Citizen Portal
Sign In

Get Full Government Meeting Transcripts, Videos, & Alerts Forever!

Michigan State Police brief committee on services, labs, recruitment and victim-advocate expansion

2539096 · February 19, 2025
AI-Generated Content: All content on this page was generated by AI to highlight key points from the meeting. For complete details and context, we recommend watching the full video. so we can fix them.

Summary

Michigan State Police sergeants presented an overview of bureau structure and services, discussed forensic lab timing, recruit-school changes, victim-advocate expansion request and the Okay to Say tipline, and answered lawmakers’ questions about nonlethal tools and forensic backlogs.

Sergeant Christina Droste and Sergeant Travis Fletcher of the Michigan State Police briefed the House Judiciary Committee on Jan. 30 about MSP organization, services and data the department can provide to lawmakers. "A lot of times when people look at the state police, they think all we do is stop people on the side of the road. That simply is just not true," Droste said, describing bureaus that include Field Services, Professional Development, State Services and Information Technology.

Droste and Fletcher highlighted multiple MSP functions lawmakers may rely on for policy work: aviation, K-9, investigative task forces, a state…

Already have an account? Log in

Subscribe to keep reading

Unlock the rest of this article — and every article on Citizen Portal.

  • Unlimited articles
  • AI-powered breakdowns of topics, speakers, decisions, and budgets
  • Instant alerts when your location has a new meeting
  • Follow topics and more locations
  • 1,000 AI Insights / month, plus AI Chat
30-day money-back on paid plans