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WEST BLOOMFIELD
JANUARY 24, 2024 • Vol. 21, No. 2
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Body cameras approved for Keego Police ‘It protects the residents and the officers’ BY MARK VEST mvest@candgnews.com
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Change enacted for mobile food vendors Food truck ordinance amendment approved in West Bloomfield
KEEGO HARBOR — The Keego Harbor Police Department recently became one of the many departments across the country to be approved for body cameras for patrol officers. Body cameras for officers were unanimously approved by Keego’s City Council members at a City Council meeting Dec. 21. Keego Police Chief John Fitzgerald said it was his request that officers be equipped with body cameras. “We’ll get a lot better coverage of what our officers are doing out there,” Fitzgerald said at the City Council meeting. “This is an investment protecting the city; it’s an investment protecting our officers from claims that come in, and it’s an investment (for) our citizens and the people passing through our town, protecting them. So, we do need a camera system.” In an interview with the Beacon, Fitzgerald estimated that the cameras would arrive in one to three months.
BY MARK VEST mvest@candgnews.com
From the perspective of officials in Keego Harbor, body cameras for police officers are a way of protecting both officers and residents. Body cameras were approved at a City Council meeting in December. Photo provided by John Fitzgerald
See BODY CAMERAS on page 14A
WEST BLOOMFIELD — At a West Bloomfield Township Board of Trustees meeting Dec. 18, board members unanimously approved a mobile food vending ordinance amendment. During the spring and summer, food trucks can be a common sight in the township, and from the perspective of Township Supervisor Steven Kaplan, the board’s decision was an attempt to make things easier for food truck operators to conduct business in West Bloomfield. Kaplan stated that a $2,000 performance bond that was in effect in earlier years, including 2023, has been reduced to $500. Vendors are also required to pay a licensing permit fee of $200. According to Kaplan, that fee has See FOOD VENDORS on page 12A
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