Detroit News: “The state police would lose about $66 million in funding and lose 433 positions.”
LANSING — Michigan House Republicans are proposing disastrous cuts to the State Police in their budget proposal, which includes cutting more than $66 million in law enforcement funding and eliminating more than 400 positions.
With House Republicans proposing to defund state police, do the Republican candidates for governor — John James, Aric Nesbitt, Tom Leonard, Mike Cox, and Karla Wagner — support these extreme cuts?
House Republicans want to defund the State Police and make our communities and roads less safe — but Michiganders deserve to know if the Republican candidates for governor support these extreme cuts to law enforcement.
Read more on the extreme Republican cuts to State Police here:
- Detroit News: “The state police would lose about $66 million in funding and lose 433 positions.”
- Detroit Free Press: “The House budget includes major cuts to the state health department, the Michigan State Police, and the Attorney General’s Office.”
- MLive: “The Republican budget would cut 775 full-time employees from corrections and 433 full-time employees from the state police budget.”
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