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Current Clinton Township Police Chief Dina Caringi, left, poses for a picture with Clinton Township Police Capt. Preston Susalla. Susalla will take over as chief of the department next June.
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Clinton Township Police to get new chief next June CLINTON TOWNSHIP — Clinton Township Police Chief Dina Carnigi said she has accomplished what she set out to do, but that it is time to move on and pass the torch. “You want to come in, you want to make
it better than when you found it,” Caringi said. “You set goals, you reach those goals and, with the support of everybody, we’re there. Now, it’s time for me to step aside and let the next generation reach their goals. That’s how we continue to grow and go from good to great.” That torch will be passed to Clinton Town-
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CLINTON TOWNSHIP — The Clinton Township Police Department celebrated earning accreditation at an Oct. 9 ceremony at the department’s headquarters. Achieving accreditation was a two-year process, according to the department’s accreditation manager, Clinton Township Police Capt. Preston Susalla. Now that the department is certified, it will need to reaffirm its accreditation every three years. The department was officially certified Sept. 11, prior to the ceremony. Susalla stressed that it was a team effort. “It was a lot of work, but it was well worth it,” Susalla said. The Michigan Association of Chiefs of Police makes the determination for accreditation. MACP Executive Director Robert Stevenson said Clinton Township is the 88th accredited police agency out of the about 600 law enforcement departments in the state. “To put that in a different perspective, your police agency has been able to do what 80% of the other police agencies in the state of Michigan have not yet obtained,” Stevenson said. MACP Deputy Director Ronald Wiles said the department had to meet 128 standards of compliance to reach accredited status. “It’s one thing to say you’re compliant, but our program forces agencies to show they’re compliant through these things we call proofs,” Wiles said. The process includes on-site review by MACP and input from