Section 6: Public Act 319 of 1968

UNIFORM CRIME REPORTING SYSTEM, ACT 319 of 1968
AN ACT to provide a uniform crime reporting system; to provide for the submitting of such report to the department of state police; to require submission of the report by certain police agencies; to require the reporting on wanted persons and stolen vehicles; to require the reporting of information regarding certain persons and unidentified bodies of deceased persons; to prescribe certain powers and duties of law enforcement agencies; and to vest the director of the department of state police with certain authority. History: 1968, Act 319, Imd. Eff. July 3, 1968 ;-- Am. 1985, Act 204, Eff. Mar. 1, 1986

28.251 Uniform crime reports; duties of police departments to file, contents.
Sec. 1. The police department of each city or village, any duly constituted police department of a township, and the sheriff's department of each county,
once each month upon a date and form prescribed and furnished by the director of the department of state police, shall forward to the department of state police a crime report. Each reporting department shall report only on cases within its jurisdiction and upon which it is making, or has made, the primary police investigation. The report shall be called the uniform crime report and shall cover crimes reported and otherwise processed during the month preceding the month of the report. It shall contain the number and nature of offenses committed, the disposition of such offenses and such other information as the director of state police shall specify relating to the method, frequency, cause and prevention of crime. Under no circumstances shall the name of any person be reported. History: 1968, Act 319, Imd. Eff. July 3, 1968.

28.252 Compilation of monthly uniform crime reports; use.
Sec. 2. Upon receipt of the monthly uniform crime reports from the reporting agencies, the department of state police shall prepare a statewide compilation of the statistics contained therein and the resulting statistical compilation shall be available to any governmental law enforcement agency in the state, the judiciary committees of the Michigan state senate and the Michigan state house of representatives, and the federal bureau of investigation, upon request. The statistics made available through the uniform crime report shall be used for the purpose of studying the causes, trends and effects of crime in this state and for intelligence upon which to base a more sound program of crime detection and prevention and the apprehension of criminals. History: 1968, Act 319, Imd. Eff. July 3, 1968.

28.253 Voluntary crime reports; inclusion in compilation.
Sec. 3. Any governmental police agency, not falling within the description of those required to submit the monthly uniform crime report set forth in section 1, which desires to submit such a report, shall be furnished with the proper forms by the department of state police. When a report is received by the department of state police from a governmental police agency not required to make such report, the information contained therein shall be included within the monthly compilation provided for in section 2. History: 1968, Act 319, Imd. Eff. July 3, 1968.

28.254 Reports of wanted persons and stolen vehicles.
Sec. 4. The chief of police of each city or village and of each township having a police department, and the sheriff of each county within this state, shall report to the department of state police, in a manner prescribed by the department, all persons wanted by, and all vehicles stolen from, their primary police jurisdictions. The report shall be made as soon as is practical after the investigating department either ascertains that a vehicle is stolen or obtains a warrant for an individual's arrest or determines that they have reasonable grounds to believe that the individual committed a crime. In no case shall this time exceed 12 hours after the reporting agency determines that it has grounds to believe that a vehicle was stolen or that the wanted person should be arrested. History: 1968, Act 319, Imd. Eff. July 3, 1968.

28.255 Reports of apprehension or recovery.
Sec. 5. When at any time after making a report required by section 4, it is determined by the reporting agency that a person is no longer wanted because of his apprehension, or any other factor, and when a vehicle reported stolen under section 4 is recovered, the chief of police or sheriff of the reporting agency shall immediately notify the department of state police in a manner prescribed by the department. History: 1968, Act 319, Imd. Eff. July 3, 1968.

28.256 Inapplicability of act as to traffic misdemeanors.
Sec. 6. The provisions of this act do not apply to misdemeanor traffic cases or to persons wanted for misdemeanor traffic offenses, or for the violation of any city, village or township ordinance. The provisions of this act shall not be construed to in any way affect existing or future laws and procedures governing the reporting of persons wanted for traffic law violations or for the violation of city, village or township ordinances. History: 1968, Act 319, Imd. Eff. July 3, 1968.

28.257 Domestic violence incidents; report to state police; contents.
Sec. 7. The chief of police of each city or village, the chief of police of each township having a police department, and the sheriff of each county within this state shall report to the department of state police, in a manner prescribed by the department, the following information related to domestic violence incidents:
(a) The number of assaults reported that involve an adult and a minor and the disposition of those offenses.
(b) The number of assaults reported that involve either 2 male adults or 2 female adults and the disposition of those offenses.
(c) The number of assaults reported that involve 1 male adult and 1 female adult and the disposition of those offenses.
(d) The number of crimes reported that involve an individual and his or her spouse, his or her former spouse, an individual with whom he or she has had a child in common, an individual with whom he or she has or has had a dating relationship, or an individual who resides or has resided in the same household; and the disposition of those offenses. As used in this subdivision, "dating relationship" means that term as defined in section 2950 of the revised judicature act of 1961, 1961 PA 236, MCL 600.2950.
(e) Other statistics the director of the department of state police considers necessary to obtain accurate and reliable data on the incidence of domestic violence in this state. History: Add. 1978, Act 319, Imd. Eff. July 10, 1978 ;-- Am. 2001, Act 191, Eff. Oct. 1, 2002.

28.257a Crimes motivated by prejudice or bias; report.
Sec. 7a. The chief of police of each city or village, the chief of police of each township having a police department, and the sheriff of each county within this state shall report to the department of state police, in a manner prescribed by the department, information specified under section 1 related to crimes motivated by prejudice or bias based upon race, ethnic origin, religion, gender, or sexual orientation. History: Add. 1991, Act 172, Eff. Mar. 30, 1992

28.258, Sec. 8. DOES NOT APPLY TO UCR