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Hamtramck council forms subcommittee for police oversight after residents allege unauthorized investigations
Summary
Following public comments alleging unauthorized recordings, monitoring and favoritism within the Hamtramck Police Department, council members voted to form a subcommittee to draft a police oversight ordinance and bring it back for public hearing.
Residents urged the Hamtramck City Council on Nov. 25 to investigate what they described as unauthorized and potentially illegal conduct by the police department, and the council responded by forming a subcommittee to draft terms for a police oversight ordinance.
Nurul Islam, speaking in the first public comment period, said “members of the Hamtramck Police have allegedly been involved in unauthorized and illegal investigations targeting their own residents,” and requested…
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