Detroit
Read about pair of unconventional rookies, a gut-wrenching loss and more from this week’s news
Officer Lloyd “Mike” Todd was shot in the head attempting to stop a van wanted in connection with an abduction
Officers followed the SUV for three blocks before the suspect crashed into a tree and fled on foot
“The SUV actually went over the hood portion of the car ... and then drove straight at other officers,” police said
“Can you really blame them?” a retired Detroit Police assistant chief said
Officials didn’t identify the man who intervened but quoted him as saying the suspect “saw my weapon and he went from predator to prey”
The Chevrolet Malibu’s namesake, Darian Courts said, is in tribute to his father, who they called Batman
The Blazer EV PPV can log at least 290 miles before plugging in, Chevrolet says
“The savage pain that’s being felt by the department and the families, especially the husbands, wives and kids, is the same at every funeral,” says former officer
Sheriff Raphael Washington says the clinic helps both officers and teenagers
Officers Loren Courts and Amanda Hudgens became quick friends after meeting in the police academy
“The city was robbed of a great police officer,” said Chief James White. “We should all be outraged”
Bryan Ede, a former Detroit officer, parked an ice cream truck down the street from Cold Truth Soft Serve
A second-generation Detroit police officer, Loren Courts, 40, was married with children
Detroit Police Chief James White called the statement “shameful and apparently unprovoked”
The rider crashed into a light pole after police tried to stop him for driving on the sidewalk, video shows
Video shows the gunman straddling the passenger’s side door of a speeding car
Multiple departments will deploy officers to area freeways after an unprecedented wave of highway shootings, police said
“Addressing mental health is central to what we do as police officers,” said Police Chief James White, who is a licensed mental health counselor
Last year, Chief James White implemented a similar plan targeting the city’s “party atmosphere”
An investigation into Officer Freddie Wilson’s death is underway
Federal agents arrested the TikTok personality after he was spotted dancing in what investigators described as his stick-up shoes
Detroit Rewards TV will air new episodes about an unsolved crime each week
Officials pointed to an increase in violent crime in specific counties and across the state in recent years
Police Chief James White cautioned that the city’s level of violent crime still does not warrant ‘bragging’
“The security officers don’t have handcuffs, mace or a weapon,” said one board member. “We don’t have enough of actual police officers”
The suspect had lured the children into her van by saying she was taking them to school, police said
After being charged with manslaughter, the couple fled and was arrested in Detroit – just as Chief James White expected
City trucks “will be strategically placed” in areas of the largest crowds, police said
Wayne County corrections officer Devante Jones was killed just hours after finishing his shift
Cpl. Eric O’Neal’s quiet act of kindness didn’t go unnoticed
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