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Michigan Statutes, Title 28

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Title 28, MICHIGAN STATE POLICE

54 chapters · 335 sections in this title.

All chapters in Title 28335 Ch 372-of-1927, FIREARMS37 Ch 256-of-2011, MICHIGAN FIREWORKS SAFETY ACT23 Ch 59-of-1935, MICHIGAN STATE POLICE20 Ch 203-of-1965, MICHIGAN COMMISSION ON LAW ENFORCEME…19 Ch 295-of-1994, SEX OFFENDERS REGISTRATION ACT19 Ch 537-of-2008, MICHIGAN RETIRED LAW ENFORCEMENT OFF…17 Ch 222-of-1972, STATE PERSONAL IDENTIFICATION CARD14 Ch 289-of-1925, BUREAU OF CRIMINAL IDENTIFICATION AN…12 Ch 23-of-2023, VOLUNTEER EMPLOYEE CRIMINAL HISTORY …11 Ch 319-of-1968, UNIFORM CRIME REPORTING SYSTEM10 Ch 378-of-2004, PUBLIC BODY LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY ACT10 Ch 46-of-2004, PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICERS BENEFIT ACT9 Ch 23-of-2008, ENHANCED DRIVER LICENSE AND ENHANCED…8 Ch 176-of-2012, MOZELLE SENIOR OR VULNERABLE ADULT M…8

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Mich. Comp. Laws § 28.1 Michigan state police; definitions.
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Sec. 1. As employed in this act, the following words or terms shall be understood to mean: (a) The word "commissioner" shall mean commissioner or commanding officer of the Michigan state police. (b) "Acting commissioner" shall mean the acting commissioner or commanding officer of…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 28.12 Trial board; members, powers; powers of commissioner as presiding officer.
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Sec. 12. A trial board to hear charges against officers of the department consisting of the commissioner and 3 officers from among the 10 commissioned officers of the department, senior in service, shall be appointed by the commissioner. The commissioner shall be the presiding of…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 28.12a Injury to person or property caused by negligent operation of motor vehicle by state police officer or employee; reimbursement.
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Sec. 12a. In case of injury to any person, or property damage, or both, caused by the negligent operation of a motor vehicle belonging to the department of state police by an officer or employee of the department of state police, a complaint may be filed with the director of the …
Mich. Comp. Laws § 28.13 Incumbents; continuation; construction of act.

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Sec. 13. Until the governor shall appoint a commissioner as herein provided, the present commissioner of the department of public safety shall continue in office as such commissioner. Nothing herein contained shall be deemed to terminate any commission, appointment, or employment…

Mich. Comp. Laws § 28.14 Disposition of fees.

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Sec. 14. All fees or other moneys received by said Michigan state police shall be forwarded to the state treasurer each month and shall by said treasurer be deposited in the state treasury to be disbursed in such manner and for such purposes as may be provided by law.

Mich. Comp. Laws § 28.15 Biennial report of commissioner to governor.

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Sec. 15. On or before the first day of January of each year in which a regular session of the legislature is held, the commissioner shall make and file with the governor a report covering the preceding biennial period, covering the activities of the department and the receipts an…

Mich. Comp. Laws § 28.16 Firearms safety program; public service announcements; “weapon free school zones” defined; availability of program and public service announcements.

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Sec. 16. (1) The department shall establish and maintain a firearms safety program to educate children about the dangerous nature and safe handling of firearms. The department shall make the program available to local school districts. (2) The department shall produce or arrange …

Mich. Comp. Laws § 28.2 Michigan state police; creation; director, appointment, salary, oath of office, location of department.

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Sec. 2. There is created a department of the state government which shall be known and designated as the Michigan state police, which shall consist of a director as its executive head, and of such officers and employees as may be appointed or employed in such department. The dire…

Mich. Comp. Laws § 28.3 Acting commissioner; designation, compensation, length of service.

