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This week Treasury began sharing information related to the Public Safety Revenue Sharing payments that will be distributed today (May 6). Below is important information about the program. Additional information can be found on Treasury’s website.

For a list of Public Safety Revenue Sharing payments by city, village, and township, click here.

The payments have been processed in the State’s SIGMA system and will be issued on May 6^th and settled in bank accounts on May 7^th. Local units may see the payments as pending in the SIGMA Vendor Self Service (VSS) system.

Overview

For fiscal year (FY) 2026, the legislature authorized the distribution of $42,562,500 ($35,062,500 ongoing funding + $7,500,000 one-time funding) in Public Safety Revenue Sharing payments to cities, villages and townships (2025 Public Act 22, Section 959(1)(b) and Section 992(2)). Payments are based on each local unit’s share of violent crime counts as certified by the Michigan Department of State Police (MDSP) for calendar years 2022, 2023, and 2024.

Distribution Timing

Payments are expected to be distributed in May 2026.

Distribution Calculation

Distributions are calculated by determining the Average Violent Crime Count for each local unit by computing the average of a local unit’s two highest violent crime counts from the three most recent Annual Crime Reports as certified by the MDSP. The averages are then summed for all local units to determine the Statewide Total Violent Crime Count. Next, a Proportional Factor is computed for each local unit by dividing its Average Violent Crime Count by the Statewide Total Violent Crime Count. Then the Distribution Amount is determined for each local unit by multiplying the local unit’s Proportional Factor by the total funds available for distribution.

The maximum payment any local unit may receive is 25% of the total amount available for distribution.

Calculation Formulas:

• Average Violent Crime Count (for a Local Unit) =
  • Sum (local unit’s 2 highest violent crime counts for the three most recent MDSP Annual Crime Reports) / 2
• Statewide Total Violent Crime Counts =
  • Sum (Average Violent Crime Counts for each Local Unit)
• Proportional Factor (for a Local Unit) =
  • Average Violent Crime Count (for a Local Unit) / Statewide Total Violent Crime Count
• Distribution Amount (for a Local Unit) =
  • Proportional Factor (for a Local Unit) X Total Amount Available for Distribution

Crime Data

Violent Crime Counts are based on the 3 most recent annual crime reports published by the MDSP as of October 1, 2025. The violent crime counts are based on the finalized crime data (for counts of murder, rape, robbery, and aggravated assault) that the MDSP received for each local unit for the most recent three calendar years.

The Annual Crime Reports, as certified by MDSP, include only crimes reported by local law enforcement agencies and county sheriff departments. As a result, crimes reported by state, tribal, and railroad law enforcement agencies were excluded, as were those reported by college and university police, airport police, and metropark police. In some local units, the Michigan State Police was the only reporting agency, and those crimes are not included in this report. Cities, villages and townships that did not submit crime data are shown as zero.

Use of Funds – Requirements/Restrictions

Local units must use these funds only for operational or capital expenses that serve the purposes of public safety. At least 75% of the distribution must be used to fund a law enforcement agency or law enforcement officers. Up to 25% of the distribution must be used to fund other non-law-enforcement related public safety purposes, such as:

• Public safety initiatives to improve recruitment or retention efforts
• Training programs
• Equipment purchases
• Programs designed to reduce identified risks to public safety
• Crime diversion programs
• Operational emergency medical or firefighter services
• Capital improvements to public safety buildings/structures

All local public safety initiative expenses must be related to public safety and designed to reduce identified risks to public safety and cannot include unproven intervention solutions to community violence. In addition, these funds cannot be used for any of the following:

• Pension or other post-employee benefit (OPEB) payments
• Lawsuits or claims payments
• Debt service payments
• Acquisition or use of a vehicle weighing more than 15,000 pounds that is designed or used for a tactical police purpose
• Acquisition or use of facial recognition technology
• Acquisition or use of a chemical weapon

Local units may subgrant all or part of their distribution to another local unit as long as the funds are used for public safety purposes and are in compliance with the Use of Funds – Requirements/Restrictions.

Definitions

• “Chemical weapon” means a munition or device that is specifically designed to cause death or other harm through a toxic chemical that would be released as a result of the employment of the munition or device.
• “Facial recognition technology” means an automated or a semiautomated technological process that assists in identifying or verifying an individual based on the individual’s face.
• “Violent crime” means that term as defined by the director of the MDSP in accordance with the department’s incident crime reporting program and the corresponding annual crime reports.
• “Violent crime count” means the number of violent crimes based on victim counts, as certified by the director of the MDSP. When a victim is connected to multiple offenses, the victim is counted under the highest-ranked offense, as defined by the director of the MDSP.
• “Violent crime rate” means the number of crimes per 100,000 people, determined by dividing a particular city, village, or township violent crime count by the population, then multiplying by 100,000 and rounding to the nearest whole number.

Questions?

Additional information can be found on Public Safety Revenue Sharing Webpage.

Please direct all questions to the Revenue Sharing and Grants Division by phone at 517-335-7484 or email at [email protected].

John LaMacchia is the League’s director of state & federal affairs. He can be reached at [email protected] or 517-908-0303.