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Flint police describe staffing gains, reactivated investigations unit and camera rollouts during budget hearing
Summary
At a Flint City Council budget hearing, police leaders outlined recent hires, the reactivation of a Special Investigations Unit and partnerships with county and university agencies while residents pressed officials over Neighborhood Safety Officer staffing and enforcement of blight laws.
Flint — Flint Police Department leaders told the City Council at a special budget hearing that recent hiring and reorganized investigative resources have improved capacity but that staffing and enforcement challenges remain.
Police officials detailed efforts to fill vacancies, reactivated a Special Investigations Unit (SIU) March 1 and described law-enforcement partnerships with the Genesee County Sheriff—s Office and University of Michigan–Flint public safety office. Chief Green told the council the department has moved to increase detectives and patrol staffing and that some hiring and reclassification efforts have already begun.
The matters surfaced during a public budget hearing held by the Flint City Council; council members and residents pressed police staff for specifics on Neighborhood Safety Officers (NSOs), enforcement of blight ordinances and use of funds seized in criminal investigations.
Why it matters: Police staffing and the NSO program are central to daily public-safety service and to neighborhood quality-of-life issues council members said drive economic development and resident retention.
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