A suggestion on how the Washtenaw County Sheriff’s Office can save money in its new budget is stirring up controversy.
Sheriff Alyshia Dyer pushed back on cost-saving ideas from Washtenaw County commissioners that would cut mandatory overtime for corrections officers by increasing jail lockdowns during a Nov. 19 budget meeting.
The commission is letting Dyer figure out how she can cut $1.3 million from the budget. However, jail food and medical dollars will be withheld from the sheriff’s budget and stored in the general fund until the sheriff’s plan can be reviewed by the county finance department…