Study Committee on an Independent Police Oversight Commission

The purpose of the Study Committee on an Independent Police Oversight Commission was to study and make recommendations to the East Lansing City Council on the establishment of an independent police review board/commission.  

Study Committee Finalizes Report & Recommendations for City Council

Following seven months of discussion, research and community outreach, the East Lansing Study Committee on an Independent Police Oversight Commission finalized its Report on East Lansing Policing and National Models of Community Police Oversight (PDF) and Recommendations for an Ordinance to Create an Independent Police Oversight Commission (PDF).

Members

• Cedrick Heraux
• Chris Root, Vice Chair
• Chuck Grigsby, Chair
• Erick Williams
• Helen Josephson
• Kathy Boyle
• Kelli Ellsworth Etchison
• Noel Garcia Jr.
• Quentin Tyler
• Sharron Reed-Davis
• Sadé Callwood

City Staff

• Council Liaison: Mayor Ron Bacon
• Staff Resources
  • City Manager George Lahanas 
  • Police Chief Kim Johnson
  • ELPD Administrative Assistant Diane Shafer
  • Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Director Elaine Hardy