Birmingham police issue 2024 annual report

The Birmingham Police Department (BPD) has released its annual report for 2024, detailing key trends in crime, staffing and operations over the last year, and showing a drop by 24 percent of overall crime. >>>

public safety

Credit card stolen from home after delivery

Only an hour after his new credit card was delivered to his house on Friday, March 14, on the 900 block of South Bates in Birmingham, a resident realized the card was stolen off of his porch. >>>

Another credit card stolen off city porch

A Birmingham woman living on the 1200 block of Birmingham Blvd. is one of the city’s latest residents to experience identity theft after a credit card she didn’t order herself was stolen from her front porch on Friday, March 14, before she could get to it. >>>

Birmingham police make arrest on warrant

Birmingham police officers executed a felony warrant in the morning of Tuesday, March 13, while the suspect was being evicted from a rental property on the 2800 block of Yorkshire he was staying in. >>>

Intoxicated man arrested in Birmingham

A Detroit man was arrested in Birmingham in the early afternoon of Wednesday, March 12, after drivers on S. Old Woodward reported that he had been knocking on car windows trying to get peoples’ attention. >>>

Arrest made in bar after drunk altercation

While watching a sports game at a Birmingham bar near the 100 block of Willits Street on Wednesday, March 12, a resident was allegedly assaulted unprovoked by an intoxicated man who was sitting next to him. >>>

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Policing technology in local communities

According to Bloomfield Township police officers, on February 4 patrol officers tracked the driver of the gold Cadillac, Mohamad Qasim Al-Amiri, at his Dearborn Heights home. They recovered a toy black plastic handgun under the driver’s seat of the gold Cadillac, as described by the victim and witness. The man was arrested for assault and arraigned on February 5 at the 48th District Court by Magistrate Nelson-Klein. >>>

oakland confidential

U.S. SENATE GOP FIELD

The list of possible candidates for the U.S. Senate seat in Michigan seems to grow on a daily basis since Senator Gary Peters (D) announced weeks ago that he would not seek another term in 2026. At last count the speculation about possible contenders includes about a dozen hopefuls who could throw their hat in the ring to be sorted out in an August 2026 primary for both political parties. >>>

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