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Oversight commissioner tells East Lansing council not to curtail police-oversight powers
Summary
A member of the East Lansing Independent Police Oversight Commission urged the City Council to preserve the commission's ability to pursue transparency and accountability after recent negotiations that the commenter said reduced the commission's authority; a council member said legal advice guided the changes.
Robert Etcheson, who identified himself as a commissioner with the East Lansing Independent Police Oversight Commission but spoke as an individual, told the City Council on June 3 that he was concerned the council is negotiating away the commission’s authority to pursue transparency and accountability.
“If the city council is no longer supportive of this commission, then it should display the courage to dissolve it,” Etcheson said, adding that the commission’s “primary function…is transparency and…
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