Tag: Portsmouth Police Daily Briefing

A pair of Lucasville teenagers were reported missing twice in a matter of hours early this morning, prompting repeated law ...

Reports of men in ski masks possibly armed with guns sent police scrambling across the city late into the night and again early the ...

As fireworks lit up the sky, police radios lit up too. From New Year’s Eve through New Year’s Day, officers bounced ...

An unusual call to police around 11 a.m. is raising a bigger question about when law enforcement should—and shouldn’t be brought ...

A terrifying domestic call involving a knife and four frightened children sent officers rushing to the Streich Apartments only to be followed just ...

What began as a frantic Christmas Eve search for a missing teen turned into a two-day ordeal that kept deputies ...

Portsmouth police officers spent part of their day responding to multiple calls involving fears of self-harm—situations where no crime had ...

Portsmouth police spent a long, blustery night chasing alarms across the city—many of them likely triggered by strong winds, loose doors, and flying debris.  ...

From a gas station complaint involving condoms to late-night power tools and a tense bar call, officers had a weekend ...

Two separate calls to Portsmouth police in a matter of minutes raised a troubling question many people quietly ask: when someone ...