Redding’s an opinionated town. Someone among its vocal residents must not share the apparently universal respect for Police Chief Peter Hansen.

Just a year and a half into his tenure as Redding Police Chief, Peter Hansen has announced he's stepping down. Hansen, who took over for Chief Leonard Moty in November of 2008, will remain on the job until Dec. 3 to help ease the transition to a new chief. He leaves with 27 years of service with Redding Police Department a

Yesterday a blog was posted, stating that the (RPOA) the (APOA) and (PORAC) had thrown their support behind Jerry Benito. For those of you who don't know, these are unions and organizations, and just because they say they support a candidate, does not mean that all the members, or even a majority of the members of these uni

A Redding police officer struggled briefly today with a 31-year-old motorist following a routine traffic stop at a fast-food restaurant on Railroad Avenue, police said.

Will be presented to the city council Tuesday eve. Highlights: More than 12,800 "incidents" recorded last year (at five intersections). More than half were rejected by the red-light vendor, Redflex Traffic Systems, or by RPD. Some 4,600 citations were issued....

The Redding Police Department today recognized 30 current and retired employees along with a group of RPD spouses for outstanding performance in 2009.

Redding Police Department releases Burney bank robbery details. Click here for press release

Patrick Jones likes the Civic Plaza building across from City Hall - for RPD, not REU. He reckons the city could buy the building, bring it up to emergency code and do a plain vanilla built-out for around $5 million...

The roof leaks in places. The front facade is water-damaged and falling apart, tile by tile. The heating and air conditioning systems are nearing the end of their useful life.