Police in Grand Rapids, Michigan, announced Wednesday that the officer who held 11-year-old Honestie Hodges at gunpoint and handcuffed her will not be disciplined. The incident — which was captured on the officer's bodycam — happened in early December when officers were searching a neighborhood for a 40-year-old white woman suspected of attempted murder.

The police department launched an internal investigation soon after the incident, but the results have left local African American leaders disappointed.

“We are dismayed that there would even be the possibility of no disciplinary action on behalf of an officer, especially since the process of investigation and discipline is totally controlled by the Grand Rapids Police Department,” Rev. Jerry Bishop of LifeQuest Ministries told local news station WOOD-TV.

Police Chief David Rahinsky released a statement on Facebook where he discussed the next steps to improve police interactions with the community. Some of those steps include revisiting and improving training and staffing procedures.

After the incident, the community was outraged and expressed their concerns and distrust in the police during a city commission meeting. Hodges' grandmother, Alisa Niemeyer, provided public comment during the meeting stating that it will be difficult to repair her granddaughter's faith in police after what happened to her.

“I’m speaking this evening because we must repair relationships between our community and the Grand Rapids Police Department, she said. “Unfortunately, my granddaughter has lost her innocence because of this incident and that is unacceptable.”

According to local newspaper The Rapidian, Hodges' family and community supporters gathered in front of city hall Tuesday, Dec. 19, to ask the police department to conduct a full internal investigation, collaborate with the officers' union, immediately release all footage of the bodycam video and provide counseling for Hodges and her mother at the city's expense.

"The NAACP of Greater Grand Rapids cannot and will not stand by to watch our children be aggressively and strategically targeted and terrorized by the police sworn to protect them," said Local NAACP President, Cle Jackson.