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Federal Oversight Ends For Yonkers Police Department After Major Reforms Federal Oversight Ends For Yonkers Police Department After Major Reforms
Federal Oversight Ends For Yonkers Police Department After Major Reforms A police department in Westchester has implemented enough major reforms to result in the conclusion of federal oversight after years of monitoring, officials announced. In an announcement on Tuesday, Dec. 3, the US Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York revealed that oversight of the Yonkers Police Department has officially ended following significant reforms made to improve its policies, training, and community engagement. The federal oversight originally stemmed from an investigation that began in 2007 and a subsequent agreement in November 2016 aimed at address…

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by Ben Crnic
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Local Police Officers Stop Suicide Attempt In Tuckahoe Local Police Officers Stop Suicide Attempt In Tuckahoe
Local Police Officers Stop Suicide Attempt In Tuckahoe A suicidal Westchester man who was threatening to jump off an overpass of the Bronx River Parkway was saved by police. The incident took place around 7:40 p.m., Sunday, Nov. 15, in Tuckahoe. That's when members of the City of Yonkers Police Department, Village of Tuckahoe Police Department, and Westchester County Department of Public Safety responded to the Tuckahoe Road bridge overpass of the Bronx River Parkway, said Yonkers Police Detective Lt. Dean Politopoulos.  Officers, who found the man on a stone wall, were able to engage the man in conversation, including members of th…

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by Kathy Reakes
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Video: Man Armed With Rifle Kills Himself During Domestic Dispute In Area, Say Police Video: Man Armed With Rifle Kills Himself During Domestic Dispute In Area, Say Police
Video: Man Armed With Rifle Kills Himself During Domestic Dispute In Area, Say Police A 37-year-old armed with a rifle is fatally shot himself after a domestic dispute resulted in a standoff with responding officers. At about 10:43 p.m. on Friday, July 20, the Dutchess County Sheriff’s Office responded to 208 Old Route 22 in the Town of Amenia for a 911 call reporting a domestic dispute involving a man in possession of a firearm. While responding to the incident, Dutchess County 911 dispatchers updated deputies that the male had discharged the firearm, said Lt. Shawn A. Castano of the Dutchess County Sheriff's Office. Responding deputies located the man outside of the resid…

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by Joe Lombardi