Metro Police Authority of Genesee County

05/27/2021

Many are starting their Memorial Day Weekend today. Everyone should take a moment to reflect this weekend on our fellow citizens who paid the ultimate price for our country.

Please also remember to be safe during your celebrations and have a great weekend!!!

Many are starting their Memorial Day Weekend today. Everyone should take a moment to reflect this weekend on our fellow citizens who paid the ultimate price for our country.

Please also remember to be safe during your celebrations and have a great weekend!!!

05/24/2021

“Click It or Ticket” is a phrase many are familiar with and all should practice. Michigan law requires drivers, front-seat passengers, and passengers 15 and younger in any seating position to be buckled.

Michigan statistics from 2019 show, 217 people killed in traffic crashes were not wearing a seat belt.

To remind everyone about the importance of buckling up, the Metro Police Authority will be participating in the Office of Highway Safety Planning’s “Click It or Ticket” campaign in an effort to reduce traffic injuries and fatalities.

Buckle up, Michigan!!

“Click It or Ticket” is a phrase many are familiar with and all should practice. Michigan law requires drivers, front-seat passengers, and passengers 15 and younger in any seating position to be buckled.

Michigan statistics from 2019 show, 217 people killed in traffic crashes were not wearing a seat belt.

To remind everyone about the importance of buckling up, the Metro Police Authority will be participating in the Office of Highway Safety Planning’s “Click It or Ticket” campaign in an effort to reduce traffic injuries and fatalities.

Buckle up, Michigan!!

05/15/2021

Girl Scout Troop 70136 Swartz Creek had a kind anonymous buyer request the cookies be donated to the department. Thank you so much.

I already called dibs on the Samoas guys.

Girl Scout Troop 70136 Swartz Creek had a kind anonymous buyer request the cookies be donated to the department. Thank you so much.

I already called dibs on the Samoas guys.

05/07/2021

The Metro Police Authority has added Mewe.com as another social media platform to communicate with those in our community. Please jump on over to Mewe and follow our page!!

The Metro Police Authority has added Mewe.com as another social media platform to communicate with those in our community. Please jump on over to Mewe and follow our page!!

04/27/2021

Locally, there has been an increase in car larcenies and the Metro Police Authority wants to make sure you are taking the proper precautions so you are not a victim. Make sure your vehicle is locked if parked outside, day and night. Thieves work 24/7, so make sure your vehicle is always locked. Remove all valuables from within if possible. If a thief gets into your vehicle, they will find anything you’re hiding. Finally, turn your porch lights on at night. A majority of car larcenies occur during the overnight hours, so turn your lights on to deter thieves.

Please follow these simple suggestions and avoid the headache of having your vehicle broken into and your property stolen.

Locally, there has been an increase in car larcenies and the Metro Police Authority wants to make sure you are taking the proper precautions so you are not a victim. Make sure your vehicle is locked if parked outside, day and night. Thieves work 24/7, so make sure your vehicle is always locked. Remove all valuables from within if possible. If a thief gets into your vehicle, they will find anything you’re hiding. Finally, turn your porch lights on at night. A majority of car larcenies occur during the overnight hours, so turn your lights on to deter thieves.

Please follow these simple suggestions and avoid the headache of having your vehicle broken into and your property stolen.

04/12/2021

Just a FYI. Please seek an alternative route.

03/30/2021

We need, YOU!!! The Metro Police Authority (MPA) is looking for volunteers to be part of our Metro Volunteer Program. New volunteers will participate in a citizens academy at the MPA where upon completion they will become a Metro MVP. Metro MVP’s work with and assist the police department at many local events, i.e. parades, Hometown Days, and school sporting events. MVP’s also assist Metro Police by conducting vacation checks, citizen visits, and much more. If you would like to help serve the community and be part of our team, please contact Officer Ryan Ortiz at 810-820-2190 ext. 21030. The Metro Police Authority hopes to hear from, YOU!!

We need, YOU!!! The Metro Police Authority (MPA) is looking for volunteers to be part of our Metro Volunteer Program. New volunteers will participate in a citizens academy at the MPA where upon completion they will become a Metro MVP. Metro MVP’s work with and assist the police department at many local events, i.e. parades, Hometown Days, and school sporting events. MVP’s also assist Metro Police by conducting vacation checks, citizen visits, and much more. If you would like to help serve the community and be part of our team, please contact Officer Ryan Ortiz at 810-820-2190 ext. 21030. The Metro Police Authority hopes to hear from, YOU!!

01/28/2021

Please do not fall for these schemes. Check in with elderly parents to make sure they know about this current scheme.

Scammers are currently targeting our area, with the “grandson in jail” scam! In recent days we have received two complaints, from township residents. Unfortunately, one victim fell for the scam and lost money.
The caller claims to be a grandchild, who has been arrested. They say bond money is needed to get out of jail. The “attorney” gets on the phone and gives instructions to the victim. The unique twist to the recent calls is, the victim is told, someone will come to their home to pick up the money. That is what occurred in the one case.
If you receive such a call, please notify police immediately! Please speak with elderly family, friends and neighbors and warn them of the scam.

