Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety

In a surprise announcement, the City of Kalamazoo announced late Wednesday that Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety Chief Karianne Thomas, a 27 year veteran of the department, is retiring at the end of the month. Her final day will be September 30th. Named the new Chief is Vernon Coakley, who has been at KDPS for 22 years. Prior to that he was a police officer in Detroit.

A Kalamazoo man was arrested after using social media to making threats of violence on-line directed towards a Kalamazoo neighborhood in retaliation for a previous shooting.

Kalamazoo Police are asking for the public's help locating a missing 73-year-old woman who suffers from dementia.

The Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety has released photos of the vehicles believed to be involved with two separate fatal shootings in Kalamazoo on Wednesday, as well as the names of the victims.

A Kalamazoo resident is recovering after jumping from a window to escape their home that was on fire late Wednesday night.

Authorities are asking for the public's help locating a 12-year-old girl missing from Kalamazoo since July 7, 2020.

Kalamazoo Public Safety is currently looking for 30-year-old James Gerald Canedo Jr.

Officers patrolling two neighborhoods in Kalamazoo were busy Monday afternoon on reports of shots being fired roughly four hours apart.

A Kalamazoo Department of Public safety officer has a positive impact when he takes time to play basketball with two kids. Mom says, "not all police are bad."

Authorities in Kalamazoo are searching for a man that violated his bond in an attempted murder case just over a week ago.