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Bay City's police and fire departments will merge

Michigan Radio Newsroom — Tue, 04 Dec 2012 19:52:05 +0000

In Bay City, police officers are being trained to fight fires.

That’s after the city’s commission voted to merge the police and fire departments into one Public Safety Department on Monday.

The move means police officers will fight fires in addition to their normal duties.

Fourteen of the city’s 44 full-time firefighters will be laid off.

Rising pension costs may sink plans to hire more cops in Lansing

Steve Carmody — Tue, 15 May 2012 01:34:29 +0000

Rising pension costs may throw a monkey wrench into the city of Lansing’s plans to hire police officers next year.

Lansing’s mayor proposed using money from a special public safety millage to rehire nine laid off police officers. But the mayor’s office released a draft report Monday which says the city will have to come up with nearly two million dollars next year to cover rising police and fire pension costs.