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Residents urge Harper Woods to restore animal control and to limit police vehicle staging at library

Harper Woods City Council · December 5, 2025
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Summary

During public comment residents asked the council to reinstate the Charter Committee, restore animal-control services after recent encounters with loose dogs, and to discourage staging of armored police vehicles in the library parking lot, which patrons said is creating fear and blocking library parking.

Several Harper Woods residents used the public-comment period at the Dec. 1 council meeting to press officials on animal-control services and library operations.

Terry Williams, a 26-year resident, said the city currently has no animal control and described a recent incident in which neighbors captured a loose dog only to be told by…

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