- Michigan State Police is enhancing the role of community service troopers (CST)
- MSP says it created 18 full-time positions for CST’s to focus on community engagement in order to build trust and dispel negative stigmas about police
- Video shows MSP director explaining the goal of the role and one Lansing neighbors thoughts on police
Michigan State Police announced Thursday that its community service trooper (CST) role will now become full-time positions.
MSP Director Col. James Grady said in a conference at MSP headquarters in Dimondale that 18 full-time positions will be established to provide public speaking, teaching and engagement opportunities for schools and community organizations.
PHOTO: A GROUP OF COMMUNITY SERVICE TROOPERS POSE AS COL. JAMES BRADY DELIVERS NEWS OF 18 CST POSITIONS BEING CREATED
Daniel Valle “[Our job is] not only to write tickets and make arrests but it’s also to educate the public,” Grady said.
Trooper Nate Dillon, a CST for MSP District 1 which includes Lansing, says he still faces the negative stigmas that police encounter.