Detroit Police Start Effort To Improve Physical Fitness, Boost Morale
As the program gears up, DPD staff will form teams that will compete against each other throughout next year to see which precinct can become the healthiest.
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As the program gears up, DPD staff will form teams that will compete against each other throughout next year to see which precinct can become the healthiest.
Mayor Mike Duggan announced a plan Monday that would raise starting pay by 13 percent to $36,000 and give 4 percent raises to officers with at least five years on the job.
While conducting a drug raid on the city's west side, a Detroit police officer was shot on Saturday morning.
Chief James Craig says the charges reflect a "dark day for the department."
A couple of people were handcuffed after a wild fight broke out on campus over the weekend.
Authorities have recovered the weapon but are still searching for the suspect who fired multiple shots at police officers on Detroit's east side.
A policy requiring officers to be frisked before entering the state-run Detroit Detention Center has been met with resistance from the city's police force.
"Initially, he believed that maybe he was fired upon..."
"Detroit is going to be a national leader in deploying body cameras," Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan said.
The Detroit Police Department now has a bigger, badder and better SWAT vehicle.
The chief wants to put an end to other cities "raiding" his department to staff their own ranks.
Police tell WWJ, one woman accidentally "bumped" another woman as the DDOT bus was stopped along Rosa Parks Blvd Wednesday afternoon when the stabbing took place.
Some personal property was stolen and the home was ransacked.
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No bigger than a lipstick tube, the cameras are meant to record an officer's-eye view at all times.
The city of Detroit is moving ahead with plans to equip all police officers with body cameras and make sure every patrol car has a working dashcam.
Detroit police are looking for one of their undercover cars that has apparently been stolen.
"People in the LGBT community often don't report crimes because there traditionally has not been a strong relationship with police," Craig said. "We want to change that."
A teenager who was locked up for nearly 40 days in a dispute over a snowball has filed a lawsuit against the Detroit school district after a judge dismissed the criminal case.
The Detroit Police Department is suffering from its worst manpower shortage in nearly a century.
In happened Thursday afternoon, near I-96 and Wyoming on the city's west side
Police say they're looking for exceptional community members to serve as the department's "eyes and ears" during this weekend's big events.
Detroit Police Chief James Craig is defending his department's request to extend a citywide curfew for kids ahead of the upcoming River Days festival and fireworks downtown.
Gas stations were checked and inspected for blight, loitering, narcotic activity and related violations, while warrant sweeps were conducted in surrounding communities.
Detroit's top cop has no plans to leave town anytime soon.
