LANSING -- A proposal by Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette and a group of law enforcement officials to put 1,000 additional cops on Michigan streets and thousands more violent criminals behind bars got a cool reception Wednesday from some of the elected officials who would have to authorize the funding.

Schuette and Detroit Police Chief Ralph Godbee Jr., speaking at a morning news conference, called on Gov. Rick Snyder and the Legislature to spend $100 million of a projected state surplus to hire the new cops, and an unspecified additional amount to jail violent repeat offenders for at least 25 years. Schuette said improving public safety was vital for Michigan to sustain an economic recovery.

"In Michigan there has been, for too long, too much fear and not enough cops on the beat ... not enough safety," he said.

But Snyder and legislative leaders cautioned against additional spending that might not be sustainable.

Senate Majority Leader Randy Richardville, R-Monroe, said he had not been briefed on Schuette's proposal, but it would have to be weighed against other needs, like public schools and long-term debt. A spokesman for House Speaker Jase Bolger, R-Marshall, echoed those sentiments.