The contract would increase the police department’s 2023 operating budget by at least $600,000.
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Syracuse wants to slash police overtime. Can SPD hit the mark?
Syracuse police have exceeded their overtime budget in 20 of the last 21 years.
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Syracuse Common Council approves police contract upgrading pay, schedule
Patrol officers will now work a 15-day schedule instead of a six-day schedule.
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Proposed Syracuse police union contract could upgrade department’s schedule
The Common Council will vote on the proposal Feb. 27.
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Woman injured in Armory Square arrest plans to sue Syracuse police, ambulance company
Uniyah Chatman and her lawyers announced the lawsuit on the steps of City Hall.
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Woman injured in Armory Square arrest calls for Syracuse police officer Leonard Brown’s firing
Uniyah Chatman, 25, called for the firing of Syracuse police officer Leonard Brown. Brown’s arrest of Chatman left her with a swollen eye and bloody.
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‘Hot Spot’ cops killed Tyre Nichols in Memphis. Hochul wants more in New York.
The controversial units have been responsible for high-profile killings and civil rights abuses in cities nationwide. Hochul doubled their state grant funding in New York — and wants to double it again.
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Onondaga County jail health care provider contract put out to bid
The current healthcare provider was criticized heavily in a state report about a 2021 death at the jail.
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Onondaga County Sheriff-elect Toby Shelley selects undersheriff, chiefs
Most of the people selected to the sheriff-elect’s team are retired deputies who have worked for 20 years or more in the sheriff’s office.
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Infant’s death at Syracuse jail: Family files claim, preserving right to sue
The family alleged that jail deputies ignored Byrd’s pleas for help as she went into labor.