DER Weekends: Hamtramck gets new Muslim, Arab police chief

  On the latest episode of Detroit Evening Report Weekends, WDET’s Nargis Rahman spoke with Jamiel Altaheri who becomes Hamtramck's...

Jury awards $10 million to man who was wrongly convicted of murder

DETROIT (AP) — A jury awarded $10 million to a Detroit-area man who spent nearly six years in prison for...

How police departments can improve community relations and reduce crime

It’s been two and a half years since George Floyd was murdered by a police officer, prompting millions to flood...

Tracked and Traced: Does ShotSpotter prevent violent crime in Detroit?

Listen and subscribe to Tracked and Traced: Apple Podcast — Spotify — NPR — Stitcher — Google Podcasts Correction: The...

Detroit hopes to expand ShotSpotter gun detection system using $7 million in ARPA funds

ShotSpotter is a gun detection system that has been installed in Detroit to help lower crime and violence in the...

Michigan State University report finds racial disparities in traffic stops

Michigan State Police leaders are promising improvements after a study found a disproportionately high number of Black drivers are stopped...

Greektown Businesses Install Security Cameras on Streets

The streets of Greektown are now monitored by surveillance cameras that feed video directly to the Detroit Police Department. Eleven...

Free Book Exchanges Coming to Detroit Police Precincts

Police in Detroit want to help children in the city read more often.  The police department is partnering with the national...

“Seven Last Words of the Unarmed” Explores Final Words of Black Men

“The very question of ‘why?’ sort of sets up the whole rest of the piece," says composer Joel Thompson. "Why is...

Detroit Mayor, Police Chief Encouraged but Not Satisfied by Detroit’s Lower Crime Numbers

J. Carlisle Larsen Mayor Mike Duggan and Police Chief James Craig know the gravity of these circumstances and say they’re...

Detroit Police Department Then and Now

detroitmi.gov/police Laquan McDonald’s shooting death by a Chicago police officer has created enough of a stir that the U.S. Department...

Detroit and Chicago: Police, Community, and the DOJ

  JJ/Creative Commons Just over a year ago, a 17-year-old young man in Chicago - Laquan McDonald - was shot...