County Commissioner, District 12· 2025-01-01 to 2028-12-31 (per MCL 46.410 subsection 2, text read: 4-year term begins January 1 following the 2024 election; current-term start, first-office day unsourced; end December 31, 2028)
Christine Long
Oakland County
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Voice
- Meetings spoken in
- 9
- Total speaking time
- 20:32
- Avg per meeting
- 2:17
- Segments
- 295
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Top issues during term (20)(Public Safety)
Sheriff's Office grants and task force agreements
Grant funding and federal overtime reimbursement cover the programs rather than county general funds.
ICE Enforcement on County Property
Speakers requested $50,000 for legal aid and $100,000 for food insecurity; no funding was adopted.
Flock surveillance data breach
The Flock contract is worth roughly $2.5 million; a $150,000 legal aid/food aid package for immigrant families remains pending.
Court and victim services grants
Grant amounts aren't listed in the agenda; most are state or federal pass-through funding.
Whistleblower Protection Policy
Immigrant legal aid and food assistance requests
$150,000 requested for legal aid and food assistance remains unfunded.
Human trafficking enforcement record
Continued county investment in the task force, prosecutor's trafficking division, and sheriff's investigations.
Northern border helicopter patrol funding
Federal grant of $2.1 million covers the program with no direct hit to county taxpayers noted.
Early voting transportation access
Behavioral Health and Justice Liaison
The liaison's costs are handled through OCHN invoicing the county, with the position funded in the Prosecutor's budget.
Next Generation 9-1-1 agreements
Not specified in the agenda materials.
Byrne grant ICE-reporting language
Grants total over $4 million combined, including $2.1 million for the helicopter patrol and $1.03 million for CLEMIS.
County data breach response
January community education and awareness event
Gun violence awareness and community violence intervention
$7,300 from the Safer Communities Fund's regranting line item.
Gun safe lockers at Oakland Schools Technical Campus
$5,720 from the Safer Communities Fund.
Countywide drone policy
Restricts use of $1,079,898 in federal grant funds; no new county cost.
County funding for Planned Parenthood health services
Up to $1.5 million from county funds through August 2028.
Public Works Building update
Flock Surveillance Technology and Immigration Enforcement Concerns
Speakers requested $50,000 for immigrant legal aid and $100,000 for food assistance; they also sought cancellation of the Flock contract.
Decisions during term (0)
Recorded while Long was in office — not necessarily decisions they moved, spoke to, or voted on.
No decisions found matching Public Safety.
Voting record (0)(Public Safety)
No votes found matching Public Safety.