GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (via WOOD TV) — A union representing some of Grand Rapids’ police officers disagrees in part with a study that concluded the city’s police department needs better organization, not more cops.
“I absolutely believe we have reached paralysis by analysts in this city,” said Capt. Michael Maycroft, president of the Grand Rapids Police Command Officers Association.
The debate started in 2017, after then-Grand Rapids Police Chief David Rahinsky told city commissioners his officers were too busy answering regular service calls to put the time in needed to walk beats and participate in an expanded community policing program.
The ranks of the GRPD have been cut by about 100 officers in the last decade. Rahinsky said he needed more officers.
City commissioners disagreed with Rahinsky and ordered the study by Chicago-based consultants Hillard and Heintze.
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