There’s a last minute effort to save at least part of the Rochester Police Department’s mounted patrol unit. City Council President Lovely Warren, and Councilmembers Adam McFadden and Carolee Conklin have submitted legislation that would amend the city’s proposed 2013-2014 budget. The legislation creates a smaller patrol unit consisting of four officers and five horses. […]
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Sheppard, Warren events stress dire need
Corrected version. I’ve spent some time in the West Main Street-Chili Avenue area over the last few days, first to listen to Rochester Police Chief James Sheppard talk to residents gathered at Junior’s Barber Shop & Unisex Salon on West Main, and then to observe a Lovely Warren campaign event at the Iglesia Educational Center […]
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Confirmed: Spider-Man crew member beaten, robbed while in Rochester
I told you a week or so ago that the grapevine was reporting an incident involving a member of the Spider-Man film crew, which was shooting scenes for the franchise’s next installment a few weeks ago in downtown Rochester. Now, the Rochester Police Department has confirmed the buzz. According to a police spokesperson, a 26-year-old […]
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City budget cuts Mounted Patrol, 311 hours
But more would be invested in youth and recreation and the library system.
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Spider-Man crew member robbed in Rochester?
Seriously, what good is having Spider-Man around if he can’t stop a common street mugging? According to the minutes of the May 13 NBN Sector 6 meeting — and confirmed by someone who was at the meeting — a member of the Spider-Man film crew was the victim of an alleged street robbery while the […]
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New role for Rochester’s Red Shirts?
The guy hit the gas instead of the brake, sending his car smashing through the garage wall of his home in Rochester’s Grove Place neighborhood, and rupturing a gas line. He tried to call Rochester Gas and Electric — you know how much fun that can be — but then the Red Shirts showed up. […]
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Hands of help for rape survivors
This is a corrected version of this story. Survivors of rape and sexual assault often have trouble healing emotionally because talking about the experience is difficult. They often experience guilt, shame, and depression when family, friends, health care professionals, and even law enforcement ask questions like: “Why didn’t you run?” “Why didn’t you scream?” or […]
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Rochester report
Rochester is in need of fundamental transformation, said Mayor Tom Richards in his State of the City address on Monday night. Refusal to acknowledge that fact or to insist that nips and tucks will do the trick is to condemn the city to failure, he said. | Richards’ speech touched on public safety, education, housing […]
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Is support for gun control slipping?
Many people thought that after former Congressional representative Gabrielle Giffords of Arizona sustained a near fatal gunshot to the brain, there would be a national response to gun violence. There was some discussion about universal background checks and restrictions on certain types of weapons, but the talks quickly faded. And probably more than any time […]
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Police chief responds to problems with city’s red-light camera program
I’m wondering if the ground is beginning to crumble beneath Rochester’s red-light camera program. It’s not like Rochesterians were ever thrilled about the idea to install up to 50 cameras citywide to catch red-light runners, and recently the program has suffered a few knocks. First was the revelation that because of union contracts, city employees […]
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Paging Officer Friendly
Can Rochester do community policing without going back to the precinct model?
