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Chief of Police, Bruce J. Smith
Name: Bruce J. Smith
Age: 51
Education:
Detroit Osborn High School
Bachelor's Degree in Criminal Justice from Wayne State University
Master's Degree in Administration from Central Michigan University
Personal: Married with three grown children
Professional:
Detroit Police Department ,1977-1980
Romulus Police Department, 1981-1983
Oak Park Police, 1983-2006
Hobbies: Hunting and Reading
Miscellaneous Information:
- Trained as a firefighter
- Smith began his career in Detroit assigned to the 7th Precinct just weeks after he was married in 1977
- Was one of seven officers who started the Romulus Police Department in a former school building.
He left Romulus to become a public safety officer in Oak Park in 1983.
- He worked his way up through the ranks to become director of the 67-officer Oak Park department.
- Bruce Smith's motto during his extensive law enforcement career:
"Always ask yourself: How would this look on the 6 o'clock news?"
- "I think that both internally and externally all people have to be treated with respect. There's one standard of justice for everyone."
- He retired from Oak Park two weeks before his first day in Chesterfield Township.
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