Dayton Police Department

The Dayton Police Department is joining a national effort to attract more women to a career in law enforcement.

Youth in Dayton marched with organizers from the nonprofit Omega CDC to fight violence in their community.

The Coalition on Public Protection says the city of Dayton, Ohio, police department won't be complying with a local law if it expands its license plate reader cameras without a hearing and an impact report.

The settlement resolves the lawsuit the man filed against Dayton Police alleging his civil rights were violated in November 2022 when two officers handcuffed him and took him to the hospital against his will.

"No one should be subjected to discriminatory treatment during police interactions," said Kristen Clarke of the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division in a news release on its settlement with the Dayton Police Department stemming from the September 2021 arrest of Clifford Owensby.

Police alleged thirty six year old Delandrias Alan Webster fled from the passenger seat of a car they pulled over on Salem Avenue at around 9:00 pm Monday night.

According to the Dayton Police Department, illegal street racing and exhibition driving has been on the rise in the Dayton region since 2020.

In Dayton, unarmed mediators are responding to 911 calls that would normally be fielded by police officers. The idea came about through police reform talks in the wake of the George Floyd killing and the protests that followed. WYSO’s Jason Reynolds spent some time with one of the city’s new “Mediation Response Units.”

The family of a 31-year-old woman and her 6-year-old daughter who were both killed this past summer is suing the city of Dayton and its police department.

Three schools in Southwest Ohio received an active shooter alert Friday morning. Police said they believe all of the calls were a hoax. They’re now looking into who made those calls and hold them accountable.

For the fifth year in a row, the city of Dayton proudly wears the title of All-American City.

The Dayton Police Academy has a new graduating class of officers.