By Melissa Frick
mlive.com
LANSING, Mich. — Michigan State Police’s top leaders are facing mounting pressure to step down after troopers overwhelmingly took a vote of no-confidence in their leadership.
The Michigan State Police Troopers Association (MSPTA) and the Michigan State Police Command Officers Association (MSPCOA) issued a joint letter Monday, June 9, calling for the resignation of Col. James F. Grady II , director of the MSP, and Lt. Col. Aimee Brimacombe.
According to the letter, both groups conducted an anonymous survey of their members regarding their confidence in Grady and Brimacombe’s leadership.
Troopers overwhelmingly voted no in the survey, with over 98% of the MSPTA voting “no confidence” and 90% of MSPCOA respondents voting “no confidence.” Over 75% of each group’s members voted in the survey, the letter said.
Republicans from Michigan’s House and Senate joined in calling for Grady and Brimacombe’s resignations, citing the results of the trooper survey.
“An overwhelming majority of our troopers have made their voices loud and clear,” State Rep. Mike Mueller (R- Linden ) said in a Tuesday, June 10 statement. “They have no confidence in the current leadership. It is corrupt, dishonest, and doesn’t keep the best interest of its own troopers in mind. If they have any shame, Grady and Brimacombe should resign right now.”
Senate Republican Leader Aric Nesbitt, R- Porter Township, called the trooper survey “a damning indictment of the current administration.”
“It is undeniable that this is the absolute worst leadership our state police has ever seen and completely unacceptable for the troopers and public they serve,” said Nesbitt, who is running for governor. “There needs to be a change at the top and that change needs to happen immediately. Col. Grady must step down or the governor must relieve him of his duties.”
Mueller said morale has sunken to an “all-time low” at MSP. He testified before the House Oversight Committee regarding MSP’s leadership issue in May, citing concerns about “self-awarded bonuses in pay, discoveries of Brimacombe’s disciplinary record, and mistreatment of employees,” he said.
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s office expressed its support for Grady in a statement to the Detroit News this week, saying Grady “has demonstrated strong and steady leadership” at the department.
MSP has around 1,150 troopers assigned statewide, and a total of 1,860 enlisted members.
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