Legislation would make police body camera footage unavailable to the public
A bill has been introduced in the Michigan Legislature that would exempt from public disclosure video and audio footage recorded by police body cameras. Senate Bill 634, sponsored by Sen. Rick Jones (R-Grand Ledge), would amend the state’s Freedom of Information Act to exempt certain audio and video footage from being made public. Jones has said he introduced SB 634 on Dec. 3 because a policy needs to be in place to protect the privacy of individuals. According to the senator
Police ‘Knock-and-Talk’ Procedure Upheld by Michigan Appeals Court
A “knock-and-talk” procedure used by law enforcement, which led to a search of the defendants’ homes and the seizure of marijuana butter, did not violate the defendants’ constitutional rights, the Michigan Court of Appeals has ruled in a 2-1 decision. In People v. Frederick and People v. Van Doorne, the defendants had medical marijuana cards and had obtained marijuana butter. When executing a search warrant at the defendants’ homes, narcotics officers knocked, waited a few mi
15 minutes: The waiting game
Michigan Law requires that prior to the administration of a Datamaster test officers must monitor the person submitting to the test for the 15 minutes prior to the datamaster administration. A datamaster is a test that is often times administered at the jail after an individual has been arrested for Operating Under the Influence of Liquor. While Datamaster results are admissible in any civil or criminal case, the admissibility is not absolute. Datamaster results are admisi