City police are hoping to make life more difficult for criminals with a new private security camera registry that they’re calling EyeCam.

The Garfield Junior Police Academy entered into its 10th annual year with 40 incoming high school freshmen participating during the week of July 8.

The city will appeal the state’s upholding of an examiner’s ruling that Police Chief Kevin Amos violated state labor law when he asked a union officer to leave a labor-management meeting and threatened the officer’s employment.

A hearing on an ethics complaint filed against five former Garfield school board members has been postponed until December.

Four emergency generators are expected to be purchased for city buildings after an introduction to an ordinance was passed by the city council at the July 9 council meeting.

Garfield police met Thursday with residents of a Fourth Ward neighborhood to discuss speeding and other concerns, two days after a group from the area pleaded with city officials to address what they say are hazardous traffic conditions putting their children at risk.

A hearing examiner’s ruling that Garfield Police Chief Kevin Amos violated state labor law when he asked a union official to leave a meeting and threatened the officer’s employment has been upheld.

The Garfield High School Academic Hall of Fame inducted six new members into the organization at a dinner on June 20 at the Royal Manor in Garfield.

Garfield High School honored some of its graduating seniors on its annual scholarship night awarding more than $130,000 in scholarships on June 20.