A member of the Detroit Police Board of Commissioners resigned after he was allegedly caught in the car with a prostitute before asking deputies if they could "help him out."
Bryan Ferguson, who represented District 1 for the DPBC and served as the former chair of Detroit’s police oversight board made the annoucement of his resignation on Thursday after being caught with the sex worker on Wednesday.
However, in a statement following his resignation, Ferguson still maintained that it was misunderstanding. "The allegation is untrue and the situation is a big misunderstanding," he said. "I do not want this personal matter to become a distraction from the important oversight work this board has to do," he said. "For that reason, I am making the decision to step back from the board meetings for a time."
According to the New York Post, "undercover narcotics agents from the Wayne County Sheriff’s Department spotted Ferguson committing a lewd act with a known sex worker around 7:15 a.m. on Wednesday. Capt. Jason Bates said he asked deputies at the scene if they could “help him out” and told him his position."
“At that time, Mr. Bryan Ferguson stepped out, identified himself as a Detroit police commissioner,” said Bates. “A title or position doesn’t make them above the law.”
