Public Safety

Ananich Offers Plan For More Police
Ananich Offers Plan For More Police
Ananich Offers Plan For More Police
State Representative Jim Ananich (D-Flint) offered a proposal to put 1,000 more police on the job during a House Appropriations Committee Hearing yesterday. The plan would invest $140 million over two years and direct the bulk of funding to communities with higher crime rates and are under financial review or currently have a financial manager...
Snyder’s FY 2013 Budget Attempts to Address Public Safety
Snyder’s FY 2013 Budget Attempts to Address Public Safety
Snyder’s FY 2013 Budget Attempts to Address Public Safety
In the Wall Street Journal's article, Michigan Takes On Its Deadly Cities, it was argued that the fight to make Michigan's most troubled cities safer  "promises to be tougher" for Governor Rick Snyder who today presented his fiscal year 2013 state budget and attempts to address public safety in it. Public safety is one of five priorities targeted by the governor for "strategic inves
Ananich Pushes Plan For More Police
Ananich Pushes Plan For More Police
Ananich Pushes Plan For More Police
State Representative Jim Ananich (D-Flint) announced today that he is working on legislation that would put at least a thousand more police on the job in Michigan. Ananich, agrees with recent suggestions by Attorney General Bill Schuette, that a substantial portion of additional funding the state has available should be used to help keep our communities safe...