Ferndale Considers Flock License Plate Surveillance Camera System
The cameras would get snapshots of license plates on public streets and compare those numbers with a database that would alert police…
Students Learn about their Rights
Students Learn about their Rights (Crystal A. Proxmire, March 22, 2017) Ferndale, MI – Can a principal strip search a student if they believe they have drugs on them? Can a student flip off a teacher at a restaurant? Can a school censor items in the student-run school paper? These and many other issues were…
Sheriff’s Dept. and Police Return Military Items to the Feds
Sheriff’s Dept. and Local Police Agencies Return Military Items to the Feds (C. Proxmire, Dec. 3, 2015) Pontiac, MI – Across the county, local law enforcement agencies are turning in their armored vehicles, grenade launchers, bayonets, high caliber rifles and other items that are now prohibited or controlled as acquisitions from Federal agencies due to…
West Michigan Student Gets Dress Code Changed
West Michigan Student Gets Dress Code Changed (Paula Shay, orig. ACLU of Michigan, May 31, 2015) I prefer pants. That’s exactly what I tried to explain to the principal of my high school, Oakridge High, when I went to him with my concerns about the dress code for our graduation last month. Yes, I am…
Ferndale City Manager Shares Efforts to Embrace Diversity
Ferndale City Manager Shares Efforts to Embrace Diversity (Joseph Gacioch, Acting City Manager of Ferndale, Feb. 24, 2015) NOTE: Acting City Manager Joseph Gacioch gave the following remarks at the “Call to Council” portion of the City Council meeting Feb. 24: Tonight I wanted to take this opportunity to update the public and Council on…