Friday, June 16, 2006

06162006 - Officer Ronald Dupuis - Dupuis wins unemployment claim after being fired for tasering partner - Highland Park PD


OFFICER RONALD DUPUIS' [Former Ecorse Police Officer; Former Southgate Police Officer; Former Highland Park Police Officer; AND Former Hamtramck Police Officer; Current Highland Police Department]


SCROLL DOWN TO BOTTOM OF PAGE FOR DUPUIS' HISTORY.


Also See:

Southgate police officer Ronald Dupuis accused of stalking a woman while on duty. Before Dupuis could be fired, he quit the department. Criminal charges were not filed against Dupuis
[March 16, 1999]





Dupuis wins Unemployment dispute
Posted on June 16, 2006 by Hillary
Hamtramck Star
http://www.hamtramckstar.com/dupuis_wins_unemployment_dispute/

ACQUITTED TASER OFFICER EXONERATED, AGAIN

 Last month, an administrative law judge ruled that former Hamtramck Police Officer Ronald Dupuis did not tase his partner, in November 2005. Administrative Law Judge Douglas G. Wahl specifically ruled as a finding of fact: “The claimant performed a “function test” of his taser while he was in the passenger seat of the patrol car and did not tase his partner.” (Ex. 1)

Dupuis was accused of tasing his partner, Officer Prema Graham, in November 2005 while the two were riding in a patrol car. Dupuis was quickly fired by Chief James Doyle within days and later charged with assault and battery. The termination and charges came even before all the evidence was collected, including a read out from a taser computer chip that Doyle did not download until 30 days later. The taser chip showed that the taser was fired one time for a period of one second, consistent with a function test according to Certified Taser Instructor and Hamtramck Police Officer John Aiello during his testimony at the trial. (Ex. 2) Graham’s version accused Dupuis of firing the taser at least two times and for longer durations into her thigh. She also alleged that Dupuis grabbed the steering wheel and she fought him off, yet the patrol car videotape was not introduced to the jury. The Detective in charge of the case, Sgt. Vincent Bielecki testified that there was no evidence a crime was committed contained on the videotape in question. (Ex. 3) A Hamtramck jury took only 20 minutes to acquit Dupuis after the trial was held in March, in the 31st District Court in Hamtramck, MI.

This latest hearing was conducted pursuant to an Unemployment Claim dispute between Dupuis and the city of Hamtramck. In addition to the finding of fact exonerating Dupuis, again, Dupuis prevailed in that action and received a check for over $5,000 for lost unemployment compensation. The city filed for a re-hearing and was denied a re-hearing by the judge.

Strangely, the city only produced Chief James Doyle and Lt. Craig Serafino to testify. Noticeably absent from the hearing was Officer Graham herself, even though she was readily available and was on patrol on the day of the hearing. Lt. Serafino told the judge that he could not explain why Graham was not there. Chief Doyle told the judge that he did not get enough notice to have Graham present. However, the city received notice two weeks prior to the hearing, which is much more notice than most police officers get when they appear in criminal court.

This Unemployment hearing is now the second victory (after the acquittal) for Dupuis between he and the city of Hamtramck. An arbitration hearing is scheduled for July 2006 in which the Hamtramck Police Union is asking for reinstatement and backpay for Dupuis.

Dupuis who has maintained his innocence since the incident stated after receiving the latest award, “I feel great. Not only has a jury found me not guilty of a crime that I did not commit, but now a judge has found specifically as a fact that I did not tase anyone on that day.”

I hope the arbitrator is able to see what’s really happened as well,” Dupuis stated about the upcoming arbitration, “I really want to get back to work and put this unbelievable nightmare behind me.”

Dupuis was represented by Attorney Paul Wright during the unemployment hearing.




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DUPUIS' LAW ENFORCEMENT EMPLOYMENT HISTORY:




OFFICER RONALD DUPUIS' [Former Ecorse Police Officer; Former Southgate Police Officer; Former Highland Park Police Officer; AND Former Hamtramck Police Officer; Current Highland Police Department]








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Feb. 17, 1997: Officer Ronald Dupuis written up for careless driving while on duty. Ecorse Police Department.


