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Accusations flew between officials of Rochester’s Police Advisory Board on Wednesday as the acting manager called for the State Attorney General to Investigate his predecessor and half the staff signed a letter to the board demanding that he be fired. The board has an emergency meeting set for Thursday evening, Meanwhile, City Council’s Vice President […]
A federal judge in Syracuse issued a temporary restraining order on Thursday, blocking parts of New York’s new gun law. The judge sided with a shooting sports organization in saying the laws are unconstitutional. The new law required applicants for a pistol permit to submit three years of their social media posts for review, and […]
A second official of Rochester’s new Police Accountability Board has been placed on administrative leave. The city says Mike Higgins, Chief of Policy and Oversight, was put on leave with pay for undisclosed reasons. Two other staff members were fired in September, and Executive Director Conor Dwyer Reynolds remains on administrative leave since running afoul […]