Detroit Alerts 365 will send emergency alerts to residents based on their location, including notifications about missing persons, severe weather and other emergencies.
Masharn Franklin was in charge of garnishing money from the paychecks of city employees, and the government says she embezzled money by issuing checks in the names of her relatives.
Officials installed more than 20 surveillance cameras at the Randolf Career Technical Education Center as part of Project Green Light, a project started in 2016 to create safer neighborhoods.
Detroit city leaders want to issue municipal ID cards to residents who may otherwise be reluctant or ineligible to apply for a state ID, but need identification to get services.
Digital surveillance upgrades could have provided a clearer image of the suspects involved in the beating of a motorist, 54-year-old Steve Utash, who hit a 10-year-old Detroit boy last week, according to members of the Detroit City Council.
While some students are calling the new ID badge policy a threat against their rights, university officials are sticking with their policy of requiring students and faculty to wear their badges at all times.
