Tag: alexandria police
Our View: Consensus around body cameras
Body cameras are coming to a police officer near you, pending final approval in the fiscal year 2023 budget that’s slated for adoption next...
City considers police body cameras
By Cody Mello-Klein | [email protected]
Police body cameras have long been a wish list item for Alexandrians, and a proposal from City Manager Jim Parajon...
Police officer arrested for domestic assault
By Cody Mello-Klein | [email protected]
Richard Haynes, 30, an Alexandria police officer, was arrested for domestic assault and battery on March 16, according to a...
Carlyle assault suspect arrested in Texas
By Cody Mello-Klein | [email protected]
Chukwunyere Onuoha, the suspect in a domestic assault incident in December who hit a police officer with his car as...
B.J.’s stabbing suspect indicted for murder
By Cody Mello-Klein | [email protected]
Rakibul Islam Fakir, 33, of Alexandria, was indicted for first degree murder on Monday for his involvement in a stabbing...
Alexandria resident charged with December West End homicide
By Cody Mello-Klein | [email protected]
Correction: The printed version of this story stated the suspect had been arrested for the homicide on Dec. 7. He...
Three suspects arrested in shooting that injured bystander
By Olivia Anderson | [email protected]
The Alexandria Police Department has made three arrests in connection to a shooting that occurred Sunday afternoon in the West...
Your Views: New police board lacks credibility
To the editor:
As a police reporter for two daily newspapers during the 1960s when there was a wave of civilian oversight of the...
Our View: Overstepping their authority
Any issue involving public safety and race in the United States is inherently complicated. Racial injustice is clearly still with us, and that reality...
City Council adopts FY2022 budget
By Cody Mello-Klein | [email protected]
After another financially uncertain year due to the pandemic, City Council unanimously adopted its fiscal year 2022 budget on May...
