Public Safety

Washtenaw County Sheriff Alyshia Dyer ran into a buzzsaw on Wednesday while addressing County Commissioners about her office’s budget and transparency. WEMU’s Kevin Meerschaert has the story.

The Ypsilanti City Council passed a new $53 million budget Wednesday morning while able to protect recycling and youth programs. WEMU’s Kevin Meerschaert reports.

More than 50 protestors gathered at the site in downtown Ann Arbor, where, earlier this week, a wheelchair-bound man was killed by an oncoming vehicle. WEMU’s Ana Longoria reports.

Voters in Pittsfield Township approved a pair of millage increases on Tuesday. WEMU’s Kevin Meerschaert has the story.

Protestors will gather tonight in downtown Ann Arbor to call for sweeping street crossing reforms. WEMU’s Ana Longoria has the details.

Pittsfield Township residents head to the polls Tuesday to vote on a pair of millage increases for parks and public safety. WEMU’s Kevin Meerschaert reports.

Residents in Pittsfield Township and the Dexter Community Schools District are deciding ballot issues on Tuesday.

Corrections departments across the country are seeing an increase in the use of contraband cell phones and, subsequently, a direct correlation to an increase in organized crimes in prisons. WEMU’s Caroline MacGregor chats with MDOC Director Heidi Washington about calls for state legislation to pass signal jamming technology to detect and disrupt contraband cell phone use in correctional facilities.

Ann Arbor is starting to crack down on people who illegally block bike lanes. WEMU’s Kevin Meerschaert has this report.

Public safety legislation was the focus of a roundtable with the Michigan House Speaker, Detroit mayor, and southeast Michigan law enforcement Monday. Colin Jackson has more.