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==Police department== Starting in 2009, the police department began to award donors with credentials as reserve policemen. By 2014, the department had about 100 reserve officers to protect a township with a population about 300. The reserve policemen had badges and identifications that exempted them from pistol-free zones while carrying concealed. Some seem to have also retained bulletproof vests and other equipment bought by the village with their donations.<ref>Michigan trustee wants equipment from former police; by the Associated Press, October 14, 2014</ref> The village disbanded its police department in September 2014 after the Michigan Township Participating Plan cancelled liability insurance for the department over concerns of its use of untrained police officers.<ref>Michigan Township Rebels after new Chief Beefs up Police Force, by L.L. Brasier, Detroit Free Press, August 4, 2014</ref> <ref>Oakley MI disbands police department, September 12, 2014, privateofficer.com accessed September 13, 2014</ref> In October, a village official secured insurance from other sources and briefly tried to reestablish the department. This attempt was ended by a court ruling. The village has resisted requests for the names of donors to the police fund and the names of those who served as reserve officers. Issues related to the police department became important politically in the run-up to the November 2014 elections.<ref>{{cite web|title=Oakly Lawsuits|url=http://topics.mlive.com/tag/oakley-lawsuits/posts.html|website=mlive|access-date=October 18, 2014}}</ref> In late November, the new town council voted to reinstate the police department.<ref>New Oakley council votes to bring back village police department; by Brad Devereaux, November 21, 2014, Mlive.com accessed November 27, 2014</ref> In February 2015, press reports indicated the village had relented and made available lists of at least some of the reserve officers and donors to the village. News reports said the list were incorrect and incomplete.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Deveraux|first1=Brad|title=Oakley reveals names tied to reserve police force |url=http://www.mlive.com/news/saginaw/index.ssf/2015/03/oakley_reveals_names_tied_to_r.html|access-date=March 7, 2015|publisher=Saginaw News|date=March 4, 2014}}</ref>
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