Colleagues on the Move: 11/16/09

Congratulations to these GRCC employees on their new assignments:

• Essie McGhee, Custodian, Spectrum Theater
• Patrick Baldridge, Head Custodian, Ford Fieldhouse
• David Selmon, Associate Director of Learning Corners, Learning Corners

GRCC in the News: 11/13/09-11/15/09

Federal grant will allow Grand Rapids to rehire nine police officers
By Jim Harger | The Grand Rapids Press | November 14, 2009, 6:18AM

GRAND RAPIDS — After a week of spreading bad news about layoffs, City Manager Greg Sundstrom had some good news Friday — nine police officers he will lay off on Jan. 1 will be immediately re-hired through a federal grant. […] Meeting with some 30 community leaders at Grand Rapids Community College on Friday, Sundstrom said he would welcome any suggestions to reduce the biggest cuts in the city’s payroll since 1971.  (More)

Training officer says using taser on handcuffed prisoners not always wrong
WZZM | Phil Dawson | 11/13/2009 11:46:32 PM

Grand Rapids, MI (WZZM) – Officer Bo Peters is the taser training officer on the Grand Rapids Community College police force. He’s watched the video of a Lansing police officer firing a taser into a 43-year old man in handcuffs causing the prisoner to fall face first onto the concrete pavement.  (More)