How many more deaths?
No one should die needlessly in an encounter with a police officer. Every cop and every citizen can agree with that. When an officer shoots an unarmed fleeing suspect in the back in South Carolina,...
View ArticleBuilding trust is a must
The 62 elected district attorneys across New York state should well know from their own legal training how, in matters of law, it is necessary to avoid conflicts of interest, and how damaging even...
View ArticleHigh cost of misconduct
Capital Region taxpayers in just one week have gotten a glimpse of the price tag for misconduct by people in uniform – well over $3 million in just three cases. And in one instance in Saratoga Springs,...
View ArticleAn officer under a cloud
When a police officer is implicated in a case of abuse involving a civilian, two steps to improve the quality of policing are commonly offered up: better training, and recruiting. Schenectady County...
View ArticleBanks are about more than money
April is Community Banking Month, a time to salute the nation’s more than 6,500 community banks and the Main Street communities they serve. If I was told as a teenager that I would grow up to be a...
View ArticleLong story short
Details lacking in cop speed-away case An off-duty Schenectady police officer who sped away from a traffic stop is returning to work after misdemeanor charges were lowered to a traffic violation. We’re...
View ArticlePolice are there to protect us
There is a war taking place on our city streets. On one side are the criminals in our society, and on the other are people society has hired and trained to protect us from these criminals. They are the...
View ArticleRestore accountability
A roadblock to holding police and corrections officers accountable may finally be crumbling. Known as Section 50-a of the state’s Civil Rights Law, it exempts from New York’s Freedom of Information Law...
View ArticleGagging shrouds the truth
The out-of-court settlements between Albany Police and three people charged with drunken driving includes a confidentiality agreement signed by all the parties, but it doesn’t take a genius to figure...
View ArticleLaw and order and trust
Colonie Police seem to extend a lot of “professional courtesy” in handling cases involving fellow officers. We’ve expressed our dismay previously in the embarrassing case of Michael Geraci Jr., a...
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