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NORTHVILLE
NORTHVILLE

Grateful resident donates new car to township police

Crime may not pay, but once called telling him that she, their Northville Township Police
in awhile, law enforcement does daughter and their young grand- ” Chief Scott Hilden said the vehi-
get rewarded. daughter had been the victims of You're out there to help the community. cle has already joined the police
In Northville Township, that an armed robbery in the CVS fleet and will be used for a vari-
reward came in the form of a parking lot in downtown You're out the to do good things. ety of tasks. He said he didn't
new Chevrolet Blazer donated by Northville. She told him that the know how many people donate
Tom Close who won the vehicle gunman snuck up on them in the new cars to police departments
at a charity golf tournament last lot, aimed the gun at them indi- from the crime scene and the family decided. around the country, but that he
year when he sank a nearly vidually, and demanded their assured them that township offi- While Close said he would didn't think there were “a whole
impossible hole in one. jewelry and wallets. After grab- cers would be patrolling the area give both the township and the lot.”
“This never happens. Nobody bing the jewelry and wallets, the heavily in an effort to protect city officers a new vehicle if he Hilden said the car and the
ever wins the car,” Close told man ran off, she said. them. could, he chose the township positive comments about the
reporters. He said he talked with While the crime took place in Close said the officers' han- because of the officers' personal service the officers provided
his wife and they agreed to the City of Northville where offi- dling and attitude really helped attention and compassion. He means a great deal to all the offi-
donate it to the Northville cers immediately responded to the family, especially when offi- said they helped his family cers and helps morale in the
Township Police Department in the scene, Northville Township cers returned on Friday and through the trauma with their department. He said the positive
a gesture of appreciation for the Police were also notified as the again on Saturday and even after continued attention and concern. comments reinforce the motives
way officers handled an event robber had the family's address change of duty on Sunday. He Close, president of Advanced officers have for going into police
last August. from the identification in the said the attention and concern Technologies Consultants, Inc., work.
Close explained that while on stolen wallets. Close said officers was a great help to the entire said the family is in a position not “You're out there to help the
his way home from, what else, from Northville Township were family during a stressful time. to need another vehicle, so they community. You're out the to do
playing golf last summer, his wife at their home when they arrived Help that deserved a repayment, opted to donate the new car. good things,” he said.
Township survey seeks public input into Legacy Park use

Members of the Legacy Park amenities at the site. site of the state psychiatric hospital. most of the remaining 11 hospital build-
Development sub-committee in Northville The 332-acre park, formerly known as Northville Township recently secured ings on site.
Township are seeking public input into the Seven Mile Property, was the former funding to proceed with the demolition of The demolition work is scheduled to
begin next spring with completion antici-
pated later in the year, officials said, and
will allow the township to safely open the
site to residents. One of the first steps in
opening the site to the public will be to
implement hiking, walking and biking
trails.
Anyone with an interest in the develop-
ment of the trails system within Legacy
Park, is invited to share ideas through an
online survey, available through Jan. 16.
This survey springboards off discussions
from the Seven Mile Road Park Master
Plan adopted in 2012, which specified
trails as an integral part of the park plans.
The Master Plan is a road map for a 30-50
year process of phased development, and
surveys like this will be used to update the
plan, officials said.
The survey can be accessed at:
www.twp.northville.mi.us/ legacypark.
For more information, contact
Northville Parks and Recreation Director
Mark Gasche at (248) 449-9949 or
mgasche@twp.northville.mi.us.