COPS & COURTS
REETI MALHOTRA
City police amp up downtown presence after flurry of gun violence

New Haven police officers investigating recent fatal shootings have arrested three people, including one accused of murder in a double homicide.

September 10, 2025

ADELE HAEG
New Yale police advisory board chartered without clear oversight role

The Police Advisory Board discontinued last year is being revamped as the “Public Safety Advisory Board,” with a charter that provides for student positions but no clear power to review civilian complaints.

September 10, 2025

REETI MALHOTRA
New Haven sees four homicides by gunfire in nine days

Recent shootings in downtown New Haven, Fair Haven and Dixwell killed four Connecticut residents between Aug. 17 and Aug. 25.

August 29, 2025

JAKE ROBBINS
Yale Police union votes to authorize strike amid stalled contract negotiations

The vote does not trigger an immediate walkout but gives the union power to strike with 30 days’ notice.

June 6, 2025

YOLANDA WANG, JAEHA JANG & BAALA SHAKYA
Two Yale students sue DHS over terminated visa status records

A class action lawsuit filed by the ACLU of Connecticut seeks to reinstate active status for four international students in the state, including two Yale graduate students.

April 25, 2025

REETI MALHOTRA
Charges for alleged racial slur use dropped against Buckley Institute leader

Lauren Noble ’11 was charged with three misdemeanours last summer for allegedly using a racial slur against a New Havener, but a judge dismissed charges last month.

April 25, 2025

ADA PERLMAN
Judge sides with Trump in lawsuit challenging recall of place of worship protection

The future of the lawsuit, which includes the parent denominations of three local houses of worship, remains to be seen.

April 24, 2025

REETI MALHOTRA
New Haven violent crime trending downward

New Haven’s annual CompStat crime report showcased a general downward trend in violent crime metrics — particularly murders and confirmed shots fired — in 2024, a shift that has progressed into 2025 according to the New Haven Police Department.

April 24, 2025

MAIA NEHME
New state bill would expand access to absentee ballots in prisons

Criminal justice advocates are pushing for all Connecticut prisons to carry absentee ballots, eliminating administrative barriers to voting for eligible incarcerated people.

April 22, 2025

ARIELA LOPEZ
Yale Police officer charged with child pornography possession

Otilio Green, now on leave from the Yale Police Department, faces state and federal charges for child sexual abuse material linked to his Verizon Wireless account.

April 8, 2025

ARIELA LOPEZ & ISOBEL MCCLURE
Individual arrested in Bass for carrying two fake weapons

Yale Police Department Lieutenant Jay Jones said that the arrested individual was “probably not” a Yale affiliate, though the police chief said their identity is yet undetermined.

April 4, 2025