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Sec. 3. The commissioner may appoint or designate 3 officers from among the 10 highest ranking commissioned officers of the department to serve in the order of precedence, as named, as acting commissioner in his absence from the aforesaid office, during his illness and/or during …

Mich. Comp. Laws § 28.4 Uniformed personnel and detective personnel; organization; highway patrol; classification of department members as officers and civilian employees; qualifications of officers; oath of office; hearing; dismissal.

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Sec. 4. (1) The department shall consist of uniformed personnel and detective personnel, organized in divisions, bureaus, or branches as established by law or by the director in his or her discretion. (2) The director shall establish a highway patrol consisting of not fewer than …

Mich. Comp. Laws § 28.5a Disposal of firearms.

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Sec. 5a. (1) Beginning on the effective date of the amendatory act that added this section, the department shall dispose of all firearms that are purchased by a municipality under a gun buyback program and turned over to the department. (2) The department shall dispose of all fir…

Mich. Comp. Laws § 28.6 Commissioner and officers; powers and duties generally.

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Sec. 6. (1) The commissioner and each officer of the department are vested with the powers of a conservator of the peace. They may also apply to any judicial officer of the state for the issuance of search warrants, warrants of arrest or any other criminal process, or orders nece…

Mich. Comp. Laws § 28.6a Conservation officers; appointment by commissioner as state police officers.

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Sec. 6a. The commissioner is hereby authorized, with the approval of the director of conservation and the governor, to appoint any conservation officer as a special state police officer, who shall be vested with the powers of an officer of the state police, and who shall in his c…

Mich. Comp. Laws § 28.6c Limited arrest powers for certain security personnel; authorization; exercise; rescission; firearms; exclusion of security personnel from pension, accident, and disability plan.

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Sec. 6c. (1) The director may authorize, in writing, on forms prescribed by the director or his or her designee, limited arrest powers for security personnel employed by the state for the protection of state owned or leased property and facilities. Limited arrest authority may be…

Mich. Comp. Laws § 28.6d Motor carrier enforcement; appointment of officers with limited arrest powers; firearms; circumstances permitting arrest without warrant; officer not entitled to membership in state police pension, accident, and disability plan or similar program.

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Sec. 6d. (1) The director may appoint officers with limited arrest powers for motor carrier enforcement. Such officers shall be officers of the motor carrier enforcement division of the department and shall have all powers conferred upon peace officers for the purpose of enforcin…

Mich. Comp. Laws § 28.6e Law enforcement officer of Michigan Indian tribal police force; appointment; compensation; participation in pension or insurance plan; definitions.

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Sec. 6e. (1) The director may appoint a law enforcement officer of a Michigan Indian tribal police force to act as a police officer for a Michigan Indian tribe upon Indian country of the tribe. (2) The department of state police and the director are not liable for the acts of a l…

Mich. Comp. Laws § 28.7 Duties of director.

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Sec. 7. The director shall provide the officers of the department with suitable uniforms, arms, equipment, quarters, and other articles necessary, and also the expense and means of travel and boarding them, if necessary. The director shall establish and maintain local headquarter…

Mich. Comp. Laws § 28.7b Quarters and boarding.

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Sec. 7b. A person enlisting in the department after the effective date of this amendatory act shall not be furnished quarters and boarding on a permanent basis.

Mich. Comp. Laws § 28.8 Officers; grades; powers and duties; transportation of officers and civilian employees.

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Sec. 8. The grades and duties of the officers of the department are colonel, lieutenant colonel, major, captain, inspector, lieutenant, sergeant, trooper, and recruit. The officers may carry arms either openly or concealed. Every member of the department is subject to orders at a…

Mich. Comp. Laws § 28.9 Rules and regulations of department adopted by commissioner.

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Sec. 9. The commissioner shall make and adopt rules and regulations for the direction, control, discipline and conduct of the members of said department, for promotion on the basis of seniority of service, qualifications being equal, of the officers of the department, for the fil…