Michigan's top law enforcement official said he'd take $70 million for each of the next two years from the state's unexpected budget surplus and use it to hire 1,000 police officers.
Read More →A defiant man convicted of fatally shooting a Taylor (Mich.) Police officer received a life sentence without parole eligibility, and took exception to claims that he committed a cowardly act.
Read More →The Inkster (Mich.) Police Department laid off more than 20% of its officers today, and Chief Gregory Gaskin will retire in January.
Read More →A Greenville (Mich.) Police Department officer was knocked unconscious early Sunday when a driver crashed into his patrol car. Officer Sean Parsons, 26, was transported by ambulance to an area hospital after his cruiser was struck by a 2004 Toyota Four Runner.
Read More →Terry Bowling, a habitual criminal, showed no reaction as Oakland County Circuit Judge Michael Warren sentenced him on Wednesday, saying Bowling was a drug addict who had "utter disregard for the law, a selfish man unwilling or unable to live in a civilized world."
Read More →A Detroit man set to go on trial for first-degree murder in the shooting death of a Livonia police officer pleaded no contest this morning to second-degree murder, sparing himself a prison term of life without parole.
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A 26-year-old suspect can be seen wriggling free from his handcuffs and climbing out of a locked West Bloomfield Township (Mich.) Police cruiser in a raw video released by the department.
Read More →The memorial service for fallen Livonia (Mich.) Police Officer Larry Nehasil drew about 1,000 supporters on Friday, as a police honor guard presented the flag from the officer's casket to family members.
Read More →Officer Larry Nehasil, 48, married and a father of two, is the department's first line-of-duty death. He had previously worked for the Wayne County Sheriff's Office.
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Kent County Prosecutor William Forsyth, who released the video, ruled Officer Donald Lake acted appropriately in self-defense when he shot 33-year-old Gabriel Hood.
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