A large proportion of the grant from the Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency will go to training a new team of Pittsburgh police officers dedicated to recruitment.
Blue ribbons, gray t-shirts and gold police badges filled the halls at Highlands Elementary School on Wednesday, as the district marked the first Chief Justin McIntire Day to honor the fallen Brackenridge officer. McIntire, 46, was gunned down after a manhunt on Jan. 2, 2023. “Today is an important day
Brackenridge isn’t the same. It’s still a sleepy, little river town. But there’s no longer a sense of “it can’t happen here.” Residents know it can — because it did a year ago. On Jan. 2, police Chief Justin McIntire, 46, was gunned down in the streets he swore to