MACOMB TOWNSHIP, MI -- Macomb County Assistant Prosecutor Steve Fox received a civil infraction after forgetting a jacket, zipped up within which was a concealed handgun, at Cheyenne Elementary School in Macomb Township where his children attend, the Macomb Daily News reports.

Fox, who forgot the jacket about 7 p.m. March 3 while picking up his son -- it was discovered by a janitor about midnight -- paid $600 in fines and costs last week, according to the Macomb Daily, and told the media company he was "extremely embarrassed."

Michigan law says concealed pistol license holders may be armed inside public schools, but weapons must be displayed openly.

The first violation is a civil infraction carries a fine of up to $500.

"The court shall order the individual's license to carry a concealed pistol suspended for 6 months," the law states.

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The law that allows people to openly carry firearms in schools led to a public debate in Ann Arbor recently.

Last week, a man carried a pistol into Ann Arbor's Pioneer High School during a choir concert, igniting a controversy that led the school board to pass a resolution requesting state legislators change the law.

Related: Legal open carry rare in Ann Arbor schools

Cox ran for a Macomb County judgeship last November but lost to Judge James Maceroni.

According to his candidacy information page, Fox has worked at the Macomb County Prosecutor's Office since 2005.