Pittsburgh police won't send officers to certain emergency calls, will redirect to telephone unit
Certain lower-priority emergency calls in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, will be redirected to the police bureau's Telephone Reporting Unit as of Monday.
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Certain lower-priority emergency calls in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, will be redirected to the police bureau's Telephone Reporting Unit as of Monday.
PITTSBURGH (AP) — A now-retired Pittsburgh police commander has been charged with using police-issued body-worn cameras to illegally record other police officers last year, authorities said. Allegheny County police said they were asked in October to investigate after a body-worn camera was found hidden in an unmarked Pittsburgh police vehicle. Investigators later determined that multiple […]
Certain lower-priority emergency calls in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, will be redirected to the police bureau's Telephone Reporting Unit as of Monday.
Starting Monday, the city of Pittsburgh says it will no longer respond to 911 calls that are not related to "in progress emergencies."
No one will be manning Pittsburgh’s police precincts overnight any longer under policy changes announced Friday by Chief Larry Scirotto for the 743-officer force. The changes, which have already begun, affect all six zone stations across the city and the new Downtown substation from 3 a.m. to 7 a.m., seven