established in Michigan would be voluntary for the teams. If, however, the team wants to be deployed to assist with other searches throughout the state, the training stan-dards must be met.

The subcommittees met again in July 2017 and adopted several training standards for civilian SAR teams as well as selected the “Michigan Professional Search and Rescue Council” as its official name. The Council operates under the direction of the Law Enforcement Committee. Final approval of the training standards was achieved in May of 2018.

In addition to the training standards, gen-eral requirements on policies and pro-cedures and best practices were devel-oped. Background checks on all members and perspective members must be done. A media-relations policy must be devel-oped. Training records for all personnel must be maintained. The teams are re-quired to have knowledge of, and train-

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ing in, the incident command system. A communications plan for deployed teams is needed. They are required to have a pol-icy against self-deployment. They must agree to work under the authority of the law enforcement agency that is assigned as incident command. For those teams us-ing GPS units, the United States National Grid coordinate system and WGS-84 da-tum will be the default settings. Policies on how to deal with spontaneous volun-teers and personnel policies need to be de-veloped as well.

What do these teams have to offer? Currently in Michigan, there are approx-imately 27 volunteer SAR teams. They cover three disciplines for search and res-cue. Canine teams have dogs trained in human remains detection; area/wilder-ness/air scent search—non-scent spe-cific; area/wilderness/air scent search—scent discriminating specific; disaster live and recovery; trailing; and water recov-ery. Ground Teams consist of people who are specially trained to conduct search-es known as hasty searches. Hasty teams consist of two- to three-person teams who are assigned to a specific area to look for a lost subject or for clues that may lead to the recovery of the lost person. Search Management Teams are specifically trained on where an individual may be located. How do they do this? They use scientific data based on a book authored by Robert Koester entitled “Lost Person Behavior” as well as other scientific data. All teams have specific training in evidence aware-ness and protection.

These teams are underutilized by law en-forcement. Why? In my opinion, there may be a few reasons why. First, some agencies may not realize that these teams are available to them at no cost and that they are willing to travel to a loca-tion 24/7. Secondly, who are these vol-unteers and how does law enforcement know what their capabilities are? The last thing that we in law enforcement need is to have an SAR team show up that does not know what they are doing and make things worse. We don’t need to search for a searcher. There are times when a “lost”


person situation turns into a criminal matter. How do we in law enforcement know that these teams will not destroy valuable ev-idence? The answer to these questions is by establishing training standards for these teams to meet and educating law enforcement that these teams know what they are doing. Several states already do just that as does the federal government. Michigan has been behind the times and it is time to change that.

What’s next? We are now in the process of developing a website for law enforcement agencies who may need to utilize SAR teams. SAR teams on this site must meet the state training standards to be listed. Contact names and telephone numbers of team captains will be listed as well as the geographic area in the state that the teams will respond to. Not all of the teams will respond through-out the entire state, so it is important for agencies to know that right up front and not waste valuable time by making an unnec-essary phone call.

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We are now in the process of developing forms to register the teams and to document the training that each team member has received for submission to the committee. There is still work to be done but much has been accomplished.

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BY JAMES CONCANNON The United States has a history of mak-ing intoxicating substances, like alcohol and marijuana, illegal under the guise of weakening moral values. So-called mor-al offenses—drinking alcohol, gambling, cheating on your spouse—offend some people to the point where they feel leg-islation banning or restricting such ac-tivities is needed. This, of course, is how Prohibition came into effect in 1919. The same societal forces that led to the repeal of Prohibition are currently shaping the trend toward relaxing marijuana laws—the majority of states now have some form of legal medical marijuana. Nine have le-galized recreational use. Looking back at how our understanding of alcohol intox-ication and driving under the influence (DUI) evolved allows us to make certain predictions about the impact of marijuana legalization. For law enforcement officers who routinely patrol America’s roadways, that creates an interesting question: What impact will marijuana legalization have on driving?

