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Mayor David LaGrand signaled the city may potentially consider working with a new surveillance camera vendor other than Flock following pressure from activists.

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Mayor LaGrand reads a prepared statement regarding community demands for sanctuary policies and the removal of city Flock cameras.

"Believe that we are doing our best and that we will continue to try to do better."

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Grand Rapids Clerk Joel Hondorp addresses Trump admin order that would hold clerks accountable for ballots issued to non-citizens who report as US citizens.

"That's got clerks a little antsy right now."

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Mayor David LaGrand takes the dais to issue a proclamation welcoming immigrants.

This comes as Grand Rapids has faced pressure to approve a list of sanctuary policies against ICE cooperation.

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Officials investigating the source of last week’s massive fire at a historic building owned by LaGrave Avenue Christian Reformed Church do not suspect that foul play played a role in sparking the blaze.

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Grand Rapids Public Schools Board Member Aarie Wade is seeking reelection, among a field of 15 candidates.

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Grand Rapids Public Schools employs one administrative position for roughly every five teachers in the district.

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City Commissioner Lisa Knight claims that Mayor David LaGrand has quietly backed the campaign of her Second Ward challenger Bryan Cody.

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A contested feature of the Shawmut Hills development would require no municipal approvals if the 32 proposed townhomes were being built just three miles away, outside of Grand Rapids.

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The Grand Rapids Fire Department continues to investigate the source of a fire at LaGrave Avenue Church.

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All future automated license plate reader purchases, expansions or renewals will require Public Safety Committee and City Commission approvals.

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Tibbe says that if elected to the vacant First Ward seat in November, he would make his work on the City Commission his full-time job and even went so far as to say that he would forego a re-election campaign if it interfered with his work.

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Smoke continues to pour out of the LaGrave Avenue Church after the building caught fire overnight. The fire department is still on scene.

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Drivers are honking at a group of demonstrators opposing ICE and Flock cameras in Grand Rapids.

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Protesters have gathered in Calder Plaza to protest Grand Rapids' use of Flock cameras.

The city heard public testimony today from both Flock and GRPD, both of which supported use of the cameras.

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City Manager Mark Washington intervened to save a man from taking his own life.

"You have the respect of the whole police department for the actions that you took."

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FLOCK: Police Chief Joe Trigg says he welcomes public scrutiny of GRPD's use of Flock cameras.

"I like my privacy as well... I want the best tools here to have the safest city we can have. I want it hard for criminals to do a crime in this city."

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FLOCK: Grand Rapids Deputy Police Chief Michael Maycroft said he and Chief Trigg met with the West Michigan Regional ACLU a few weeks ago.

"I'm hoping we'll answer a lot of these questions instead of everybody getting their information from Reddit."

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FLOCK: In a presentation to the public safety commission, GRPD says it does not use Flock cameras to enforce immigration or track faces.

The presentation comes ahead of a planned Flock camera protest.