Departure Announced For Suspended Waterford Police Chief After Sign Removal

WATERFORD TOWNSHIP (AP) — A township board has announced the departure of the Detroit suburb's police chief, who was suspended during an investigation of his removal of a political yard sign opposing a police safety millage.

Waterford Township Chief Daniel McCaw says he removed several signs in July outside a vacant gas station. McCaw says the signs violated a local ordinance in the Oakland County community.

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State police investigated, and Genesee County Prosecutor David Leyton declined to file charges.

The township board says it voted Monday to ask Waterford's pension board to "immediately retire" the 60-year-old McCaw. The statement says the board "wished him well in retirement."

The statement doesn't call it a firing. The Associated Press left phone and email messages for Township Supervisor Gary Wall seeking comment.