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 ...

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

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

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 L. Woodfin has appointed Michael Pickett as the new Chief of the Birmingham Police Department, effective ...

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

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

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

Not only have homicides dropped, but the department’s clearance rate in killings this year is at an all-time high.

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

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.