Crime

Michigan’s attorney general is signing onto another multi-state lawsuit against the Trump administration. This time, it’s over new U.S. Department of Justice requirements for states and groups that receive funding from the federal Victims of Crime Act. Colin Jackson reports.

Washtenaw County is seeing positive trends in public safety across the board. That's according to the latest figures coming out of the Sheriff’s Office. WEMU’s Kevin Meerschaert reports.

Current Ypsilanti Police Chief Tim Anderson took the reins from former Chief Kirk Moore who retired earlier this year after just two years in the role. WEMU’s Caroline MacGregor recently sat down with Anderson to talk about his goals for the community moving forward, as well as police morale after several years of upheaval in the department.

Corrections departments across the country are seeing an increase in the use of contraband cell phones and, subsequently, a direct correlation to an increase in organized crimes in prisons. WEMU’s Caroline MacGregor chats with MDOC Director Heidi Washington about calls for state legislation to pass signal jamming technology to detect and disrupt contraband cell phone use in correctional facilities.

Washtenaw County authorities are currently investigating a scene at Ann Arbor Township after a body was discovered in the local woods. WEMU’s Ana Longoria has the details.

A spokesperson for the pro–Palestinian TAHRIR Coalition claims the Michigan Attorney General’s office is targeting pro-Palestinian protestors. WEMU’s Caroline MacGregor reports.

The Michigan Department of Attorney General, Dana Nessel, along with the pro-Palestinian TAHRIR Coalition, has released more information regarding FBI and local law enforcement raids on five Coalition members. WEMU’s Ana Longoria has the details.

Public safety legislation was the focus of a roundtable with the Michigan House Speaker, Detroit mayor, and southeast Michigan law enforcement Monday. Colin Jackson has more.

A student participating in Washtenaw Educational Options Consortium's Early College Alliance (ECA) high school program at Eastern Michigan University is facing sexual assault allegations. WEMU’s Ana Longoria has more.

The Washtenaw and Livingston County Commissioners are fighting over a resolution involving undocumented immigrants. WEMU’s Kevin Meerschaert reports.