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Early on April 7, a black bear was spotted several times in Pittsburgh’s southern neighborhoods. A South Side Slopes resident captured footage of the bear on her Ring doorbell.
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Pittsburgh police reported another black bear sighting on Thursday, the latest in a string of reports in the city and Allegheny County.
This time the bear was spotted on Lemington Avenue in Lincoln-Lemington. Police reminded anyone who comes across a bear to leave it alone, refrain from feeding it and call 911.
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The union that represents the Pittsburgh police is appealing the firing of an officer who has been in trouble dozens of times on technical grounds.
Fraternal Order of Police Fort Pitt Lodge No. 1 filed a petition to vacate last month’s arbitration award, which found in favor of the City of Pittsburgh’s termination of former officer Paul Abel.
Abel was fired in December. He has been the subject of several investigations by the Citizen Police Review Board and has been sued multiple times, including in a case involving a man’s death in December 2002.
Pittsburgh will be able to avoid layoffs of more than 600 employees and should be able to rebuild a $120 million financial cushion it lost because of the coronavirus pandemic when President Joe Biden signs covid-19 relief legislation, which cleared its final congressional hurdle Wednesday afternoon. “I’ll be reassured when
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Pittsburgh public safety officials have created a tip line to crack down on people riding off-road vehicles on city streets and sidewalks.
Authorities said the increase in so-called “flash mobs” and “ride-outs” that involve groups of people riding all-terrain vehicles, dirt bikes and other off-road vehicles on city streets and sidewalks often in the wrong direction and with no regard to traffic laws is part of a trend occurring across the country.
Officials noted that an ATV rider was struck and killed by an SUV in New York City last September when the ATV drove into a crosswalk against a red light. Two years ago another rider in New York lost an eye during a collision.
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Armed with statistics showing 28% of the city’s police recruits acknowledge never having had a conversation with a homeless person, Pittsburgh police recruits are receiving new training to understand the experiences of people who are homeless.
The new “Homelessness Academy” program at the police training academy is part of Mayor Peduto’s plan to give front-line workers more support when interacting with people in need of social services.
The recruits are taught about the problems faced by people living outside, trauma, reasons people don’t stay in shelters and how police can help them. Police leaders also talk about their experiences and how they build empathy for those living on the street.