Post by KC on May 21, 2006 18:18:33 GMT -5
May 21, 2006 - It started as a swearing in ceremony to put badly needed cops back on Detroit streets, but it turned into a swearing out ceremony when Chief Ella Bully-Cummings decided to stop the event at the very last moment.
The 25 police academy students were ordered back to class after one of the students failed a pop quiz by Chief Bully-Cummings.
According to Richard Weaver, Detroit Police Officers Association, the chief asked one of the students for her assistant chief’s job description. When the student didn’t know, Weaver said the chief was "highly upset," had their badges stripped and sent all 25 back to school.
Weaver said, "They’re begging for police officers on the street. 25 are ready to go on the street all they need is to be a sworn in after their recall and because of some officers not knowing the specific job of the assistant chief, the chief said they’ll be no swearing in, you’re back in the academy."
Weaver said the citizens are being cheated.
The 25 students are former officers who were laid off and then recalled. They went through a two week training session and will continue to train until Chief Bully-Cummings is satisfied.
The union plans to ask the chief to swear them in. The Detroit Police Department did not return calls from Action News.
The 25 police academy students were ordered back to class after one of the students failed a pop quiz by Chief Bully-Cummings.
According to Richard Weaver, Detroit Police Officers Association, the chief asked one of the students for her assistant chief’s job description. When the student didn’t know, Weaver said the chief was "highly upset," had their badges stripped and sent all 25 back to school.
Weaver said, "They’re begging for police officers on the street. 25 are ready to go on the street all they need is to be a sworn in after their recall and because of some officers not knowing the specific job of the assistant chief, the chief said they’ll be no swearing in, you’re back in the academy."
Weaver said the citizens are being cheated.
The 25 students are former officers who were laid off and then recalled. They went through a two week training session and will continue to train until Chief Bully-Cummings is satisfied.
The union plans to ask the chief to swear them in. The Detroit Police Department did not return calls from Action News.