At the first meeting of the Yale Police Department’s fourth annual Citizen’s Police Academy on Tuesday night, an enthusiastic group of Yale and New Haven community members gathered to learn first-hand about the structure and operations of the YPD.
Although she no longer faces criminal charges, Kyli Hanson ’09 is now facing a civil suit for assaulting a Yale Police Department officer.
In an e-mail sent Tuesday morning, Yale Police Chief James A. Perrotti informed the Yale community of a robbery that occurred near Science Park on Mansfield Street by Tilton Street at 12:33 a.m. The victim — identified simply as a female friend of a university student — was walking alone when she was robbed of her cash by two men, one of whom was reportedly armed with a...
Twenty-two-year-old Chris Pollard’s ’09 criminal record was clean. He had never so much as gotten a parking ticket. But Wednesday morning at about 10:15, the Berkeley College senior was flagged down by a Yale Police Department officer. What was his crime? Pollard, like dozens of students every morning, had jaywalked across Elm Street.
A gay Yale Law School student was assaulted earlier this month, ostensibly because of his sexuality, according to a New Haven Police Department report. On Saturday, April 5, Craig Konnoth LAW ’10 was assaulted by two unidentified males outside the New Haven Towers apartment complex near the intersection of Crown and High streets, one block from Old Campus, according to...
A bomb was discovered on and removed from New Haven train tracks Tuesday evening. Two children stumbled upon a “greenish brown” object with “an orange piece” and a string attached to it, WTNH reported late Tuesday evening.
Yale University announced Friday morning that it would not contest the Freedom of Information Commission’s February ruling that mandated the Yale Police Department to disclose personnel files for two of its officers. Almost two months ago, the commission ruled that although it is a privately funded and privately hired law-enforcement agency, the YPD is subject to the...
In a statement Friday morning, Yale announced it would not contest the Freedom of Information Commission's February ruling that mandated the Yale Police Department to disclose personnel files for two of its officers.
Yale students alarmed by recent shootings in surrounding neighborhoods may soon be asked to join other community members in being more proactive about ensuring their own safety.
The state Freedom of Information Commission ruled Wednesday that the YPD — a University-hired and -funded police force — is functionally equivalent to a public entity and therefore must make internal files available to the public under the Freedom of Information Act. It is not yet clear to what extent the commission’s ruling will open up an organization whose internal...
After a unanimous vote Wednesday by the Freedom of Information Commission, the Yale Police Department will now be subject to the same rules as public police forces when it comes to releasing records hitherto sealed. As a result of the ruling — pursued by Public Defender Janet Perrotti, a cousin of YPD Chief James Perrotti — YPD documents and other information will now be...
January has been a sad month for law enforcement officers on two-wheelers.
