Detroit city officials, MI House speaker promote public safety legislation

SoutheastMichiganlawenforcement,DetroitCityofficials,andsomeMichiganlawmakerscalledMondayforthepassageofbillstocreateanewpublicsafetyandviolencepreventionfund.TheyspokeduringaroundtableeventinDetroit. Thebi-partisansponsoredbillswouldtakeaportionofsalestaxmoneyandputittowardcommunitiesforviolencereductiongoals. Packageco-sponsorstateRepresentativeAlabasFarhat(D-Dearborn)saidpoliceandcommunityviolenceinterventiongroupsurgentlyneedthatmoney. “Thelongerwewait,themorelikelyhomicidesandpeoplewilldie.It’sthatsimple.Wegivethefolksthatareinthisroomthemoneytheyneed,ourCVIgroupshere,they’regoingtodisruptthecrime.Wegivethemoneytoourcopsoverhere,they’regoingtodisruptthecrimes,they’regoingtomakesureneighborhoodsaresafe,”Farhatsaid. RepublicanMichiganHouseleadershipsaysitplanstovoteonthebillsnextmonthandsendthepackageovertotheDemocratic-ledMichiganSenate. TheSenateOK’danearlierversionofthebillslastl