Detroit Police

Detroit Police Department Chief James White will be the new president and CEO of the Detroit Wayne Integrated Health Network.

It is legal to speak your mind, advocate for yourself or record police activity in most circumstances. Still, attorneys and a former law enforcement officer say there’s no guarantee your rights will be respected in the moment — or that it’s always safe to exercise them.

The Detroit Free Press says Detroit police officers conducted mass surveillance of hundreds of people involved in protests for years. Detroit Police Chief James White says the department does not do that, and any officers involved in such activity will be held accountable.

The ACLU of Michigan says it’s reached a landmark legal settlement with the Detroit Police Department over the department’s use of facial recognition technology.

Detroit Police received more than 15,000 mental health-related calls last year, and dealing with individuals in crisis is now a major component of policing, Chief James White told Mayor Mike Duggan on Mackinac Island this week.

This is the second installment of a two-part series about the lingering repercussions of Detroit's rape kit backlog. It examines how Terance Calhoun's wrongful imprisonment for a serial rapist's crimes ended up claiming multiple victims.

This is the first of a two-part series about the lingering effects of Detroit's rape kit backlog. Here, one survivor tells her story of working with investigators years after her assault.

Opening day for the Detroit Tigers, the calming effects of picking up trash, remembering the life and legacy of John Sinclair with a longtime friend of his, and how Detroit authorities are ramping up safety measures in preparation for the NFL Draft later this month.

Terance Calhoun was exonerated in 2022 after an investigation revealed that the confession underpinning his conviction was likely a false one.

Detroit Police say crime in the city dropped last year, with the fewest homicides the city has seen since the 1960s. But that number doesn’t account for population.