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Wales Online
20-05-2025
- Business
- Wales Online
Cleaning teams to be rolled out to combat 'deterioration' of Welsh borough
Cleaning teams to be rolled out to combat 'deterioration' of Welsh borough The new programme is worth £1.3m and will also address fly-tipping in the area A new "cleaning and greening programme" worth £1.3 million will target hotspots in Caerphilly (Image: Local Democracy Reporting Service ) More street cleaning, weeding and vegetation clearing could all take place across Caerphilly this year, under renewed efforts to spruce up the county borough. A new "cleaning and greening programme" worth £1.3 million will target hotspots and improve the "look and feel" of the borough's public places. If approved later this week, the project will include the reintroduction of two cleaning teams, which councillors can request to visit their wards for up to two weeks this year to "enhance the perception of the area" and tackle fly-tipping. A Community Response Team will also be brought back, to carry out "low cost but visually high impact" improvements to public spaces, including repairing and painting benches, cutting back overgrowth, fixing fences and railings, cleaning road signs and clearing pavements. Eight "key gateways" to the county borough will also be tidied up to "portray a clean and welcoming environment for our residents and visitors". These are in Blackwood, Hafodyrynys, Llanhilleth, Machen, Nelson, Penrhos, Rhymney and Risca. Article continues below At a council scrutiny committee meeting, on Monday May 19, members heard there had been a "deterioration" in the "look and feel" of the borough. "Because of the medium-term financial pressures, we've had to cut back on what we are doing – with this option we've now got the capacity to be more proactive," explained Marcus Lloyd, the council's director of infrastructure. The funding will come from a new UK Government policy which makes producers of packaging more responsible for its recycling. Article continues below According to a Caerphilly Council report, local authorities will receive payments to cover the collection and disposal of that packaging waste. Members of the committee voted unanimously to back the new programme of improvements to public places – an issue Cllr Dawn-Ingram Jones said was "one of the main complaints" she received from residents. Cabinet members are scheduled to meet on Wednesday May 21 to approve the programme.
Yahoo
01-05-2025
- Yahoo
Stolen Porsche driver killed by cop in Brooklyn was in car theft ring: NYPD
The driver of a stolen Porsche shot to death by NYPD cops in Brooklyn Tuesday as he sped toward them at a Belt Parkway road block was on federal probation for being part of an interstate ring of car thieves, police said. The now-deceased driver, Jumaane Wright, 28, and nine other suspects were charged last November in an East Coast auto theft conspiracy ring. The thieves, mostly from Pennsylvania and Maryland, plus one from New Jersey, used electronic key programmers, along with planted cell phones as GPS trackers, to steal high-end muscle cars from dealerships. 'According to the indictment, the vehicles were shown off in person at the meetups and on social media and driven in a reckless and dangerous manner, such as spinning and 'burning out' the vehicles,' the United States Attorney's Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania said in a press release at the time. Wright and several other suspects were due back in court on July 7 for the start of jury selection, according to a Pennsylvania U.S. attorney spokesperson. Wright's pending criminal case, though, apparently did not keep him from continuing his schemes. On Tuesday night, when officers with the NYPD's Community Response Team spotted 'a suspicious Porsche with suspicious plates' on the eastbound Belt Parkway near the Bay Eighth St. Exit in Bath Beach, they checked the plates, revealing the car had been stolen, NYPD Chief of Department John Chell said after the incident. It was later determined the car had been stolen in Pennsylvania. When officers attempted to pull the car over, Wright, who was accompanied by a passenger, exited the parkway at a high rate of speed, then got back on again and sped off, Chell said. At this point, cops did not pursue the car, but radioed ahead to adjoining police precincts that the stolen vehicle was heading in their direction. About 10 miles later at the Rockaway Parkway Exit in Canarsie, Wright, still speeding, veered onto the service road and headed 'in [the] direction of several officers who [had] set up a roadblock to stop this vehicle,' the chief continued. The suspect got too close to one officer, 'nearly striking him,' Chell said, at which point the officer fired a single shot, killing Wright. The car continued on to a further exit on Pennsylvania Ave., where it struck an NYPD vehicle, Chell said. The passenger was arrested and officers 'performed lifesaving measures on the driver,' Chell said. Wright was rushed to Brookdale Hospital but could not be saved. The chief said the entire incident was captured on police body-worn cameras. He added that Wright was 'on federal probation for…interstate transfer of stolen vehicles out of Pennsylvania.' Wright's family declined to speak to reporters following the incident. 'Right now, we are not making any comments,' a stepsister of his said. Charges against the passenger, who is from Philadelphia, are pending.
Yahoo
30-01-2025
- General
- Yahoo
Community Response Team deputy recognized alongside team of dogs
DOUGLAS COUNTY (KDVR) — Douglas County Deputy Sheriff Zach Zepeski calls his job the best job he has ever worked. He's with the Community Response Team for the Douglas County Sheriff's Office. 'Anyone who is in distress the first number they call is 91,1 and usually the cops are the first ones there,' said Zepeski. Colorado's longest-tenured school resource officer builds special bonds with students In 2017 the DCSO Community Response Team began. It started with one deputy and one clinician. Now there are nine teams throughout the county. Deputy Zepeski says that is a good thing. 'A lot of people don't really know how to access the mental health treatment that they need. After we talk to them and we determine what resources would be best for them. We continue to help them on the back end so they don't fall into distress again,' said Zepeski. At the Highlands Ranch substation, you will find Zepeski and 12 other members of the CRT — make that 13. That would be Olive the golden retriever. She is a CRT therapy dog. 'She is here to help us comfort children,' said Zepeski. Children, adults, victims of crime and even those who commit certain crimes can benefit from the CRT. FOX31 Newsletters: Sign up to get breaking news sent to your inbox Recognizing and helping people get emotional support through a crisis is what Zepeski does. That's why he is this month's Support the Shield recipient. 'That is really cool. Thank you so much to whoever put me in for it. My son is going to think this is the coolest thing ever,' said Zepeski. Deputy Zach Zepeski gets the award, and Olive gets a snack. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
