How close do you stay to the speed limit? Kent Police reveal the speeds to which they’ll pull you over, to debunk the myth that cops will write you up for one or two over the limit. Stefanie will tell you her ride-along experience. [bbrvideo]myth[/bbrvideo] There is an ongoing myth in Kent that the police are notorious for stopping drivers for one or two miles over the speed limits. I went on a ride a long with Sergeant Jim…
The Ohio Revised Code has passed a law preventing drivers to text and drive, but cops have no authority to ticket them even if they’re caught first-hand. [bbrvideo]BBR_S5_Kilnapp_Text[/bbrvideo] Effective March 2015, Ohio does not permit a person to drive a motor vehicle while using a handheld communications device to write, send, or read a text-based communication. “This is a useless law”, Lieutenant Prusha said. Law enforcement officers are not allowed to stop drivers solely for texting and driving, even…
[bbrvideo]BBR_S4_Kilnapp_Aiko[/bbrvideo] Aiko is a staple of the Kent police Department. He’s worked with Sergeant Jim Ennemoser since 2009 . Aiko is trained as a narcotics officer. He can sniff out marijuana, crack cocaine, meth and heroine. He’s also able to patrol and do apprehension work, protection, and building searches. Patrolman Josh Nelson has been with the department for 3 years and sees an advantage to having a canine around. “They help out in a lot of different ways. It’s beneficial…
[bbrvideo]BBR_P4_kilnapp_oldpolicebuilding[/bbrvideo] You might be used to seeing the old, run-down Kent police station located on South Water Street. What you’re not used to seeing is the condition of the interior of the building. Lieutenant James Prusha feels that this station is not a stable and efficient work environment for the officers and the prisoners. There are holes in the ceiling above the desks, the offices are in an area full of foot traffic, the evidence room is too small,…
Amid recent protests in not only Ferguson, Missouri and the investigation of excessive force in the Cleveland Police Department, Kent police continue their watch over Kent. But what exactly do the police do on a night shift? Reporter Julie Selby rode along with a Kent police officer and experienced the civil uprising for herself. [bbrvideo width=”475″]BBR_Final_Selby_Ridealong[/bbrvideo] Drug busts, arrest warrants and giving sobriety tests are all in a day’s work for Kent police officers. But what actually does happen during a Friday night…
Rumors are swirling about the activity that took place on College Street during this year’s Kent Halloween. Reporter Julie Selby investigates the claims of use of force on Kent Halloween. [bbrvideo width=”475″]BBR_S6_Selby_Redo2[/bbrvideo] It was a mass of drunken students that caused chaos on October 25th, Kent Halloween. Students massed on College Street during the annual festivities. The crowd turned rowdy as fights broke out and a few of the 100 plus police officers in Kent took action. Lieutenant Jim Prusha…
As most students were downtown on Kent Halloween, one student finds some unusual visitors in a campus building late at night. Reporter Julie Selby has more. [bbrvideo width=”475″]BBR_S5_Selby_Access[/bbrvideo] Chances are that most Kent State students were downtown than in campus buildings in the late hours of October 25th and early morning hours of the 26th, Kent Halloween. Student Melinda Stephan was working on a project in Franklin Hall, Kent’s journalism building, around 1 a.m. on October 26th when Stephan says…
The number of heroin deaths in Ohio is rising as heroin becomes more common, but how is it effecting Kent and Kent State students? Reporter Julie Selby has the story. [bbrvideo width-“475”]BBR_S1_Selby_Heroin[/bbrvideo] It’s a state-wide problem that has reached epidemic proportions. It’s a cold-hearted killer to which many have succumbed to. And it’s right here in Kent — Heroin. According to Kent’s police records, between Jan. 1 and Sept. 18, 2013, 10 people were charged with possession of heroin. However,…
The number of heroin deaths in Ohio are rising as heroin becomes more common, but how is it effecting Kent and Kent State students? Julie Selby has the story. [bbrvideo width=“475”]BBR_P5_Selby_Heroins[/bbrvideo] It’s a state-wide problem that has reached epidemic proportions. It’s a cold-hearted killer to which many have succumbed to. And it’s right here in Kent — Heroin. It is a processed form of morphine than can be snorted, smoked or injected into the body. It is one of the…
[bbrvideo width=”475″]BBR_P3_Trill_Safety[/bbrvideo] I’m Tyler Trill, and I’m just outside the Kent State Police Department. My beat this semester is safety, and I sat down with the Community Resource Officer here, Michquel Penn to discuss the department’s plans for this semester. Penn says the goal is to be more active with the community, and to do so, they’ve implemented a program known as COPs, or their community outreach program.COPs is where an officer from the department is assigned a building on…