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Ethics, racism commissioners to be named

Westland officials are seeking ” council members and the city
a group of residents to serve on administration to adopt policies
two separate commissions I have a concern that next thing I know there's that improve the health of com-
charged with ensuring integrity political agendas. This ethics commission munities of color and build city
and non-discrimination in city relationship with diversity
government. is there to go through legitimate ethics concerns. focused groups.
Mayor William R. Wild is cur- Wild has been directed to
rently accepting applications to establish a commission to con-
reestablish an ethics commission concern that there is a danger of could be a key piece in “holding duct as assessment of internal
in the city. Members of the ethics “weaponizing” such a commis- elected officials accountable in policies and procedures in the
commission would evaluate and sion. our positions.” city to ensure racial equity as a
submit written opinions about Wild said that the five com- The initial appointments to core element.
any ethical concerns or com- mission member appointments the ethics commission in the city The vote followed a version of
plaints filed by residents or city are something he is committed to would include two three-year the resolution that was presented
employees. That written opinion completing, but only with “the members, two two-year members to council members two weeks
would be forwarded to the mayor right candidates.” and one member who would earlier. When no action was
and the departments involved in While the entire council serve for only one year. Following taken, several residents were
the complaint for a response or agreed that the ethics commis- the first year, all appointments critical of the failure of the coun- Mayor William R. Wild
action. sion would be of value, Hart would be for three-years. cil members to act on the issue,
Applications for the commit- expressed his concern about the Members cannot be city officials particularly in light of the cur- cate an item was coming from
tee can be submitted online by misuse of such authority. or city employees. rent political climate. The reso- council.
accessing the city website, but “I have a concern that next In another step to ensure the lution approved was proposed by “I have been fighting for
candidates will be held to some thing I know there's political impartiality and non-discrimina- Councilwoman Tasha Green equality, not only racial equality
high standards according to Wild, agendas. This ethics commission tory actions of the city, Westland although minutes of the meeting but gender equality, since I was
Council President Jim Hart and is there to go through legitimate officials unanimously approved a indicate the resolution was pro- elected three years ago,” Green
Councilman Jim Godbout. All ethics concerns,” Hart said. resolution defining racism as a posed by Council President said. “As you can see based on
have expressed concerns about Councilwoman Tasha Green health crisis in the city. James Hart. some of the things that happened
applicants seeking an appoint- was a strong advocate of the new The action, urged by residents Hart said he was listed as tonight, we have not quite
ment for political reasons and a commission and said she felt it and local activists, also urges city bringing the motion only to indi- arrived yet.”
Suspect in Sumpter shooting deaths surrenders

The Sumpter Township man sought in connection Martinsville Road at about 11:35 p.m. Aug. 15. When
with the shooting and killing of four people in a Sumpter officers arrived on the scene, they discovered
Martinsville Road last week surrendered to police four people, each in their mid-30s, dead of apparent gun-
Sunday evening. shot wounds. A crime scene response team from the
According to Sumpter Township Police Chief Eric Michigan State Police Forensic Division was requested
Luke, Raymond Lee Bailey, 37, the subject of a state-wide by township investigators and arrived on the scene to
manhunt, entered the Bay County Sheriff's office and assist in the processing of evidence, according to police
turned himself over to authorities at about 10 p.m. Aug. reports.
16. Luke said that officers from Sumpter Township were A preliminary investigation identified Bailey, identi-
already en route to the Bay City area as part of the inves- fied as the former boyfriend of one of the victims, as a
tigation and took Bailey into custody and transported suspect in the shootings.
him to Sumpter Township where he is incarcerated He had reportedly confessed to the shooting deaths to
awaiting a charge determination from the office of the several people by telephone and text messages, accord-
Wayne County prosecutor's office. Raymond Lee Bailey ing to official reports.
Police across the state had been searching for Bailey, Detectives also learned that Bailey might be traveling
suspected in the shooting deaths of two men and two Sumpter Township police officers responded to a report to Northern Michigan. His vehicle, police said, was found
women last Saturday. According to police reports, of gunshots at a residence in the 24000 block of abandoned near Bay City.

In memoriam

Members of the Inkster Police Department joined for
the annual memorial service to honor the four depart-
ment officers who made the ultimate sacrifice while
serving the citizens of Inkster; Ofc. Kenneth
Woodmore, Sgt. Ira Parker, Ofc. Clay Hoover and Ofc.
Daniel Dubiel. Ofc. Kenneth Woodmore was shot and
killed after stopping a man on a bicycle who had just
completed a drug transaction at the intersection of
Pine and Henry Streets. Ofc. Woodmore had served
with the Inkster Police Department for five years. He is
survived by his two sons and two daughters. Sgt. Ira
Parker, Ofc. Clay Hoover, and Ofc. Daniel Dubiel were
shot and killed while attempting to serve a warrant for a
bad check from a rental car agency on a 68-year-old
woman and her three sons at a local motel. Officers
Dubiel and Hoover entered the room first and after sev-
eral minutes of conversation with the four suspects
Officer Dubiel called for a supervisor. Sgt. Parker
responded to the scene, minutes after walking into the
room a volley of gunfire was heard. Before their arrest
the suspects held officers at bay during a ten hour
standoff as hundreds of rounds were fired from their
room. Sgt. Parker had served with the Inkster Police
Department for 20 years. He is survived by his wife and
four children. Ofc. Dubiel had served with the Inkster
Police Department for 13 years. He is survived by his
wife and four children. Ofc. Hoover had served with the
Inkster Police Department for 6 months. He was sur-
vived by his mother, father, two brothers, and a sister.

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