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Optimistic start to the new year
Recently, the internet — home to pessimists and cynics galore — reminded us that 2022 is pronounced “2020, too.” If you’ve suddenly found your shoulders somewhere around […]
Morgantown looks to bond facility work, urged to appeal police review board ruling
MORGANTOWN — Morgantown City Council adopted a resolution Tuesday signaling its intent to issue up $7 million in bonds to finance improvements to the city’s aging, and aged, […]
Selin ‘disappointed’ in police review board ruling, says council will discuss next move
MORGANTOWN — “Naturally, I’m disappointed,” Morgantown Mayor Jenny Selin said when asked about Monongalia County Circuit Judge Susan Tucker’s Thursday ruling invalidating a city ordinance establishing the […]
Police union wins suit against civilian review board
MORGANTOWN — Morgantown’s ordinance creating a civilian police review and advisory board has been ruled invalid, in violation of civil service law. Monongalia County Circuit Court Judge […]
‘Standard procedure’ is the problem
In the predawn hours of May 21, Monongalia County Sheriff’s Deputies surrounded Chin Orih’s home, guns drawn. The sound of a deputy banging on their door woke […]
Policing special committee lives on, city facing officer shortage
MORGANTOWN — The ordinance creating the Morgantown Civilian Police Review and Advisory Board body has been presented and adopted. But the special committee that drafted the law […]
Postcast 73 – May 28, 2021
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Lawsuit expected as Morgantown Council creates police review board
MORGANTOWN — Attorney Teresa Toriseva, representing the Mon-Preston Fraternal Order of Police, told The Dominion Post that she will file a lawsuit today in response to Morgantown […]
FOP attorney said police review board will still result in lawsuit
MORGANTOWN — Teresa Toriseva, the Wheeling-based attorney representing the Mon-Preston Fraternal Order of Police, didn’t hesitate when asked if the police review and advisory board ordinance before […]
