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| Michigan to beef up parole oversight |
| By detroitnews.com - Chad Livengood |
| Published: 03/07/2012 |
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Lansing— Gov. Rick Snyder will announce plans today to put seven state parole officers in Detroit, Flint, Pontiac and Saginaw in an effort to help police agencies in Michigan's most crime-ridden cities fight escalating violence. The governor will unveil the initiative during a special address this morning on public safety at Flint City Hall, Snyder spokeswoman Geralyn Lasher told The Detroit News. The "enhanced parole supervision" initiative is among $15 million in public safety programs Snyder will propose, including $4.5 million for Flint to reopen its city jail and relieve the overcrowded Genesee County Jail and improve the state's forensics lab to speed up criminal investigations, according to the governor's office. Embedded parole officers will work with police agencies in the four cities with the goal of reducing recidivism and catching fugitives, Lasher said. Starting April 1, four parole officers will be embedded in Detroit Police Department units on the city's east side, where city, state and federal officials have recently launched a crackdown on a rash of violence, said Russ Marlan, spokesman for the Michigan Department of Corrections. Flint, Saginaw and the Oakland County Sheriff's Office's Pontiac substation will each get one parole officer to help identify absconders who are violating the terms of their release from prison, Marlan said. "If there's a violent offense or a shooting or a crime, we're in the mix from the start, researching information we have from our folks," Marlan said. Snyder's office and law enforcement officials hope to bridge the communication gap by teaming parole agents with officers on the street, Detroit Police Chief Ralph Godbee Jr. said. "The governor just doesn't want to throw money willy-nilly at the problem and is kind of looking for solutions," Godbee said. Detroit, Flint, Pontiac and Saginaw are on the FBI's top 10 list for violent crime rates for cities with at least 50,000 residents. Read More. |
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