Gubernatorial candidate Gretchen Whitmer maintains a strong lead; the head of the Detroit firefighters union is calling for the commissioner to be fired over bizarre new policy; and bad news for unemployed people hoping to get food assistance.
Another bold act of retaliation in the embattled Detroit Fire Department?
An internal affairs investigation is underway following the Detroit Fire Department’s bungled, suspicious handling of a bizarre car accident involving an embattled deputy chief.
Is the Detroit Fire Department covering up for Deputy Chief Robert Shinske, who previously was suspended for driving his city-issued SUV to a bar?
A probationary Detroit firefighter was terminated for wrapping a pink bow on a watermelon and giving it to a predominately black fire station as a gift.
It began innocently enough: Young pranksters draped toilet paper on trees and threw eggs at houses in Detroit.
Commissioner Jones has wasted no time cleaning up what consultants called a “cover-up culture” in the mismanaged fire department.
“I have a victim in the rear stairwell,” a firefighter radioed to the chief.
Less than a month after Mayor Duggan fired the head of the Detroit Fire Department, another top official is gone.
The former assistant police chief now has the authority to appoint new top brass to deliver on a pledge to clean up the beleaguered Fire Department.