Albany police

A memorial to a troubled man

Written December 29th, 2018 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 7 responses.

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.

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Tags: Albany police, Donald Keith Sawyer, roadside memorial, Union Pacific

Alternate route? No, but a nice drive

Written June 19th, 2018 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 9 responses.

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

Police building rises; crime falls

Written January 17th, 2017 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 9 responses.

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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Tags: Alany crime reduction, Albany police

Being a soft touch could cost you

Written November 17th, 2016 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 9 responses.

Albany police have used social media to call attention to a new city law: No more handing money — or anything else — from your car to panhandlers by the side of the street.

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Tags: Albany police, panhandling, street corner begging

Planning over, it’s building time

Written August 9th, 2016 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 9 responses.

Everybody in Albany surely knows about the Albany fire and police buildings on which construction is starting now. So I thought, anyway. But on Tuesday somebody working in a downtown shop asked me if I knew what was going on where the old downtown fire station used to be. So I guess a recap would not hurt.

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Tags: Albany fire, Albany police, public safety buildings

Crosswalk alert, especially June 9

Written June 5th, 2015 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 3 responses.

Some people call it a “crosswalk sting.” But it’s not much of a sting because the public is being warned ahead of time, through channels like this and with signs at the scene. The Albany police, who will conduct this operation at two city crosswalks on Tuesday, June 9, call it a “targeted cross enforcement […]

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Tags: Albany police, crosswalk enforcement, Santiam Highway, Waverly Drive

A win for Albany, but a slim one

Written May 19th, 2015 by Hasso Hering

Comments: no responses.

Seriously? A mere 53 percent affirmative vote? If that holds up, it’s more than enough to pass the bond issue for a new Albany police headquarters and downtown fire station. But considering the enormous amount of work that went into this proposal, one might have wished for a greater majority of supporting votes. According to […]

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Tags: Albany City Council, Albany elections, Albany police, Albany public safety buildings, Fire Station 11