Public Safety

June 30, 2022 Sophia Jozwiak

It’s happened to all of us. You’re talking with friends about a product, and then you open a social media...

June 24, 2022 Russ McNamara

Michigan’s 1931 law banning abortion is on hold due to a judge’s injunction preventing its enforcement. For now, abortions can...

June 24, 2022 Dave Kim

Story updated to include Governor Gretchen Whitmer's statement. After months of speculating the fate of Roe v. Wade, the Supreme...

June 1, 2022 Eli Newman

This is the first installment of WDET's reporting on the investigation of the Major Violators Unit that occurred between 2019...

May 26, 2022 Eli Newman

6:15 p.m. Thursday, May 26 Update: After this story was published at 4 p.m. today, the Detroit Police Department responded...

May 26, 2022 Pat Batcheller

Westland leaders have a plan to make the city a safer place to walk and ride a bike. From 2016...

May 25, 2022 Amanda LeClaire

“Alive in Detroit,” directed by filmmaker Shiraz Ahmed, is an upcoming feature-length documentary about the fight against chronic diseases such...

April 21, 2022 Jake Neher

What does it do to a person and their family when they lose someone important to them to prison? That’s...

April 18, 2022 Jake Neher

The April 4th police killing of Grand Rapids resident Patrick Lyoya poses questions about law enforcement that are both new...

April 6, 2022 Pat Batcheller

Detroit's Board of Police Commissioners gets a number of citizen complaints about law enforcement. The Detroit Police Department handles...

February 24, 2022 Eli Newman

Law enforcement authorities in Wayne County are urging gun owners to lock up their weapons. That’s after several kids in...

February 17, 2022 Sam Corey

The summer of 2020 was marked by protests following the deaths of George Floyd and Breanna Taylor. It was then...