12/25/2020

From all of us at the Metro Police Authority, Merry Christmas!!

12/23/2020

Thank you Meijer Hill and Morrish Road stores for the goodies. What a great partnership they are for communities with all they do for so many organizations

12/22/2020

Covid-19 and a global pandemic could not stop the Metro Police Authority, the Swartz Creek Fire Department, and Meijer from continuing the long standing tradition of “Shop with a Hero”. This year, 10 families from the community were selected to participate, with each child in the home filling out a “Wish List” of gifts for themselves and those in their family. Meijer provided the gifts on each child’s list and a meal for the entire family. The “Heroes” then delivered the gifts and meals to the kids and their families at their homes.

THANK YOU, Meijer, for your extreme generosity and giving these kids a Christmas they will never forget.

12/17/2020

Hart’s Closet gives nearly 50 Davison families new hope at Christmas

On Saturday at 10 am, Hart’s Closet will be teaming up with Big Cheezees Pizza at 6004 Torrey Rd. to accept toy, food, and clothing donations to help Hart’s Closet assist those in need. Metro Police and Santa will be on hand to to help with this great event. Please come out and show your support.

Hart’s Closet offers a new resource for foster children and those in need who may not have a permanent home or family to provide for them.

12/17/2020

Michigan can be Winter Wonderland, bringing with it icy and snowy roads. As a friendly reminder, slow down and drive at a safe speed for the road conditions. Just because the speed limit says you can go a certain speed, doesn’t mean you should when the roads are bad. Slow down and drive safe!!

12/08/2020

Let’s face it, 2020 has been a hard year and unlike any other, but that doesn’t give anyone an excuse to drink and drive.

Throughout the month of December, Officers at the Metro Police Authority will be participating in the Office of Highway Safety Planning OWI grant in an effort to keep drunk drivers off the road and our streets safe.

Be safe and make the right decision by driving sober or having a designated driver. Don’t ruin your life or the life of another.

11/26/2020

Happy Thanksgiving from all of us at the Metro Police Authority!!!

11/25/2020

Genesee County Road Commission

Some good news for everyone!!

The Genesee County Road Commission began reconstruction of the Grand Blanc Road Bridge over the Swartz Creek in Mundy Township on Monday, July 20, 2020, which included bridge reconstruction and roadway reconfiguration. The bridge and roadway are now open to traffic.

Please contact Construction Department Manager, Gerrad Godley, P.E., at (810) 767-4920 if you have questions.

10/06/2020

At the beginning of September, The Metro Police Authority (MPA) teamed up with Camp Quality and their “Go Gold for the Kids” race, where a 100 Mile Challenge was created by members of the MPA. The challenge was initiated to bring awareness to Pediatric Cancer and to show support to all the kids who are fighting, or have fought, this terrible disease.

Throughout the month of September, Officers and staff of the MPA logged close to 600 miles with Sgt. Todd Johnson, Detective Ryan Ortiz, Officer Nicole Gillett, Evidence Tech Lynn Davis, and Father Geromel each recording 100 miles individually.

Security Credit Union (SCU) generously sponsored the 100 Mile Challenge and created a trophy to recognize the participants who completed the 100 miles. SCU went even further than sponsoring the race and provided a pizza lunch for the whole department in recognition of the departments participants. THANK YOU, SCU, for your sponsorship and helping us bring awareness to Pediatric Cancer.

MPA will be back at it again next September and hope to be challenging other departments in running “100 miles for the kids”.

09/29/2020

Metro Police Officers are dispatched to ALL calls via the Genesee County 911 Center. While it is true that 911 is for emergencies, it is also utilized for much more!

Please call 911 anytime you need a Metro Police Officer to ensure a timely response. Thank you!!

09/15/2020

Thank you to the Women of Wyndemere for the cookie baskets they made for the officers and staff at the Metro Police Authority. The cookies are delicious!!

09/10/2020

Metro Police Authority officers running 100 miles in September to benefit kids with cancer

Metro Police Authority officers running 100 miles in September to benefit kids with cancer

The money raised stays in the local community, supporting Camp Quality for mid-Michigan kids in remission or still going through treatment.

04/17/2020

There is no doubt the Coronavirus pandemic is causing many a great deal of stress and anxiety. In these troubling times, the Genesee Health System is providing crisis services for anyone who may need a little extra assistance. The services are available 24/7 to anyone who seeks their help.

The Metro Police Authority hopes everyone is staying safe and healthy and we will get through this pandemic together.

03/31/2020

Stay safe out there and protect the vulnerable population and yourself by following the Stay at Home order.

03/25/2020

03/16/2020

Apple phishing schemes.

