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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
Social media video from the arrest near Smithfield Street and Strawberry Way sparked controversy, and the defense asked about the availability of bodycam video.
Pittsburgh police Detectives Sean Stumpf and Mike Slatcoff still remember rushing to the city’s Homewood-Brushton neighborhood on Jan. 2 to chase the fugitive who killed Brackenridge police Chief Justin McIntire. The fugitive — Aaron Lamont Swan Jr., 28, of Duquesne — emerged from a wooded area after crashing a stolen
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.
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.