Rochester Police
Over the weekend, Rochester, New York, experienced a surge in violent crime resulting in six homicides, as reported by Mayor Evans and the Rochester Police Department (RPD). The violence began on Friday night when 54-year-old Jose Caraballo was fatally shot during a domestic altercation on Avenue D. The following day, a shooting on Lyell Avenue […]
After a long-fought legal battle, Cristal Starling of Rochester successfully reclaimed $8,040 that police seized during a 2020 raid on her apartment. No drugs were found in her residence, but the money was seized, and her then-boyfriend was arrested on unrelated charges, from which he was later acquitted. With assistance from the Institute for Justice, […]
Rochester police are investigating three smash and grabs within an hour apart. One at a smoke shop on Park Ave, another one at the Montage Music Hall, and the third smash and grab was at a business on Lyell Ave and Whitney Street. I’m starting to think these crimes are calculated when there’s multiple smash […]
The City Council has authorized more than $2 million to put towards new cameras for officers. The Rochester Police Department says overall, the cameras have been beneficial to both the public, and as a training tool within the department. The cameras have also helped officers learn from their interactions with the public. To Read More […]
The officer shot and killed Thursday night in northeast Rochester was a 29-year veteran of the force. Officer Anthony Mazurkiewicz was shot and killed in an ambush on Bauman Street. He was shot at least once in the upper body. His partner, Officer Sino Seng, was shot at least once in the lower body. A […]
After a very violent Mother’s Day weekend. Rochester police are showing data that most gun violence occurring in the same neighborhoods. Rochester Police are partnering with Monroe County Deputies and State Police to increase patrols in areas with the most shootings. Out of all the zip codes in Rochester, three have experienced 72% of all […]
Rochester Police Chief Cynthia Herriott-Sullivan released details on a new mandatory training program for officers. The program is designed to recognize and learn how to deal with excited delirium, as well as working with adolescents and young people. The Robert E. Craig Institute for Ethical Leadership will feature a number of different learning opportunities. Some […]
A national activist group called The Arc of Justice convened in Rochester on Tuesday and demanded that the Rochester Police Department be investigated and watched by a federal civil rights monitor due to frequent allegations of excessive force. In the last month, two women have been pepper sprayed and a man brandishing a knife was […]
Rochester Police responded to a call of a man with knife early Wednesday morning. Officers said the man cut himself and threatened to kill the officers. One of the officers shot the man after he would not drop the knife and came close to that officer. The incident took place on West Main Street outside […]
The Rochester Police Department released body camera footage on an officer using an irritant on a 9-year-old girl during a family trouble call Friday afternoon. Rochester Police responded around 3:30 p.m. to a home on Avenue B for a family trouble call involving a possible stolen vehicle. Upon arrival, officers say they were approached by […]