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Board authorizes sheriff's secondary road patrol grant, commissioners question data sources
Summary
The board approved a grant to fund deputies who perform secondary road patrol and complex crash investigation. Commissioners asked for prior deployment data and raised privacy concerns about third-party aggregate traffic data (Urban SDK) used to target enforcement.
Washtenaw County commissioners approved a resolution authorizing a grant to fund two deputies assigned to secondary road patrol and traffic-accident investigation.
Lieutenant Kratzenberg explained the program: two positions are funded by the grant (with a third traffic deputy funded by Ypsilanti Township). The deputies focus on crash reconstruction and serious-injury investigations and are deployed to non-contracted or…
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