Tuesday, January 31, 2006

01312006 - Officer Ronald Dupuis - Filed lawsuit claiming he had been defamed by taser criminal charges - Hamtramck 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.



In 2006, Officer Ronald Dupuis filed a lawsuit against the Hamtramck PD. He claimed that the City had defamed him with criminal charges in the taser incident.


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]


























































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Officer Ronald Dupuis' past law enforcement history:





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 Hamtramck 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.



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.



September 19, 2013: Highland Park Officer Ronald Dupuis arrested uniformed / on duty Detroit Parking Enforcement Officer Rhianna Turner and her girlfriend Kera Hill, in front of Detroit PD. Dupuis transported them back to Highland PD and had the women jailed for four days - without charges. Turner lost her job due to the unlawful arrest and imprisonment.



January 12, 2015: An online video from Emma Craig surfaced, showing Officer Dupuis beating a handcuffed Andrew Jackson 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." In April 2015, Highland Park Police Chief Kevin Coney stated that Officer Dupuis was not facing discipline for the beating of Andrew Jackson.



January 14, 2015: Michigan State Police investigation of Officer Ronald Dupuis and other officers for the January beating of Andrew Jackson. Officer Dupuis was not suspended from duty during this criminal investigation.



February 09, 2015: Officer Ronald Dupuis was shot in the leg during a raid. Officer Dupuis was still on active duty despite an MSP investigation of the beating of Andrew Jackson during a January 2015 arrest.



February 13, 2015: Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy began criminal investigation of Officer Ronald Dupuis and other officers for the January 2015 beating of Andrew Jackson. Officer Dupuis was not suspended from duty during this criminal investigation.
"According to the office, it received a warrant request from the Michigan State Police, which investigated the arrest of Andrew Jackson Jr. on Jan. 12 by officers...One of the officers shown in the video making the arrest is Highland Park Sgt. Ron Dupuis..."



February 25, 2015: Lawsuit filed by Andrew Jackson against Officer Ronald Dupuis for January 2015 beating.



April 15, 2015: Lawsuit filed by Rhianna Turner and Kera Hill against Officer Ronald Dupuis for unlawful arrest and false imprisonment [September 2013]



April 20, 2015: Officer Dupuis cleared by Prosecutor Kym Worthy of criminal charges in the January 2015 beating of Andrew Jackson.
"Worthy did not defend some of the officers’ conduct.  She said some of Sgt. Dupuis’s behavior was improper and warrants possible punishment from his superiors. Still, Worthy said, charges aren’t warranted."



April 20, 2015: Highland Park Police Chief Kevin Coney announced that Officer Ronald Dupuis was not facing disciplinary action for the January beating of Andrew Jackson.

















Thursday, January 19, 2006

01192006 - Officer Matthew Thompson - Manistee PD

January 19, 2006: Sergeant Matthew Thompson, Manistee Police Department











ALSO SEE:
FORMER MANISTEE POLICE OFFICER MATTHEW THOMPSON CHARGED WITH SEXUAL ASSAULT OF RELATIVES BETWEEN 1987- 1994: APRIL 17, 2012.

http://michiganoidv.blogspot.com/2012/04/former-officer-matthew-thompson.html





















Former Manistee Officer found guilty of violence

Mon. May 01, 2006
By: Chuck Randall

http://www.wkla.com/newsarchive.php?news_id=5342

A former Manistee City Police Officer is found guilty of domestic violence following a trial with a special prosecutor with the Michigan State Police.

34-year old Matt Thompson was a 9-year veteran with the City Police Department before he got into an altercation with his fiancée outside of their home at about 4am on January 19th.

During a night of drinking, according to authorities, Thompson, who no longer works for the Manistee City Police, was sentenced to one year probation, including anger concealing and alternative to violence classes.







Former cop guilty in domestic violence case
Ludington Daily News

Kevin Braciszeski - Daily News Staff Writer
Friday, April 28, 2006
http://www.ludingtondailynews.com/news.php?story_id=31137

MANISTEE - A jury found former Manistee Police Sgt. Matthew Thompson guilty of domestic violence Thursday and sentenced him to a year of probation.

The trial in Manistee County̢۪s 85th District Court followed Thompson̢۪s arrest on the charge in January. The incident occurred at his home while he was off duty.

Thompson had been on unpaid administrative leave following his arrest, and Manistee Police Chief Dave Bachman said this morning that Thompson resigned a few weeks ago and is no longer a member of the department.

