Tagged: Albany Police Department

Capital Region News
3:50 pm
Tue April 9, 2013

Albany Mom Petitions HUD: Ban Police Training at Public Housing

Capital Region News
4:41 pm
Mon March 25, 2013

Police Training Frightens Neighbors, Goes Viral, and Stokes Ire of NAACP

Credit Facebook
Facebook photos include SWAT team in action, spent shell casings and fake blood left behind in a residential area after a police training session.

What started out as a police training exercise has ignited community outrage and attracted the attention of the NAACP.

The Albany Police Department is taking some heat after pictures and complaints about what is described as a "training exercise" went viral on Facebook.

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New York News
5:44 pm
Tue February 5, 2013

New York A.G. task force seizes cocaine, guns in second major bust of the last two months

Credit WAMC News / Eric Krupke
Cocaine, cash, and guns seized as part of a joint operation by the New York Attorney General's Organized Crime Task Force, New York State Police, and The Albany Police Department, are displayed for reporters.

New York’s top law enforcement officials were joined by Albany Mayor Jerry Jennings and Police Chief Steven Krokoff in Albany on Tuesday to announce a major drug indictment.

The 11-month operation, code-named “Operation North Star,” resulted in a 226 count indictment of 31 defendants and the seizure of nearly 2 kilograms of cocaine with an approximate street value of $200,000 dollars, more than $100,000 dollars in cash, three vehicles, a bulletproof vest, and a hand gun that police say was to be used in an imminent murder.

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