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DDA’s $899K Downtown Ambassador Program: Policing Visitors and Merchants

The Ann Arbor Independent Editorial Team Mar 2, 2015 0

Criticism of the Downtown Ambassador proposal has been sharp. Comments from the public included in the FOIA response to The A2 Indy about the Ambassador program range from mild to spicy. by P.D. Lesko THE BOARD OF the Ann Arbor…

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Police, Fire, Parks, Millage Funds & Pools Dinged By City’s IT Fund For Millions In Assessments While IT Projects Remained Uncompleted

The Ann Arbor Independent Editorial Team Oct 13, 2013 0

MAYOR HIEFTJE HAS repeatedly told the public that the cost of police and fire service is a strain on the city’s budget. In a 2012 interview he said this about the city’s safety services budget, “...All the water has been wrung out of the…

Mayor & Police Chief’s Longtime Claims That “Crime Is Down” Bogus? AAPD Sources Reveal Crime Reports Not Filed & Allege Crimes Misclassified

The Ann Arbor Independent Editorial Team Aug 8, 2011 6

A2PNotes: This is filed under "Scoops & Scores" because you read it here first. In answer to how often the officers on Ann Arbor's police department simply skip the step of filing official police reports, a source within the AAPD told…

The Politics of Policing: Crime Up In Ann Arbor

The Ann Arbor Independent Editorial Team Mar 28, 2011 5

Ann Arbor Mayor John Hieftje has a track record of making it up as he goes along, particularly where the issue of crime in the city is concerned. Over the past several months, there have been multiple armed robberies of banks. In…