Archive for 'Law Enforcement News'
AG won’t charge Onondaga County deputy who shot and killed two teens in stolen car
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Posted: March 22nd, 2025 under Law Enforcement News, State Government News, Statewide News, Upstate New York.
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Wanted in VT, Armed and dangerous man arrested in New York after manhunt
Gardner now faces several felony charges in New York. Click here for the MYNBC5 story
Posted: March 16th, 2025 under Adirondack Region News, Law Enforcement News, Regional NY-VT News.
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Stec, Gray announce joint resolution to rescend Governor’s CO employment ban
Senator Dan Stec (R, C-Queensbury) and Assemblyman Scott Gray (R, C-Watertown) today announced a joint legislative resolution to rescind an executive order banning fired correction officers from all government employment. Senate Resolution B515 would eliminate Executive Order 47.3 and restore rights taken away from 2,000 correction officers who went on strike to protest unsafe working […]
Posted: March 15th, 2025 under Adirondack Region News, Law Enforcement News, Northern NY News, Political News, State Government News, State Legislator News, Statewide News.
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DEC Reminds New Yorkers: Statewide Residential Brush Burning Prohibition Starts March 16
New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) Acting Commissioner Amanda Lefton today announced that the annual statewide ban on residential brush burning begins March 16 and runs through May 14. Since 2009, DEC has enforced the ban to prevent wildfires and protect communities and first responders during heightened wildfire conditions. “Prevention is best, and […]
Posted: March 15th, 2025 under Adirondack Region News, Community Events, Environmental News, Law Enforcement News, Statewide News.
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Sixty-three children and teens reported as runaways were found safe, due to the efforts of a first-of-its-kind operation in the Capital Region.
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Posted: March 14th, 2025 under Law Enforcement News, Social Issues, State Government News, Statewide News.
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Northern lawmakers blast Hochul’s CO employment ban
Federal agencies are now actively recruiting fired officers Click here for the Sun Community News story
Posted: March 13th, 2025 under Adirondack Region News, Law Enforcement News, Northern NY News, Political News, State Legislator News, Statewide News.
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Upstate NY cop hits 7 parked cars in 3 separate crashes, still faces no charges
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Posted: March 13th, 2025 under Corruption in Gov't., Law Enforcement News, Upstate New York.
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Ti’s Judge O’Bryan retires after 30 years
Story about a man who appears to be a very special person Click here for the Sun Community News story
Posted: March 12th, 2025 under Adirondack Region News, Community Events, Law Enforcement News, Northern NY News, Peru/Regional History.
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Snowmobiler travelled approximately 150 feet in the air on the vehicle before being ejected and travelling another nearly 150 feet
Town of Indian Lake Hamilton County Snowmobile Accident: On March 4 at 11:30 a.m., Hamilton County received a 911 call about an unconscious snowmobiler on Indian Lake. Environmental Conservation Police Officer (ECO) Newell arrived first at the scene, followed by Forest Ranger Milano and an Indian Lake Paramedic. The 55-year-old from Hillsdale had hit an ice […]
Posted: March 12th, 2025 under Adirondack Region News, General News, Law Enforcement News, Northern NY News, State Government News.
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Assemblyman Billy Jones: Statement on Governor’s Executive Order No. 47.3
“I strongly oppose the Governor’s recent Executive Order declaring a state of emergency at correctional facilities and barring terminated New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision (NYSDOCCS) from future employment at other state, county or local government agencies. This is an absolute ridiculous usurpation of local control and an overreach of executive […]
Posted: March 11th, 2025 under Adirondack Region News, Law Enforcement News, Northern NY News, Political News, State Government News, State Legislator News.
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New York prison strike ends after 22 days, DOCCS says, as 2,000 employees terminated
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Posted: March 11th, 2025 under Adirondack Region News, Community Events, Heathcare News, Law Enforcement News, National News, Northern NY News, Peru/Regional History, State Government News.
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Agreement reached between DOCCS and NYSCOPBA, workers could return Monday
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Posted: March 9th, 2025 under Adirondack Region News, Community Events, Law Enforcement News, Northern NY News, Peru/Regional History, Political News, State Government News, Statewide News.
