Public Health and Safety

$50M raise for public safety

10 Feb 2012

Lansing — In addition to education and transportation investments, Gov. Rick Snyder said public safety is a priority in his 2013 budget proposal presented Thursday.

Public safety gets boost in Michigan budget plan

9 Feb 2012

Michigan's depleted law enforcement ranks would get a financial boost with a budget plan laid out Thursday by Gov. Rick Snyder, an attempt at reversing steady declines in officer numbers over the past decade.

State's new public safety plan targets drug abuse, violent crime

9 Feb 2012

State officials are touting a new comprehensive "public safety action plan" being implemented now as the best chance yet at making significant reductions to Tennessee's rates of violent crime and drug abuse.