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Police officers train in Tampa for RNC bike patrol listen
03/21/12 Janelle IrwinWMNF Drive-Time News Wednesday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: RNC, RNC 2012, Tampa Police, St. Petersburg Police, Hillsborough County Sheriff's Officce, bikes, bike patrol, Brian Dugan, Laura McElroy
The Tampa Police Department will be purchasing 200 bicycles costing nearly $1,600 each for use during the Republican National Convention in August. This week, officers from five law enforcement agencies across the state are being trained on how to safely patrol from a bicycle. Tampa police captain Brian Dugan said there are several reasons why a bicycle patrol program will help with security efforts during a convention that is expected to draw 70,000 visitors.
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St. Petersburg Police Chief addresses Suncoast Tiger Bay, answers safety and ethics questions listen
07/19/11 Janelle IrwinWMNF Drive-Time News Tuesday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Safe Harbor, Anthony Foster, St. Petersburg Police, Tiger Bay Club, St. Petersburg
The St. Petersburg Chief of Police met with Suncoast Tiger Bay Club members today. Chuck Harmon spoke about added safety precautions the department has taken in the wake of three officer deaths. He also answered questions from members about public safety and ethics.
As Tiger Bay Club members lunched on orange glazed chicken, Harmon discussed his thoughts on the recent deaths of officers Jeffery Yaslowitz, Thomas Baitinger and David Crawford and told them what he plans to do to make sure s...
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09/24/09 Kate BradshawWMNF Drive-Time News Thursday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Kathleen Ford, Bill Foster, Tropicana Field, St. Petersburg, St. Petersburg City Council, St. Petersburg Police, St. Pete Mayoral Race
With fewer than six weeks left until Election Day, the St. Petersburg mayoral race has gaining steam. Last night marked the South St. Pete leg of the mayoral debates, which took place at Lakewood High School. Candidates Bill Foster and Kathleen Ford exchanged jabs over two very different visions for the Sunshine City. WMNF’s Kate Bradshaw reports.
With the economy on everyone’s minds, it didn’t take long for the mayoral candidates to dig in to the biggest issue of the election year. Two mi...
Be the first to commentSt. Pete Police Chief discusses staffing levels, crime listen
02/05/09 Seán KinaneWMNF Drive-Time News Thursday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: St. Petersburg City Council, St. Petersburg Police, Rick Baker, Jamie Bennett
Because many of their constituents have told them they don’t feel safe, the St. Petersburg City Council questioned the city’s Police Chief during a two-hour workshop today.
Chief Chuck Harmon pointed to trends that show the city’s crime rate is actually declining.
A year ago, Robert Gordon, Sr.’s son was murdered and his body burned, but the case has not been solved. During the Council meeting that preceded the workshop with Chief Harmon, Gordon asked why the police haven’t found his s...
Be the first to commentSt. Pete police officer cleared in Dawson killing listen
11/03/08 Seán Kinane and Lisa MarzilliWMNF Drive-Time News Monday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Javon Dawson, African American, Race, civil rights, discrimination, racism, Uhurus, St. Petersburg Police
Police administrators have cleared St. Petersburg Police officer Terrance Nemeth of all wrongdoing in the fatal shooting of 17-year-old Javon Dawson in June.
Nemeth had previously been cleared of wrongdoing by Pinellas-Pasco State Attorney Bernie McCabe. His supervisors were looking to see whether Nemeth had violated any departmental policy, while McCabe’s review focused on whether he broke any laws.
Both investigations concluded he was justified in shooting Dawson after the teen alle...
Be the first to commentUhurus to protest at World Series listen
10/21/08 Seán KinaneWMNF Drive-Time News Tuesday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Javon Dawson, World Series, police violence, African American, civil rights, discrimination, racism, Uhurus, St. Petersburg Police
Several groups plan to challenge two new St. Petersburg ordinances before the first World Series game tomorrow night. One ordinance calls for a “Clean Zone” surrounding Tropicana Field, and the other forbids handing out fliers and other activities in street medians. Some groups, including the Justice for Javon Dawson Committee, said this morning that the success of their leafleting campaign to challenge what they call the cover-up of Dawson’s murder by a St. Petersburg Police officer in June ...
Be the first to commentBrother of slain teen says police harassed him listen
09/03/08 Seán KinaneWMNF Drive-Time News Wednesday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Javon Dawson, police violence, African American, Race, civil rights, discrimination, racism, Uhurus, St. Petersburg Police
In June, teenager Javon Dawson was shot twice in the back and killed by a St. Petersburg Police officer. Yesterday at school, his younger brother, Keon, was pulled out of class and his belongings were searched because the school received a tip that he had a gun.
Dawson’s family and supporters are calling it another example of the St. Pete Police harassing and intimidating people who witnessed his brother’s shooting.
At a press conference Wednesday morning at the Uhuru House in St. Pet...
Be the first to commentUhurus react to police suspensions listen
08/22/08 Seán KinaneWMNF Drive-Time News Friday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Javon Dawson, African American, Race, civil rights, discrimination, racism, Uhurus, St. Petersburg Police
Two St. Petersburg Police officers were suspended Thursday for allowing their personal feelings to influence a decision to tow a truck in June.
The parked truck displayed posters supporting Javon Dawson, who had been shot and killed by a police officer a week earlier. One officer was suspended without pay for 20 days and the other for seven. Today, WMNF spoke with Nyabinga Dzinbahwe, press secretary for the Uhuru movement.
“I think what would effectively act as a deterrent for police o...
3 commentsUhurus urge independent review of Dawson shooting listen
08/15/08 Arielle StevensonWMNF Drive-Time News Friday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Javon Dawson, police violence, Uhurus, African American, St. Petersburg Police
Today, the International People’s Democratic Uhuru Movement held a press conference in St. Petersburg, three days after State Attorney Bernie McCabe’s report on the shooting of Javon Dawson was released.
The report cleared Officer Terence Nemeth of any wrongdoing the in death of Javon Dawson. Since the report on the incident was released, Gov. Charlie Crist has called for a review of McCabe’s report after members of the group Justice for Javon Dawson marched in Tallahassee and got 1,700 s...
Be the first to commentUhurus hold conference on economic development
06/23/08 Jamie KidderWMNF Drive-Time News Monday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: African American, Development, Race, Rays stadium, St. Petersburg Police, Tropicana Field, Uhurus, economy
Yesterday in St. Petersburg, the Uhurus met in St. Petersburg to talk about the city’s economic development plans and the Rays ballpark proposal.
The Uhuru Movement in St. Petersburg is a group dedicated to the unity of Africans internationally. They met yesterday at the Uhuru House in South St. Petersburg, where they hosted a conference about the economic development projects in St. Petersburg, the primary one being the construction of a new waterfront stadium.
Local business owners s...
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