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Humans Rights Commission and ELPD discuss community policing initiatives, 2020 complaint summary released An East Lansing police car is pictured on July 6th, 2017. — Photo by Jon Famurewa | The State News The East Lansing Human Rights Commission (HRC) held a meeting Feb. 4 with East...

Mount Pleasant COP Officer Rachel Gardinier is leading  Project Blue Heart. To contact her, call 262-664-7942 or email rgardinier@mtpleasantwi.gov. MOUNT PLEASANT — It’s not uncommon for police officers to encounter people who are stranded or homeless, especially in the peak of summer when there’s more travel, and in the middle of winter when vehicles are most likely to break down. Sometimes officers themselves will pay for food or gas to fill up someone’s tank so, at the ...

Three Wisconsin state senators, two Republicans, and one Democrat, have introduced a bipartisan package of pol...

The Seal Beach Police Department is ringing in the New Year by promoting four officers to the ranks of corporal, sergeant, and lieutenant. In September of 2020, the Seal Beach City Council approved a comprehensive Police Department Reorganization Plan. With the approval of this plan, the Seal Beach Police Department was approved to promote two police sergeants to the rank of lieutenant. This restructuring will ensure that patrol officers, including patrol sergeants, will remain in the field and...

Milwaukee’s system of policing has been broken for years. We need to rethink it. //end headline wrapper ?> File photo by Edgar Mendez/NNS. I sat down to write an opinion piece on what characteristics Milwaukee should look for in its next police chief, but before I can get there, I need to reflect. For almost two decades I’ve worked with different communities to advocate for our rights and liberties with local and state governments, the police, commissions and civilian oversight in Milwauke...

Mason Mayor Cory Mason presented the “City of Racine Police Reform Report” to the City Council on Tuesday. That report is the result of monthslong analysis and discussions led by the Mayor’s Task Force on Police Reform, which was formed in June as Mason answered a call from former President Barack Obama for mayors nationwide to look into law enforcement reforms on a local level. Most of the reform the city intended to undertake was put into place during budget discussions, before...

What sounds like community oriented policing will really expand the War on Drugs. By Paul Mozina - Dec 10th, 2020 04:23 pm //end headline wrapper ?> Police Administration Building, 951 N. James Lovell St. Photo by Christopher Hillard. The Common Council must reject the $9.7 million Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) Grant on December 15; otherwise, the Milwaukee Police Department will dedicate 27 veteran officers to Task Forces in the DOJ’s Operation L...