Rochester Mayor Lovely Warren has named Deputy Chief LaRon Singletary as the city’s next police chief. In a news conference, the mayor said Singletary’s experience in community engangement will be important as the city works to strengthen its partnerships between the community and police. Singletary wiped away tears as he said he’s excited to begin […]
A Rochester police officer escaped injury when someone hurled a tire iron through his windshield Monday night. The incident happened about 7:00 p.m. in the 300 block of Emerson Street. Police say the officer was driving west on Emerson in a patrol car when the tire iron was thrown and the windshield was smashed. […]
Rochester is reporting its lowest crime statistics in nearly 40 years. Mayor Lovely Warren and Police Chief Mark Simmons released the stats in a news conference this afternoon. They say crime was down by 27 percent overall last year, hitting a 39-year-low. Chief Simmons says this is the benefit of community policing, and […]