“Representatives with the Detroit Police Department said their policy is for officers to not assist landlords in evictions. However, activists are saying that has happened repeatedly over the years.”
That said, *why* is that not the policy to assist landlords in evictions? It’s better than landlords hiring thugs to toss them out, or other direct action...
Should be the sheriff’s department and not the local police. As a matter of fact, it is their duty if so ordered by a judge.
In California, (when I worked for an eviction attorney 20 years ago), evictions were always done with a Sheriff Deputy and the landlord. The Deputy would serve the final eviction papers to the tenant, (if they were still on the property). The Deputy would give them a few minutes to remove any personal property and then allow the landlord to enter, inspect and change the locks.
Any personal belongings still in the house had to be stored by the landlord for 30 days, at no cost to the tenant, and after the 30 days it could be sold at auction or thrown in the trash.
The Deputy is there to ensure that there is no violent confrontations and to arrest the tenant for trespassing if they refuse to leave the property. Most tenants leave peacefully, except for some vulgar yelling, but some decide that they will fight, physically, with the Deputy, (always a bad choice).