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Both agencies tried to stop the car. Alexandria officers did not pursue — their policy bars a chase for a stolen vehicle. State Police did, and say the car reached about 90 mph over roughly five miles. The survivor is a 16-year-old Alexandria girl.
Members said public comment ran against the spaces and that a proposed loading zone raised safety questions at drop-off. The board had asked staff in July to look for teacher parking.
April Cuya Lopez was last seen Sept. 6 in the 600 block of North Ripley Street.
Chief Tarrick McGuire and Rev. Markel Hutchins, who leads the organization behind the weekend, spoke with The Alexandria Brief on Friday. Hutchins said Alexandria was chosen for its faith community and for a connection formed on a civil rights walk in Selma.
At the first of two listening sessions, McGuire said the 2023 rollout needed more public conversation and that the decision to remove the cameras belongs to City Council.
The party committee wants council and the city manager to put the city's stated commitments into written police policy, and asks the attorney general for guidance on the duty to intervene
Prosecutors say Oxygen Forensics, headquartered on North Washington Street, was controlled by five Russian nationals and its software written in Russia while it sold to Homeland Security and the Pentagon
The Police Department told The Alexandria Brief on Sept. 6 that it would not release camera locations. City Council directed otherwise, and the commitment appeared on the city's website Tuesday.
Five questions added to the city's ALPR page Monday go at the 266 arrests and 134 stolen vehicle recoveries the department has cited in defending the program.
The department is inviting congregations to register events for Oct. 9-12 and will hold its first prayer breakfast as part of the opening
The FAA began using the system in limited mode Monday around Reagan National. It says staff review every recommendation; Beyer says controllers weren't consulted or trained.
The Sept. 24 and Oct. 7 sessions are the first public forums since council asked the department to answer questions about its Flock license plate reader program
Roads have reopened, but cleanup continues through Monday. Mayor Alyia Gaskins is asking residents to support businesses near Van Dorn Plaza that lost water service and customers.
The department published written responses Thursday, confirming it restricted every Virginia agency with an ICE agreement and disclosing the camera inventory council asked for.
McGuire told the Commission on Information Technology he made the decision himself after talking with the city manager, and committed to return before the department selects a new license plate reader vendor.
Jelzon Garcia Gonzales, 21, is charged with aggravated malicious wounding and held without bond. The victim remains in critical condition.
