One of these four police officers is likely to become the chief of the Albany Police Department after Mario Lattanzio retires in little more than two months.
Burkhart Square: Going beyond the plaque
Written March 24th, 2019 by Hasso Hering
Prompted by a reader’s comment about Albany’s Burkhart Square, I stopped there recently to take a look. One thing that made me want to know more was the plaque containing the dedication.
For clean boots and dry socks
Written November 22nd, 2017 by Hasso Hering
This was one of the items that caught my attention at the new Albany Police Department building during the open house last week. It’s a boot cleaner, as you can see, but not just any kind of thing that scrubs your shoes.
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Tags: Albany Police Department, boot cleaners, Greely Manufacturing, police station
Tags: Albany Police Department, boot cleaners, Greely Manufacturing, police station
Albany’s new cop shop: Sleek
Written November 17th, 2017 by Hasso Hering
All sharp angles and flat surfaces with clean lines — that’s the just-the-facts impression left by Albany’s new $15.5 million headquarters of the city police.
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Tags: Albany Police Department, Albany police station, station dedication
Tags: Albany Police Department, Albany police station, station dedication
Where teen burglars were stopped
Written September 17th, 2015 by Hasso Hering
This is the tranquil street in North Albany, the 1700 block of Whitecliff Drive N.W., where things started unraveling this week for what appears to be a gang of teenage burglars. Make that alleged burglars.
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Tags: Albany crime, Albany Police Department, burglary arrests, North Albany burglaries
Tags: Albany crime, Albany Police Department, burglary arrests, North Albany burglaries
City drops Jackson as police site
Written July 23rd, 2014 by Hasso Hering
The Albany City Council has given up on the idea of keeping the police headquarters on Jackson Street, next door to the Linn County Sheriff’s Office and jail. Instead, the council decided Wednesday to revert to Plan A, which is to build a new police station on nearly 4 acres of city-owned vacant land on […]
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Tags: Albany City Council, Albany Police Department, police station expansion
Tags: Albany City Council, Albany Police Department, police station expansion
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Underpass incident ends with a shooting
Spot news on the cop beat is not the usual fare on this website. But on a bike ride in the rain after noon on Monday, this is what I came across at the Lyon Street underpass in downtown Albany.
Tags: Albany Police Department, Corvallis police, eluding police, Linn County Sheriff, Oregon State Police, police shooting