Latest reporting from the Public Safety desk.
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A free website, haveibeenflocked.com, lets Birmingham-area residents check whether their license plate has been searched through the Flock camera system used by local police, amid ongoing vandalism and privacy debates over the surveillance technology in Oakland County.
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Birmingham police are reviewing cellphone and social media videos to identify participants in the Aug. 9 downtown brawl after surveillance footage proved insufficient, marking a new phase in the investigation.
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Caesar Cooper, 25, of Detroit was sentenced to 5-20 years in prison after Birmingham police helped dismantle a Metro Detroit auto theft ring that stole over 400 vehicles worth $8 million, bringing total defendants sentenced to 15 since 2024.
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Bloomfield Township Police reported a wallet-and-keys theft from an unlocked driveway vehicle on Wooddale Road and arrested two shoplifting suspects at the Telegraph Road Target during a week that saw 694 calls for service and 27 arrests.
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Birmingham police deployed extra vehicle, bike and foot patrols downtown Friday in response to an Aug. 9 brawl near Sidecar Slider Bar, while the Fire Department announced surprise occupancy inspections at bars and restaurants.
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Captain Ryan Kearney, a 23-year Birmingham Police Department veteran, was formally appointed chief at the Aug. 12 City Commission meeting, taking command as the department ramps up downtown patrols and prepares for Dream Cruise weekend.
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Birmingham residents and city leaders are debating what public safety measures are needed downtown after a viral street brawl on Bates Street dominated the Aug. 11 city commission meeting, with some calling for heavier police presence on the Old Woodward corridor.
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Oakland County officials confirmed Flock license plate reader cameras have been vandalized in Birmingham, part of a wave of damage across metro Detroit as the debate over surveillance technology intensifies.
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A multi-group street brawl near North Bates Street and Willits in downtown Birmingham over the weekend has prompted Commissioner Brad Host to call for officials to personally assess late-night conditions, while the city swore in a new police chief at Monday's commission meeting.
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Two Michigan residents have died from cyclosporiasis — the nation's first fatalities in the outbreak — as statewide cases reach 11,234 and Oakland County holds at 1,043 confirmed infections, prompting state health officials to urge residents to take precautions with lettuce and salad greens.
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Oakland County has confirmed 1,043 cyclosporiasis cases as Michigan's parasite outbreak tops 10,000 statewide, with health officials warning numbers will keep climbing through August.
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A Bloomfield Township DoorDash driver who pulled a gun on women after a delivery received a time-served sentence of two days in jail from Oakland County Circuit Judge David Cohen on Monday, July 27, after the original felonious assault charge was reduced to a misdemeanor.
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