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• YS Police Department receives body-worn camera grant

  By Jessica ThomasJanuary 27, 2023

  

  Yellow Springs police officers will have a new feature in the coming months — body-worn cameras.

• Village Council passes 2023 budget

  By Jessica ThomasDecember 26, 2022

  

  At its final meeting of 2022 on Dec. 19, Village Council members passed the 2023 budget, which included an additional $40,000 for affordable housing and investments in the Public Works department, including money for additional personnel and wage increases.

• YSPD budgets $1.7 million for 2023

  By Reilly DixonNovember 23, 2022

  

  A recent spike in officer and dispatch turnover, higher overtime costs and mounting expenses to maintain and replace outdated equipment are among ongoing challenges identified by the Yellow Springs Police Department in proposing a 2023 budget totaling $1,731,805.34.

• Village Council revisits noise ordinance

  By Jessica ThomasOctober 17, 2022

  

  The goal of the new legislation, Yellow Springs Chief of Police Paige Burge said, was simply to describe restrictions, provide a basis for officer objectivity and provide less restrictive procedures so the ordinance can be enforced.

• Village Council approves student resource officer for ESC

  By Jessica ThomasOctober 9, 2022

  

  The Greene County Educational Service Center will now pay the Village to house a member of the Yellow Springs Police Department, who will serve as a student resource officer at the county’s Learning Center facility, next door to the Yellow Springs High School and McKinney Middle School campus.

• Therapy dog considered for Yellow Springs Police Department

  By Jessica ThomasSeptember 19, 2022

  

  At its most recent meeting on Tuesday, Sept. 6, Village Council members heard a proposal from Village Manager Josué Salmerón to add a new member — a therapy dog — to the Village’s police force.

• Village Council reviews body worn camera policy

  By Jessica ThomasApril 8, 2022

  

  Accountability while protecting the privacy of individuals — that’s the goal of the body worn camera policy a group of villagers presented to Village Council at its virtual meeting on Monday, March 21.

• Extended Coverage | Paige Burge sworn in as YSPD chief

  By Jessica ThomasApril 2, 2022

  

  Nearly eight months after the resignation of Brian Carlson, Interim Chief Paige Burge has been named the chief of the Yellow Springs Police Department. She is the first woman and member of the LGBTQ+ community to take the helm of the YSPD.

• Paige Burge named Yellow Springs Police Chief

  By Jessica ThomasMarch 21, 2022

  

  Nearly eight months after the resignation of Brian Carlson, Interim Chief Paige Burge has been named the chief of the Yellow Springs Police Department.

• Police Chief candidates introduced

  By Jessica ThomasMarch 10, 2022

  

  Several months after naming an interim chief to fill the position left by Brian Carlson, Village Manager Josué Salmerón has announced three finalists for Chief of the Yellow Springs Police Department: Paige Burge, Selvain McQueen and Keith Salyers.