The police department is applying for a grant that would enable them to hire five new officers, Police Chief Mark Kinmon [pictured] said at last night’s council meeting. The federal Community-Oriented Policing Services [COPS] grant would help pay the salaries of five officers for three years, Kinmon said, totaling about $1.4 million. The city would […]

Police Officer Lorenzo Pettway and Firefighter Joseph P. Ryan III were honored at last week’s council meeting as firefighter and police officer of the year, thanks to the city’s Veterans of Foreign Wars [VFW] Post. “A man’s home is his castle,” VFW past president Lou Parisi said at the meeting. “Once we walk through that […]

The city is being outfitted with 18 new police surveillance cameras thanks to a grant from the Department of Justice, Police Chief Mark Kinmon said at the Oct. 3 council meeting. The police department received the technology grant worth $250,000 toward the end of 2011, Kinmon said. The grant program was administered by the state. […]

The West Side of town will see an increased presence of police officers on foot patrol starting next week as the department prepares for its new Springwood Avenue satellite headquarters. The police will set up shop in the new Springwood Center as soon as the building’s locks are changed, Chief Mark Kinmon said today. This […]

Police Chief Mark Kinmon last night focused on internal affairs at a chief’s advisory meeting in city hall. The meeting was the second of its kind. The first took place in April. The public was invited but turnout was light, despite many residents having voiced concerns at council meetings about the department’s internal affairs. “The […]

Police department headquarters at city hall was closed today after bed bugs were found in the facility. Exterminators are expected on site early this afternoon to clear the offices of the pests, according to police chief Mark Kinmon. The bedbugs were brought in to the headquarters by a sexual abuse suspect and his alleged victim […]