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In a preliminary vote Monday, Pittsburgh City Council opposed extending a lease for the city’s police headquarters, which expires at the end of January. Council could take a final vote on the measure next week. A proposal before council would extend the city’s lease on the North Side police headquarters

Proposed changes to the Pittsburgh Bureau of Police next year have the union concerned because the agency is understaffed and officers are overworked.

Pittsburgh police are working to realign the shrinking 770-officer force in the new year, but union leaders warn that the bureau shouldn’t reorganize in the midst of a staffing crisis. In 2024, Chief Larry Scirotto said he plans to launch a street crime team, hire a dozen young adults as

A new Pittsburgh police substation slated to open early next year in Downtown will be larger and house more officers than the substation that’s there now, officials said. In a unanimous final vote Monday, City Council approved a deal to lease office space at 439 Wood St. from PNC. The

Pittsburgh police are looking to open a new, larger substation Downtown as some people continue to voice concerns about safety in the Golden Triangle. Public safety officials said they hope to open a new substation at 439 Wood St. to replace the current Zone 2 substation at 604 Liberty Ave.

Pittsburgh Public Safety is preparing for the 62nd annual Highmark Light Up Night this weekend.

Pittsburgh kicks off the holiday season with Highmark Light Up Night on Saturday. This weekend will also be the debut of a new light display at Point State Park. Duquesne Light’s familiar “Tree of Lights” at the park’s fountain was retired after 30 years in 2021. It will replaced with

The current downtown Pittsburgh police substation on Liberty Avenue is to be replaced in the new year by a new substation that will have more officers, longer hours and more space for police to do more to keep Downtown safe.

An encampment, which sits along First Avenue in downtown Pittsburgh, is scheduled to be cleared by 5 p.m. on Tuesday.

The notices say the tents have to be gone by the end of the day Tuesday.