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Kingston Mayor appoints former alderman Tony Davis to Police Commission

KINGSTON, N.Y. –   A former city lawmaker, who retired from the Common Council in June before his term ended, has been appointed by Mayor Steve Noble to serve on the Kington Police Commission. Tony Davis, who had represented Ward 6 on the council, has been appointed to the commission, Noble said in a statement Monday. […]

Mid-Hudson Valley year in review: September 2020

September SEPT. 1: Authorities say this photo shows some of the 10,000-plus bags of heroin and fentanyl seized in connection with the arrest of Timothy L. Schleede, 29, of Kingston. Provided/File Timothy L. Schleede Provided./File - Advertisement - 1: Ulster County s Ulster Regional Gang Enforcement Narcotics Team (URGENT) announces a record drug haul, saying it confiscated more than 10,000 bags of heroin and fentanyl and arrested Timothy L. Schleede, 29, of Kingston, who allegedly was dealing out of area hotels. Jamal J. Thompson Provided/File 2: For the first time in Ulster County, an alleged drug dealer is charged with manslaughter in connection with the death of a county resident who overdosed on heroin laced with fentanyl. Authorities say Jamal J. Thompson, 24, of Butler, N.J., has been indicted for the felonies of manslaughter, criminally negligent homicide

Kingston task force finds police information lacking for reform effort

KINGSTON, N.Y. – City Police Department reforms considered by the Re-envision Public Safety Task Force are being developed largely without references to specific concerns or incidents related to law enforcement work within the city itself. Eleven reports were provided during a video conference public session Wednesday, with task force Chairman Lester Strong acknowledging that the academic-styled reports did not contain detailed city-based statistics to support the recommendations being made. “It’s exactly why we’re doing this work tonight,” he said. “This town hall (meeting) tonight is a work in progress. We should have said that at the very outset, that this is where we are in the work and (community) feedback tonight is informing that work.”

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