COPS & COURTS
HANNAH KOTLER & ARIELA LOPEZ
Two separate break-ins in Branford, Pauli Murray suites

Yale Police confirmed that non-Yale affiliates broke into one suite in Branford College and another in Pauli Murray College on Monday; police were also notified of an attempted bike theft in Saybrook College.

November 29, 2023

TRISTAN HERNANDEZ & HANNAH KOTLER
Cultural houses hold teach-in on policing 

Speakers lecture on history of policing in America and abolition alternatives to policing.

November 7, 2023

HANNAH KOTLER
DeLauro’s campaign office vandalized with “Free Palestin” and “Blood on ur hands” graffiti

“Blood on ur hands” and “Free Palestin” were spray-painted on the congresswoman’s office on Orange Street.

November 2, 2023

HANNAH KOTLER
Annual public safety figures report increase in sexual assault cases, decrease in robberies

In late September, Yale Public Safety published its annual security and fire safety report compiling statistics for 2022.

October 30, 2023

YURII STASIUK
City navigates recovery from summer cyberattack 

Hackers stole over $6 million from the city school system over the summer; the city has recovered $3.6 million so far.

October 26, 2023

YASH WADWEKAR
Maleek Jones, who spent 31 years in prison for a murder he did not commit, released last month

Jones’ conviction was overturned after a judge ruled that the New Haven Police Department coerced witnesses and manipulated evidence in his original trial.

October 12, 2023

LAURA OSPINA
Police union holds rally during Family Weekend

Eight months into contract negotiations, the Yale police union protested the University’s contract offers and also received criticism for their proposal to limit civilian complaints

October 9, 2023

LAURA OSPINA
Yale police union calls for more detective hires, attempts to limit civilian complaints 

Amid contract negotiations, the union characterized the YPD Investigative Services Unit as understaffed and inefficient in a letter to University officials while also attempting to impose a 60-day limit on filing civilian complaints of police misconduct.

October 6, 2023

HANNAH KOTLER
Ronnell Higgins to leave Yale, appointed state public safety chief

The appointment ends Higgins’ 27-year tenure at Yale; next month, he will take over a state police force embroiled in a ticketing scandal.

October 5, 2023

HANNAH KOTLER & ARIELA LOPEZ
Connecticut allows implementation of automated cameras to combat traffic accidents

House Bill 5917, which allows for the installation of automated traffic cameras across the state, went into effect on Sunday; New Haven, however, is still months away from getting cameras.

October 5, 2023

YASH WADWEKAR
State police under investigation for falsified ticket scandal

A probe from Governor Ned Lamont’s office comes after private investigations found that officers had falsified 26,000 tickets over seven years and undercounted the number of Black and non-white Hispanic drivers stopped by police.

September 28, 2023