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New ELPD chief Jeff Murphy reflects on time in East Lansing

January 26, 2016

ELPD Chief Jeff Murphy was appointed as Chief of East Lansing Police after serving as interim chief.

He is a family man with two families — the family he goes home to every night and the ones in uniform. For 29 years Jeff Murphy has called the East Lansing Police Department home, and after 29 years of effort and a multitude of jobs within the department he now leads that second family.

On Jan. 14, Murphy was named chief of police, a job for those who know the ins and outs of the police world. He said he will set out to create a community based on communication, trust and respect. He knows nearly everyone in the department and knows which people will thrive in specific roles. He’s gotten this far, yet he never had any ambition to be chief. 

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