Between 1997 and 1998: Officer Ronald Dupuis leaves the Ecorse PD and becomes an officer with the Southgate PD.


October 08, 1998: Officer Ronald Dupuis allegedly beat up a mentally disabled man. Southgate PD.


November 04, 1998: Officer Ronald Dupuis reprimanded by the Southgate Police Department for the October 8th beating incident.


Dec. 24, 1998: Officer Ronald Dupuis accused of falsifying overtime slips. Southgate PD.


March 16, 1999: Officer Ronald Dupuis accused of stalking a woman and repeatedly pulling her over while he was on duty. Southgate PD.


March 30, 1999: Officer Ronald Dupuis was informed that he would be fired from the Southgate PD [Stalking incident].


April 02, 1999: Officer Ronald Dupuis resigned from the Southgate PD, to avoid being fired for stalking incident.


Sometime after April 02, 1999: Officer Ronald Dupuis was hired by the Highland Police Department [after resigning from the Southgate PD, to avoid being fired for stalking incident].


Nov. 7, 2000: Officer Ronald Dupuis was laid off by the Highland Park Public Safety department.


Sometime after November 07, 2000: Officer Ronald Dupuis was hired by the Hamtramack PD, after being laid off by the Highland PD.


April 21, 2002: Officer Ronald Dupuis was accused of assaulting a man during a traffic stop. Hamtramck PD. Resulted in a lawsuit, which was settled for $20,000 on November 05, 2005. Dupuis was not fired from the Hamtramack PD. for this incident.
http://michiganoidv.blogspot.com/2002/04/officer-ronald-dupis-hamtramck-pd.html


2004: Hamtramck police officer Dupuis was sued by a man who alleged Dupuis wrongfully arrested him and had him jailed for no reason. The man was released without being charged. His lawsuit was settled for an undisclosed amount.


 Nov. 3, 2005: Officer Ronald Dupuis was accused of discharging a Taser stun gun and striking his female partner, Officer Prema Graham, in the leg with the weapon. [Hamtramack PD]


Nov. 10, 2005: Officer Ronald Dupuis was fired from the Hamtramck Police Department for tasering Officer Prema Graham.


Sometime after November 10, 2005: Officer Ronald Dupuis won legal challenges related to the tasering incident Officer Prema Graham, and the Hamtramck PD's firing of him.


Sometime after November 10, 2005: Officer Ronald Dupuis returned to duty at the Highland Police Department [previously laid off from department in November 2000].


Dec. 7, 2005: Officer Ronald Dupuis charged with misdemeanor assault and battery in connection with the Taser incident.


April 01, 2006: Officer Ronald Dupuis found not guilty at trial of November 2005 taser incident against Officer Prema Graham


June 16, 2006: Officer Ronald Dupuis won an unemployment claim dispute against the City of Hamtramck for their firing of him after the November 2005 taser incident Officer Prema Graham. Chief of Police also refused to reinstate Dupuis.


2006: Officer Ronald Dupuis filed a lawsuit against the City of Hamtramck and Officer Prema Graham [November 2005 taser incident]


August 2006: City of Hamtramck lost appeal on Officer Ronald Dupuis' unemployment. 


November 01, 2006: Officer Ronald Dupuis filed a lawsuit against the City of Hamtramck: Civil Rights / Employment. Police Chief refused to reinstate him. [November 2005 taser incident of Officer Graham].


January 2007: Officer Ronald Dupuis filed suit to be reinstated to Hamtramck PD, following his being terminated after November 2005 taser incident against Officer Prema Graham. 


October 31, 2008: Officer Ronald Dupuis filed suit against City of Hamtramck.


2012: Officer Ronald Dupuis was accused of choking a woman who was in custody.


February 28, 2012: Officer Ronald Dupuis filed a suit against Highland Park: Civil Rights / Employment. 


