City Council and ELPD Reticent on Newly Announced Prosecutorial Changes
Several Ingham County police chiefs objected to Ingham County Prosecutor Carol Siemon's changes to traffic stop protocol. ELPD has not made clear how the changes...
Council Approves Independent ELPD Oversight Commission, “Fair and Impartial Policing” Contract
Council unanimously voted in favor of establishing an independent police oversight commission but engaged in a heated debate over other policing issues before approving...
Confidential Information? Subpoena Power? City Council Plans for Police Oversight
East Lansing's City Council is moving quickly to adopt a plan for citizen oversight of ELPD that will largely reflect what the Study Committee has recommended. What...
Study Committee on Police Oversight Present Report and Recommendations to City Council
Representatives from the committee, including the chair and vice chair, presented the nearly 250-page document that includes a report and recommendations for an...
Formal Recommendations for Police Oversight Commission Will be Presented to Council Today
East Lansing's Study Committee on an Independent Police Oversight Commission will present its findings and recommendations to City Council today. Heather Brothers...
It’s Official: East Lansing City Council Will Create an Independent Police Oversight Commission
A press release from the City suggests Council will definitely establish an Independent Police Oversight Commission. But what might that look like? ELi's Heather...
“Breach of Research Ethics” in East Lansing Survey on Policing Perspectives
A recent study of East Lansing residents’ attitudes on policing said it included 51 African American and/or Black respondents, but Dr. Cedrick Heraux discovered...
Tensions Rise Over City Manager’s Office Withholding Results of Survey on East Lansing Policing
“The posture that is being taken tonight from the City Manager, to me, seems indicative of what’s to come for an oversight commission in how difficult things...
School Board Member Calls East Lansing “A Sundown Town” as New Data Shows High Use of Force by Police Against Blacks
In the last four years, ELPD has used force against more Black people than white people, while whites in the population well outnumber Blacks. The City Manager's...
East Lansing’s Black Residents Are Three Times As Likely to Be Stopped by ELPD as White Residents
ELPD Chief Kim Johnson calls the situation “unacceptable” and says he is determined to “take all necessary corrective actions within our agency” if further...