Michael Pickett will now take the reins as the 36th chief of the Birmingham Police Department. Pickett, who was named interim chief following the departure of former chief Scott Thurmond last October, ...

Birmingham Police Chief Michael Pickett said there is a renewed effort to enforce regulations on businesses operating without ...

I have been impressed with the performance of the Birmingham Police Department under the leadership of Chief Pickett,” ...

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

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

Birmingham experienced its deadliest year since 1933. Gunfire echoed across neighborhoods, families mourned lives lost, and the city closed the year wi ...

We’re getting reaction from the community after Michael Pickett is named Birmingham’s new police chief, hearing from a young ...

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

In his interim role, new Birmingham Police Chief Michael Pickett has seen a nearly 50 percent drop in homicides in the first quarter of 2025 and a murder clearance rate above the national average.

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Birmingham homicides are down 27 percent so far in 2025, fueled in part by a 23-day stretch with no homicides in the city. As of Monday morning, the city had 16 homicides in the first 2 ½ months of ...

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