May 22, 2012: Officer Ronald Dupuis' gun "accidently" went off outside the department's cell block. Dupuis was shot in the leg. Sources at the Highland PD said there would be no disciplinary action taken against Dupuis.


January 12, 2014: An online video surfaced showing Officer Dupuis beating a hancuffed man during an arrest. "Highland Park city attorney Todd Perkins said he's aware of Dupuis' checkered past, although he said he will "draw no conclusions" from it."







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Saturday, May 13, 2006

05132006 - Deputy Michael Harvey - Antrim County SD

May 13, 2006: Deputy Michael Harvey, Antrim County Sheriff Department




DEPUTY MICHAEL HARVEY:THREATENED TO KILL HIS WIFE; THREATENED HIS WIFE W/GUN & PULLED TAZER GUN ON TODDLER SON[WHILE HE WAS ON DUTY]
http://michiganoidv.blogspot.com/2006/05/may-13-2006-deputy-michael-harvey.html



ORIGINAL CHARGES: TWO COUNTS OF FELONIOUS ASSAULT.










ALSO SEE:
DEPUTY MICHAEL HARVEY: INVOLVED IN DOMESTIC ARGUMENT AT SHERIFF DEPARTMENT. FEBRUARY 21, 2006.

http://michiganoidv.blogspot.com/2006/02/deputy-michael-harvey-antrim-sd.html


DEPUTY MICHAEL HARVEY: INTOXICATED PRIOR TO REPORTING TO WORK. [FEBRUARY 23, 2006]
http://michiganoidv.blogspot.com/2006/02/deputy-michael-harvey-antrim-sd_23.html






















Michigan Commission on Law Enforcement Standards
March 14, 2007
Kettering University
Flint, Michigan
CALL TO ORDER:
The Commission Meeting was called to order by Sheriff Gene Wriggelsworth on March 14, 2007, at 9:30 a.m. at Kettering University in Flint, Michigan.

NEW BUSINESS Continued:
Commission Revocations – Mr. Furtaw presented the following cases recommending the Commission consider the proofs, finding of facts, and conclusions of law found in the “Proposals for Decision” issued by Administrative Law Judge Michael Zimmer in the cases as grounds to issue a final decision and order revoking the law enforcement licenses of these officers.Page 8

NEW BUSINESS Continued:
Michael Harvey, Docket # 2006-960 – Mr. Harvey was convicted of felonious assault a four -year felony in August of 2006 in a domestic violence incident. He was sentenced in Antrim County Circuit Court.A MOTION was made by Deputy Chief Robinson and supported by Sheriff Pickell to adopt the Proposal for Decision and revoke the law enforcement license of Mr. Michael
Harvey.

A VOTE was taken. The MOTION carried.







Former deputy sent to prison for assaulting wife
Grand Haven Tribune, MI
http://www.grandhaventribune.com/paid/287490498780529.bsp

BELLAIRE (AP) — A judge imposed extra prison time on a former Antrim County sheriff's deputy who assaulted his wife and threatened to kill her.

Michael Harvey, 34, pleaded guilty last month to felonious assault and misdemeanor domestic violence. Under state sentencing guidelines, he would have gone to jail for a year. But Circuit Judge Thomas G. Power said that wasn't enough, ordering Harvey to prison for two to four years.

Power also ruled Harvey ineligible for "boot camp" rehabilitation — a military-style program that can lead to early release.

"This is not a boot camp case," Power said during a hearing Monday. "Mr. Harvey needs to sit for two years."

Harvey's wife testified her husband "has held a gun to my head a total of five times."

The final time was May 13, when Harvey drove to his Central Lake home while on duty and pulled his service weapon during an argument about pending divorce proceedings. It happened in front of the couple's youngest son.

"The most heartbreaking thing was hearing my 2-year-old son saying, 'Daddy, don't shoot mommy,"' Trish Harvey said. "I'd like Mike to know he'll never hurt me again."

Harvey offered a brief, tearful apology to his wife and family.







