Who polices the trail?
Member communities typically include public safety assistance to deter vandalism and motorized use of the trail as part of their police protection budgets. Bicycle patrols and mounted units, which are already used in some communities, could perform this service. The trail would probably be closed after dark. The cost of policing is nominal because crime on trails is virtually unknown. Efforts to brand trails as crime sites have had to search nationwide over a period of several years to find even a handful of reported crimes. Compare that to the number of crimes reported on any given day in Macomb County at non-trail sites.
