DETROIT (WWJ) – Two Detroit police officers have been relieved of their duties and arraigned on criminal charges stemming from two separate incidents last week.
Detroit Police Chief James White announced Monday an officer, a five-year veteran of the department, was arrested Thursday in Woodhaven for criminal sexual conduct.
White said the case is “very difficult to discuss because of the victim involved,” but he did not elaborate. The victim was not a minor and the chief said there are no other victims and it is not “a predator situation,” meaning the community is not at risk for similar incidents involving the officer.
“My commitment is to not re-victimize the victim by putting too much information out as well as to not compromise the case that the prosecutor has,” White said. “So what we’re focusing on today is transparency and the fact that it happened.”
In the other incident, a corporal and 26-year veteran of the department, was arrested in Madison Heights Saturday for what is being described as a road rage incident.
Officials said the corporal was involved in “some type of altercation” in her own personal car and pointed her weapon at the victim. No shots were fired during the incident and no injuries were reported.
Officials are still working to determine whether the gun used in the incident was department-issued, but White it was "likely."
White said she was a member of the department’s tactical operations unit.
Both incidents occurred off-duty, White said. He did not specify whether the officers had been fired or suspended.
The chief noted neither officer appears to have an extensive disciplinary record.
No other details on either incident have been released and neither officer was identified.
This is a developing story. Stay tuned to WWJ Newsradio 950 for the latest details as they become available.
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