Jun 22 Community Fischer To Meet With Group Critical Of LMPD Crisis Policies The head of a Louisville faith-based group and the mayor will meet Friday to discuss safer policing, months after multiple requests for the mayor to meet. By Kyeland Jackson Jun 22 Community Fischer To Meet With Group Critical Of LMPD Crisis Policies Kyeland Jackson
Jun 19 Community Louisville Police Accused Of Failing To Test 10-Year-Old Rape Kit In Lawsuit The lawsuit claims Louisville Police lied to a woman two times about the status of her rape kit. Attorneys for the woman say police documents show the kit was never tested. By Emma Collins Jun 19 Community LMPD Accused Of Failing To Test 10-Year-Old Rape Kit In Lawsuit Emma Collins
Jun 11 Community As Cities Struggle To Solve Homicides, Louisville Looks To Atlanta Around 45 percent of homicides in Louisville between 2010 and 2017 did not result in an arrest, according to data published by The Washington Post last week. By Kyeland Jackson Jun 11 Community As Cities Struggle To Solve Homicides, Louisville Looks To Atlanta Kyeland Jackson
Jun 6 Community LMPD Chief Conrad Praises Gun-Restriction Bill, Predicts Fewer Crimes As Result The bill was one of only two gun-related bills to pass Kentucky's general assembly this year. LMPD Chief Steve Conrad and Mayor Greg Fischer praised the bill Wednesday. By Kyeland Jackson Jun 6 Community LMPD Chief Praises Gun-Restriction Bill Kyeland Jackson
May 29 Community Stolen Guns Flood Louisville’s Streets, But Few Are Ever Recovered Louisville Police, KSP and local ATF officers recover thousands of guns every year, tracing many back to crime and investigations. Many of those weapons were stolen from legal owners. By Kyeland Jackson May 29 Community Stolen Guns Flood Louisville's Streets, But Few Are Ever Recovered Kyeland Jackson
May 8 Community Study: City Should Demolish LMPD Headquarters, Fiscal Court Building A draft of the study was presented to Metro Council on May 1 by EOP Architects, an architecture and interior design firm. By Kyeland Jackson May 8 Community Study: City Should Demolish LMPD Headquarters, Fiscal Court Building Kyeland Jackson
May 4 Community Louisville Police Mount Up For The Kentucky Derby All eyes will be on the Churchill Downs racetrack Saturday for “the most exciting two minutes in sports,” but horses will be trotting outside the track, too. By Kyeland Jackson May 4 Community Louisville Police Mount Up For The Kentucky Derby Kyeland Jackson
Apr 27 Community LMPD Issues All-Clear After Search For Armed Person In Downtown Louisville A 53-year-old man is charged with robbery, wanton endangerment and possession of a handgun by a convicted felon after Friday's incident. By Staff Apr 27 Community LMPD Issues All-Clear After Search For Armed Person Downtown Staff
Apr 26 Community 2018 LMPD Shootings Surpass Last Year’s Count There were four police shootings in all of Louisville last year. This year, there's been five, with eight months remaining in the year. By Kyeland Jackson Apr 26 Community 2018 LMPD Shootings Surpass Last Year's Count Kyeland Jackson
Apr 25 Community LMPD Names Officers Involved In Fatal Portland Shooting Officers Joshua Weyer, Kody Despain, Benjamin Dean and Detective Joseph Fox are on routine administrative reassignment pending an investigation of the incident. By Kyeland Jackson Apr 25 Community LMPD Names Officers Involved In Fatal Portland Shooting Kyeland Jackson
Feb 21 Community Louisville Gets $100,000 To Test Gunshot Response Drones The city is one of 35 finalists in Bloomberg Philanthropies' 2018 U.S. Mayors Challenge, which asked more than 320 applicant cities to create proposals to solve problems they face. By Kyeland Jackson Feb 21 Community Louisville Gets $100,000 To Test Gunshot Response Drones Kyeland Jackson
Jan 3 Community Louisville’s 2017 Homicide Count Ranks Among The Highest On Record Murders have increased in Louisville since 2013, and typically, the neighborhoods most affected are predominantly black and poor. By Kyeland Jackson Jan 3 Community Louisville’s 2017 Homicide Count Ranks Among Highest On Record Kyeland Jackson
Dec 13 Community State, Local Police Struggle To Recruit, As Pension Reform Prompts Retirements Louisville Police Chief Steve Conrad said 63 officers have retired from LMPD this year because of Kentucky's looming pension reform. By Kyeland Jackson Dec 13 Community Police Struggle To Recruit, As Pension Reform Prompts Retirements Kyeland Jackson
Dec 11 Investigations Louisville Mayor Wants Review Of Investigation Into Lawmaker Molestation Case Louisville Mayor Greg Fischer wants an internal review of his police department’s handling of a 2013 molestation investigation into Ky. Rep. Dan Johnson. By Jacob Ryan Dec 11 Investigations Louisville Mayor Wants Review Of Lawmaker Molestation Case Jacob Ryan
Dec 8 Politics Louisville Defends Immigration Ordinance To Feds After Funding Threat The letter from the Jefferson County Attorney was a response to a DOJ letter that Louisville prove its new ordinance doesn't make it a "sanctuary city." By Kate Howard Dec 8 Politics Louisville Defends Immigration Ordinance To Feds After Funding Threat Kate Howard