DETROIT (WXYZ) — Imagine for a second you get into a car with a friend and without your knowledge, there is a gun in the vehicle.

According to a former Detroit Police Department detective, it used to be regular practice if stopped by police that everyone in the vehicle could be arrested and charged, even if your fingerprints or DNA are nowhere to be found on that weapon.

That is until a 35-year decorated veteran complained publicly about the practice and has since filed a whistleblower lawsuit.

Marcellus Ball retired from the Detroit Police Department this year after 35 years on the job working task force with the government, domestic violence, narcotics and more.

“You put your life on the line for this department,” WXYZ’s Carolyn Clifford said.

“I was in a dope house, guy held me hostage over 10 minutes with a double barrel shotgun up to my face — he rested it on the bridge of my nose,” Ball said. “I saw my death.”

Twenty-five years as a detective, Ball was never disciplined and was honored by the president at the White House for heroism when his precinct was attacked by a gunman.

“I love investigation, I love the city of Detroit, I love the Detroit Police Department,” Ball said.

But he noticed an alarming uptick in carrying a concealed weapon cases and everyone in the vehicle being arrested and charged without probable cause.

“I'm seeing this, I don't like this. My officers are seeing this, they don't feel comfortable typing this, I'm denying it,” Ball said.

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