LANSING, Mich. (Michigan News Source) — Michigan State Police have started sending all trooper-involved shootings to the Attorney General’s Office for review, bypassing county prosecutors who say they weren’t consulted and are being excluded from cases they’ve long handled.

The new directive, issued by MSP Director Col. James Grady in November, requires all use-of-force cases involving state troopers — including shootings and certain criminal allegations — to be sent to Attorney General Dana Nessel’s office instead of local prosecutors.

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The change breaks from decades of protocol, where county prosecutors handled such cases and referred them to the AG only in limited situations.

The pushback became public this week after Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy and Kent County Prosecutor Chris Becker criticized the move in interviews on June 3, calling it a power grab and a break from long-standing procedure.

“It’s insulting,” Worthy said. “I don’t intend to take this lying down.”

Becker said he only learned the policy was active when MSP pulled a live case from his office in April. “It was done kind of unilaterally,” he said.

Grady’s office maintains the change will ensure consistent reviews, and Nessel backs the move as a step toward statewide standards and transparency.

No legal challenge to the policy has been filed.