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Covington to move its police department

By Echo Day on March 3, 2017

An expected relocation will happen sooner rather than later for the Covington Police Department. Discussed in the city’s public safety committee meeting Tuesday, safety concerns are prompting city officials to move the department to office buildings on South Main Street, across from the post office, in the next two or three months. An inspection by the state fire marshal’s … [Read more...] about Covington to move its police department

Covington to build new police department

By Echo Day on February 22, 2017

[metaslider id="4270"] When it rains, water runs down the walls of Covington’s police department.  The plaster’s bubbled, the wallpaper’s peeling. If you look up, the covers for the lights are brown with pooled rainwater. Ceiling tiles, even though they were replaced a few months ago, bulge with water damage in the lobby, court room, almost every office, every hallway, every … [Read more...] about Covington to build new police department

Cavat Bass records 25 years with CPD

By Jeff Ireland on February 4, 2016

Cavat Bass does not like to make a big deal out of it because that's not his nature, but he has made history within the Covington Police Department during his 25 years on the job. He became the first African-American lieutenant in 1993. A few years later he became the first African-American captain and is now the first African-American assistant chief. Rather than publicize … [Read more...] about Cavat Bass records 25 years with CPD

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