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The Allegheny County Police Department is sending officers into Downtown Pittsburgh to assist an understaffed Pittsburgh Bureau of Police. Officials with the county police and Pittsburgh’s public safety department confirmed that county police began assisting in the Downtown area Monday. Allegheny County uniformed police officers in marked cars will be

Pittsburgh police are once again able to pull over drivers for minor, secondary infractions, as city police have put a hold on training officers about a city ordinance that banned traffic stops for minor infractions. Pittsburgh City Council voted in late 2021 to bar police from pulling over drivers for

Increased gun violence in Pittsburgh has spurred city officials and residents to look for ways to combat the problem. A Carnegie Mellon University criminologist is recommending an approach that has generated controversy and debate elsewhere. Daniel Nagin, a professor of public policy and statistics at Carnegie Mellon, is calling for

NPR's Scott Simon asks Beth Pittinger, executive director of Pittsburgh's Citizen Police Review Board, about the drop in complaints coming to the board.

During a budget hearing Tuesday, the Pittsburgh Citizen Police Review Board reported that it received fewer complaints about officer misconduct in 2022 compared to previous years.

The Independent Citizen Police Review Board will hold a virtual hearing Tuesday evening, focused on unbecoming conduct of Pittsburgh police officers.

Two Pennsylvania police officers could be facing disciplinary action after failing to show up at a funeral they were assigned to in Pittsburgh and leaving

Beth Pittinger thinks about Pittsburgh Police’s next chief and sees a world of opportunity. The director of the Citizens Police Review Board believes retired Chief Scott Schubert’s successor, who Pittsburgh Mayor Ed Gainey plans to appoint after a national search, could be a beacon for accountability. “It would need to

Pittsburgh is removing a requirement for new police recruits to earn 60 college credits before the first day of police academy training.

An accreditation commission said the city's policy doesn't allow officers to perform their duties