Pittsburgh city council votes to confirm Larry Scirotto as next police chief
Pittsburgh's city council has voted to confirm Larry Scirotto as the city's new police chief.
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Pittsburgh's city council has voted to confirm Larry Scirotto as the city's new police chief.
Pittsburgh City Council is scheduled to vote Tuesday on Larry Scirotto’s nomination as the city’s new police chief. Mayor Ed Gainey earlier this month announced Scirotto as his nominee to be the city’s police chief. Scirotto, 49, retired from the Pittsburgh Bureau of Police in 2018 as an assistant chief,
City council President Theresa Kail-Smith told Pittsburgh's Action News 4 on Sunday that she put the vote back on the agenda for this week.
Among the topics covered were Larry Scirotto's vision and philosophy of community policing.
Larry Scirotto, Pittsburgh’s acting police chief, said Thursday during a four-hour interview with City Council that his officers should follow a ban on minor traffic stops. City Council voted in late 2021 to ban police from pulling over drivers for minor infractions such as having a burned-out brake light or