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LISTEN: On Beaver Island, concerns over increased traffic stops

Beaver Island is home to about 600 year round residents. In recent months, those residents have reported frustrations with police conduct. (Photo: Patrick Shea / Interlochen Public Radio.)
Beaver Island is home to about 600 year round residents. In recent months, those residents have reported frustrations with police conduct. (Photo: Patrick Shea / Interlochen Public Radio.)

Last week, IPR’s Patrick Shea produced an audio postcardfrom St. Patrick’s Day on Beaver Island. Behind the scenes of those celebrations were growing concerns about a change in police presence on the island.

Patrick Shea sat down with All Things Considered host Max Copeland to recap a public meeting on the issue.

Audio from the meeting came from WVBI, the island’s community radio station. The station posted the meeting in its entirety here.

Patrick Shea was a natural resources reporter at Interlochen Public Radio. Before joining IPR, he worked a variety of jobs in conservation, forestry, prescribed fire and trail work. He earned a degree in natural resources from Northland College in Ashland, Wisconsin, and his interest in reporting grew as he studied environmental journalism at the University of Montana's graduate school.