(Photo: Candice Williams) James David Dickson and Candice Williams, The Detroit News A veteran Hazel Park police officer is facing a federal lawsuit from a woman who says she was spied on after her fiance’s cellphone was seized by authorities. Megan Pearce, a dispatcher for the Warren Police Department, filed the suit Tuesday against Michael […]
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New legislation would allow soldiers to transfer parenting time while away
A new bill in the house (Bill 5536) Sponsored by Hank Vaupel & the Senate (Bill 0882) Sponsored by Joe Hune. Legislation would allow soldiers to transfer parenting time while away By: Lee Dryden in The MiLW Blog April 22, 2016 A bill would allow a parent on active military duty to petition the court […]
New law creates drunk driving headache
By: Livingston Daily reporter Lisa Roose-Church (Photo: GILLIS BENEDICT/LIVINGSTON DAILY) Lawmakers call it a simple error that will soon be fixed, but changes in wording regarding field sobriety tests for impaired drivers have frustrated Michigan police and prosecutors. In some counties, the change in the state statute regarding field sobriety tests has led judges to […]
‘Towing ball’ traffic stop case heard by Michigan Supreme Court
By Mark Tower mlive.com on November 05, 2015 at 1:25 PM, LANSING, MI — If something hanging behind your license plate obscures it from the view of a police officer driving behind you, is that reason enough to pull you over? A precedent-setting case out of Muskegon County dealing with that question came before the […]