Four years ago, Alyshia Dyer stood beneath a black banner that read “NO MASS SURVEILLANCE!” protesting a plan to blanket the Ypsilanti area with automatic license plate readers, greenlit by the county sheriff’s office.
Today, she’s sheriff.
Her journey from organizer and reform advocate to liberal Washtenaw County’s top law enforcement official helps explain both Dyer’s appeal and the challenges that have defined her first year and a half in office…