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• Mills Lawn students bid farewell to Chief Carlson

  By Jessica ThomasOctober 25, 2021

  

  Carlson, who has been with the Yellow Springs Police Department for 12 years — five of those as chief — is leaving the force in November.

• Village Council establishes strategy for chief search

  By Jessica ThomasSeptember 25, 2021

  

  Village Manager Josué Salmerón updated Council members with a timeline and process for hiring a new chief for the YSPD. Carlson, who submitted his resignation last month, agreed to stay for 90 days to help with the transition.

• Continued coverage— Yellow Springs police chief resigns

  By Megan BachmanAugust 31, 2021

  

  On Wednesday, Aug. 18, the Village of Yellow Springs announced in a press release that Yellow Springs Police Chief Brian Carlson had resigned.

• Yellow Springs police chief resigns

  By YS News StaffAugust 18, 2021

  

  Yellow Springs Police Chief Brian Carlson had resigned, effective immediately.

• Yellow Springs Village Council approves 2021 budget

  By Megan BachmanJanuary 15, 2021

  

  At Village Council’s final meeting of 2020, Council unanimously passed a budget for the new year calling for spending increases amid falling revenues. The deficit budget, the Village’s first in four years, includes $4.23 million in expenses while projecting revenue of $3.27 million.

• Outside investigation complete— Officer violated no policies

  By Megan BachmanDecember 20, 2020

  

  At issue was whether YSPD Officer Dave Meister violated Village policy and state law by allegedly telling a citizen that a fellow officer, Paige Burge, referred to some attendees of the weekly Black Lives Matter rallies as an “angry mob.”

• Virus impact grows in Yellow Springs

  By Audrey HackettDecember 18, 2020

  

  Three local businesses are closing for the winter during what their owners expect to be a grim few months of the pandemic. Whether other seasonal closures will follow in Yellow Springs remains to be seen.

• Local COVID-19 response— Village steps up enforcement

  By Megan BachmanNovember 29, 2020

  

  As the third wave of the coronavirus rages through the state and county, the Village of Yellow Springs is cracking down on behaviors that could further spread COVID-19 in town.

• Independent review clears YSPD chief

  By Megan BachmanAugust 13, 2020

  

  Yellow Springs Police Chief Brian Carlson was cleared of wrongdoing by an outside investigator in June after a formal complaint was lodged against him by a village resident in May.

• Parade canceled after alleged KKK protest threat

  By Megan BachmanJuly 9, 2020

  

  All the organizers interviewed this week also said the decision was influenced by the voicemail from a man purporting to be affiliated with the KKK, a notorious hate group with a long history of violence against Black people.