DUID WILL INCREASEThe repeal of Prohibition not only brought social acceptance to drinking alcohol; it also caused an influx of drunk driving. In 1933, the 21st Amendment repealed Prohibition nationwide. In the first six months of 1934, injuries and deaths due to DUI were four times higher in Chicago and Los Angeles.1 We can expect the same trend with marijuana. In Washington, 19% of those arrested for intoxicated driv-ing had THC in their system before mar-ijuana legalization. Following legaliza-tion in 2012, the rate increased steadily, reaching 25% in 2013, 28% in 2014, and 33% in 2015.2 Correlation does not prove causation, but common sense tells us that if more people are smoking pot, more drivers will be stoned. SOCIETAL ATTITUDE TOWARD STONED DRIVING WILL CHANGEIt seems evident to us now that drinking and driving is a dangerous act. However, after the repeal of Prohibition, it took de-cades of DUI-related deaths before DUI laws became widely enacted, and longer

before they were strictly enforced. When it comes to driving under the influence of marijuana, hopefully we will move quickly after experiencing the devastating effects of DUI. It should not be as great a leap to ac-cept the effects of DUID. Nevertheless, we have a ways to go. A study by Ramaekers et al. (2004) is often miscited by marijua-na users as proof that driving stoned is saf-er than driving straight.3 (In fact, the study found that stoned drivers perform worse than straight drivers, but that they per-form better than drunk drivers.) Stoned driving is still the stuff of comedy (Cheech and Chong, The Big Lebowski, Super Troopers). Stoned drivers are often de-picted as driving too slowly, too timidly, in contrast with the aggressive, reckless ac-tions of drunk drivers. Many people, who acknowledge that it is probably not safe to drive high, argue that at least it is safer than driving drunk. Are we justifying dangerous behavior (stoned driving) because another behav-ior (drunk driving) is more dangerous? Most would agree that it is more danger-

WE’VE BEEN HERE BEFORETHE IMPACT OF MARIJUANA LEGALIZATION ON DUI

Footnotes1. Lerner BH (2011) One for the Road: Drunk Driving Since 1900. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, p. 21.2. Couper F. (June 15, 2015) Analysis of suspected impaired driving cases (DUI & DRE) received at the Washington State Toxicology Laboratory. Retrieved 12/5/17 from: http://legislature.

vermont.gov/assets/Documents/2016/WorkGroups/House%20Judiciary/Bills/S.241/Witness%20testimony/S.241~Dr.%20Fiona%20Couper~Washington%20State%20Impaired%20Driving%20Data~3-24-2016.pdf

3. Vinsel L. (Oct. 13, 2015) Smoke gets in your eyes. Aeon.co. Retrieved 12/15/17 from: https://aeon.co/essays/science-shows-it-s-safer-to-drive-high-than-straight-right

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ous to drive 150 miles per hour than it is to drive 100 miles per hour, but both driv-ing patterns are hazardous and can im-pact innocent lives. Thus, both behaviors need legislative attention. We can expect a change in the attitude toward stoned driv-ing, but how quickly that attitude chang-es will likely rest on how quickly we can amass scientific evidence on the effects of stoned driving and develop a scientifically sound method of determining marijuana impairment. SCIENCE WILL LAG BEHINDAnd that, in turn, leads to the third pre-diction. Even if we intuitively under-stand that driving stoned is dangerous, there will be a lag before we can scien-tifically prove it and test for it, and that, in turn, will impact law enforcement. We saw this same lag with alcohol. After so-

ciety recognized that the social problem was real, and restrictions on intoxicat-ed driving were enacted, evidentiary is-sues became apparent. Until 1954, there was no actual scientific data to prove that alcohol consumption had a negative im-pact on operating a motor vehicle. At that time, Robert Borkenstein invented the first practical alcohol breath testing device (the Breathalyzer) and subsequently deter-mined an actual relationship between the consumption of alcoholic beverages, BAC and the inability to safely operate a motor vehicle.4,5

We are in a similar situation with under-standing the effects of stoned driving. Because marijuana is classified by the fed-eral government as a Schedule I drug, clin-ical researchers were prohibited from con-ducting scientific research.6 Thus, studies

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at a measurable rate. Marijuana remains in a person’s system days after consump-tion—well after the intoxicating effects have worn off—making per se limits very challenging to prove or disprove. There is much we do not know and we can expect a lag while science struggles to catch up. Trying to speed up the process by plac-ing a square peg (proposed DUID field testing) in a round hole (established DUI field testing) is unlikely to withstand legal challenge.

AT A CROSSROADSSo, we are at a crossroads—one that soci-ety has already traversed. We have (most-ly) legalized marijuana, but we have done so without adequate tools for the inevi-

table outcome of legalization: impaired driving. DUID laws vary across states and are not nearly as clear-cut as DUI laws. Further, enactment of sanctions is only one-half of the equation. Arresting for a criminal code section is meaningless un-less the state can successfully prosecute. But, prosecution requires admissible evi-dence. The current evidentiary trend has been to pigtail marijuana impairment to tried-and-true alcohol intoxication tests. Whether this will work—and how it will play out in the courts—is yet to be deter-mined.

