Police

• Locations: News By James Steindler Published Jul. 28, 2021

  Community, meet the police

  Chief Wilson, in the foreground, and former Chief Gene Schilling prepare for the tug-of-war between CPD and the Carbondale Rural Fire Protection District at this year's Mountain Fair. Photo by James Steindler.

  The first-ever Carbondale Police Department (CPD) Citizen Academy was quickly renamed the “Community Academy” so as not to deter folks without U.S. citizenship from participating. That change-up was the result of input given by the first members of the academy — and was one of many suggestions taken… read more →

• Locations: News By James Steindler Published May. 26, 2021

  Citizens' Academy launches this June

  Carbondale Police Department’s Public Relations Officer Anna Ramirez and Chief Kirk Wilson outside Town Hall. Photo by James Steindler.

  The Carbondale Police Department (CPD) wants you to ask questions. Yes, you read that right. Those who are interested can learn what it’s like to serve and protect in this community. Therefore, CPD is conducting its first Citizens’ Academy (CA) this summer. 

  “Police departments all across the country… read more →

• Locations: Columns, Opinion By Jeannie Perry Published Mar. 3, 2021

  Ps & Qs: Twenty Years Ago

  

  Twenty years ago, the Carbondale cops knew me. I lived a couple of miles outside of town and sometimes they would give me a ride if I was walking home late at night (the nice ones would even stop by 7/11 for nachos). My husband worked part-time as a bartender… read more →