A meeting of the Rochester City Council’s Public Safety Committee…called so council members could question Police Chief Michael Ciminelli about a Facebook video…ended when angry community members took over the floor and refused to be silenced. The video posted last week shows a Rochester police officer telling a woman to move back from the scene […]
Rochester police are investigating a pair of shooting incidents this afternoon. Police were called to Seventh and Short Streets about 2:15 for a report of a man shot. They found a 49-year-old victim who had been hit several times but is expected to survive. He was taken to Strong Memorial Hospital. About 15 minutes later, […]
The City of Rochester is establishing a Deputy Chief of Community Relations in its police department, a new position that will seek to forge new connections between the RPD and the people it serves. Mayor Lovely Warren and Police Chief Michael Ciminelli announced that Deputy Chief Wayne Harris will move into the new job. […]