Deputy headed to prison
Harvey pulled a gun on his wife while on duty
Traverse City Record Eagle, MI
By CRAIG McCOOL
09/12/2006
http://www.record-eagle.com/2006/sep/12harvey.htm

BELLAIRE — A former Antrim County sheriff's deputy will spend at least two years in prison for assaulting his wife and threatening to kill her.

Sentence guidelines called for Michael Harvey to go to jail for 12 months, but Antrim Circuit Judge Thomas G. Power said that wasn't adequate and ordered Harvey to prison for two to four years.

Harvey's wife told Power during Monday's hearing that her husband "has held a gun to my head a total of five times."

The final time was May 13, when Harvey drove to his Central Lake home while on duty and pulled his service weapon during an argument about pending divorce proceedings. It happened in front of the couple's youngest son.

"The most heartbreaking thing was hearing my two-year-old son saying 'Daddy, don't shoot mommy,'" Trish Harvey said. "I'd like Mike to know he'll never hurt me again."

Harvey, 34, pleaded guilty last month to felonious assault and misdemeanor domestic violence charges.

Power sentenced Harvey to three months behind bars on the latter conviction, though that time will be served concurrently with the longer sentence. The domestic violence charge stems from an incident involving another woman with whom Harvey was romantically involved.

Some prison inmates, generally first-time offenders, are eligible for state "boot camp" programs — state-run, military-style rehabilitation programs that can lead to early release. Power made a point to exclude Harvey, though.

"This is not a boot camp case," Power said. "Mr. Harvey needs to sit for two years."

Harvey offered a brief apology to his wife and family Monday, and wiped tears from his face with the front of his shirt.

The judge described how Harvey pointed his handgun at his wife's head so close that "the barrel touched her hair" and then threatened to kill her, their children and her mother.

"The pre-sentence report says (Harvey has) 'uncontrollable anger issues,'" Power said. "I guess that's the understatement of the day. It's hard to understand what he was thinking on any level."







Former Deputy Sent To Prison For Assault

tv7-4.comAntrim County
Sep 11, 2006
http://www.tv7-4.com/Global/story.asp?S=5392202&nav=1vrj

A former Sheriff's Deputy will spend up to four years behind bars for threatening his wife and child.

Investigators say in May, while Antrim County Deputy Michael Harvey was on duty, he went home and threatened his wife with a gun and pointed a taser gun at his two year old son. In August Harvey pled guilty to felonious assault and domestic violence. He was sentenced to two to four years Monday on the felonious assault charge and three months for domestic violence.







Former deputy pleads guilty

He was accused of threatening his wife
By CRAIG McCOOL
Record-Eagle staff writer
08/19/2006
http://www.record-eagle.com/2006/aug/19harvey.htm

BELLAIRE — A former Antrim County deputy pleaded guilty to assault charges for threatening his wife with his service weapon while on duty.

Michael Harvey, 34, likely will face less than a year in jail when sentenced next month on felonious assault and domestic violence charges.

Defense attorney Douglas Gutscher said he believed the sentencing guidelines would fall between zero and nine months.

Harvey pleaded guilty Aug. 10 to one count of assault with a dangerous weapon — a four-year felony — for the May 13 incident at his home in Central Lake.

Police said the six-year Antrim County Sheriff's Department veteran threatened to kill his wife because she initiated divorce proceedings.

"I will kill you, your mother and then myself," Harvey allegedly told his wife, according to police reports.

"You need to stop the attorney, stop the divorce, stop everything."

Harvey also pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor count of domestic violence.

He initially was charged with two counts of felonious assault. The Grand Traverse County Prosecutor's Office, which was appointed special prosecutor in Harvey's case, later added a felony firearm charge — for allegedly using a gun during the commission of a felony — and two additional counts of domestic violence against Harvey.

The domestic violence charges didn't involve Harvey's wife, but a second woman, Gutscher said.

To be dismissed as part of the plea agreement are: one count of felonious assault; one felony firearm charge; and a second domestic violence charge. Sentencing is scheduled for Sept. 11 in Antrim Circuit Court.

Harvey was suspended from the sheriff's department without pay immediately after he was charged and was subsequently fired.







