Category: Featured News, Local News, Police Reports
City Survey Asks Six Questions About Policing
Oct 21, 2020
Patti Singerpattisinger@minorityreporter.net Do you support having crisis intervention specialists rather than police respond to 911 calls...
What’s Next for Goodman Section Station After City Council Puts Funding on Hold?
Sep 17, 2020
Patti Singerpattisinger@minorityreporter.net City Council reversed course when it repealed legislation that would have funded the new...
RPD Announces Arrest in Alleged Hate Crime
Aug 10, 2020
Staff reports Rochester Police on Aug. 10 announced an arrest in an alleged hate crime assault. Police charged Rashad Turner, 24, of...
State Police to Help Investigate Denver Street Assault
Aug 06, 2020
Staff reports The State Police Hate Crimes Task Force will join Rochester law enforcement in the investigation into an assault July 31 in...
City to Build Database for Public to Search Complaints Against RPD Officers
Jul 07, 2020
Patti Singerpattisinger@minorityreporter.net The city will create an online database of police department disciplinary records in response...
Sheriff’s Office Investigates Racist Graffiti in Perinton
Jul 02, 2020
Patti Singerpattisinger@minorityreporter.net The Monroe County Sheriff’s Office is investigating incidents of racist graffiti in the...
RPD Says Professional Standards Will Investigate Response to June 28 Incident on Bay Street
Jun 28, 2020
Patti Singer pattisinger@minorityreporter.net The Rochester Police Department said its Professional Standards Section will investigate two...
City Budget Passes with Additional Cuts to RPD; Council Says Symbolic ‘No’ to RCSD
Jun 16, 2020
Patti Singerpattisinger@minorityreporter.net One budget passed, and another was symbolically rejected as Rochester City Council took on two...
RPD Identifies First Wave of Arrests After Rally
Jun 03, 2020
Staff reports The Rochester Police Department identified the 13 people arrested following the May 30 protest that started peacefully at...
City Council Formally Appeals Decision That Stripped PAB’s Discipline Power
May 20, 2020
Patti Singerpattisinger@minorityreporter.net City Council has formally appealed a ruling that said the Police Accountability Board could...