Elmore v. Detroit Police Commissioner

On Remand

Following this Court’s affirmance of the jury verdict below, this caúse was remanded to us by our Supreme Court for amplification.1

Detroit, as a home-rule city, MCL 117.4j; MSA 5.2083, provided for the establishment of a commissioner of the police who was entrusted with the supervision of the police department. Detroit Charter, Title IV, Chapter 21, § 5.2 Applicants for employment as patrolmen are subject to the general qualifications imposed in § 8 and must pass the required examination as provided in § 14(h). Title IV, Chapter 21.

An eligibility list of qualified applicants who pass…