There are phishing emails and robo-calls stating they are from Apple. The calls tell you not to use your devise reference financial apps until you call the number provided. Emails will state that or have an invoice.

Do not click on anything in the emails but forward them to

[email protected]

If it is a phone call, do not call back the number. The number for Apple Service is ‭+1 (800) 692-7753‬ if you need to call them in case you need to verify something.

03/12/2020

www.metropolicegc.org

Important information in regards to the Coronavirus. Please follow the tips and information provided to do your part in keeping yourself healthy and those around you.

03/12/2020

www.metropolicegc.org

This article is from AG Nessel in reference to scams associated with the Coronavirus pandemic. Please read and be aware.

03/07/2020

Coronavirus: Scammers follow the headlines

https://www.consumer.ftc.gov/blog/2020/02/coronavirus-scammers-follow-headlines

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We hope you are having a wonderful day. Metro Police Authority of Genesee County wants to pass on a word about scammers. We are still getting complaints from people giving large sums of money to these scammers and usually it is older people. If you have a parent vulnerable to these kind of transactions then maybe this needs to be a conversation.

Scammers are out to take advantage of any fear out there so now come the coronavirus schemes. We know that the people who fear the virus the most are the most vulnerable to being scammed.

There is information about the virus on the CDC direct website. They post updates and information. If something new comes out then it will be on local or national news. Don’t believe everything on Facebook.....

Calls stating they will take your social security because you did something, you’ve won the lottery, IRS has a problem you need to pay immediately, your grandchild needs bond money, or anybody that says they need gift cards to pay for something should be immediately be seen as apparent scams.

If it is too good to be true.....If it is threats of something.....and all out of the blue.

Phone scammers are very convincing though. We had one case of a long running scheme where the schemer would pretend they were two different people and used a falsetto voice for the woman’s part. Needless to say, the officer recognized what was happening. Most of these scammers are from out of the country and difficult or impossible to prosecute.

The best protection reference the telephone scammer is to not answer any telephone number you don’t recognize and let it go to voicemail. Scammers can make a phone number show to have our local area codes with the computer. They started doing this because everybody stopped answering the 800 numbers.

Some elderly or vulnerable people’s’ phones ring ALL DAY from these scammers which is sad because the phone is some people’s’ life line. It is hard to get them to let the calls go to voicemail.

Now texts scams are starting so don’t respond to texts that are unsolicited. One we saw came through about a FedX delivery notice and when clicked on took you to a fake Amazon page.

Computer scammers.

NEVER ALLOW ANYBODY to sign in remotely into your computer unless you personally called requesting assistance from a reputable company.

The best protection on the computer is to NOT CLICK on any link in an email but go to the site by going to it directly yourself. If there is a deal then it will be on the site too.

Make sure it is the company’s real site. Look at the address in the address bar. Most companies have their name and a . Com. Fraudulent scammers will have an address with the company name in it but other numbers or words. Anybody can buy a website name for a few bucks so the scammer buys similar site names.

Scammers have email schemes that send emails that look EXACTLY like the real sites’ emails and then send you to pages that mimic the real company’s page.

Scammers will also send emails that look like reputable companies’ bill reminder emails. Go to the real page and don’t click on those emails.

Scammers will send a bank’s emails for low balance notices. Don’t click on them, go to your banks actual site to check it out.

If you click on one of these fake sites, they might put a virus on the computer. It is an unnecessary expense to get the virus removed off a computer when it stops working.

People believe that the phone company or email providers would block criminals. They don’t. If an email goes to your junk email - leave it there unless expecting to receive something specific. If a bill and you are not sure, go to the site directly and not through the email. These emails are usually scammers that are being stopped by your email providers.

Legislation is coming though to make cellular and phone providers block these scammers calling but it isn’t here quite yet.

Scammers are taking advantage of fears surrounding the Coronavirus.

01/22/2020

It seems there is a new, creative phone scam everyday trying to trick you into sending someone your information or money.

As a friendly reminder, NEVER give your information to anyone who calls you over the phone asking for it. Also, if anyone asks you to go buy gift cards and send them the card information, it is a SCAM!!!

If you receive a call from someone claiming to be from a reputable business and it doesn’t feel right, hang up and contact the business yourself to verify it is legitimate.

Please be careful and use caution as scammers are becoming more and more creative in scamming their targets.

01/10/2020

*****UPDATE*****
The dog has been reunited with family. Thank you for all that shared!!!

12/24/2019

12/19/2019

This Christmas season, the Metro Police Authority (MPA) continued the tradition of “Shop with a Hero” with local children at the Meijer on Hill Rd. and in Swartz Creek. The MPA would like to thank Meijer for providing a memorable experience for all the children who had the opportunity to participate.

The MPA would also like to thank the hero’s from; Mundy Twp. Fire, Swartz Creek Fire, Grand Blanc Twp. Police, Argentine Twp Police and Fire, and Gaines Twp. Police. Thank you for helping carry out this tradition.