Pittsburgh City Council
Beltzhoover rec center next in line for Stop the Violence funds.
McKinley Recreation Center in Beltzhoover could soon run out-of-schooltime programming with $200,000 from the city's Stop the Violence (STV) fund.
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Pittsburgh City Council
Suburban EMS crews billed $27,000 for the NFL Draft.
The City of Pittsburgh is taking at $27,000 hit from NFL Draft invoices.
Allegheny County Council
Warden Wingard resigns after 18 months at the county jail.
Allegheny County Jail Warden Trevor Wingard is leaving his job at the end of July after leading the jail for 18 months.
Allegheny County Council
County awarded grant to pay for alternatives to incarceration.
County council’s budget and finance committee voted on July 9 to move forward with accepting a $2.15 million grant from the Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency. The grant is part of the…
Pittsburgh City Council
Glen Hazel families turn out to back afterschool programs at Burgwin Recreation Center.
Sixteen residents — including six children — turned out to support programming at Glen Hazel’s Burgwin Recreation Center, as council considered whether Stop the Violence (STV) dollars should foot the…
Pittsburgh City Council
$250,000 allotted for violence prevention in six high schools this fall.
Violence prevention and intervention services will continue at six Pittsburgh Public high schools this fall.
Pittsburgh City Council
After running Glen Hazel’s youth programs for free, volunteers say they can’t continue.
Discussion about supporting children and youth through the Stop the Violence (STV) fund continued as council members considered issuing a request for proposals for programming at the Burgwin…
Allegheny County Council
Proposed ordinance would keep sexual abuse protections for trans county inmates.
Should the federal government remove protections for transgender individuals in the Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA), they may still be protected at the county level.
Allegheny County Council
Bill to unmask federal agents in the county hits a legal wall.
An effort to unmask federal law enforcement working in Allegheny County will remain in committee for now.
Pittsburgh City Council
Council pushes for quarterly crime data amid Market Square teen restrictions.
Council members want more than stories when it comes to restricting teens from public spaces.
Allegheny County Council
Proposed bill takes aim at officer anonymity amid immigration enforcement.
Allegheny County Council may increase accountability for law enforcement officers.
Allegheny County Council
County jail inmates receive first paychecks after 200 years of unpaid work.
As of this month, people incarcerated in the Allegheny County Jail (ACJ) will no longer be forced to work without pay.
Pittsburgh City Council
City may publish what surveillance technology it uses.
Want to know how many ways the city surveils its residents? So does City Council.
Pittsburgh City Council
Pittsburgh Police to launch leadership training after national review finds "a leadership issue here."
Pittsburgh’s Bureau of Police (PBP) is using an Indianapolis model to train its ranking officers how to lead.
Pittsburgh City Council
Pittsburgh plans to borrow K9 units for NFL Draft policing.
In the next step of NFL Draft preparation, Pittsburgh City Council agreed to bring in the big dogs.
Pittsburgh City Council
Council approves license plate reading software as questions mount over surveillance policy and data sharing.
Pittsburgh Police are keeping an eye on your car — and everyone else's.
Allegheny County Council
Council calls on state to invest $80 million in violence prevention after county homicides drop nearly 60%.
Council passed a resolution urging the Pennsylvania General Assembly to invest in community-led violence prevention programs for the 2026-2027 fiscal year.
Pittsburgh City Council
Security and space agreements approved as city prepares for NFL Draft.
As the NFL Draft draws closer, the Department of Public Safety (DPS) continues to get the city in shape.
Pittsburgh City Council
$1 million transfer approved for two new ambulances as fleet needs mount.
Money for city vehicles is rolling along.
Pittsburgh City Council
Homewood's Operation Better Block in line for $300,000 anti-violence contract renewal.
Homewood-based Operation Better Block's violence intervention program may be extended for three years.