A Detroit-based group called Force Detroit is training high school students to become "junior violence interrupters" to deescalate conflicts. The Detroit Keepers program at Cody High School teaches ...

This story has been updated with new information. Homicides in Detroit continue to decline, with 2025 marking what officials have described as yet another historic drop: the fewest murders since 1964, ...

Detroit’s police chief says the city’s historic crime drop is proof that community violence prevention, focused policing and technology are working.

Paula Wethington is a digital producer at CBS Detroit. She previously held digital content roles at NEWSnet, Gannett/USA Today network and The Monroe News in Michigan. She is a graduate of the ...

Detroit police increased patrols Friday night around Cadillac Square and Campus Martius in an effort to prevent more large gatherings from getting out of control. The violence comes just weeks after ...

DETROIT – Detroit officials say the city saw a dramatic drop in violent crime in 2025, reaching levels not seen in decades and falling below 200 homicides for the first time since the mid-1960s.

DETROIT, MI - Detroit Mayor Mary Sheffield on Monday, Feb. 23, signed an executive order establishing Detroit’s first Office of Neighborhood and Community Safety, promising violence prevention efforts ...

DETROIT – Detroit community violence intervention groups took their work into the field this spring, launching a free flag football league to give teens a safe place to play and support that goes ...

DETROIT (AP) — RoboCop has finally found a permanent home in Detroit. People pose for photos with a RoboCop statue that stands outside a business in Detroit’s Eastern Market area, Thursday, Dec. 4, ...