Controversy over police force has hit not only Ferguson, Missouri but a small town in West Michigan as well.
Some residents in Barry Township, Michigan are getting angry over the build-up of its police force.
Specifically, the nearly three dozen unpaid, reserve police officers from outside the community.
These non-certified officers are carrying guns, riding in patrol cars and, according to some, using way too much force.
Lori Brasier of Detroit Free Press has been covering this controversy.
“These officers were stopping people for having things dangling off their rear view mirrors, they were stopping a lot of high school kids just to stop them,” says Brasier.
The department also has two Humvees and two armored personnel carriers received free of charge from the U.S. Department of Defense for a township with only four full-time officers.
"People are paying attention. They are going to realize these things are unnecessary and aren’t going to keep us safe,” says Brasier.
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