Cornelius Frolik

1 day ago | daytondailynews.com | Cornelius Frolik

The Dayton Metro Library is going to close the main library at 215 E. Third St. from Thursday, May 22, to Monday, May 26 because downtown road closures will make it difficult for patrons to access the facility’s parking garage and surrounding on-street parking, said Debi Chess, the library system’s director of external relations and development.

4 days ago | daytondailynews.com | Cornelius Frolik

“Dayton Police Department continues to evolve its use of technology to support public safety while ensuring transparency and accountability,” said Dayton police Assistant Chief Eric Henderson in a statement. DronesPilots with the Dayton Police Department utilized drone technology on 370 occasions in 2024, primarily to assist officers during searches, SWAT operations, search and rescue missions and crowd control, says the police department’s 2024 annual surveillance technology report.

6 days ago | daytondailynews.com | Cornelius Frolik

A Dayton Police Department analysis of homicides and felonious assaults from 1999 to 2024 found Miami Chapel, Santa Clara and the Summit Square apartment complex have long been hot spots. Santa Clara Neighborhood Association President Gloria White said gun violence happens all over the city, and her neighborhood has many of the same problems as other areas, like blight, trash, squatters and irresponsible property owners — except possibly to a greater extent.

6 days ago | daytondailynews.com | Cornelius Frolik

Months later, a man was shot in the leg in the 100 block of Pointview Ave., and a juvenile shot a teen in the face while mishandling a gun at a home on Bruce Avenue. North Riverdale was among the neighborhoods with a high number of gun crimes last year, according to a Dayton Daily News analysis of Dayton Police Department data. A Dayton Daily News investigation found several neighborhoods in west Dayton have been hot spots for violent crime for more than a quarter century. Elijah O. and Helder D.

6 days ago | daytondailynews.com | Cornelius Frolik

In a sit-down interview with the Dayton Daily News, Afzal talked about how his department is working to reduce violent crime in the neighborhoods where residents say gunshots are a nonstop occurrence. Afzal said the department has shifted to focus manpower on violent crime. Police say a small number of people are responsible for a substantial share of the violent crime in the city.