Sammy Westfall
Staff Reporter
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NHPD forms child development policing program

In 1991, the New Haven Police Department began collaborating with the Yale Child Study Center to form the Child Development-Community Policing Program. Now, almost three […]

New Haven sees three shootings in one week

Over the past week, New Haven saw three shooting events, two of which involved minors. At 12:15 a.m. on Friday, a 17-year-old New Haven male […]

Partial body cam footage from shooting released

At a press conference in New Haven on Tuesday, Connecticut State Police released Hamden police body camera footage and all relevant dispatch audio from last week’s shooting of Stephanie Washington and Paul Witherspoon by a Yale and a Hamden police officer.

Civilian Review Board membership process continues

With the deadline for nominations just three weeks away, members of New Haven’s 12 community management teams are working to compile their respective lists of […]

Activists demand policing reform at Hamden council meeting

The Hamden Legislative Council originally scheduled a regular budget meeting on Monday. But following last week’s shooting involving a Hamden police officer and a Yale […]

After shooting, community activism continues

Over the weekend, local activists and community members continued to demand justice for Stephanie Washington and Paul Witherspoon, who were shot by a Yale police […]

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Hundreds protest YPD involvement in shooting

On Thursday, hundreds of Yalies, New Haven residents and activists demanded justice for Stephanie Washington and Paul Witherspoon after Tuesday’s officer-involved shooting. The protest shut […]

Yale security officer union protests during Bulldog Days

In the midst of ongoing contract negotiations with the University, members of the Yale University Security Officers Association — Yale’s security union — hosted a […]

City briefing on shooting leaves more questions

Following an officer-involved shooting on Tuesday, a crowd of over 100 community members gathered for a protest outside University President Peter Salovey’s home on Wednesday night.

Communities respond to officer-involved shooting

Community members gathered on Tuesday evening to demand justice for Stephanie Washington just hours after she was shot by a Hamden police officer and Yale police officer.

YPD, HPD officers involved in shooting

A Yale Police Department officer and a Hamden Police Department officer fired numerous rounds at two people in a car at a motor vehicle stop, leaving a young woman injured early Tuesday morning.