Articles by Heather Brothers:

• Visible Divergence in Community Concerns About Policing in East Lansing, 04 Oct 2022
• Council Majority Tells AG Dana Nessel to Drop Charges Against VanAtten, 23 Sep 2022
• Police Oversight Commission Pushes City Council to Take a Stand on AG Charges Against VanAtten, 13 Sep 2022
• Oversight Commission Requests ELPD Release Meijer Shooting Footage Within a Week, 29 Apr 2022
• Discussion of Complaints and Use of Force Pushed Again as Police Oversight Commission Focuses on Data Collection, Administrative Tasks, 16 Mar 2022
• Police Oversight Commission Moves To Ensure Public Access To Police Oversight Information, 16 Feb 2022
• ELPD Promises Robust Cooperation, Commission Wrangles with Logistics, 16 Dec 2021
• Police Oversight Commission Debates Relationship with ELPD, Use of Force Reports at First Meeting, 09 Nov 2021
• Debate Over Command Officers’ Contract Splits Council in 4-1 Vote, 21 Oct 2021
• Council Appoints Police Oversight Commission. Who Are the 11 Members?, 08 Oct 2021
• EL Library Workers Rally, Press Trustees to Hear Their Side of Contract Dispute, 27 Sep 2021
• Construction Continues at ELPL Amid Concerns About Increasing Costs, 24 Sep 2021
• Only East Lansing’s Mayor and Williamstown’s Supervisor Refused to Join Sheriff’s Rebuke of Prosecutor, 17 Sep 2021
• City Council Says ‘No’ To Signing Off On Sheriff’s Rebuke of Prosecutor, 16 Sep 2021
• ELPD Participating in Training Focused on Intervention and Accountability, 14 Sep 2021
• Who applied to be on the Independent Police Oversight Commission?, 26 Aug 2021
• City Council and ELPD Reticent on Newly Announced Prosecutorial Changes, 30 Jul 2021
• Council Approves Independent ELPD Oversight Commission, “Fair and Impartial Policing” Contract, 15 Jul 2021
• Confidential Information? Subpoena Power? City Council Plans for Police Oversight, 17 Jun 2021
• Study Committee on Police Oversight Present Report and Recommendations to City Council, 11 Jun 2021
• Formal Recommendations for Police Oversight Commission Will be Presented to Council Today, 08 Jun 2021
• It’s Official: East Lansing City Council Will Create an Independent Police Oversight Commission, 28 May 2021
• “Breach of Research Ethics” in East Lansing Survey on Policing Perspectives, 24 May 2021
• Tensions Rise Over City Manager’s Office Withholding Results of Survey on East Lansing Policing, 17 Apr 2021
• School Board Member Calls East Lansing “A Sundown Town” as New Data Shows High Use of Force by Police Against Blacks, 09 Feb 2021
• East Lansing’s Black Residents Are Three Times As Likely to Be Stopped by ELPD as White Residents, 05 Feb 2021
• Reopening, Repairing, and Restructuring the ELPL, 04 Feb 2021
• Moving Toward Recommendation, Study Committee Learns Limitations of Prosecutorial Power in Ingham County, 01 Feb 2021
• Rundown of Meetings from This Past Week, 23 Jan 2021
• ‘Police Policing the Police’: Study Committee Frets Over Limits of Oversight, 17 Dec 2020
• Presentations to Police Study Committee Outline ELPD Complaints, ‘Uphill Struggle’ for Transparency, 09 Dec 2020
• Arts Commission Concerned about Local Businesses and the Arts During Pandemic, 27 Nov 2020
• Police Oversight Study Committee Forms Subcommittees, Discusses Transparency Frustrations, 11 Nov 2020
• ‘Race and Ethnicity’ Reports from ELPD Concern Study Committee, 02 Nov 2020
• Police Oversight Study Committee Yet to Approve Work Plan After 2nd Meeting, 28 Oct 2020
• Mixed Bag for MSU Game Day as Several Students Face Fines, Restorative Justice Program, 26 Oct 2020
• Multiple Public Art Projects Coming to East Lansing, 22 Oct 2020
• “Cooped” Up Inside? These Friends Help You Get Out!, 19 Oct 2020
• Ask ELi: How is East Lansing’s recycling handled now? Is a recycling sorting center coming to the area?, 28 Sep 2020
• “Parklets” and Outdoor Art Installations Coming to Downtown East Lansing, 21 Sep 2020