Police Shooting

An Albany Police officer shot an unarmed man Sunday morning in the city's South End neighborhood.

The city of Albany and a man who was partially paralyzed after being shot by a city police officer have reached an agreement to end a pending civil rights case.

During its latest monthly meeting, the Albany Community Police Review Board heard from independent investigators looking into two controversial cases.

An Albany man shot by police who faced charges of felony menacing a police officer and misdemeanor possession of a weapon has taken a plea deal.

Man was killed after firing five shots at police

Activists, along with community and government leaders, have launched a countywide initiative they hope will keep an Albany city resident from going to prison.

"Walk the Walk: How Three Police Chiefs Defied The Odds and Changed Cop Culture" by sociologist Neil Gross, brings readers deep inside three unusual departments—in Stockton, California; Longmont, Colorado; and LaGrange, Georgia—whose chiefs signed on to replace that aggressive culture with something better: with models focused on equity before the law, social responsibility, racial reconciliation, and the preservation of life.

In recent years, the high-profile murders of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and so many others have brought much-needed attention to the pervasiveness of police misconduct. In "Shielded: How the Police Became Untouchable," UCLA law professor Joanna Schwartz exposes the myriad ways in which our legal system protects police at all costs, with insightful analyses about subjects ranging from qualified immunity to no-knock warrants.

A 22-year-old Pittsfield man is dead after being shot Friday night by city police.

The Albany Community Police Review Board will investigate the January 24th police shooting of a city man.