Accused deputy's personnel file shows recent problems

Traverse City Record Eagle, MI
By CRAIG McCOOL
06/23/2006
http://www.record-eagle.com/2006/jun/23harvey.htm

BELLAIRE — An Antrim County sheriff's deputy who faces assault and weapons charges seemed a model employee for most of his six years with the department.

Until this year, Michael Harvey, who allegedly threatened to kill his wife with his service gun while on duty in May, received raises and promotions. From the time he was hired in 2000 through the end of 2005, Harvey did not receive a disciplinary letter or citation.

But this February, the deputy with the squeaky-clean record was disciplined twice, including once for drinking heavily the night before he was to work an early shift.

The Record-Eagle obtained a copy of Harvey's personnel file through a state Freedom of Information Act request.

Harvey, 34, was hired in 2000. Between then and the start of this year, he was promoted from the jail to various road patrol assignments.

Shortly after his promotion to the road, a citizen sent a letter to Sheriff Terry Johnson noting Harvey's kindness and "dedication to the community."

Accolades came from superiors, too, but disciplinary warnings began early this year. The first occurred Feb. 21, when Harvey argued with a woman in the county's 911 dispatch area.

Other county employees witnessed the incident and called Michigan State Police, who investigated but did not seek charges. Johnson issued Harvey a warning.

Another incident occurred two days later. On Feb. 23, Harvey was observed drinking in Central Lake, prior to his scheduled 4 a.m. shift.

Johnson wrote that Harvey drove that night to Bellaire, where he was confronted by another Antrim deputy and made to take a preliminary breath test.

Harvey blew a 0.169, more than double the legal driving limit, though the letter addressed no specific concern about drinking and driving.

"In the report it states that you felt you would have been OK to go to work" at 4 a.m., Johnson wrote. "I find this to be a ridiculous statement."

Harvey received a single-day suspension without pay for the drinking incident.

Harvey has been suspended without pay following his arrest May 14.

He faces two felonious assault charges, punishable by up to four years in prison. Prosecutors also recently added a third charge, using a firearm in the commission of a felony, punishable by up to two years in prison, said Harvey's attorney Douglas Gutscher.







GT to prosecute deputy

Case reassigned because of potential witness
Traverse City Record Eagle, MI
By craig mccool
05/31/2006
http://www.record-eagle.com/2006/may/31harvey.htm

BELLAIRE — Prosecution of an assault case against an Antrim County sheriff's deputy has been reassigned to a different county because the witness list could include another Antrim County employee with whom the defendant may have been personally involved, officials said.

Michael Harvey, 34, is accused of threatening his wife with his service handgun while on duty May 13 at the couple's home in Central Lake.

Antrim Prosecutor Charles Koop said he asked the felony assault case against Harvey be reassigned to Grand Traverse County because the witness list includes an employee in his office.

"I made the decision not because he (Harvey) was a county officer, but ... one of my employees might be a witness, Koop said.

The employee is Melissa Rogers, a clerical worker in the prosecutors office. Antrim Sheriff Terry Johnson said he thinks she and Harvey had a personal relationship.

Harvey was reprimanded after a Feb. 21 incident during which he and Rogers argued in the sheriff's department parking lot. Things got so heated that other sheriff's personnel called state police, who investigated, Johnson said.

State police in Kalkaska confirmed they responded to "a domestic argument" involving Harvey that evening at the Antrim dispatch center. Koop said the incident did not lead to charges.

Following the incident, Rogers was warned to stay away from Harvey during work hours unless there was something work-related to discuss, Koop said.

Johnson said Harvey had a "written warning" placed in his personnel file after the incident.

Harvey has been suspended without pay since his arrest.

He recently waived his right to a preliminary examination and was bound over on two counts of felonious assault, Antrim District Court officials said.







Officials: Deputy threatened to kill wife

He allegedly pulled gun on her while on duty
Traverse City Record Eagle, MI
by ian c. storey and craig mccool
05/16/2006
http://www.record-eagle.com/2006/may/16harvey.htm

TRAVERSE CITY — An on-duty Antrim County sheriff's deputy allegedly pulled his service handgun on his estranged wife and threatened to kill her and the couple's children unless she stopped divorce proceedings.

