For more than half of the 2024–25 academic year, the University of Michigan’s Police Department Oversight Committee , a major campus accountability body, was effectively dormant, unable to review complaints or monitor police activity. The six-member committee, which must include two students, two faculty members and two staff members, did not achieve quorum until late January due to delays in appointing members under the purview of University administration.

Under Michigan Public Act 120 of 1990 , which grants campus police the same authority as state police within University grounds, universities operating a police force are required to maintain a functioning oversight committee. While the law mandates that such a body exist, it does not specify a minimum number of meetings. Accord

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