LANSING, MI (MPRN)-- Police officers who resign to avoid official disciplinary action would no longer be able to hide their records from future employers. That’s under a bill headed to Governor Rick Snyder.
The bill was sponsored by state Senator Rick Jones, a former sheriff.
He says many departments allow officers who get into trouble to quietly resign. Jones says his bill would require departments to keep records on an officer’s transgressions.
“And then if they apply for a new job with a new police department, it will be guaranteed to get all that information. In addition, this will give the original department immunity, so they feel free to give it up,” he says.
Jones says officers with histories of violent behavior, in particular, should not be allowed to move into new law enforcement jobs without their employers knowing their history.