Police Accountability Board

A quick update on the Police Accountability Board. The Rochester City Council is now asking for more funding to investigate complaints. According to News10NBC they obtained a letter with City Council asking for $60,000 more to investigate the PAB. The Rochester City Council has brought in outside counsel to investigate the personnel complaints from the […]

Rochester City Council has just been sent back $750000 that wasn’t used and the Police Accountability Board budget. The unused funds will be moved over and spent in other needed programs. City Council members voted Tuesday night by a vote of 8 to 1 to send the money else where. $750K in unspent PAB funds to […]

One of the biggest stories in the Rochester area is the Police Accountability Board mess. Yes, mess or better yet messy because that is best description of what we are seeing. At this point it’s not about what is right or what is wrong it’s more about what are we going to do to make […]

Rochester Police Accountability Board is back in the news. Mike Higgins was placed on paid administrative leave, there are no details on what happened other than personal reasons. Back in September two other members were fired from the board .PAB staff member placed on administrative leave | WHAM (13wham.com)

The results are in from the Rochester City Council vote on its budget from Tuesday night and it has been approved. There was one member who voted against – Mary Lupien. She chose her stance because she doesn’t think that the budget defunds the police department enough. The budget fully finances the Police Accountability Board, […]

Written by Jasmine After the results from the primary election were so overwhelmingly in favor of the proposed Police Accountability Board, the Rochester City Council has opened the window for applicants who wish to serve in this new position. Applications will be accepted from now until Wednesday, November 27, 2019. Although the police union is […]