Tag archive for ‘Redding Police Department’

Will Work for Toys: Redding Police Dept. K9 Unit

Redding Police Officer Kip Kinneavy’s partner, Vermut, was one of the first members of the police department to enter the U.S. Bank in Burney during the Dec. 15 three-hour robbery standoff. Vermut, a police canine, was lifted into the bank’s attic…

Pervert Alert: Redding Police Ask Public to Help Find Suspect

The Redding Police Department is investigating two separate incidents involving a male suspect who contacted two 13-year-old girls as they were walking to their school bus stops in the morning hours. The cases are similar and the police are requesting assistance from the public in identifying and locating this dangerous person…

Redding Police Shooting Justified, Say Chief and DA

Law officers were justified when they shot and killed a Los Gatos man after he tried to rob a Redding bank last month, law-enforcement officials said Wednesday.

At a morning news conference at the Redding Police Department, Police Chief Peter Hansen…

‘Let’s Talk About It’ - Teens Gather to Fight Racism

What: Free event: Let’s Talk About It Teen-to-Teen: Teens gathering to fight racism.

*Discussion Groups  *Tips and Facts to Fight Racism *Drawings and Prizes *And much more fun stuff.

When: Saturday, March 28, 11 a.m - 4 p.m.
Where: First United Methodist Social Hall (Lower level -…

Living Black History Celebrates: Isaac Lowe

Update about Isaac’s videotaped interview: Click on the links below for the 28-minute Isaac Lowe interview; videotaped and produced by Bob Belongie of Belongie Entertainment Enterprises in Redding, which he divided into three sections and uploaded into YouTube clips.

First Segment

Second Segment

Final Segment

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Update: about Isaac’s…

Redding Annual
Crime Report

Read Redding Police Department’s annual report right here, right now: 2008: A Year in Review.

For stats junkies (like moi ), the crime numbers start on Page 13.

Big picture: 2008 saw an overall increase in crime of 22.45 percent.

“With the sudden economic…

New Chief: Aggressive Policing is About Solving Problems

New Redding Police Chief Peter Hansen has spent his first month on the job figuring out how to make deep cuts in police expenses without damaging services.

Not fun. Maybe not even possible.

And he’s wondering whether the city can afford to…

Redding has a new police chief

Redding veteran law enforcement officer Peter T. Hansen is the new chief of police.

He replaces Leonard Moty, who retired in early October.

Hansen, 51, began with RPD 25­ years ago as a  patrol officer, rising through the ranks to become captain…

We can’t beat childhood cancer, but we can support families

Michael Woods Jr. of Redding is 9. He should be playing with friends, going to school and sleeping in his own bed.

Instead, he’s in a hospital with relapsed cancer. Doctors will do everything humanly possible to heal Michael: chemotherapy, radiation, even a…