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A crowdsourced report from Northern Virginia Families for Safe Streets flags nine locations, most near schools, and finds failure to yield cited in three of every four reports
Eleven agencies came off the city's Flock sharing list over the weekend, all of them holding ICE task force agreements. It happened days after the police chief told council he could do exactly that. The department has not said whether he did.
Several of the victims' families joined with top lawmakers and the head of the National Transportation Safety Board outside the U.S. Capitol to demand action, but it may be difficult for this Congress to pass anything ahead of the midterm elections.
ACPS and city staff meet again Friday, ahead of the Sept. 25 homecoming game. A councilman said the city keeps responding to a problem it can see coming.
Alexandria police say a crash investigation is underway and are asking drivers to avoid the area
APD also answered questions on audits, case codes and search volume that had been open since Aug. 14. It did not say what share of searches its monthly audit reviews.
Police Chief Tarrick McGuire read the names of Alexandrians killed that day, and speakers said the duty now is to tell their stories to a generation with no memory of it
Arlandria-Chirilagua parents again asked the School Board to restore their buses. Decisions on appeals are due Sept. 30, and staff are still writing the standard for what makes a route unsafe.
Two adopted the state's model policy. Two wrote their own. They differ on how long data is kept, how much of it gets audited, and whether you can find out what the system holds about you.
Councilman Elnoubi and Councilwoman Marks said the same. The police chief said he's meeting with other vendors but has no timeline. The contract can be canceled at any time.
Two troopers attempted life-saving measures. The driver stopped and called 911. The crash closed a ramp to Duke Street Monday night.
Dominion said crews were returning a circuit to its normal feed. Most customers were back by evening, but one Del Ray outage is now estimated to run past midnight
APD answered three questions from the Brief on Saturday, three days before council receives an update on the license plate reader program
Dominion listed 14 customers out Saturday morning, down from more than 9,000 at the peak; eight traffic signals were dark during Friday's commute
Existing immigration enforcement agreements may continue, but localities remain barred from joining the federal program for the first time.
A VCIJ review of thousands of public records shows widespread misunderstanding and mistrust of Flock Safety – even inside city halls and police headquarters.
