The overhaul of safety at Michigan schools takes effect this spring after state lawmakers last year sought to intensify emergency response requirements and prevent threats of violence. Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signed off on a slew of safety-related measures Wednesday,

Over the past 24 hours, troopers from the Grand Rapids post handled 83 crashes in Ottawa, Muskegon and Kent counties.

State police in 2024 acknowledged that a previous disposal method destroyed only the frame or receiver of the firearm. A private company was recycling and selling the other parts.

HB 6144, 6145, and 6146 deals with any gun buyback programs, ordering the Michigan State Police to destroy all firearms that was purchased during one of those sessions. The Associated Press reports that MSP acknowledged its previous disposal method only destroyed parts of the firearm.

Gov. Whitmer added her signature to bills to require gun buyback programs to completely destroy firearms and that create new school safety policies.

According to a complaint filed with the State Board of Ethics, both the director of the Michigan State Police, Col. James Grady, and his chief deputy, Lt. Col. Aimee Brimacombe, improperly received nearly $20,

A Michigan Court of Appeals ruling, around the time of the MSP raid of Hongrui, interpreted the state’s Michigan Regulation and Taxation of Marihuana Act to eliminate felony charges on grower operations, legal or illegal, of any size.

The Michigan State Police (MSP) has acquired its first electric patrol vehicle, joining a growing number of police departments utilizing electric vehicles.

KENT COUNTY, MI – A pair of Michigan State Police patrol vehicles were struck in West Michigan caused by slick road conditions. The two cruisers were hit before noon on Monday, Jan. 20, while troopers assisted motorists on the snow-covered highways.

LANSING, Mich. — Michigan's Speaker of the House announced a series of steps to cut down on violent crime across the state. Rep. Matt Hall was joined by sheriffs, police chiefs and prosecutors from around the state during a news conference Wednesday.

While announcing the new chair of the House Judiciary Committee on Wednesday, Michigan House Speaker Matt Hall (R-Richland Twp.) preemptively quashed conversations on several criminal justice reform bills,

Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer has signed legislation requiring state police to completely destroy guns collected during community buybacks. The previous method only destroyed firearm frames, allowing other parts to be recycled.