WRIC is reporting that Richmond Police have decided to end the “Wake Up Call” initiative. Yesterday the Rutherford Institute sent the RPD a letter questioning the constitutionality of the initiative. I haven’t seen anything official from the police yet, but will update this post when I do.
The Rutherford Institute today sent a letter to Richmond Police Chief Norwood questioning the new “Wake Up Call” initiative’s constitutionality: In fact, the “Wake Up Call” initiative wholly exceeds and abuses the idea of “implied consent” which allows this kind of encroachment by police upon the curtilage of a residence. The implied invitation to intrude [...]
I came across two reader comments on two separate (but both Police-related) events that I thought were worth sharing.
WRIC is now reporting that one of the victims has life-threatening injuries: At least one victim is being treated for life-threatening injuries. And NBC12 has a bit more info: Police found two victims, both men in their twenties. One was found in the hallway of an apartment complex, the other on a sidewalk nearby.
NBC12 reporting: Officers will patrol neighborhood streets between the hours of midnight and 4:00 a.m. looking for any items of value (such as a GPS, music player, or computer) in plain view in a parked car. If they see anything left out, they will match the vehicle to its registered owner. If the owner lives [...]
Update The RPD have identified the victim as Keona M. Johnson, 17, a student at John Marshall high school. WTVR is reporting that Johnson was not the intended target and that the shooting was over a game of dice.
I’ve been keeping track of the violent crimes that are reported in the Northside portion of the 4th Precinct in a publicly available “Google Fusion Table.” Here are March’s numbers.
The RTD is reporting a shootout on Poe Street: Richmond police Capt. Paul Kiniry said the man was taken to VCU Medical Center after the 8:54 p.m. shooting to be treated for a gunshot wound to the back that was not believed to be life-threatening. Kiniry said the man exchanged gunfire with a group of [...]
This is a crazy story sent from the RPD about an incident that occurred last week on Brookland Park Boulevard: At approximately 10:30 p.m. on Wednesday, March 21, an 80-year-old man and his 61-year-old wife got off the bus on Brookland Park Boulevard and began walking to their home on Fourqurean Lane. As they walked, [...]
