A 26-year veteran police officer was arrested last week in Wyandotte after he allegedly threatened to shoot a man in the face.
The 52-year-old officer spent 20 years with the Detroit Police Department before joining the Westland department six years ago. According to a statement from the Westland department, the officer has been off work for some time and his return was not anticipated. There will be an internal police department investigation of the incident, according to the prepared response.
According to police reports, the officer was with a friend at the Dotte Pub on Oak Street in Wyandotte last Saturday when an altercation of some type occurred.
When told to leave or the police would be called, the off-duty Westland officer responded that he "was the police" witnesses claimed. He threatened to shoot a man in the face before his friend reportedly took his loaded gun which was secured on the small of his back. Both men were reportedly intoxicated.Wyandotte police would only confirm that there had been an altercation at the bar and that as a result two men had been arrested. No further information was provided and both the men arrested have been released from jail.
A spokesperson for the Wayne County Prosecutor's Office said a warrant request in connection to an incident at a bar in Wyandotte had been received and is under review.
