Inkster was one of the two police departments that did not comply with a request from the office of the Wayne County Prosecutor for an updated Giglio list of officers.
The Giglio or Brady list is a compilation of names and details of any law enforcement officers who have had sustained incidents of untruthfulness, criminal convictions, candor issue or some other type of issue placing their credibility into question.
A Giglio letter is a document written by a prosecutor when he or she finds out about a law enforcement officer who may not be credible on the stand. With this documented lack of credibility, the law enforcement officer is very unlikely to be used as a witness in a trial.
“All Wayne County law enforcement agencies are aware that they have a continuing obligation to provide the Wayne County Prosecutors Office (WCPO) with all relevant facts as they become aware of them. After receiving the information from police agencies and other sources, WCPO makes a decision regarding disclosure. It should be noted that the Inkster and Ecorse Police Departments failed to comply with our requests,” noted Prosecutor Kym Worthy in a prepared statement.
“In some cases, the conduct or facts may not be properly disclosable. Some information may not be publicly disclosed because the matter is under investigation, or legally protected by privacy laws or privileges. These disclosures are made during the discovery process in criminal cases,” the statement continued.
“We think it is important to send this out to our prosecutors and defense attorneys. There are currently 74 officers on the list. In advance of this release WCPO has notified all police agencies who have a current or former officer on the list. We are continuing to take the additional step of releasing the list to the public because in an era of criminal justice reform, it just makes sense. We plan to continue to review, update and release this list,” Worthy said.
The list contained the names of no currently serving police officers in any of the communities served by The Eagle.