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7. Ronen A et al. (2010) The effect of alcohol, THC, and their combination on perceived effects, willingness to drive and performance of driving and non-driving tasks. Accident Analysis & Prevention. 42(6):1855–1865.

8. Ibid.9. Ramaekers J, Berghaus G, Laar MV and Drummer O. (2004) Dose related risk of motor vehicle crashes after cannabis use. Drug and Alcohol Dependence. 73(2):109–119.

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AWARD RECIPIENTSTHE POLICE CROSS The Police Cross is posthumously awarded to a law enforcement officer who lost his/her life in the performance of his/her duty under honorable circumstances.

Officer Glenn Doss, Jr.Detroit Police Department

End of Watch January 28, 2018

Officer Jonathan GinkaNorton Shores Police Department

End of Watch May 10, 2017

Officer Donald KimbroughDetroit Police Department

End of Watch December 7, 2017

Deputy Eric OverallOakland County Sheriff’s Office

End of Watch November 23, 2017

POLICE MEDAL OF HONOR The Medal of Honor is awarded to a law enforcement officer who voluntarily distinguishes him/herself by extraordinary heroism. The officer must be fully aware of the imminent threat to his/her personal safety by another human being, who is actively trying to kill or do great bodily harm to the officer, and must have acted above and beyond the call of duty at the risk of his/her own life.

Officer Gregory RoeskeSouthfield Police Department

Officer Doug VanSickleManistee Police Department

Trooper Timothy O’NeillMichigan State Police

End of Watch September 20, 2017

Officer Darren WeathersDetroit Police Department

End of Watch February 13, 2018



POLICE MEDAL OF VALOR The Medal of Valor is awarded to a law enforcement officer for exceptionally meritorious conduct involving exemplary courage, great risk and danger to the officer’s personal safety, but less than that required for the Medal of Honor.

Trooper Jason CoonMichigan State Police

Officer Alex KeebaughAuburn Hills Police Department

Officer Chad TaylorAuburn Hills Police Department

Trooper Michael ThomasMichigan State Police

DISTINGUISHED SERVICE MEDAL The Distinguished Service Medal is awarded to a law enforcement officer for exceptionally meritorious service in the performance of an assignment of great responsibility. The excellence of such performance distinguishes both the officer and his/her department.

Officer Max ChristeLivonia Police Department

Officer Scott MorganLivonia Police Department

CITIZEN’S AWARD Awarded to private citizens who voluntarily come to the aid of a law enforcement officer or another citizen at great personal risk to their own lives in situations arising out of criminal activity wherein the citizen involved has no personal motive or stake in the outcome.

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AWARD RECIPIENTSPRESIDENTIAL MEDAL The Presidential Medal is awarded for outstanding and extraordinary professional and personal service to the criminal justice system, the law enforcement profession and the Michigan Association of Chiefs of Police. The recipient’s activities shall be of such signif-icance as to demonstrate a personal dedication and commitment above and beyond nor-mal professional duties and interactions.

Chief (Ret.) Timothy S. Bourgeois and wife, PeggyExecutive Director of MCOLES

Chief Timothy S. Bourgeois, this year’s re-cipient of the Presidential Medal, began his law enforcement career as a cadet for the Kalamazoo Township Police Department (KTPD) on August 23, 1976. He became a dispatcher in September 1978, graduated from the police academy and was sworn in as a police officer for KTPD on June 7, 1979.

During his career, he was promoted to Sergeant in October 1992, Detective Sergeant in September 1994, Detective Lieutenant in April 1995, Captain in September 2000, and Chief of Police on February 24, 2003. He retired from KTPD in December 2017, after serving for 41 years. In early 2018, Chief Bourgeois embarked on a new career when he was appointed Director of the Michigan Commission on Law Enforcement Standards.

Chief Bourgeois earned an Associate of Applied Science Degree in Law Enforcement from Kalamazoo Valley Community College, a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Public Service Administration from Sienna Heights College and a Masters of Pubic Administration Degree from Western Michigan University.

He is a Criminal Justice instructor at Ferris State University and a graduate of the 187th Session of the FBI National Academy. He was an active member of the Parchment Fire Department for 34 years, serving the last 20 years as Fire Chief. He previously served as President of the West Michigan Association of Chiefs of Police, as Chairperson of the Michigan State

Police supervised narcotics concept team; Southwest Enforcement Team (SWET), and was the West Michigan Chief repre-sentative assigned to the Michigan High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (HIDTA) Board.

