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• Interim Yellow Springs police chief a former major

  By Lauren HeatonOctober 16, 2014

  

  After just a few days on the job, Yellow Springs Interim Police Chief Dave Hale can see that the YSPD is an “established, well-run department,” he said in an interview last week. During the two months or so he expects to be here, he intends to keep it that way.

• Mayor’s Court being used less

  By Lauren HeatonOctober 9, 2014

  

  over the past five years, the use of the local Mayor’s Court has declined to less than half the cases it was handling five years ago.

• Village names interim police chief

  By Lauren HeatonOctober 1, 2014

  

  Retired Montgomery County Sheriff’s officer Dave Hale was hired as interim police chief this week.

• Police Chief Pettiford resigns

  By Lauren HeatonSeptember 25, 2014

  

  Yellow Springs Police Chief Anthony Pettiford resigned for medical reasons on Monday of this week, Village Manager Patti Bates announced at the end of a Village Council meeting Monday night, following an executive session.

• Police chief resigns

  By Diane ChiddisterSeptember 15, 2014

  

  Village Manager Patti Bates announced tonight that she has accepted the resignation for medical reasons of Yellow Springs Police Chief Anthony Pettiford.

• Yellow Springs is SWAT member

  By Diane ChiddisterAugust 6, 2014

  

  In recent years, there has been increased awareness of the growing number of SWAT team raids in this country. Since the 1980s, police departments’ use of SWAT has risen about 1,500 percent, resulting in about 148 SWAT raids daily, according to University of Eastern Kentucky criminal justice professor Peter Kraska in a June 9 New York Times article.

• More shifts at Village police

  By Lauren HeatonJune 12, 2014

  

  Changes in personnel at the Yellow Springs Police Department are becoming the norm this year. Two more full-time officers either resigned or requested reduced hours last month, following the resignation of two full-time officers in February and March.

• Sheriff’s inquiry faults officer

  By Lauren HeatonMarch 27, 2014

  

  Seven months after the shooting standoff in Yellow Springs that ended with the death of Paul E. Schenck, the Montgomery County Sheriff’s department released the findings of an investigation of the two Greene County officers who fired weapons during the event.

• Yellow Springs burglaries affect cars and homes

  By Lauren HeatonMarch 20, 2014

  

  Toward the end of last week and over the weekend, several home and vehicle burglaries occurred in various locations around the village. Yellow Springs Police this week issued a warning to all villagers to keep their homes and vehicles locked at all times.

• Greene County sheriff major relieved of job

  By Lauren Heaton

  

  Greene County Sheriff Major Eric Spicer was relieved from his position with the department last week, according to Greene County Sheriff Gene Fischer this week.