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During the May 4, 2021 Ecorse City Council meeting, council made changes to the top cop position in the city. By a majority vote of 5 – 2. Ecorse Council members voted to end the contract of Public Safety Director, Dr. Joseph Thomas. Thomas had been serving the city since October 2020.

Council members presented and passed a resolution which in short states that the hiring of Thomas as the Director was conducted against the city's policies. Former City Administrator, Richard Marsh, took the lead role in finding a replacement for Director of Public Safety, Michael Moore who had been serv...