Sheriff Alyshia Dyer attended Dexter City Council’s Sept. 22 meeting to update the council on the progress made during her current term, which began in January of this year.
“Some of our big things that we’re focusing on is staffing,” Dyer said. “We recognize that that’s been a problem for a number of years since the pandemic, and after it’s just been harder to hire law enforcement. We made a number of really positive changes to our training and HR division. So we’re actually seeing a lot more local people apply. We’re sending people to the Academy for sponsorships. We just had five graduate from Washtenaw’s academy, and then we have three graduating from Schoolcraft.”
According to the Sheriff’s report, in August of 2025 the department responded to 169 calls in Dexter, the largest percentage of which was made up of miscellaneous traffic complaints. During the meeting, councilmember Wa-Louisa Hubbard mentioned concerns about speeding in local areas…