Nearly two months after the Birmingham Police Department unveiled its new crime reduction plan, the city has seen a significant decrease in homicides, according ...

This is an opinion column. We’re not there yet. Two gun homicides and the shooting of two others in just two days this week ...

Michael Pickett comes into the new police chief role with more than 20 years of experience with the Birmingham Police ...

Birmingham Police Chief Michael Pickett hit the track at Wenonah High School with his new police recruits during Monday’s ...

The Birmingham Police Department announced its Special Enforcement Team made 88 arrests from March 31 to April 6, 2025.The ...

Under his leadership, the city has seen an almost 50 percent decrease in homicides in the first quarter of 2025.

Mayor Randall L. Woodfin appointed Michael Pickett as chief of the Birmingham Police Department. Pickett will begin the ...

NEWLY APPOINTED POLICE CHIEF MICHAEL PICKETT IS HITTING THE PAVEMENT WITH SOME NEW POTENTIAL OFFICERS WHO BELIEVE THEY CAN PROTECT AND SERVE BIRMINGHAM CITIZENS ONE DAY. GOT IT IN YOU. I JUST THINK IT ...

Mayor Randall Woodfin officially named the former West Precinct patrol officer and deputy chief of special operations as ...

After a four month wait, Birmingham has a new police chief. Tuesday morning, Mayor Randall Woodfin announced that interim ...

Birmingham Mayor Randall Woodfin and interim Birmingham Police Chief Michael Pickett said in an interview Tuesday their plan to reduce violent crime in the city, which reached a record level last ...