Grand Rapids Police Department

Grand Rapids City Commission unanimously approved a $546 million budget for the upcoming fiscal year Thursday.The new budget includes a $700,000 increase…

City commissioners in Grand Rapids were once again flooded with calls last night from people upset with the city’s police department.This time, callers to…

“Can we just get back to normal?”Grand Rapids mayor Rosalynn Bliss posed the question Tuesday afternoon during a very abnormal state of the city address.…

People protested in Grand Rapids Friday, two days after Kentucky officials announced no murder charges for police officers who shot and killed Breonna…

Grand Rapids has seen more homicides so far this year than it did in all of 2019. That’s prompted the Grand Rapids Police Department to propose a gun…

City leaders in Grand Rapids say they’re not yet ready to talk about ways to defund the police department.Instead, the focus is on a new strategic plan…

The Grand Rapids Police Department has released a draft of a new strategic plan after many in the community called for defunding the department.The plan…

After hearing more than four hours worth of comments from the public and debating amongst themselves past midnight, Grand Rapids city commissioners did…

Grand Rapids police officer unions are pushing back on calls to defund the department.Three city commissioners in Grand Rapids have already said they…

The death of George Floyd in Minneapolis prompted large protests in Grand Rapids. But Grand Rapids has its own history of troubling interactions between…