When Eskridge was supervisor of Northfield Township, the villiage faced numerous allegations of misconduct.In 1988 William Eskridge left the employment

of the Washtenaw County Sheriff Department. 

He claimed that he was taking "early retirement" to assume the position of township supervisor at neighboring Northfield Township, Michigan.  Since then, the police department has been the focus of numerous complaints,including several civil suites filed by police officers for wrongful dismissal.
Eskridge lost the (re)election for Township Supervisor in 1996.

When a police officer blew the whistle on illegal activities going on inside Eskridge's police department he got fired.
The officer witnessed:

police brutality

filing of false reports

sexual advances toward females

illegal disposal of drugs 

 

 

 

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 Several police officers have reported problems within Eskridge's department.