Here is the biggest news from this past weekend, including new financial opportunities for Syracuse University doctoral students and an expanded surveillance program for city police.

Expanded Syracuse police body camera program

City officials announced plans on Saturday to outfit 90 Syracuse Police Department officers in body cameras after receiving a $300,000 state grant to expand the department’s current body camera program, per Syracuse.com. The grant will fund the first year of the expanded program.

Syracuse.com reported that the public can expect to be recorded when interacting with police, except in “certain circumstances.”

Deputy Police Chief Joe Cecile said police will not record interviews with sexual assault victims or in sensitive places such as bathrooms or locker rooms, per Syracuse.com. The cameras will remain on at all times but won’t record until the officer starts a recording

Man killed in Kenmore Avenue hit-and-run

A Syracuse man was hit by a car and killed at about 2:40 a.m. Saturday on the 200 block of Kenmore Avenue in a hit-and-run, Syracuse.com reported.

Jonathan Adams, 27, was killed while laying in the southbound lane of Kenmore Avenue. Syracuse Police spokesperson Lt. David Brown told Syracuse.com it was “unclear” why Adams was lying in the road and that police are asking the public for help finding the driver of the vehicle.

SU Graduate School starts $750,000 fund for doctoral research

The program, which was created as part of SU’s Invest Syracuse initiative, allocates $750,000 to fund 30 doctoral students in competitive research areas.

The Graduate School’s Fellowship Fund is expected to provide up to two years of funding for each student, with a stipend and tuition credits. Students will also receive an additional two years of funding from each school and college through teaching and research assistant positions.

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Lawyer arrested for DWI

CNY Central reported that Tom Anelli, a Syracuse attorney who used to advertise himself as “The DWI Guy,” was arrested Friday evening in Liverpool for driving while ability impaired.

Jack Keller, a New York State Police public information officer, told CNY Central that Anelli refused to take a field sobriety test and that police later found that Anelli’s blood alcohol content was .06. Anelli was ticketed for driving while ability impaired, an offense that amounts to a traffic ticket, per CNY Central.

Published on September 9, 2018 at 7:57 pm

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