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Shelburne police officer had YouTube video playing in cruiser at time of fatal crash, court records say
Kyle Kapitanski is set to be arraigned next week on a felony charge stemming from the crash that killed Sean Hayes, a cyclist, in South Burlington. Click here for the VTDigger story
Posted: March 8th, 2025 under Law Enforcement News, Regional NY-VT News.
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Glens Falls police find person dead inside burning clothing donation box
Officers on patrol noticed a donation box on fire in Glens Falls. When the fire department came to put it out, they found a body inside. Click here for MYNBC5 story
Posted: March 7th, 2025 under Adirondack Region News, Fire Department News, Law Enforcement News, Upstate New York.
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NYSCOPBA: New deal offered by state to striking prison staff is ‘illegal’
DOCCS said anyone off the job who returns to work on March 7 will not face consequences Click here for the MYNBC5 story
Posted: March 7th, 2025 under Adirondack Region News, Law Enforcement News, Northern NY News, Political News, State Government News.
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NY officials offer striking corrections officers a deal, bypassing union
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Posted: March 7th, 2025 under Adirondack Region News, Law Enforcement News, Northern NY News, Peru/Regional History, Political News, State Government News.
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Resolving the corrections officers strike takes more than rhetoric, it needs legislative action
A Legislative Column by Senator Dan Stec (R, C-Queensbury) We’re now more than two weeks into the correction officer strikes happening across New York State. Thousands of dedicated men and women have risked, and continue to risk, their livelihoods and their health care for one reason: there has never been a less safe time […]
Posted: March 5th, 2025 under Adirondack Region News, Law Enforcement News, Northern NY News, Political News, State Government News, State Legislator News.
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More than half of corrections officers still on NY prison strike statewide
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Posted: March 5th, 2025 under Adirondack Region News, Law Enforcement News, Northern NY News, State Government News.
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Nearly 200 kids under 6 in NY went to ERs after exposure to cannabis last year
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Posted: March 5th, 2025 under Heathcare News, Law Enforcement News, Social Issues, Statewide News.
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DEC Forest Rangers and NYS Police rescue three persons injured in Vermont plane crash
Bennington County, Vermont Wilderness Rescue: On Feb. 26 at 9:20 a.m., New York State Police (NYSP) Aviation received a call to assist with a plane crash on Mt. Equinox in Bennington County, Vermont. The report indicated three passengers were aboard the plane at the time of the crash. Forest Rangers Gullen and Thompson were preparing for […]
Posted: March 5th, 2025 under Law Enforcement News, Regional NY-VT News, State Government News.
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Frontier Town becomes catalyst for changing New York state land acquisitions
Frontier Town Campground, Equestrian and Day Use Area is not quite “the gateway to the Adirondacks,” state and local officials had hoped for when they donned cowboy hats for its grand opening in 2018. Click here for the Adirondack Almanac story
Posted: March 4th, 2025 under Adirondack Region News, Business News, General News, Law Enforcement News, Northern NY News, Peru/Regional History, State Government News.
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Trump says 25% tariffs on Canada and Mexico to go ahead
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Posted: March 3rd, 2025 under Border News, Business News, Law Enforcement News, National News, Northern NY News, Peru/Regional History, Political News.
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Corrections officers fired as tentative deal fails to end wildcat strike
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Posted: March 3rd, 2025 under Adirondack Region News, Community Events, Law Enforcement News, Northern NY News, Peru News, Political News, State Government News, State Legislator News, Statewide News, Upstate New York.
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Health insurance ending for corrections officers still on strike; National Guard still deployed
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Posted: March 3rd, 2025 under Adirondack Region News, Law Enforcement News, Northern NY News, State Government News, State Legislator News, Statewide News, Upstate New York.
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Major upgrades begin at Lacolle border crossing
Reconfigured booths and enhanced bus processing included Click here to view the Sun Community News story
Posted: March 3rd, 2025 under Border News, Business News, Law Enforcement News, Northern NY News, Upstate New York.
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