A caller 4:48 a.m. on Jan. 12 reported a man was passed out in a car with the doors wide open on Detroit Avenue near ...

The deaths of 25-year-old Samuel Sterling and 17-year-old Riley Doggett, both in the Grand Rapids area, were the focal point of calls for police reform and justice by families this week.

Erik Davis is accused of killing retired Detroit police officer Stephon Hodo in 2022. He was also charged in connection to ...

Nonprofits that help undocumented immigrants say they've received hundreds of calls since President Trump signed orders for ...

A suburban Seattle police officer is set to be sentenced Thursday for the 2019 shooting death of a 26-year-old homeless man he was trying to arrest for disorderly conduct outside a convenience store.

A possibly suicidal suspect and a 4-year-old girl were killed, and an officer was critically wounded, after the suspect fired ...

A former Arkansas police officer who was caught on video beating a handcuffed inmate in the back of his patrol car has been arrested.

The Supreme Court seems inclined to revive a civil rights lawsuit against the Texas police officer who shot a man to death during a traffic stop in Houston over unpaid tolls.

Tallahassee police used pepper balls to disperse an FSU student snow celebration that reportedly got rowdy with 'iceballs.' ...

The names of 257 undercover officers were included in a public database, though their names have since been removed. The Minnesota Police and Peace Officers Association sent an alert to its members ...

These are the Detroit Free Press stories that made an impact on our communities and created positive change in 2024.

Journalism is not always fast. Sure, the Free Press operates in a digital world where every second counts, but even in that ...