WATERFORD TOWNSHIP, Mich. – Waterford Township Police Chief Daniel McCaw, who had been on administrative leave since September, has been forced to retire.
The township Board of Trustees adopted a resolution calling for the pension board of the township police and fire system to immediately retire Chief McCaw.
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The township released this statement on Monday:
"The resolution was based on a provision of Michigan's Fire Fighters and Police Officers Retirement Act (Public Act 345 of 1937) under which the Police and Fire Retirement System and its Pension Board were created and operate. That provision provides for the Pension Board to retire a member of the retirement system that is at least 60 years old upon the written application of the legislative body, which in Waterford is the Township Board of Trustees."
Chief McCaw recently turned 60 years old. He's been on leave since September after accusations that he removed political signs from a roadway in July before the primary election. McCaw said yes, he removed several political signs from a vacant Waterford gas station because they violated the township's sign ordinance. He removed the signs and took them to the DPW.
The Genesee County Prosecutor's Office announced at the end of February that it was closing the files on the investigation it conducted with the Michigan State Police. The Prosecutor's Office concluding "that probable cause does not exist that McCaw had committed a crime."