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The Detroit News: DPD Chief: Cop fight during raid 'embarrassing'

Officers from the 11th Precinct ha a search warrant for a suspected drug house and as they approached the house they came upon undercover officers from the 12th precinct that were apparently doing undercover buy/bust work.

The meeting did not go well.

The plain-clothes officers were directed to the ground and at some point, an officer from the 11th Precinct pointed a shotgun at the officers, Craig said.

"Once that brief encounter was over, the 11th Precinct officers continued on to execute the search warrant," he said. "So this is when things started to go terribly wrong."

As officers from the 11th Precinct entered the home, officers from the 12th Precinct also entered and a dispute began, the chief said.

"We know from video there was arguing, some pushing and shoving and at one point, one officer grabbed another in a headlock and there was a subsequent punch," Craig said.

He said the officer who was struck retaliated with another punch. One officer was treated at a hospital for a contusion on his lip and the other was treated at a different hospital for a black eye. Both were released after being treated, he said.

Apparently the house in question was in the 11th Precinct on the border with the 12th Precinct and both Precincts failed to coordinate their activities with each other. None of the officers were badly hurt and it could have been worse, wiht luck they'll coordinate their actions better in the future.