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YPD will save jobs by assigning another officer to LAWNET

Undercover task force funded through drug forfeiture funds, government grants

With Ypsilanti budget deficits skyrocketing in 2011, the city planned to cut eight officers from the Ypsilanti Police Department on July 1.

However, YPD will be able to save two jobs by assigning an additional officer to a multi-jurisdictional task force known as the Livingston and Washtenaw Narcotics Enforcement Team.

Currently, YPD already has one officer working with the task force, who will stay on through 2011.

Read the rest of this story at: YpsiCiti.com.