Marcia Harnden, a captain in the police force of Bellevue, Wash., has been selected as the next chief of the Albany Police Department.
Don’t take this the wrong way…
Written August 30th, 2019 by Hasso Hering
You wouldn’t think people need to be reminded of the obvious, but in the experience of the Albany police, it helps to do so from time to time. Or at least to make the attempt.
Albany traffic crashes: The top spots
Written February 1st, 2019 by Hasso Hering
The latest annual report of the Albany Police Department might cause drivers to avoid certain intersections because of their crash history. But of course they’re on the main thoroughfares, so avoiding them would be hard.
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Tags: Albany police, Albany traffic crashes, annual report for 2018, collisions
Tags: Albany police, Albany traffic crashes, annual report for 2018, collisions
A memorial to a troubled man
Written December 29th, 2018 by Hasso Hering
Dozens of times over the last few months, I’ve ridden the bike past a roadside memorial where the Cox Creek Path comes out on Salem Avenue. Wind and weather have reduced the shrine to a small pile of rubbish, but you can still tell for whom it was put up.
Alternate route? No, but a nice drive
Written June 19th, 2018 by Hasso Hering
Not an “alternate route” to Albany exactly, but much more scenic.If you signed up for email alerts from the Albany police, you got this “traffic advisory” at 4:19 Tuesday afternoon: “Hwy 20 between North Albany Rd and 1st Avenue limited to single lane traffic due to diesel spill. Use alternate routes.”
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Tags: Albany police, Buena Vista Ferry, Ellsworth Street bridge, police advisories
Tags: Albany police, Buena Vista Ferry, Ellsworth Street bridge, police advisories
Police building rises; crime falls
Written January 17th, 2017 by Hasso Hering
There’s no apparent connection, but as Albany is building its new police department headquarters, serious property crime in the city seems to have taken a substantial drop.
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In the Covid ‘freeze,’ expect no arrests
Despite tough talk from Governor Brown, don’t expect anyone to be hauled off in handcuffs in Albany or elsewhere in Oregon for violating her new executive order for a coronavirus “freeze.”
Tags: Albany police, corona order, COVID-19, executive order, governor Brown