The commission is not deciding whether its rules force retirement at age 65. However, the commission only reviews a termination to determine whether there was just cause to justify the termination, Morgan said. The Civil Service Commission has to determine whether the Retirement Act makes retirement from service mandatory at age 65.Ī ruling from the Civil Service Commission is expected in early December. (Maierle) has not proffered any contrary evidence.”įurther complicating the issue, Maierle has a complaint pending before the Clinton Township Police and Fire Civil Service Commission as a result of his termination.
Richard Maierle points out holes left behind by gunshots fired at a police vehicle.MACOMB DAIL FILE PHOTOīut the judge’s ruling found the assertion lacked merit and dismissed it.Ĭaretti wrote the retirement board’s “reliance on the retirement language in (state law) suggests (Maierle’s) mandatory retirement is not a subterfuge for age discrimination.
His lawsuit stated the township violated the Michigan Elliott Larsen Civil Rights Act. Maierle, who served the township for 41 years, said his employment was illegally terminated by township officials on his 65th birthday in May 2021. Richard Maierle’s lawsuit against Clinton Township, township Supervisor Robert Cannon, and the township’s Fire and Police Retirement System Board of Trustees. Caretti earlier this month handed down the 10-page ruling, which dismissed retired Capt. Macomb County Circuit Court Judge Richard L. This version of the article corrects several inaccuracies from an earlier versionĪn appeal is expected to be filed after a Macomb County judge ruled against a Clinton Township police captain who claimed he was the target of age discrimination when he was forced out of the department earlier this year.
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