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Residents and advocates defend Sheriff Alicia Dyer at Washtenaw County meeting
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Dozens of residents and advocacy groups urged the Washtenaw County Board of Commissioners to stop public attacks on newly elected Sheriff Alicia Dyer and to work with her office, citing her trauma-informed approach and urging restorative processes.
Dozens of residents and community-group representatives told the Washtenaw County Board of Commissioners on Dec. 3 that elected officials should stop berating Sheriff Alicia Dyer and should instead support her stated reforms.
Public speakers — including Laura Sanders, a Dexter Township trustee, Brenda Anderson and Beth Kennedy from Ann Arbor Indivisible, and several Ypsilanti and county residents — described a pattern of public comments they said were demeaning to Dyer. "We elected her because she has a more holistic vision," Laura Sanders said, describing the…
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