Yale Daily News

At a Thursday evening meeting of the Mayor’s Police and Community Task Force, Mayor Toni Harp addressed the task force’s recommendations for increasing diversity in the New Haven Police Department.

January 27, 2017

City Hall and the New Haven Fire Department are working to encourage more women and people of color to become firefighters.

January 25, 2017

In the span of less than an hour early Monday morning, three Elm City pizza deliverymen were victims of attempted robberies, two of which were successful.

January 24, 2017

At the turn of the new year, state lawmakers are pushing toward the legalization of recreational marijuana, hoping to tax its sales to decrease deficits […]

January 23, 2017

Violent crime in New Haven decreased in 2016, continuing a five-year trend in which such numbers have fallen, according to city crime statistics released by the New Haven Police Department.

January 17, 2017

The New Haven Fire Department and the fire union recently signed an agreement increasing the amount of consecutive time that firefighters are allowed to work.

December 9, 2016

Five months after a day of opioid overdoses launched New Haven into a state of emergency, one of the main distributors of the tainted batch of cocaine has been sentenced to nearly seven years in prison.

December 8, 2016

The policy, implemented two years ago, has been running smoothly.

December 1, 2016

The New Haven Police Department and City Hall aim to outfit all police officers with body cameras by the middle of next year.

November 30, 2016

Swastikas and references to President-elect Donald Trump were found Monday spray-painted inside Wilbur Cross High School’s athletic complex.

November 22, 2016

Nearly 70 people gathered at the United Church on the Green on Thursday for “Know Your Rights During Protests and Demonstrations,” a talk organized by Connecticut’s chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union to provide information about protesters’ rights in Connecticut.

November 18, 2016