Policing in Dearborn

We are working to gather relevant information about Policing in Dearborn. We hope to gain a clear idea of the past and present of the realities of policing in Dearborn so that we may imagine a future for our city together.

City Budget, police union contracts, PD annual administrative reports, and our response to the department's receipt of an accreditation.

History of racialized policing in Dearborn, scholarly work on policing and its impacts, and media research into brutality and misconduct by DPD.

Transparent reporting of all data collected on policing in Dearborn. Calls to service, citations, and arrests. Reporting to FBI and police blotter reports.

Dearborn Police Beats

Dearborn Police Department operates a Community Policing initiative, which divides Dearborn into eight beats. Each beat has a dedicated sergeant and officers, and is divided into Beat Zones. We compiled a map of Dearborn's Police Beats and Beat Zones, pictured here. As we collect crime and citation data, we will correspond these reports to Beat and Beat Zones.

Beat 1: 313-969-0439 1beat@ci.dearborn.mi.us
Beat 2: 313-969-0639 2beat@ci.dearborn.mi.us
Beat 3: 313969-5754 3beat@ci.dearborn.mi.us
Beat 4: 313-969-5838 4beat@ci.dearborn.mi.us
Beat 5: 313-969-5839 5beat@ci.dearborn.mi.us
Beat 6: 313-969-5840 6beat@ci.dearborn.mi.us
Beat 7: 313-969-5841 7beat@ci.dearborn.mi.us
Beat 8: 313-969-5842 8beat@ci.dearborn.mi.us

Articles About Dearborn, and Policing in Dearborn

We are compiling a comprehensive overview of policing and governance in Dearborn. The document below provides a listing of articles relevant to understanding Dearborn's past and present as it relates to racism, policing, and City Official actions. Click on/open the GoogleSheets to access the links!

Annotated Bibliography of Resources - Accountability for Dearborn