Knowing what they know now, police would have broken into the house after the first call, Grand Rapids police Sgt. John Wittkowski said. “With hindsight being 20/20, yes,” he said recently.

Cortez, 16, was officially declared missing on Nov. 2, according to the Grand Rapids Police Department (GRPD). We’re told he was last seen west of Kies Street and Courtland Drive. Kisha is ...

A man has been sentenced to life in prison for a murder that happened in 1997. Richardo Sepulveda, a 53-year-old of ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — For police, they are among the most dangerous and unpredictable encounters — calls of suicide by cop. ... Hilling, the Glendale, Ohio, police officer, agrees.

Grand Rapids' police force features 295 sworn officers, which is an almost 23 percent decline since 2002. ... Akron, Ohio (2.28), Knoxville, Tennessee (2.14) and Rockford, Illinois (1.95).

The Grand Rapids Police Department has said Lyoya was killed after an officer's gun "discharged" during a "lengthy struggle." But a representative for Lyoya's family tells CNN he saw video of the ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD ... Grand Rapids police say the shooting happened around 1 a.m. Sunday near the intersection of Cesar E Chavez Avenue Southwest and Cherry Street. ... ‘Oh my God, I can ...

Police were called to an area hospital around 8:15 p.m. after the Grand Rapids man showed up by private transport with "life-threatening wounds that were consistent with an assault," authorities said.

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. – Protesters marched through downtown Grand Rapids chanting and at times blocking traffic Friday evening, demanding accountability for the fatal police shooting of Patrick Lyoya.

Under the proposal, the budget for the Grand Rapids Police Department (GRPD) would account for 34. 1% of the$163,392,874 general operating fund.

The Grand Rapids Police Department says it will release video that shows one of its officers shooting and killing Patrick Lyoya, a 26-year-old Black man, during a confrontation with police earlier ...