Issue Position: Public Safety

Issue Position

One of the most basic roles of government is ensuring the safety of the public. Police officers, firefighters, and EMS workers are vital to our communities. To keep our communities safe, I will work tirelessly to ensure proper revenue sharing is in place to keep police and first responders on our streets.

Michigan currently spends over 20% of state general-fund dollars (or just under $2 billion dollars) on our prisons. This is unacceptable and must be dealt with. We must improve programs that reduce long-term prison populations. These include quality mental health care, substance abuse programs, and programs for youth offenders. We can stem the long-term flow of prisoners into our jails.

We must also look at mandatory sentencing laws and examine their effect on our prison population.

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