Tagged: New York State Police

8:47am

Mon February 11, 2013
Regional Coverage

Despite well-publicized shootings, crime rate is down

In the wake of the Newtown, Connecticut school shooting and the contentious push for new gun control laws in both Washington and Albany, it’s often easy to forget that the United States has been experiencing what some have called the "Great American Crime Decline."

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11:54am

Wed January 30, 2013
Regional Coverage

State agencies try to explain gun laws to critical citizens

Two weeks after passing new gun control measures, New York officials are holding public forums around the state to discuss what's in the law.

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3:03pm

Wed October 17, 2012
Politics and Government

Cuomo says troopers' "troubled" history is in the past

New York’s first graduating class of New York State Police in three years received their diplomas in a ceremony Tuesday. Governor Andrew Cuomo, who spoke at the event, says he hopes some of the recent controversies surrounding New York’s elite police unit is behind them.

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8:01am

Sun August 12, 2012
Regional Coverage

Russian and US students study cyber threats together

Credit Marie Cusick/Innovation Trail

A bill to strengthen the nation’s cybersecurity laws stalled in Congress this week, but the issue remains a top priority for policy makers and business leaders around the globe.

That's why the University at Albany has launched a new program pairing students in New York and Russia to teach them about cybersecurity.

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6:38am

Fri July 20, 2012
Regional Coverage

Northern New York crash kills six

Six people died Thursday in a crash with a tractor-trailer on Route 11 in the town of Antwerp, in Jefferson County.

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