Michael Harvey, a six-year department veteran, was arraigned Monday on two counts of felonious assault before 86th District Court Judge James R. McCormick. The alleged assault occurred at the couple's Central Lake home Saturday, authorities said.

Antrim County Prosecutor Charles Koop said Harvey was on duty when he went to the house at 10 p.m. and allegedly argued with his wife over divorce proceedings she'd initiated.

Koop said Harvey, 34, allegedly pushed his wife to the ground and struck her in the face. As the argument escalated, Harvey allegedly pointed his handgun at his wife and threatened to kill her.

"I will kill you, your mother and then myself," Harvey allegedly told his wife, according to police reports. "You need to stop the attorney, stop the divorce, and stop everything."

Koop said the argument spilled into the home, where in front of the couple's children Harvey allegedly pointed his gun again and made additional threats.

"If I get the (expletive) papers in the mail, I am going to (expletive) kill you and your mother, and I'm going to kill these two boys and then I am going to kill myself," Harvey said, according to police reports.

During the altercation, county dispatch officials contacted Harvey about a criminal complaint and he left the house, Koop said.

Koop said Harvey's wife drove to the Michigan State Police post in Cadillac to report the incident. She feared her husband would have been able to monitor a local call to emergency officials, he said.

"He got off at midnight and it was reported to the Cadillac post," said Koop. "The post contacted the (Kalkaska) post and he was arrested."

Harvey was arrested around 6 a.m. Sunday at his residence without incident, Koop said.

Douglas Gutscher, an attorney with the Police Officers Association of Michigan, asked McCormick to reduce the $500,000 bond set for Harvey, who will remain in the Grand Traverse County Jail.

"These are simply allegations of a person in the middle of a divorce," he said. "The allegations are serious, but that is all they are now."

Koop told McCormick the alleged threat was not an isolated incident, referencing other allegations of threats in recent months that Harvey made to his wife.

"In an interview with the defendant yesterday he indicated that not only did he threaten his wife (in the past), but also took his duty Taser and pointed it during this time period at his two-year-old son," said Koop.

Koop said 57 firearms, both loaded and unloaded, were confiscated from Harvey's home.

McCormick did not lower the bond.

He also ordered Harvey to have no contact with his wife, children, her family or any witnesses if he is freed.

"If true, this is a major threat of injury or perhaps even fatal injury to the alleged victim," said McCormick. "I don't think the court wants to risk being responsible for the defendant being out on the street."

Harvey, who faces up to four years in prison, is scheduled for a preliminary examination in Antrim County on May 25.

Koop said he will ask that a special prosecutor be appointed because a member of his staff may be a witness in the case.

The task will likely fall to Grand Traverse County prosecutor's office, which had representatives present during Harvey's arraignment.

Antrim County Sheriff Terry L. Johnson, who accompanied Koop to the hearing in Traverse City, said Harvey was suspended without pay beginning Sunday.

Johnson said Harvey started with the department in 2000 as a corrections officer before becoming a deputy in 2003.

"It is certainly not a proud moment for our department," he said.








Antrim County Deputy Faces Assault Charges
WPBN-TV, MI
8 hours ago
May 16, 2006
http://www.tv7-4.com/Global/story.asp?S=4909574&nav=1vrj
An Antrim county deputy is behind bars after prosecutors say he threatened his wife, with a gun.

Michael Harvey was in court Monday in Grand Traverse county on two counts of felonious assault.

The Antrim county sheriff says while deputy Harvey was on duty Saturday night he went to his home and threatened his wife with a gun and pointed a taser gun at his two year old son. The sheriff says the deputy told his wife he would kill her, their children and his mother in law.

The Antrim county prosecutor says the deputy has had three prior insistences that the department knows of.

Deputy Harvey is currently suspended without pay, and in the Grand Traverse county jail.
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