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The online crime dashboard and interactive map give residents a general overview of criminal activity across the city.

Larry Scirotto, 50, filed a federal lawsuit in March seeking damages approaching $10 million for what he called breach of contract and wrongful termination.

Pittsburgh Mayor Ed Gainey said his main focus as mayor is restoring city services. Gainey said that’s reflected in his 2024 budget proposal, which prioritizes funding to take care of core needs such as repairing bridges, updating what the mayor called “totally outdated” recreation centers and ensuring the Department of

Pittsburgh police Thursday launched a new publicly available, online public safety tool, which provides a general overview of criminal activity that occurs across the city. Data for 2023 is collected from the police bureau’s records management system and will be manually updated on a monthly basis to reflect the preceding

The meeting was part of a “Community Conversations” series to allow the public to ask questions and share their experiences.

A new police data portal available to the public provides an overview of reported criminal activity across the city, the Pittsburgh Bureau of Police announced.

In a press conference Thursday, police Chief Larry Scirotto and Mayor Ed Gainey discussed the arrest of three juveniles near Westinghouse Academy. 

A town hall meeting on keeping kids safe was held in the North Hills on Thursday night.

An alert bus driver and a concerned parent helped prevent a potential shooting earlier this month at a Homewood high school, Pittsburgh officials said Thursday. Pittsburgh police responded to Westinghouse Academy on North Murtland Street around 2:30 p.m. Sept. 15 after the driver and parent told Pittsburgh Public Schools police

Matt Dugan announced a three-pronged plan to address the high concentration of crime he intends to employ if elected as Allegheny County district attorney.