Familiar restrictions for fireworks display address safety, traffic, parking
COVINGTON, Ky. – Large crowds will again flock to the riverfront and viewing spots around Covington to watch the annual Labor Day weekend fireworks on Sunday, Sept. 4, so the City and its Police Department are putting in place familiar restrictions designed to ensure safety and orderly traffic flow.
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Photo 1: One, Rob Nader in 2016. (Photo used courtesy Katie Woodring).
Photo 2: Chief Nader, always a good sport, poses as the pretend security guard, with a watchdog, overseeing the Communication Department’s stash of canned goods during the City staff’s annual food drive.
From raw recruit to top cop, Covington native never lost patrolman mindset
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COVINGTON, Ky. – The City of Covington has tweaked its noise ordinance to make it easier to understand and enforce.
The changes include separate regulations for daytime and nighttime monitoring and more objective evaluation of whether noise is unreasonably loud and thus violates the ordinance.
The specific changes were first brought to the Covington Board of Commissioners for discussio...
Photos 1 and 2: Officers Petri and White help young readers at City Heights.
Photo 3: From left, Officer White, Officer Hancock, Officer Monson, Sgt. Meyer, Officer McBee, Officer Christen, and Officer Petri (lying down) pose with young readers near the Read Ready Covington sign.
Officers promote literacy at book event
COVINGTON, Ky. – Books, kids, and badges proved an exciting...
Photo taken by Covington Police Sgt. Jason Gray
COVINGTON, Ky. – The deadline is July 1 for recent high school graduates headed to college to apply for a $500 scholarship from Covington’s police union.
To earn the Covington FOP Lodge #1 Fallen Officer Scholarship, students must fill out an application found HERE and write an essay answering, “What does living in C...
Doug Meyung, a Fleet mechanic with Covington’s Public Works Department, works on a since-retired cruiser in this file photo.
$500K budget amendment earmarked for badly needed cars
COVINGTON, Ky. – A Covington police officer recently started to follow and pull over a driver who appeared to be impaired – but then the cruiser’s lights and siren malfunctioned.
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The process of becoming a police officer includes both classroom study and in-the-field training at a 20-week formal state police academy, followed by on-the-job training under the tutelage of a Covington field training officer. Officers with specialized roles, such as K9 officers, require even more (ongoing) training. Photo taken by Covington Police Sgt. Jason Gray.
Already boasting 31 veteran...
Veteran Police Officer Ryan Jones – signing papers after a (re)swearing-in ceremony today – is back with the Covington Police Department after a short time away.
COVINGTON, Ky. – Covington Police Officer Ryan Jones is back on familiar territory, patrolling the streets of what he says is “the greatest city in the state.”
“He’s a great office...
Photo from last night’s TV news broadcast used with permission of WCPO.
A day after chemical plant incident, residents again urged to enroll in county's emergency notification network
COVINGTON, Ky. – Just after 8:15 Monday evening, a ferocious “boom” could be heard throughout West Latonia, rattling windows and raising anxiety levels.
Soon thereafter, the ...
College-bound students need to write essay, fill out application
COVINGTON, Ky. – Covington’s police union wants to give $500 to a college-bound high school senior.
To earn the Covington FOP Lodge #1 Fallen Officer Scholarship, seniors must fill out an application found HERE and write an essay answering, “What does living in Covington mean to me?” The essay ...