Tensions flare as Richmond police ask council to boost ranks and return officers suspended in fatal shooting

By Lizzy Rager | September 17, 2025
A woman with dark hair and glasses, wearing a black hoodie stands holding a white sign, while a police officer approaches her in a room filled with seated people.

More than a dozen Richmond Police Department officers, staff and supporters used the public comment period of Tuesday’s City Council meeting to ask the city to fill dozens of Police Department vacancies, saying understaffing has forced many officers to work double shifts and even sleep at the station.  But when Lt. George McLoughlin used his…

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