From the Associated Press — The next police chief in Michigan’s second-largest city is coming from Chicago. Eric Winstrom, a commander in the Chicago Police Department, has been hired in Grand Rapids. City Manager Mark Washington announced the hire Tuesday. Winstrom, who has a law degree, follows Eric Payne, who is retiring Friday. Washington says he considered input from community interview panels and more than 600 comments from people who completed a survey. Grand Rapids says Winstrom has been with Chicago police for more than 20 years and is considered to be an expert on the use of force and the Fourth Amendment,
which bans unreasonable searches.
