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4 Detroit McDonald's Sued Over Misleading Project Green Light Signs

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© Eric Seals, Detroit Free Press

DETROIT (WWJ) - The City of Detroit is suing a group of McDonald's restaurants, accusing them of taking advantage of a public safety program.

The city says four fast food joints owned by ECS Partnership LLC are not compliant in Project Green Light despite displaying several signs claiming membership. The program is meant to improve public safety by monitoring live feeds of surveillance cameras from local businesses.


City officials say the businesses were kicked out of the program because the Detroit Police Department was unable to access their live video feeds. Cameras at one of the restaurants had been down since October 2016, the year Project Green Light was launched, according to reports. 

City of Detroit sues franchisee of 4 McDonald's outlets over Green Light Partner program. Watch video, hear more @WWJ950 and https://t.co/NcwIrwPs9B, and read online at https://t.co/9bsne9SkBL. pic.twitter.com/wGcAwsAlNp

— Mike Campbell (@reportermikec) January 4, 2019

The city ended its agreement with the businesses in April 2018, but the restaurants never responded. Cease and desist letters sent in September demanding the restaurants remove all Green Light signage also went ignored, according to the lawsuit. 

The lawsuit accuses the franchise owner of using the signs to intentionally cause confusion and create a misleading impression that the restaurants are partnered with Project Green Light even though they are no longer part of program. 

The restaurants named in the lawsuit are located at: 9815 Grand River at Livernois, 1321 W. 8 Mile Rd. at Woodward, 14271 Gratiot at 7 Mile Rd., and 10400 Gratiot at Knodell.