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July 16, 2025
In addition to our law enforcement mission, this agency prioritizes youth and senior initiatives. Sheriff Washington, along with our dedicated Community Engagement…
Read more Detroit Senior Friendship Day
July 15, 2025
For more than 40 years Metro Detroit Youth Day has been a summer touchstone. Our agency has consistently supported the event financially,…
Read more WCSO Supports Metro Detroit Youth Day
June 13, 2025
Our whole team at the WCSO has been out across all 43 communities in Wayne County walking in and assisting in multiple…
Read more Everybody Loves A Parade
May 22, 2025
The Sheriff and the Marine Unit did a whole day of education for boaters ahead of the Memorial Day holiday. Thanks to…
Read more WCSO Kicks Off Summer Boating Season
April 14, 2025
Thousands of marshmallows fell from the sky, a golden egg and hundreds of Easter baskets for children. WCSO personnel came out to…
Read more WCSO in Inkster for Easter
February 24, 2025
The Wayne County Sheriff’s Office has multiple specialty teams. Our Marine/Dive Team is on call to assist throughout Wayne County and agencies…
Read more WCSO Takes You Under the Ice
February 18, 2025
It was an absolute mess. A 54-inch water main ruptured in Southwest Detroit on February 17th. Icy water engulfed a neighborhood near…
Read more WCSO Dive Team Rescues Trapped Detroiters
February 10, 2025
The rise of AI means we’re all on the cusp of a new digital world. Already, AI is all over social media…
Read more WCSO on WXYZ: AI/Deepfakes Targeting Teens
January 30, 2025
CLICK HERE TO WATCH THE CBS NEWS STORY WCSO Director of Technology Stephen Yatooma has compiled a comprehensive tip sheet with what…
Read more Heads Up from the WCSO Director of Tech
January 27, 2025
Credit card scammers have been making the rounds across Metro Detroit. Our digital forensics guru Sgt. Britton Foreman filled WXYZ-TV in on…
Read more WCSO on WXYZ Warns of Credit Card Skimmers
January 3, 2025
It is the law in Michigan when you see emergency vehicles on the side of the road to slow down and move…
Read more WCSO Launches #MoveOverDriveSafe
December 23, 2024
Each year our volunteers and sponsors outdo themselves in order to bring Christmas to needy children. This year the WCSO was able…
Read more Shop with a Sheriff