Chief Bourgeois has been extensively in-volved with the MACP (see sidebar) and continues to serve the Board as a non-vot-ing advisor, a policy that he implemented during his presidency, to better utilize the experiences and knowledge of the past pres-idents of the Association. To this day, several Past Presidents continue to attend monthly meetings as a result of this policy.

During his career, Chief Bourgeois has been appointed by the Governor to serve on the Council on Law Enforcement and Reinvention (CLEAR); the Michigan Intelligence Operations Center board (MIOC); the Michigan Commission on Law Enforcement Standards (MCOLES); and the Michigan Mental Health Diversion Council. Chief Bourgeois and his wife, Peggy, have been married for 36 years. They have a son, Andrew, daughter-in-law, Heather, and two grandchildren, Edward and Maria. Their daughter, Beth, is a Trooper for the Michigan State Police.

Congratulations to Chief Timothy Bourgeois (now Director Timothy Bourgeois) as this year’s recipient of the Presidential Medal and for an outstand-ing career serving the law enforcement profession.

MACP INVOLVEMENT

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• LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE SINCE 2012

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Chaplain Ralph Rebandt has attended ev-ery summer conference for the past 26 years. He is called upon to open every an-nual meeting with prayer and he also is asked to pray at the annual banquet each year. He began a prayer breakfast at the summer conferences and continues that tradition to this day, by sharing a short sermon and taking prayer requests. This annual event attracts 20-40 law enforce-ment executives and spouses. Chaplain Ralph and his wife have been providing gifts over the years to many who attend. He also prays daily for the current presi-dent of the Association.

Each year, his church hosts a law enforce-ment service which raises thousands of dollars to help a law enforcement officer each year who has fallen on hard times. This was the 10th year for this annual event. There have been 12 officers who have received generous help for their dif-ficult circumstances and the events have raised over $75,000.

He is the chaplain of the Farmington Hills Police Department, Beverly Hills Police Department, Southeast Michigan Association of Chiefs of Police and the Michigan Association of Chiefs of Police. He holds these positions for no pay and with very little recognition.

His prayer request is to find a successor to continue the mission he has set forth. He is a truly humble person and a great exam-ple of a servant leader and staunch advo-cate for the Christian faith.

The Association is proud and honored to have Chaplain Ralph in attendance at the annual conferences providing his valu-able chaplaincy services and friendship to

the MACP and the entire law enforcement community.

FAMILYIn 1976, Chaplain Ralph married his high school sweetheart, Carol. They have three sons, one daughter, two daughters-in-law, one son-in-law, and thirteen grand-children. Ralph enjoys time with his wife, children and grandchildren most of all.

EDUCATIONPh.D. Studies, Westminster Seminary; Masters of Divinity (1983), Westminster Seminary, Philadelphia, PA; Masters in Religious Education (1982), Westminster

Seminary, Philadelphia, PA; Bachelors of Religious Education Degree (1980), Baptist Bible College, Clarks Summit, PA.

MINISTRYPastor, Oakland Hills Community Church since its founding in 1987; Chaplain, Southeastern Michigan Chiefs of Police; Chaplain, Farmington Hills Police Department, Farmington Hills, MI; Chaplain, Beverly Hills Police Department, Beverly Hills, MI.

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HIGHLIGHTS

ACTIVE VOTINGBrandon DeHaan ............................................. Grand Valley State University DPS

Matthew Lawyer ........................................................Gibraltar Police Department

Matt Simerson .............................................Akron (Village of) Police Department

ACTIVEDan Adams ........................................................ Grand Rapids Police Department

Patrick Barnard .............................................Shelby Township Police Department

Troy Bevier .................................................Lenawee County Sheriff’s Department

Jeffrey Campbell ...................................................... Eaton County Sheriff’s Office

Brett Coker ..............................................................Tecumseh Police Department

Chad Connelly ....................................................East Lansing Police Department

Edward Dabkowski Jr. ...........Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms & Explosives

CHIEF MARTIN UNDERHILL RETIRES FROM GRAND LEDGEMartin Underhill has retired after 47 years of law enforcement service. He began his law enforcement career as a police officer with the City of Lansing in 1971. Marty was promoted to Sergeant in 1986 and served in the Patrol Division, Traffic Bureau, and Investigation Bureau. He was then promoted to Lieutenant in 1991. At that time, he was in charge of the Detention Unit, Patrol Bureau and the FTO Coordinator. In 1993, he was assigned as the Executive Lieutenant of the Patrol Bureau and as the Assistant Commander of Human Resources. He retired from the Lansing Police Department in 1996, after 25 years of service. Later that year, Marty was appointed Chief of Police for the City of Grand Ledge; a position he held for 22 years.

