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Nine members of the Albany Common Council are supporting a resolution to identify and designate “hot spot” areas of crime in Albany. Police say they've already been doing that for more than a decade.
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Albany's Community Police Review Board is looking to add a third investigator and get a boost from the Common Council to help move cases forward.
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The Albany Community Police Review Board held a special meeting with the police chief last week to discuss developing a discipline matrix.
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A homicide in Albany’s Pine Hills neighborhood Friday is drawing the outrage of a Common Councilor who is calling for the police chief to resign. The chief tells WAMC the rhetoric is unhelpful.
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Several Albany Common Council members are proposing the panel establish a summer recess. Not everyone is on board.
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The mayor and police chief say the police shooting of a knife-wielding suspect in Albany Monday was justified, but the incident on Franklin Street will now come under scrutiny by several bodies.
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The Albany Common Council's Public Safety Committee met virtually Thursday evening to discuss Local Law C.
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The Albany Common Council is holding a meeting Thursday evening on Local Law C, which is now drawing the attention of the City Treasurer.
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Albany Common Councilors grilled Police Chief Eric Hawkins this week over encounters with Jordan Young, including the January 24th shooting the chief and mayor conclude was justified.
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Common Councilors are reacting to Albany Mayor Kathy Sheehan’s State of the City address Monday evening.