COPS & COURTS
NATHANIEL ROSENBERG & SOPHIE SONNENFELD
Cox’s suit against city moves forward with possible settlement discussions

In a recent filing, the city and plaintiff, Randy Cox who is suing New Haven in a civil case of police brutality, set forth rules for their $100 million settlement discussions.

December 6, 2022

MOLLY REINMANN
“Guns to Gardens” buyback event transforms discarded firearms into gardening tools

The New Haven Police Department partnered with nonprofit organization Swords to Plowshares Northeast to host the biannual gun buyback event; after being vetted, guns collected will be wielded into gardening tools and distributed to community gardeners

December 5, 2022

NATHANIEL ROSENBERG & SOPHIE SONNENFELD
Randy Cox attorneys and family decry insufficient charges for officers

Cox’s team called for city support, felony charges for the five officers charged with misdemeanors for their role in permanently paralyzing Cox.

November 30, 2022

YASH ROY
Five officers involved in Randy Cox case arrested on misdemeanor charges

All five New Haven officers turned themselves into state police custody earlier today and have since been released on $25,000 bond. Their first court date is Dec. 8 in New Haven.

November 28, 2022

SOPHIE SONNENFELD
Judge rules Qinxuan Pan fit for trial

Following a string of legal delays, Qinxuan Pan’s trial for the suspected murder of Kevin Jiang ENV ’22 in 2021 has a new court date.

November 10, 2022

NATHANIEL ROSENBERG
New Haven launches non-violent crisis response team

Social workers are now supplementing first responders at crisis scenes in a city collaboration with Yale.

November 8, 2022

SOPHIE SONNENFELD
Two pedestrians killed in crashes this week as YPD considers new traffic safety unit

On the one-year anniversary of a fatal hit-and-run outside Schwarzman Center, New Haven marks two more pedestrian deaths.

November 8, 2022

SOPHIE SONNENFELD & YASH ROY
Civilian Review Board presents NHPD with police conduct recommendations

A city task force that has sifted through hundreds of internal department cases recommends that the police chief ban or address head punching, careless use of profanity and congratulatory rhetoric. recommending that

November 7, 2022

YASH ROY
Insurance hold-up prevents settlement in Randy Cox case

New Haven officials blamed insurance company bureaucracy for the speed bump in their ongoing negotiations with a man who became paralyzed while in police custody.

November 6, 2022

AVA SAYLOR & NATHANIEL ROSENBERG
New “Cookies with Cops” program comes to New Haven elementary schools

School Resource Officers have started visiting elementary schools across the city to promote policing.

October 28, 2022

SOPHIE SONNENFELD
Ahead of autopsy report, details in Anton Sovetov case remain murky

With a lack of footage, unfounded theories and muddled timelines, the disappearance and death of Yale graphic designer and Art School alum Anton Sovetov remain a mystery.

October 18, 2022