Myers v City of Portage

304 Mich App 637; 848 NW2d 200 (2014) (briefed and argued): Although a law-enforcement agency, during internal-affairs investigations, may compel its officers, on penalty of discharge, to give statements on the subject of the investigation, the constitutional right against self-incrimination prohibits the use of those forced statements against the officers in later criminal proceedings brought against them. The Michigan Court of Appeals held that the statute limiting public inspection of law enforcement officers’ involuntary statements does not permit a private cause of action for monetary damages by an officer against a law enforcement agency.