The East Lansing Police Department and city’s police oversight commission are continuing to work through disagreements about the extent to which a new contract between a police union and the city keeps information hidden from the commission and the public.
At the Wednesday, July 9 East Lansing Independent Police Oversight Commission (ELIPOC) meeting, commissioners said they received a notification from Police Chief Jen Brown stating that three complaints involving possible policy violations had been filed during the second quarter of 2025, and that ELIPOC members will receive the complaint summaries once the investigations are closed.
The notification of the three complaints during Quarter 2 was the first the commission had heard of any of them. Brown’s message said the process is in line with the new police contract. Commissioners disagreed…