Genesee County Sheriff uses work detail to distribute filters in Flint
FLINT, MI – Genesee County Sheriff Robert Pickell took to the streets on the north side of Flint Thursday morning as part of a water filter distribution to residents.
Pickell was joined by more than a dozen reserve officers from the Genesee County Sheriff's Office, detectives, paramedics and a work detail of people sentenced to community service as they picked up water and filters stored at the Food Bank of Eastern Michigan and the Genesee County Community Action Resource Department, or GCARD.
"We went door to door with the filters, replacement filters, water," said Pickell, while discussing why he chose to organize the outing in Flint neighborhoods.
"We have babies that are getting brain damage. You can't just sit around and talk about it. You've got to get off your (butt) and do something," he said. "I don't think there's any higher calling for community service than an emergency declaration."
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