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A recent bill of more than $544,000 the Michigan State Police wants to charge the ACLU for documents regarding the use of devices that can extract information from cell phones during traffic stops is not an isolated incident, according to Michigan Public Radio.
MPR also interviewed Communications Specialist Kathy Hoekstra about her 2009 FOIA request to the State Police for documents pertaining to Homeland Security grants that was met with a bill for nearly $7 million.
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