The Lansing Branch of the NAACP is raising concerns about proposed changes to the City of East Lansing’s police union contract, saying the revisions would undermine independent oversight and reduce transparency.
The civil rights organization says the proposals would weaken the authority of East Lansing’s Independent Police Oversight Commission by delaying its ability to investigate or recommend discipline until after internal police reviews are completed.
“How can an oversight commission work if they don’t have access to information and they don’t have the ability to fully understand issues that are going on in the community between the police and the community?” said Harold A. Pope, president of the NAACP Lansing Branch…