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Michigan is imposing more training requirements for in-service police officers. Previously, there were no statewide policies mandating routine trainings beyond annual firearms handling.
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Offering courses in self-defense has been a staple of MSU’s community education. An update of the program has made it more inclusive and introspective.
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The city of East Lansing’s Independent Police Oversight Commission has now been meeting since November.The group is tasked with reviewing complaints against city police officers, among other duties.
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The plaintiffs in this nearly 10-year-old case are two Black men who — in separate instances as teenagers — were stopped, questioned, photographed and fingerprinted. Neither was ever charged with a crime.
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The plaintiffs in this combined case are two young African Americans who were stopped, photographed and fingerprinted under a city policy that allows police officers to do that when subjects they want to question don’t have IDs.
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The Vera Institute of Justice is working with the Ingham County Prosecutor's Office to analyze data and to recommend policy changes to shrink racial bias.
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Under a law that goes into effect in January 2022, officials can't use common manipulative tactics, including offering leniency or suggesting that incriminating evidence exists, to people under 18.
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A Michigan nonprofit that helps people struggling with narcotics abuse is expanding to 14 law enforcement agencies in Ingham, Eaton and Clinton…
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The Lansing city council has decided not to include a proposed police funding cut in its budget recommendation to the mayor.Councilmembers Brandon Betz…
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Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer called Monday for an end to the use of police chokeholds and limiting no-knock warrants.The recommendations come as states…