Anyone who wonders what a monumental occasion the completion of Derry Township’s new fire station in Bradenville means to the community only needs to meet lifetime township firefighter Brian Balega. Balega, 51, is now a retired fire investigator from the Anchorage (Alaska) Fire Department. But he traveled 4,000-miles this week
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Colorado Springs Police Chief: department facing officer shortage
Colorado Springs Police Department
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) The Colorado Springs Police is facing a shortage, according to Chief Vince Niski.
CSPD just wrapped up applications for new officers, and in an appearance on KRDO NewsRadio Monday, Chief Niski said the department had fewer applicants this year than they usually would. We’re a little concerned because normally at the end of a process, an application process, we’d have about 1,200-1,300 applicants, Niski said. This last week when it closed, we had about 851.
According to Niski, at full strength, CSPD has 786 employees. Right now, they are down to 704. Niski says CSPD hopes to fill a class of 72 officers next April.
YOUNGSTOWN Mahoning County Prosecutor Paul Gains confirmed Thursday that his office decided against filing charges against former New Middletown police Chief Vince D’Egidio.
The decision was made last fall, after reviewing an investigation by the Mahoning County Sheriff’s Office and Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation.
The investigation began after New Middletown Mayor Harry Kale wrote a letter in November 2019 to Sheriff Jerry Greene stating that D’Egidio looked at pornographic websites. Sexual images were found on a work computer, Kale stated.
Greene said last year the Mahoning Valley Human Trafficking Task Force became involved in the investigation because “the age of the person in the video with the chief” was not known. Greene said task force investigators “determined the individual was not a minor, was an adult.”