Overview
- An envelope containing a powdery substance arrived at the Oakland County Republican Party headquarters in Bloomfield Township on Friday, prompting safety protocols and a police response.
- Authorities seized the envelope from the office on the 42000 block of Woodward Avenue and later reported the substance tested nonhazardous.
- Bloomfield Township police say the incident may be part of a pattern connected to other suspicious packages sent to GOP affiliates in Michigan.
- The party closed its headquarters through the weekend, is hardening security measures, and says staff and security contractors are working with local and federal authorities.
- The Michigan Democratic Party condemned the incident, and police asked anyone with information to contact the Bloomfield Township Police Department at 248-433-7755.