Michigan State Police

by P.D. Lesko A disgruntled AAPD officer alleged in a 2020 email to Council members that was released to The Ann Arbor Independent as the result of a Freedom of Information Act request, that Ann Arbor Police Chief Michael Cox "cost…

The Ann Arbor Independent Editorial Team This video prepared by MDOT demonstrates how drivers should be using a roundabout. It's not the traffic flow seen in many of Ann Arbor's roundabouts. This is why the Washtenaw County Sheriff's…

MICHIGAN STATE POLICE (MSP) officials last week announced that 56 Michigan public school districts, 15 private schools, 11 charter schools and five sheriff’s departments will get a share of $4 million in funding to boost school safety.…

by P.D. Lesko Washtenaw County Prosecutor Brian Mackie posted to the county's website a 12-page memo explaining his decision not to bring charges against Officer David Ried, a 15-year veteran of the Ann Arbor Police Dept., who shot and…

THE INVESTIGATION INTO the police shooting of Aura Rosser is complete and the Michigan State Police have handed their findings over to the City of Ann Arbor as well as the Washtenaw County Prosecutor’s office. County Prosecutor Mackie will…

Ann Arbor Mayor John Hieftje has a track record of making it up as he goes along, particularly where the issue of crime in the city is concerned. Over the past several months, there have been multiple armed robberies of banks. In…