V.I. May ‘Ban the Box’ on Employee Police Records
V.I. employers will be prohibited from asking applicants to disclose information concerning an arrest that did not result in a conviction, or in which the conviction was dismissed or sealed, if legislation approved in committee Friday is enacted into law.
Mapp Announces Partnership with Public Safety Support Foundation
The new law enforcement recruit class will be the first beneficiaries of the newly formed Public Safety Support Foundation five-year plan to provide technological...
WAPA Board OKs Generators, Batteries for St. John
The Water and Power Authority board authorized the utility to negotiate a contract with Wartsila for emergency generators and battery storage system on St. John. The board took the action at its Thursday meeting.
AIG Reps Assure Tenants Repairs Are Ongoing
Representatives for the owner of three affordable housing communities met with tenants Tuesday and Wednesday to assure them that repairs from Hurricane Irma are ongoing and that rents were being adjusted to reflect damage.
VIPA Director’s No-Show Lays Bare Senate Divisions
The no-show of Virgin Islands Port Authority Director David Mapp at a Senate committee hearing Thursday led to a contentious exchange between lawmakers and barely-veiled accusations of cowing to the Mapp administration.
V.I. Raids Insurance Guaranty Fund, Repeals Ballot Photos
In what has become a periodic budgetary ritual, on Wednesday Senators voted to cut the cap of the Insurance Guaranty Fund from $50 million down to $10 million, to help balance the government's budget for next year.
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According to Edwardo Jany, Public Safety Support Foundation board chairman and a former police officer, the foundation was established shortly after the 2017 hurricanes by private citizens who saw the need to support and augment law enforcement. Jany and other members of the foundation’s advisory board reached out to New York philanthropist Michael Bloomberg, who came on board as a “generous donor,” Jany said.
Mapp Announces Partnership with Public Safety Support Foundation
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Gov. Kenneth E. Mapp (File photo) The new law enforcement recruit class will be the first beneficiaries of the newly formed Public Safety Support Foundation five-year plan to provide technological and...
