02/06/2026
NEWS RELEASE: No Legionella Detected at the Jail, Courthouse Tower and Little Oaks Child Development Center
- Follow-up investigative testing results for the Sheriff’s Administration Building (38 East) had two low-level positive results.
- The negative results validate that Oakland County’s proactive remediation efforts and expanded testing are working.
- Oakland County has invested more than $600,000 in Legionella remediation and preventive measures.
The latest round of routine Legionella testing returned “non-detect” results for the bacteria in all sampled locations at the Oakland County Jail and Little Oaks Child Development Center. In addition, follow-up investigative testing at the Oakland County Circuit Court Tower also yielded non-detect results for Legionella at all sampled locations. Further follow-up testing at the Sheriff’s Administration Building (38 East) showed two positive tests at very low levels.
These results affirm Oakland County’s proactive and vigorous preventive measures against the bacteria are effective.
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