Detroit Police

Detroit Police officers have responded to over 16,000 mental health calls this year. That’s more than 40 a day on average.

Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy says the evidence showed the bailiff acted in “lawful self-defense and defense of others,” but that the shooting shows the need for crisis intervention teams.

The dashboard has data going back to 2012. It shows the number of civilian complaints, the nature of those complaints, and demographic data.

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.