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Penn Hills Mayor Pauline Calabrese on Monday called for the resignation of police Chief Howard Burton over the hiring of a police officer under investigation in the shooting death of Romir Talley in Wilkinsburg.
Calabrese said it is time for accountability in the hiring of former Wilkinsburg Officer Robert Gowans in May.
“Something happened here that was botched no matter what perspective you look at it from,” she said.
Gowans is under investigation in the shooting death of Talley, 24, on Dec. 22, 2019, in Wilkinsburg. Gowans was on duty as a Wilkinsburg officer at the time. Allegheny County police say that Wilkinsburg police, in response to a 911 call, were in pursuit of Talley and that he fired one round at an unidentified police officer who returned fire.
Wilkinsburg pumps brakes on merger with city of Pittsburgh
Though a petition had enough votes to place the issue on the November 2021 ballot, it will be delayed until a future election cycle. Share Updated: 4:52 PM EDT Jul 12, 2021
Wilkinsburg pumps brakes on merger with city of Pittsburgh
Though a petition had enough votes to place the issue on the November 2021 ballot, it will be delayed until a future election cycle. Share Updated: 4:52 PM EDT Jul 12, 2021
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Show Transcript MIKE: AND BREAKING NEWS INTO THE NEWSROOM RIGHT NOW, THE PUSH TO MERGE AN AREA OF WILKINSBURG WITH THE CITY OF PITTSBURGH IS NOW HITTING THE BRAKES .THE WILKINSBURG COMMUNITY DEVELOPER CORPORATION AND THE BURROUGHS MAYOR ANNOUNCED MOMENTS OAG THAT A POTENTIAL MERGER WITH THE CITY OF PITTSBURGH IS NOW BEING DELAYED UNTIL A FUTURE TO ELECTI UNTIL A FUTURE ELECTION CYCLE. KE
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Wilkinsburg residents won’t be voting on whether to have their borough annexed by the city of Pittsburgh in November. A committee in favor of the merger announced Monday it will delay a referendum on the issue in favor of gathering more community input first.
“After productive meetings with Pittsburgh City Council, community stakeholders and the public at large, we have concluded that the compressed schedule required to place the referendum on the November 2021 ballot would not allow for the productive dialogue appropriate to address important details related to the seamless integration of the two municipalities,” said Tracey Evans, executive director of the Wilkinsburg Community Development Corporation.
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