7/25/13 - After months of negotiations, Tyrone Township has a new contract for dedicated road patrols from the Livingston County Sheriffâs Department. Tyrone and Hartland Townships maintained a contract with the sheriffâs department for road patrols for more than 30 years as a way to deter crime and improve response times to local incidents. In March they canceled the contract, claiming that it did not provide enough benefit to justify the cost, and attempted to renegotiate the terms. The county had already been subsidizing the cost of the deputies by about 30%. Tyrone Township officials recently approved a new two-year agreement for dedicated road patrols. The cost for the patrols is roughly the same. However, unlike the previous agreement which had a deputy on patrol through the two townships around-the-clock, the new agreement keeps a patrol on the roads for eight hours a day, seven days a week. The specific hours that will be patrolled were determined by examining the 911 dispatch data for peak hours of activity. The details of the agreement are being hammered out, and the patrols will begin on August 5th. Hartland has no contract for dedicated road patrols and must rely on basic sheriffâs department coverage. (TD)
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