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IPOC members say monthly use-of-force reports were stripped of officer names; council hears legal constraint explanation
Summary
Members of the East Lansing Independent Police Oversight Commission and other speakers told council the department quietly began providing monthly response-to-resistance reports without officer names after the city's collective bargaining agreement changes. City staff and the chief cited labor and city attorney guidance limiting public release.
Members of the East Lansing Independent Police Oversight Commission told the City Council Oct. 7 that monthly "response-to-resistance" (use-of-force) reports they had previously received with officer names are now being delivered without names and labelled confidential.
Why it matters: Commission members said the ordinance that created the Commission requires monthly reports and that removing officer names and treating the reports as confidential impedes oversight and…
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