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JULY 18, 2024 • Vol. 21, No. 15
City seeks Southfield Police Department welcomes nine new officers answers in basement floodings BY KATHRYN PENTIUK
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SOUTHFIELD — The Southfield Police Department welcomed nine new officers to the force of 118 recently. The department held a promotion and swear-in ceremony June 21 in the courtyard outside the police station, welcoming Anthony Allen, Anes Cehic, Zacary Cross, Bennett Hovorka, Michael Jackson, John Kelsey, Nicholas Pasek, David Spens and Carlos Toombs. “The badge of a police officer is a privilege, not a right. You’re privileged to sit here and join the ranks as an officer of the police department, any police department, but in this case, the Southfield Police Department, so take that very seriously and take that in a meaningful way, because your actions cannot only affect the Southfield Police Department. It affects our entire profession,” Southfield Police Chief Elvin Barren said during the ceremony. “You think about what happened at some of these questionable incidents around the country; all the police departments had to deal with it. It didn’t happen in Southfield, but when
BY KATHRYN PENTIUK kpentiuk@candgnews.com
SOUTHFIELD — Residents from Templar Avenue, Maryland Street, Harden Avenue, Pierce Street and Arbor Place addressed the City Council recently regarding basement flooding after a June 20 storm. Council President Michael “Ari” Mandelbaum opened up the communication portion of the meeting July 1 with the statement. “I understand there are a number of speakers who want to talk about the storm that we had on June 20, as well as water that they had in their basement. The preliminary report from the Department of Public Works found no evidence that our sanitary collection systems were surcharged. This implies that the pump station was operating, but it’s still under investigation,” he said. Mandelbaum asked that residents who had any water in their basement put
ABOVE: Southfield Mayor Ken Siver and Deputy City Administrator John Michrina shake hands with the nine newly sworn-in officers June 21. RIGHT: Sgt. Andrew Majewski had his sergeant badge pinned on by his wife, Riley Majewski. Photos by Patricia O’Blenes
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