GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — The Kalamazoo County prosecutor has determined three Grand Rapids police officers will not be charged with a crime for their handling of an alcohol-related crash involving an ex-prosecutor.
Kalamazoo County Prosecutor Jeff Getting said Wednesday during a news conference that the three officers were not in violation of the law. Former Kent County Assistant Prosecutor Joshua Kuiper will be charged with reckless driving causing serious injury and moving violation causing serious injury. He could serve more than five years for the charges if found guilty.
“The officers’ actions that night call into question their fitness to continue as police, but they were not in violation of the law,” Getting said.
Grand Rapids Police Department Chief David Rahinsky and City Manager Greg Sundstrom decided on Tuesday to fire Sgt. Thomas Warwick, Lt. Matthew Janiskee and Officer Adam Ickes.