Public safety committee advances SRO application, training grant, radio surcharge and emergency plans

The Eaton County Public Safety Committee on Feb. 6 approved a set of agreements and grant actions including a memorandum of agreement to pursue a state-funded school resource officer at Olivet University, an application for a Bureau of Justice Assistance fiscal year 2025 training grant to buy a virtual-reality training system for the sheriff’s office, a recommendation to keep the county’s radio surcharge at $1.65 per month, and adoption of a set of emergency management plan documents and a separate memorandum of agreement for the Integrated Public Alert and Warning System.

The matters were presented by Eaton County law-enforcement and emergency management staff and moved through the committee with brief discussion and recorded motions. Committee members voted to advance each item; the transcript records motions as carried but does not include a full roll-call tally for each vote.

Olivet University SRO grant: The sheriff’s office said Olivet University has asked the county to provide a school resource officer under a state grant that would begin, if awarded and accepted, in August. The sheriff’s office described the grant as intended to cover wages and related costs; a figure of about $400,000 for a broader campus…