Martin Underhill was awarded the MACP Presidential Medal in 2016. He also earned a Bachelor’s degree in Criminal Justice in 1973 and a Master’s degree in Education in 1987 from Michigan State University. He is a 1994 graduate of the School of Police Staff and Command, is a certified driving instructor and adjunct facul-ty for Lansing Community College and Michigan State University. He also has the honor of being a visiting professor for the Criminal Police College of China.

Jason Grimmett ................................................... New Buffalo Police Department

Scott Jackson .................................................Kalamazoo Twp. Police Department

Frank Keck ..........................................................................Michigan State Police

Keith Krolczyk.......................Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms & Explosives

Andrew Morché ......................................Farmington Department of Public Safety

Valerie O’Brien ................................................................MSU Police Department

David Schnurstein ............................................. Grand Rapids Police Department

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HIGHLIGHTSLESSONS LEARNED FROM MARIJUANA LEGALIZATIONOn August 14, 2018, the MACP, in partnership with the Michigan Sheriffs’ Association and the Prosecuting Attorneys Association of Michigan, hosted the presentation “Lessons Learned from Marijuana Legalization” at the Radisson Hotel in Lansing, Michigan.

This informative one-day event featured speakers from SAM (Smart Approaches to Marijuana), the Detroit Field Division of Drug Enforcement Administration, and Dr. W. Morrone, among others. Their purpose was to report on the observed effects and impact that the legalization of marijuana has had in multiple states and what we can expect here in Michigan if the legalization of marijuana becomes a reality. This dynamic event was well attended by personnel representing law enforcement departments, organizations involved in drug re-habilitation, courts, school leaders and prosecutors from across the entire state.

The PowerPoint presentations from this event can be found on the MACP website.

CORN ON A COPThe Zeeland Police Department celebrated summer with the com-munity by sponsoring a “Corn on a Cop” event. The event was the idea of Natalie Brueker (daughter of Officer Brian Brueker). The officers were tasked with coming up with new ideas to in-teract with the community. Officer Brueker mentioned this to his daughter and “Corn on a Cop” was born.

During the event 550 ears of corn were prepared and a booth was set up during “Zeelmania” in downtown Zeeland. The corn didn’t last long but the gratifying rela-tionships built between the Zeeland Police Department and the community will.

Officer Brueker and Natalie Brueker

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IN MEMORIAMOfficer Fadi ShukurDetroit Police DepartmentEnd of Watch: August 4, 2018

Police Officer Fadi Shukur succumbed to injuries sustained on August 4, 2018, when he was struck by a hit-and-run driver. He was assisting other officers with crowd control when a vehi-cle struck him at a high rate of speed. The vehicle fled the scene but the driver turned himself in a short time later. The driver was charged with reckless driving causing serious impairment. Additional charges are pending. Officer Shukur had served with the Detroit Police Department for 18 months.

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ACCREDITATION RECOGNITIONCongratulations to the two departments that were recently ap-proved for State Accreditation by the Michigan Law Enforcement Accreditation Commission. Farmington Hills Police Department and Farmington Department of Public Safety were presented with their framed accreditation award during meetings of their local government officials.

Both agencies are proudly displaying their accreditation status with the MACP’s new vehicle stickers. The MACP now has 10 de-partments accredited under its state accreditation program.

