Lansing, MI – Michigan State Representative Bronna Kahle is supporting a $250 million plan to support public safety personnel and better protect the people they serve – including an out-of-state recruitment plan to address an officer shortage at local law enforcement agencies.
The supplemental budget plan – focused on recruitment and retention, community outreach and equipment upgrades – builds upon an $80 million preliminary plan approved by the House in May.
The initiative under consideration in the House includes $57.5 million for a ‘Move to Michigan’ recruitment plan to help local departments hire officers now working in other states. The plan ensures officers moving to Michigan will keep retirement benefits they’ve already earned in other states.
Other incentives include covering the cost of hunting and fishing licenses and recreation passports for one year.
House Bill 5522 remains under consideration in the Appropriations Committee.
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