police and community

It is legal to speak your mind, advocate for yourself or record police activity in most circumstances. Still, attorneys and a former law enforcement officer say there’s no guarantee your rights will be respected in the moment — or that it’s always safe to exercise them.

In a 2023 Gallup poll, 43% of respondents said they have a great deal or quite a lot of confidence in the police - an all-time low. Down from 51% in 2021 and 64% in 2004.

Ypsilanti is facing a hiring crunch, which law enforcement leaders say reflects a broader trend in national and statewide policing.

The city commissioners voted to pause a proposal establishing a three-year contract with the surveillance company, Fusus.

Following the police killing of a young man with schizophrenia several months ago, Michigan Radio collected resources to find support for people in mental health crisis.

Mental health advocate Kevin Fischer describes two very different encounters between his son, Dominique, and the police.

The state's allocated $20 million for law enforcement to develop and enforce new training measures.

The city of Grand Rapids launches a series of public meetings today on police- community relations.The meetings come after a study showed Grand Rapids…