Michigan
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Licensing Law Tracker
Michigan licenses professional investigator agencies through the Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs under the Professional Investigator Licensure Act. There is no licensing board and no administrative rules for the profession.
Full Michigan page: every change, its sources, and what has not changed (1 entry).
Collection agency exemption bill pending in committee
Would amend the Act’s list of exemptions (MCL 338.824) to revise its references to collection agencies. It takes effect only if House Bill 4887, which would change collection agency licensing under the Occupational Code, is also enacted. Both bills were…
Officer Certification Tracker
Michigan licenses law enforcement officers through the Michigan Commission on Law Enforcement Standards (MCOLES), which must revoke a license for fraud or listed crimes. No law or rule on officer licensing changed from 2023 to 2026. MCOLES started an annual continuing education program in 2024, and a 2025 reorganization order made the Civil Rights director’s seat on the commission ex officio.
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Civil Rights director’s MCOLES seat made ex officio
The order says the commission member who serves under section 1(1), the director of the Department of Civil Rights, “shall serve in an ex officio capacity.” That is the only new element. The order also restates rules that already applied under E.R.O.…
MCOLES continuing education: 12 hours in 2024, then 24 hours a year
2024: 12 hours, with at least 4 on ethics in policing and interpersonal relations. 2025: 24 hours, with at least 8 on mental health crisis. 2026: 24 hours, with at least 8 on tactical operations; officers who have not yet completed the active violence…
Forensic Science Tracker
Michigan has no forensic science commission or analyst license, and no crime lab accreditation statute was found. From 2023 through October 2026 the State ended the DNA assessment for juveniles and, in its budgets, barred public safety revenue-sharing money from paying for facial recognition technology.
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Revenue-sharing money may not pay for facial recognition
In two budget acts, public safety revenue-sharing distributions to cities, villages, townships, and counties “must not be used for … the acquisition or use of facial recognition technology,” defined as an automated or semiautomated process that helps…
No DNA assessment for juveniles
MCL 28.176(5) now says the $60 DNA assessment does not apply to a juvenile, or the juvenile’s parent, guardian, or legal custodian, under family division jurisdiction. The other changes are style only. Collection of juvenile DNA is unchanged.
Last updated October 19, 2026Source: United States Council for Law & Investigation