SPECIAL ELI REPORTING
Police Oversight Commission Hears Presentation on Biases in Emergency Calls
When should law enforcement decide not to respond to a 911 call?
Tensions Persist Over Library Director’s Calling Police on Wrongly-Identified Black Teen
This week’s East Lansing Library Board of Trustees meeting was dominated by discussion of the Jan. 11 incident.
EL Deputy Police Chief Resigns, Naming ‘Unethical Leadership’ in City Government (UPDATED)
Interim director of human resources also gives notice joining a wave of people leaving city jobs.
Why Did the Fights Really Abate at East Lansing’s High School?
ELPS administrators and Black parents and mentors paint differing pictures of the easing tensions.
The Latest on the City of East Lansing’s Finances
What’s going on with the city’s pension debt, property values, the cost of staffing and the income tax? And why might a single lawsuit throw everything out of whack this year?
IN THE COMMUNITY
Photographers Bring Enthusiasm and Passion to Studio 34
New downtown EL business will allow creative duo to share their artistic skills.
ELPD Seeks Information in Fatal Car Crash (Updated)
The crash at the intersection of Lake Lansing Road and Coolidge Road left two dead and six hospitalized.
Citizen Petition Leads to Police Oversight Commission Hearing on Use of Force and Deescalation
People experiencing behavioral health or mental health crises make up a “significant portion” of police use of force incidents in East Lansing.
Local Clergy Reject Michigan GOP’s Holocaust Comparison on Gun Control
Reached for comment, Norm Shinkle, co-chair of the Ingham County Republican Party, told ELi what’s happening in Michigan is “unbelievable.”
ELi Won’t Be Publishing This Week
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