The city council approved the property transfer, giving operations control of the facility to the police department.

Summer tends to be violent, but Detroit Police Chief Todd Bettison said his department will do everything it can to prevent that fate.

Detroit — Following a July 4 holiday weekend in which six juveniles were shot, Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan stood with Detroit ...

The Detroit Board of Police Commissioners has been steeped in controversy since its first meetings nearly 49 years ago. Detroit is one of seven Michigan cities with citizen oversight boards, along ...

Police routinely used violent force against blacks in the U.S. before the 1940s, primarily as a means of preserving segregation in cities.

Retired Detroit police sergeant reflects on making history as first woman on patrol 51 years ago Retired DPD Sergeant Shirley Joyner joined the force in 1974 ...

In Detroit, 1 in 5 residents (19%) cited public safety as the biggest issue facing the city, second only to education, named by 23%. On a list of eight concerns, police reform ranked last, at 4%.

Detroit Police Chief Todd Bettison led his first Walk a Mile Wednesday of the summer on the city's east side, continuing a tradition started by his predecessor former Chief James White in 2021.

Moments in American history, from Ford's $5-a-day wage to Martin Luther King Jr.'s first version of his 'dream' speech, emerged from Detroit.

A first-of-its-kind investigation by the Free Press raises questions whether 10 nonfatal Detroit police shootings were justifiable.

An off-duty Detroit police officer who was "asking for suicide by cop" was shot dead after he shot and injured two fellow officers, authorities said.