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HIGHLIGHTS

SECRETARY/TREASURER Chief Curtis Caid

Livonia

PRESIDENTChief David Molloy

City of Novi

FIRST VICE PRESIDENTChief Terrence McDonnell

East Jordan

DISTRICT 4 Chief Richard Freeman, Jr

Davison Township

THIRD VICE PRESIDENTChief Ronald Wiles

Grand Blanc Township

DISTRICT 14 Col. Kriste K. Etue

Michigan State Police

DISTRICT 13 Chief James Craig

Detroit

DISTRICT 12 Chief Mark Wilk

St. Ignace

DISTRICT 7 Chief Larry Weeks

Eaton Rapids

DISTRICT 10 Chief Donald Mawer

Frankenmuth

DISTRICT 8 Chief Anthony DeGiusti

Ypsilanti

DISTRICT 3 Chief James Berlin

Roseville

SECOND VICE PRESIDENT Director Geoffrey Smith

Sturgis

DISTRICT 5 Chief Eric Marshall

Paw Paw

DISTRICT 6 Chief Gregory T. Long

Walker

MACP ANNOUNCES 2018-19 BOARD OF DIRECTORS

DISTRICT 2 Chief Corrigan O’Donohue

Royal Oak

DISTRICT 9 Chief Georgia Andres

Newaygo

DISTRICT 11 Chief Kyle KnightHarbor Springs

DISTRICT 1Chief John Leacher

Flat Rock

IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENTChief Clifford Block

Midland

David Parker, a life long resident of Redford Township, passed away on September 3, 2018 at the age of 76. Dave served the res-idents of Redford for over 40 years, joining the Police Department in 1965 as a patrolman. He was promoted through the ranks until his retirement in 2005 as the Director of Public Safety.

During his tenure with the Police Department, he was instrumen-tal in the development and construction of a new state-of-the-art police station in 1992. David was a graduate of the 165th ses-sion of the FBI National Academy. Prior to serving with the Police

Department, he was a proud veteran of the United States Marine Corps.

Director Parker is survived by his wife, Sue, and beloved father of David, Sheri and the late Ryan.

IN MEMORIUM: Director David Parker | Redford Police Department | E.O.W. September 3, 2018

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C.S. Trojan & Assoc., Inc.Since December 2013

Dee PietilaDepartment CompositesSince November 2015

DeWolf and AssociatesSince January 2015

DTE EnergySince May 2013

eimpound.comSince June 2017

EMU Center for Regional & National SecuritySince December 2012

Empco, Inc.Since February 2013

Enforcement Products, Inc.Since July 2013

Enterprise Fleet ManagementSince February 2018

FORCE ConceptsSince June 2013

force LMSSince December 2017

Galeana’s Van Dyke DodgeSince May 2018

Getac Video SolutionsSince August 2018

Gorno FordSince April 2013

Great Lakes Air OperationsSince July 2017

Horace SmallSince January 2016

ITC HoldingsSince February 2013

JAMAR Technologies, Inc.Since August 2018

John E. Reid &Associates, Inc.Since March 2017

Kentwood Office FurnitureSince May 2015

LeadsOnline, LLCSince June 2013

Leica GeosystemsSince August 2018

Lexipol, LLCSince December 2015

LJPR Financial AdvisorsSince September 2012

Louka Tactical TrainingSince May 2013

LSI: Laboratory for Scientific InterrogationSince February 2018

MACNLOW AssociatesSince December 2013

Macomb Community College Criminal Justice Training CenterSince August 2016

Madonna UniversitySince September 2017

McGraw Morris P.C.Since December 2012

Michigan Municipal Risk Management AuthoritySince December 2015

MSU School ofCriminal JusticeSince March 2014

Motorola SolutionsSince September 2012

National Hospitality InstituteSince December 2012

NightlockSince December 2015

NOAR TechnologiesSince August 2018

Nye Uniform CompanySince October 2014

Oakland PoliceAcademy, OCCSince February 2017

Olivet CollegeSince September 2017

OnStarSince December 2012

Partners in Law EnforcementSince September 2017

PM AM CorporationSince May 2016

Police TechnicalSince June 2014

PowerDMSSince December 2015

Printek, Inc.Since March 2013

Professional Police TrainingSince March 2014

Robertson Research InstituteSince April 2018

Sage Control Ordnance, Inc.Since February 2018

SamsungSince June 2018

SecurAlarm Systems, Inc.Since October 2012

Security Industry Alarm Coalition (SIAC)Since January 2014

Shanty Creek ResortSince December 2013

Spectrum Wireless(USA), Inc.Since October 2016

SprintSince December 2013

Tactical Encounters, Inc.Since April 2014

Tele-Rad, Inc.Since October 2012

The227ProjectSince January 2017

The Rossow GroupSince May 2014

Transportation Improvement AssociationSince June 2013

TravelKATSince November 2016

Virtual AcademySince November 2017

Visual LabsSince June 2018

Weber Security Group, Inc.Since September 2016

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Gorno Ford ........................................................39 www.gornoford.com

Macomb Community College .............................22 www.macomb.edu/PSI

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MSU School of Criminal Justice ..........................17 www.cj.msu.edu/centers

Nightlock Lockdown ..........................................21 www.classroomlockdown.com

Oakland Police Academy .............................. 32-33 www.oaklandcc.edu/crest

Robertson Research Institute ..............................43 www.robertsonresearchinstitute.org

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