Tompkins County and Ithaca pass public safety reforms
The Tompkins County Legislature and the Ithaca Common Council each voted to approve a set of resolutions seeking to reform local law enforcement.
The Tompkins County Legislature and the Ithaca Common Council each voted to approve a set of resolutions seeking to reform local law enforcement.
The systems that were designed to protect society do not include Black people. Our current policing system upholds systems of oppression.
The proposed plans for public safety reform in Ithaca are receiving mixed reactions from the Ithaca community.
The Ithaca Police Department said a hate crime suspect is no longer in the community. Anti-Semitic and racist posters and vandalism were found on local businesses.
On Oct. 24, the Ithaca Democratic Socialists of America held a Festival Against Hate in response to a Back the Blue rally, resulting in a tense face-off.
The Ithaca Police Department (IPD) is investigating a homicide that took place on the night of Oct. 21 on West State Street.
Approximately 50 people participated in a protest outside Chase Bank downtown Feb. 13 that resulted in 12 arrests.
The Ithaca Police Department is warning people to be aware of possible drugs being slipped into drinks at bars located on The Commons.
It is unrealistic to expect a college town to not have college parties, and it especially is wrong for a person to be treated like a dangerous criminal when they do.
The City of Ithaca has paid an Ithaca College alum $251,000 to settle a federal lawsuit against the Ithaca Police Department.
The Ithaca Police Department settled a lawsuit filed by an Ithaca College alum following his arrest in 2016.
The Ithaca Police Department, along with other agencies, caught 37 people using fake IDs to enter bars during an operation the night of Sept. 26.