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Police in Canton Township praised daycare staff for quickly intervening when a toddler retrieved a firearm from a parent's backpack, leading to a custody check and renewed safety protocols.
and Police Chief Joseph Bialy praised daycare staff members for their handling of the situation. Know the news with the 7NEWS app:Police did not identify the parents, and no criminal charges had been filed by Tuesday afternoon.
One of the parents is a law enforcement officer in a neighboring jurisdiction, Bialy said. That was not the parent who was taken into custody, he said. He did not believe the weapon was a service weapon. The incident was captured on video, showing the toddler removing the firearm from the backpack, Bialy added.
A teacher was in the room the entire time, saw what was happening and took swift action to intervene, Bialy said.
“Had that not happened, I do not know where we would be right now or what kind of conversation we would be having,” he said. Police Chief Joseph Bialy speaks after a child brought a gun to a daycare in Canton Township, Michigan. The facility where the incident occurred, Childrens World Early Learning Center, said it would also start searching backpacks entering the building.
“We remain committed to ensuring our center is a safe haven for every child and family we serve,” it said. The Wayne County Prosecutor’s Office said Tuesday afternoon that a warrant request was being reviewed but that there would be no arraignment that day. Bialy called the situation a serious incident and said police were treating it that way. He stressed the importance of safe storage of firearms.
“I think it really falls back on safe security of a firearm. ” “The law is clear”: If a child is present or expected to be present, firearms must be secured, he said
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