Anyone remember that old TV sit-com “Night Court?”
Well the City of Davison hosted its rendition of night court last week. Judge John Conover has done this before and the local police departments love it. 
What some people do not realize is that some people go through the court system and get adjudicated, then they don’t follow up and show up for sentencing or fill their community service hours. Then a warrant is issued for them to return to court.
These warrants sit in our files until they are pulled over for running a stop sign or speeding or some other police contact. When a police officer runs the name in the police 
computer the warrant comes up and then they go before a judge.
The problem with that is it takes a chance meeting between the police and the offender. What Night Courts allow is for police to go through their files and find addresses to where these people live. Then they go to their homes at night (when most people are at home) and scoop them up so they can speak with the judge.
As the Flint Journal reported, area police officers brought 42 people wanted on 61 outstanding warrants. This has been a productive way to keep our files cleared out and also allow people an opportunity to see the judge at a different time than during the day, because obviously day time hours is not good for these people to return to court as they were suppose to.