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Podcast: Michigan in Focus
Episode: Detroit Taxpayers Foot $56 Million in Police Settlements Over Three Years
Description: Detroit taxpayers forked over $56 million in police settlement payouts between 2020 and four months of 2023. Those payouts are a record amount in recent history, but public officials won’t explain why. That’s an increase of $38 million compared to the Detroit Police Department’s settlement payouts from 2018-2020, which totaled $18 million, according to documents obtained through records requests.
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