Tag Archives: police

Civil rights lawsuit against city, police chief drags on

By: Evelyn Xiaoqing Pi | November 17, 2011 – 3:49 pm

The City Council approved $900,000 Tuesday to continue to defend the city in two civil rights lawsuits filed by a group of high-ranking Richmond police...

Woman found dead in Richmond restaurant

By: Byron Wilkes | September 21, 2011 – 10:18 am

A 30-year-old woman was found dead in a local restaurant Tuesday night in what police are investigating as a homicide. Officers responding to a 7:30...

Richmond shooting victim recalls home invasion

By: Byron Wilkes | September 8, 2011 – 10:52 am

Dinesh Kumar woke on a recent morning to find an armed intruder who shot him at least four times and killed his mother. This is...

Richmond police utilize social media

By: Meghan Walsh | September 6, 2011 – 5:59 pm

When Michelle Milam first set up Richmond Police Department’s Facebook profile in January, she couldn’t help but wonder how many people were going to “like”...

Two killed, including young mother, in central Richmond

By: Robert Rogers | August 2, 2011 – 6:00 am

One victim was Rose McFadden, a 25-year-old mother of four who was a passenger in a car. The car’s driver was Antoine Williams Jr., 24,...

After deadly shootings Sunday, neighborhoods on high alert

By: Robert Rogers | July 8, 2011 – 12:35 pm

Less than one week since a flurry of Sunday night gunfire left three dead and three wounded in Richmond and North Richmond, police and sheriffs...

Three dead and three injured in four shootings in Richmond, North Richmond

By: Christopher Connelly | July 5, 2011 – 1:45 pm

Police officers and county sheriffs are investigating a spate of four shootings Richmond and North Richmond Sunday night. The violence left three dead and three...

Life on the beat: Patrolling Richmond

By: Robert Rogers | May 5, 2011 – 1:03 pm

Officer Matt Stonebraker steers the cruiser. His partner, Anthony Diaz, paws at his Glock, the way you might tap your wallet, just to make sure...

New hires at the Richmond Police Department

By: Mark Oltmanns | February 5, 2011 – 5:09 pm

In the past few years Richmond has hired nearly 50 new police officers.

Police and fire unions also investigated Beckles

By: David Ferry | October 10, 2010 – 8:30 am

Mayor Gayle McLaughlin is not the only candidate the police and firefighter unions are investigating.

What is your opinion about the Mehserle trial verdict?

By: Veronica Moscoso | July 9, 2010 – 8:45 am

BART and bus riders from Richmond and neighboring cities give their opinion about the verdict in the Johannes Mehserle trial.