Despite the suspect firing multiple rounds at the officers, law enforcement did not fire back out of concern a bullet could strike one of the innocent victims still inside the house. Sheriff Fuller said that decision allowed the suspect to be taken into custody alive.
An officer with the Battle Creek (MI) Police Department was shot multiple times in the early hours of Saturday morning. He is now listed in stable condition.
Trooper Bill Strouse saw a vehicle that looked like a giant banana traveling down a rural road and decided to effect a traffic stop—not for a violation, but to express appreciation for the craftsmanship of the car.
Police chief James Craig said the sergeant “sat in his scout car a block away while you could hear people screaming ‘officer down’ on the radio.”
One officer with the Detroit Police Department was killed and another wounded while responding to a home invasion call on Wednesday night.
The shooting reportedly happened during a dispute between a landlord and a tenant at an apartment building.
The man convicted of shooting and wounding an officer with the Saginaw Township Police Department was scheduled to receive his sentence on Wednesday afternoon but that proceeding will take place another day.
A man was found of first-degree murder, premeditated murder, and homicide of a peace officer by a jury in the Oakland County (MI) Circuit Court on Friday in the death of Oakland County Deputy Eric Overall.
A report by the City of Detroit Inspector General says that the Board of Police Commissioners in that city abused its authority in hiring and other practices.
The Michigan State Police recently tested 2020 model-year police vehicles. Here are the preliminary results for vehicles.