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

He said that Birmingham is already safer and more secure with Pickett, who is in the community helping to take people into ...

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

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

Alabama State Representative and Birmingham mayoral candidate Juandalynn Givan responded to the appointment of Michael ...

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

The city of Birmingham will spend $400,000 to create a new plan to address infrastructure, environmental and economic ...

Birmingham Mayor Randall Woodfin is scheduled to hold a news conference at 11:00 a.m. Woodfin recently claimed Birmingham ...

Woodfin said the Crime Stoppers program would facilitate $1,000 rewards for the arrest of people caught in posession of gun ...

This is another installment in AL.com’s series “Beyond the Violence," which explores solutions that could make Birmingham ...