Birmingham police make 75 arrests in crime reduction operation
The Birmingham Police Department’s Special Enforcement Team made 75 arrests from March 11 to March 15 as part of Chief ...
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15-year-old killed on Senior Skip Day 2002 haunts Birmingham police chief: ‘Sometimes .. things go wrong’
Interim Birmingham Police Chief Michael Pickett was a senior at Ramsay High School when 15-year-old April Jamerson was fatally shot during Senior Skip Day in a Southside park in 2002. It’s a day ...
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Birmingham’s plan to tackle crime, homicides is evolving after a violent year. Will it work?
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 ...
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Damien McDaniel charged with 3 more murders in deaths of Birmingham firefighter, UPS worker, 21-year-old woman
BPD is locked in,” Interim Police Chief Michael Pickett said. “What’s happened over the past year and a half has been horrific with one person causing so much pain in our community and ...
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55-year-old identified as victim in deadly shooting after fender bend on I-59 in Birmingham
The suspect fled but was quickly identified. Led by Interim Police Chief Michael Pickett, the police department’s Special Enforcement Team took the suspect into custody in Pleasant Grove.
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Ala. Police, City Officials Evolve Crime Plan after Historically Violent Year
Since a September mass shooting and a record-level of violent crime last year, Birmingham police are hitting high-crime areas, with a push to recruit more officers and go after gun offenses.