In May 2016 the Detroit City Council approved a $5.2 million plan to equip 1,500 Detroit police officers with body cameras and add 450 cameras in police cars. The plan calls for the integration of all the new equipment and has been called one of…
If you’ve been charged with operating while intoxicated (OWI), you face the possibility of severe penalties including fines, jail time, revoked driving privileges, increased auto insurance premiums, and the costs of litigating your case. Fortunately, you may be able to avoid all or some of…
For many Michiganders, no New Year’s or Fourth of July celebration is complete without a raucous display of fireworks. Unfortunately, not everyone appreciates the festivities. If you were cited for making too much noise after permitted hours or using New Year’s fireworks in an illegal…
After pressure from the ACLU, the Michigan State Police this summer revamped its policies on how race is recorded at traffic stops. Previously, officers did not systematically record the race of people they pulled over. Many traffic stop reports simply recorded the subject’s race as…
Michigan’s cash bail system may get overhauled. Michigan Supreme Court Justice Bridget Mary McCormack is leading an informal working group to consider reforms to the state’s pretrial release system. The working group, which includes judges, state justice department officials, and several advocacy organizations, is looking…