Sammy Westfall
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New Haven school bus driver arrested

A bus driver was charged with two counts of risk of injury to children after two New Haven Public Schools children with special needs were […]

Robbery occurs on Chapel

A member of the Yale community was robbed on Monday in front of the Hotel Duncan, near the intersection of Chapel and York streets, according […]

Yale student robbed on Webster Street

New Haven police officers are investigating an armed robbery of a Yale community member that took place on Webster Street on Sunday morning. Yale Police […]

New Haven police lieutenant charged with domestic abuse

After holding his family hostage and assaulting his wife last week,  New Haven Police Lieutenant Rahgue Tennant — an 18-year department veteran — is facing […]

Yale, police union to continue negotiations

As the deadlocked contract talks between Yale’s police union and the University continue into a third year, negotiators for the union and the University are meeting this week to discuss a disagreement over health care benefits for retirees.

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Grad student mugged near Church and Wall

A Yale graduate student was mugged near the intersection of Church and Wall streets at approximately 4:05 p.m. on Monday afternoon. The student was walking […]

YPD union protests at Bulldog Days speech

As more than 1,000 admitted students filed into Woolsey Hall on Tuesday afternoon to hear a Bulldog Days address from University President Peter Salovey, about 70 members of the Yale Police Department’s union and their allies protested outside.

TD students robbed at gunpoint

Two Yale students were robbed at gunpoint in a Timothy Dwight College suite in the early hours of Monday morning, Yale Police Chief Ronnell Higgins wrote in a University-wide email two hours after the incident.

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Citizens get inside look at YPD

A medical student, a retired police officer and a Yale University Art Gallery security guard were three of the people who passed around an unloaded […]

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Yale, police union clash over contract

After an almost two-year long dispute, contract negotiations between the Yale Police Department’s union and the University appear to have hit a wall, despite reassurances from administrators that an agreement is near.

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Rikers documentary screened at festival

As 80 viewers packed into a classroom at the Yale Law School on Friday evening, former inmates detailed their experiences in a film that criticized […]

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