In addition to probation, Thompson was ordered to pay fines and costs totaling $820. He was also ordered to receive anger management counseling and treatment for alcohol abuse, as required by his probation officer.

The Michigan State Police investigated the incident.







Special judge brought to Manistee on Domestic case

Thu. Feb. 09 2006
WKLA AM1450
By: Chuck Randall

http://www.wkla.com/newsarchive.php?news_id=4957

A special Judge and Prosecutor will be used in connection with the domestic violence case of a Manistee City Police officer.

10-year Police veteran 34-year old Matt Thompson was not on duty when the incident occurred during the early morning hours of January 19th when he and his fiancée got into an altercation at Thompson’s Manistee home.

Police say that both parties were under the influence of alcohol during the incident.

Thompson is currently on administrative leave awaiting the next proceedings scheduled for March 10th.







Cop faces domestic violence charges

10-year veteran was arrested on January 19
By PATRICK SULLIVAN
Record-Eagle staff writer
January 28, 2006
http://static.record-eagle.com/2006/jan/28copcas.htm

MANISTEE - A special prosecutor plans to file misdemeanor domestic violence charges against a Manistee Police sergeant accused of assaulting his fiancee while off-duty.

Wexford County Prosecutor William Fagerman said he likely would file the charges in Manistee County on Monday or Tuesday.

State police arrested Matthew Thompson, 34, of Manistee on Jan. 19 after they found him at his home allegedly engaged in a physical fight with his fiancee.

Police said both Thompson and his fiancee had been drinking and no weapons were involved.

Fagerman said he received an order from the Michigan Attorney General Friday appointing him to weigh charges against Thompson after Manistee County Prosecutor Ford Stone removed himself from the case.

Stone said since Thompson is a police supervisor, he has frequent contact with him. He said he needed to refuse the case to avoid an appearance of impropriety.

Thompson, a 10-year veteran, is on unpaid leave.
Stone didn't know whether Thompson would lose his job if he was convicted, but he said someone convicted of domestic violence would no longer be able to possess a firearm.







Officer put on leave after alleged fight
By IAN C. STOREY

Record-Eagle
January 24, 2006
http://www.record-eagle.com/2006/jan/24leave.htm

MANISTEE - A Manistee police sergeant arrested for domestic violence after an alleged alcohol-related altercation with his fiancee is on unpaid leave pending criminal and internal investigations.

Matthew Thompson, 34, of Manistee, was arrested Jan. 19 just before 4 a.m. at his home on Kosciusko Street by troopers from the Michigan State Police post in Manistee.

Manistee police Chief David Bachman said the alleged incident involving Thompson and his fiancee occurred while Thompson, a 10-year veteran of the city force, was off-duty.

State police Sgt. Mark Miller said both Thompson and his fiancee had been drinking alcohol when the alleged physical altercation started.

No weapons were involved, Miller said.

"It was a physical altercation and they both received some injuries, but nothing serious," he said. "They were both involved in the physical confrontation, but when the troopers evaluated the situation they determined the best course of action was to arrest him at the time."

Miller said Thompson was lodged in the Manistee County Jail on a misdemeanor charge of domestic violence.

"The city police initially went to the home, but because it was one of their officers, they requested that we handle the complaint," he said.

Bachman said Thompson later posted a cash bond and was released from custody.

Thompson is on administrative leave without pay pending criminal and internal investigations.

The internal investigation could take a few weeks, Bachman said.

Miller said the police report has been forwarded to Manistee County Prosecutor Ford Stone to determine whether Thompson or his fiancee could face charges in the scuffle.







Manistee officer on leave after domestic violence arrest
Managing Editor: Steve Begnoche
Posted: 1-23-2006
http://www.ludingtondailynews.com/news.php?story_id=30014

Sgt. Matthew Thompson of the Manistee Police Department was arrested for domestic violence by the Michigan State Police in the early morning hours of last Thursday, according to a report from the Manistee Police Department.

Thompson was lodged in Manistee County Jail for the incident that occurred at his home while he was off duty. He was later released after posting a cash bond. He was placed on administrative leave without pay pending the investigation into the incident, according to the release.

The Manistee Police Department is conducting an internal investigation into the incident.

Sgt. Mark Miller of the Michigan State Police, Manistee post, said the Manistee police requested troopers lead the investigation of the incident.

“They asked us to take over and we determined there was enough probable cause that domestic violence did occur,” Miller said.

Miller said asking another law enforcement agency to investigate the incident when members of the same agency are involved is a common practice to avoid the appearance of favoritism in the case.