RPD to Promote 12 from within its Ranks

 RPD to Promote 12 from within its Ranks

 

What:             The Richmond Police Department will promote 12 officers as they continue their service to the Richmond community.

 

·         Richmond Mayor Danny Avula will offer remarks to the four new lieutenants and eight sergeants being promoted.

 

·         RPD officers will be pinned with their new badges and receive a charge from Chief Rick Edwards.

 

When:              10 a.m., TOMORROW, Friday, September 4

Where:            RPD Training Academy, 1202 W. Graham Road

 

 

                        Being promoted to the rank of lieutenant:

Lieutenant Carrie Griffith

Lieutenant Kristie Reed

Lieutenant Stacy Rogers

Lieutenant William Travers

 

Being promoted to the rank of sergeant:

Sergeant Taylor Lisco Ashby

Sergeant Benjamin Bertsch

Sergeant Jose Cartagena

Sergeant Paul Cho

Sergeant Gregory Helfrecht

Sergeant Kathryn Jasper

Sergeant Taylor Sensabaugh

Sergeant Dylan van Aalst

 

Media is invited to attend. There will be interview opportunities 

Wharf Street Death Investigation

Wharf Street Death Investigation

Yesterday at approximately 10:06 p.m., Richmond Police officers were called to the 3100 block of Wharf Street for the report of a person shot. Officers arrived and located an adult male seated in the front passenger seat of a parked vehicle suffering from an apparent gunshot wound. He was pronounced dead at the scene.

The Medical Examiner will determine the cause and manner of death.

Officers also located a second adult male suffering from an apparent gunshot wound. He was transported to a local hospital with injuries considered to be life threatening.

Detectives have determined the persons were known to each other and there is a possibility this incident is the result of an accidental shooting. The investigation continues.

Anyone with information about this death investigation is asked to contact Major Crimes Detective G. Sullivan at (804) 646-3929 or Crime Stoppers at (804) 780-1000. Tips may also be submitted through the P3 app. All Crime Stoppers reporting methods are anonymous.