Articles About Yellow Springs Police Department :: Page 7

• The role of police in preventing suicide

  By Megan BachmanJune 28, 2018

  

  Local police have responded ten times to a possibly suicidal person in the village this year. While each case is unique, in all of them police assess the safety of the situation and then choose a course of action.

• Village Council — Mayor’s Court proposal stalls

  By Diane ChiddisterJune 7, 2018

  

  At Village Council’s May 21 meeting, Police Chief Brian Carlson asked Council for more time before Council votes on whether to require that local police send all appropriate cases to the local Mayor’s Court rather than Xenia Municipal Court.

• JSTF seeks more engagement — Few show at police outreach

  By Diane ChiddisterMay 3, 2018

  

  While villagers have voiced their preference for a police department that engages with the community, the community itself has only rarely participated when asked to meet individual officers.

• Village Council eyes utility safety nets

  By Diane ChiddisterMarch 15, 2018

  

  At Village Council’s March 5 meeting, Council members Lisa Kreeger and Marianne MacQueen proposed a two-pronged initiative to address local affordability in the context of current financial realities.

• Outside in

  By Diane ChiddisterMarch 8, 2018

  

  Photos by Yellow Springs Police Officer Luciana Lieff are currently on display at S & G Artisan Distillery.

• Village Council — YSPD promotions, Taser use

  By Diane ChiddisterJanuary 11, 2018

  

  At Village Council’s Jan. 2 meeting, Council members addressed administrative tasks and two police-related issues, among other topics.

• Village Council— Blacks get more citations

  By Diane ChiddisterDecember 28, 2017

  

  African-American villagers received citations from the YSPD at a significantly higher rate than to white villagers, according to a statistical study of local police data sponsored by the Justice System Task Force.

• Village Council moves to create social work job within YSPD

  By Diane ChiddisterDecember 21, 2017

  

  At Village Council’s Dec. 4 meeting, Council members and the Yellow Springs Police Department moved closer to hiring a full-time community outreach specialist, a new position that leaders hope strengthens the department’s ability to address social-service related calls.

• Police data sparks debate

  By Diane ChiddisterNovember 16, 2017

  

  A spirited discussion took place at Village Council’s Nov. 6 meeting regarding whether a Justice System Task Force member acted appropriately or not this week when he posted on Facebook controversial police department statistics in the context of criticism of a fellow JSTF member who was running for Village Council.

• Restorative justice and Yellow Springs a good fit

  By Diane ChiddisterOctober 26, 2017

  

  “Healing Harms in Today’s Troubled World,” the first Annual Community and Restorative Justice Symposium, will be held in the village, from Oct. 27 to 29.