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- Patricia Heyden, author of "Behind the badge : the history of the Lansing Police Department," gives a lengthy overview of the Lansing Police from the city's first charter in 1859 up to the present. Heyden is interviewed by Ron Onufer, an employee of the City of Lansing.
- Date Issued:
- 1995-03-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Retired Lansing Police Chief Jerry Mills discusses his career and experiences in an interview with retired Lansing Police Officers James Gleason and John Assiff. Mills discusses the relationship between officer education and training, civil unrest during the 1960's, his involvement in the formation of the Lansing chapter of the Fraternal Order of Police, and his time as head of the Lansing Police Department Helicopter unit.
- Date Issued:
- 2008-06-26T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Retired Lansing Police Chief Jerry Mills discusses his career and experiences in an interview with retired Lansing Police Officers James Gleason and John Assiff. Mills discusses the relationship between officer education and training, civil unrest during the 1960's, his involvement in the formation of the Lansing chapter of the Fraternal Order of Police, and his time as head of the Lansing Police Department Helicopter unit.
- Date Issued:
- 2008-06-26T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Part 1: Michigan Supreme Court Justice John B. Swainson discusses his educational background, serving in all three branches of Michigan government, his election to the Michigan Supreme Court in 1970, and his first case on the Court, People vs. Jondreau, which dealt with Native American fishing rights. Swainson also talks about the Joe Smeekens case, his colleague Justice Gene Black, the ramifications of Roe vs. Wade in Michigan, the issue of compensation for lawyers when representing indigent clients, and the famous marijuana possession case of political activist and White Panther Party founder, John Sinclair. Swainson notes that the stated date of the interview is incorrect and that the actual date is October 18. Part 2: Michigan Supreme Court Justice John B. Swainson discusses "Parochi-Aid" school funding, billboard restrictions, drug prosecutions, the case of People vs. Matish, the Detroit Police Officers' Association vs. City of Detroit and his involvement with their arbitration after his court term, the election of judges, the geographic dispersal of judges, the impact of the creation of the Michigan Court of Appeals in 1964, and televising trials. He also talks about the importance of preserving judicial history, the career of William A. Fletcher, the first Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, the portraits of former Justices, and his view of the function of the judiciary in the state of Michigan.
- Date Created:
- 1990-10-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- Interviews with Michigan State Supreme Court Justices
- Description:
- Patricia Heyden, author of "Behind the badge : the history of the Lansing Police Department," gives a lengthy overview of the Lansing Police from the city's first charter in 1859 up to the present. Heyden is interviewed by Ron Onufer, an employee of the City of Lansing.
- Date Issued:
- 1995-03-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection