MORGANTOWN — For more than an hour on Tuesday, Morgantown Police Chief Eric Powell sat with the city’s Civilian Police Review and Advisory Board. As he has previously, he spoke […]
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MPD deploys pepperballs, smoke to disperse weekend crowd
MORGANTOWN — The Morgantown Police Department said there were no arrests made Saturday after officers responded to a large gathering on North High Street. According to information provided by the […]
MPD body cam policy a 2025 priority for police review board
MORGANTOWN — Morgantown’s Civilian Police Review and Advisory Board has set a review of the Morgantown Police Department’s officer-worn camera policy as among its 2025 priorities. The policy, known as […]
Complaint process, arrest data remain priorities for police review board
MORGANTOWN — The Morgantown Civilian Police Review & Advisory Board has come to understand that its endeavors are going to require time and persistence. For example, on April 4, 2023, […]
Pension tension: City leadership nearing a decision on unfunded promises
MORGANTOWN — While nearly every city in West Virginia has already taken the police and fire pension funding lifelines first offered by the West Virginia Legislature in 2010 (Optional I) […]
City’s police review board looking to clarify scope and function
MORGANTOWN — The powers and duties of the Morgantown Civilian Police Review and Advisory Board do not include investigations into specific incidents involving the city’s police officers. Members of the […]
Morgantown man arrested for multiple break-ins
On Thursday, Morgantown police detectives arrested Dustin Vernon Gomes, 38, of Morgantown, for two separate breaking-and-entering incidents in the past few weeks. The first incident occurred just before 8 p.m. […]
City’s police review board looking at civilian complaint process
MORGANTOWN — The method by which citizens can provide feedback to the Morgantown Police Department — be it complaint or commendation — is, at best, clunky, confusing and inefficient and, […]
Unidentified body found near Don Knotts Boulevard
The Morgantown Police Department is investigating the circumstances surrounding an unidentified body found near a bridge on Don Knotts Boulevard at approximately 6:43 p.m. on Tuesday, August 20. Little additional […]
Staffing shortfall remains MPD’s top challenge
MORGANTOWN — During a recent state-of-the-department update before Morgantown City Council, Police Chief Eric Powell said staffing issues remain the number-one challenge facing the MPD. The department is allowed 79 […]
