Editorial: Time for New Leadership at the NRPD
On June 5, 2020, New Rochelle Police Department (NRPD) Officer Alex McKenna chased Kamal Flowers, a young Black man, on foot into a dark street. Flowers was riding in a car that, police said,...
Category: Public Safety
Again, the NRPD Exonerates a Police Officer Who Killed a Black Man
Commissioner Gazzola says Detective Steven Conn, who killed Jarrel Garris in July 2023, followed all procedures. For the second time in less than four years, the New Rochelle Police Department (NRPD) has exonerated an...
Injustice in Black & White
By the New RoAR News Editorial Board On Friday, December 13, 2024 the Westchester County District Attorney’s office announced that a Grand Jury had declined to indict New Rochelle Police Lt. Sean Kane, whose...
No Indictment Against Lt. Sean Kane, Caught on Video Attempting to Frame a Black Man on Drug Charges
All eyes on Commissioner Gazzola for accountability A Westchester County grand jury has declined to indict New Rochelle Police Department Lt. Sean Kane, whose own body camera video showed him planting drugs under the...
Red Light Pedestrian Safety Comes to New Rochelle’s North End. What About Memorial Highway?
For decades New Rochelleans have wondered why an effective pedestrian safety tool for busy intersections has not been deployed in New Rochelle. Anyone familiar with the Four Corners in Pelham (intersection of Boston Post...
City Council Authorizes Civilian Complaint Review Board
Stays with review-only model, but with increased accountability and transparency At its legislative meeting on Tuesday, October 15, The New Rochelle City Council unanimously approved the creation of a Civilian Complaint Review Board (CCRB),...
Pressure Mounts for More Oversight of NRPD
Community Calls Grow for Removal of Commissioner The New Rochelle City Council got an earful from residents voicing their support for a Civilian Complaint Review Board (CCRB) with strong oversight powers over the Police...
Crisis at the New Rochelle Police Department
Is Anyone Taking This Seriously? By the Editorial Board of New RoAR News Facts: Police Commissioner Robert Gazzola Two Black men shot dead by NRPD officers in four years, a third Black man framed...
Backing Detective Conn Killing Garris, PBA Statement Turns Reality on Its Head
By the New RoAR News Editorial Board In a statement responding to the New York State Attorney General’s report on the July 2023 killing of Jarrel Garris by NRPD Detective Steven Conn, the New...