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Archive for 'Law Enforcement News'

Backseat Seat Belt Law Takes Effect Sunday

Source: Backseat Seat Belt Law Takes Effect Sunday

‘It was extensive’ ; Cyberattack strikes UVM Medical Center

Source: ‘It was extensive’ ; Cyberattack strikes UVM Medical Center

Cyberattack being investigated as possible cause of UVM Health Network outage

Source: Cyberattack being investigated as possible cause of UVM Health Network outage

U.S. Hospitals Targeted In Rising Wave Of Ransomware Attacks, Federal Agencies Say | Vermont Public Radio

Source: U.S. Hospitals Targeted In Rising Wave Of Ransomware Attacks, Federal Agencies Say | Vermont Public Radio

Montreal’s Chinatown Is Facing More Vandalism & Mayor Plante Says It Is ‘Unacceptable’ – MTL Blog

Source: Montreal’s Chinatown Is Facing More Vandalism & Mayor Plante Says It Is ‘Unacceptable’ – MTL Blog

Despite busy season, boat inspections keep invasives out of Adirondacks

Source: Despite busy season, boat inspections keep invasives out of Adirondacks

Record number of search and rescues this year | Adirondack Explorer

Source: Record number of search and rescues this year | Adirondack Explorer

NYSCOPBA members give Honor Flight a big boost | Sun Community News PLATTSBURGH 

Source: NYSCOPBA members give Honor Flight a big boost | Sun Community News PLATTSBURGH | While the pandemic halted all flights and most fundraising efforts by the North Country Honor Flight, the organization just got a big boost towards next year’s activities tha

State Police investigate fatal crash in Morrisonville

NEW YORK STATE POLICE Major Ruben A. Oliver Troop B Commander On October 24, 2020, at approximately 12:47 a.m., State Police responded to State Route 22B in the town of Schuyler Falls for a report of a motor vehicle accident involving a pedestrian.   An investigation at the scene revealed that a 2007 Hyundai Elantra […]

Regional DEC Forest Ranger Highlights

Recent Forest Ranger Actions New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) Forest Rangers respond to search and rescue incidents statewide. Working with other state agencies, local emergency response organizations, and volunteer search and rescue groups, Forest Rangers locate and extract lost, injured, or distressed people from across New York State. South Dakota, California, and […]

DEC Announces Deer Management Permits Still Available for New York Hunters

DMPs Available Nov. 1 at License Sales Outlets New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) Commissioner Basil Seggos today announced that remaining Deer Management Permits (DMPs) in several of the State’s Wildlife Management Units (WMUs) will be available to hunters beginning Nov. 1. “New York’s hunters are setting records this year, but there are […]

Police investigating theft at local banquet hall | Sun Community News ALTONA 

Source: Police investigating theft at local banquet hall | Sun Community News ALTONA | Authorities are now looking for the culprits who recently targeted a local banquet hall and dismantled their fleet of vehicles.

Thanking DEC Forest Ranger Capt. John Streiff | Sun Community News 

Source: Thanking DEC Forest Ranger Capt. John Streiff | Sun Community News Capt. retires after 26-year career at DEC

State restricts inmate visits | News | pressrepublican.com

Source: State restricts inmate visits | News | pressrepublican.com

Plattsburgh PD Chief named in alleged excessive force lawsuit

Source: Plattsburgh PD Chief named in alleged excessive force lawsuit

Recent Regional DEC Statewide Forest Ranger Highlights

Village of Saranac Lake – Harrietstown Franklin County Wilderness Rescue: On Oct. 15 at 1:12 p.m., DEC’s Ray Brook Dispatch received a report of an overturned canoe in the Second Pond boat area on Lower Saranac Lake. One person was onshore and uncertain if her companion was still in the water or onshore looking for […]

Government agencies in pandemic: Lack of connection, transparency – – The Adirondack Almanack

Source: Government agencies in pandemic: Lack of connection, transparency – – The Adirondack Almanack

COVID cluster now confirmed at Clinton Correctional Facility | Sun Community News DANNEMORA | 

Source: COVID cluster now confirmed at Clinton Correctional Facility | Sun Community News DANNEMORA | Widespread testing is now underway at Clinton Correctional Facility after a number of inmates and staff tested positive for COVID-19.

Assemblyman Jones: DOCCS guidelines must be issued to prevent further spread of COVID-19

“The recent increase in COVID-19 cases in northern correctional facilities is alarming given that there remains no guidance from the state,” said Assemblyman Billy Jones (D-Chateaugay Lake) “In our nursing homes and long term care facilities, the Department of Health (DOH) issued guidance indicating that one positive case by a staff member or resident, dictates […]

Car crosses international border illegally by driving through Vermont man’s yard

Source: Car crosses international border illegally by driving through Vermont man’s yard

Trooper’s DUI case dropped as records reveal ‘deferential’ treatment by Rutland officers – VTDigger

Source: Trooper’s DUI case dropped as records reveal ‘deferential’ treatment by Rutland officers – VTDigger

Vermont Capitol Police investigate suspicious postcards to lawmakers

Source: Vermont Capitol Police investigate suspicious postcards to lawmakers

Tractor-trailer driver fined nearly $1,200 after vehicle gets stuck in Smugglers’ Notch

http://www.perugazette.com/2020/10/15/albany-county-new-covid-19-cases-approaching-april-peaks-mccoy-says/Source: Tractor-trailer driver fined nearly $1,200 after vehicle gets stuck in Smugglers’ Notch

Former Burlington cop cleared of sex crimes charges

Source: Former Burlington cop cleared of sex crimes charges

Berlin police officer shoots woman, then kills himself – VTDigger

Source: Berlin police officer shoots woman, then kills himself – VTDigger