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Saginaw community police announced already-in-motion plans to train citizen volunteers

Saginaw News

SAGINAW, Mich. — Saginaw neighborhood associations are crossing into a new realm of crime prevention.

Saginaw community police announced already-in-motion plans to train citizen volunteers within nine regions throughout the city to assist police with two, four-hour joint patrols each week.

It’ll be “similar to what we do during Arson Watch,” Saginaw Community Police Officer Jeffrey Madaj said. “From two or four volunteer with each group citizens would be our eyes and ears” patrolling their neighborhoods for “crime in progress or a suspicious situation.”

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