Around Christmas of 2019, a Black male detective in the Wilmington Police Department’s Criminal Investigation Division was given a trophy by his white male supervisor with an engraved message that reads, “Whitest Black Guy in the Office Award.” The trophy has been openly displayed on the detective’s desk since it was presented to him, according to City Council President Trippi …
Wilmington residents sign petition in support of police chief
Chief Robert Tracy/Wilmington Police Department A petition expressing support for the Wilmington Police Department has gathered more than 600 signatures after the Wilmington City Council on Thursday passed a “vote of no confidence” in Chief Robert Tracy. The vote happened after a nearly three-hour-long Public Safety Committee meeting Tuesday during which Tracy and others defended the department’s practices amidst claims …
Wilmington Councilwoman Rysheema Dixon resigns during meeting
Councilwoman Rysheema Dixon/Photo Wilmington City Council Wilmington City Councilwoman Rysheema Dixon, a Democrat, resigned from office during Thursday’s council meeting. The at-large council member said she’d be taking time to focus on her community development consulting business, RD Innovative Planning, which she said is rapidly expanding within the United States and even internationally. Prior to her departure, Dixon served as …
Wilmington term limit resolution could allow officials to spend 36 years on council
UPDATE: Councilwoman Shané Darby has informed Delaware LIVE/Town Square LIVE that she will not be in attendance at Thursday’s City Council meeting. The resolutions will now be heard during the Jan. 6, 2022 meeting. Wilmington’s city council will vote on two contentious resolutions next month, both sponsored by Councilwoman Shané Darby. The first resolution asks the Delaware General Assembly to …
Spadola’s ethics bill tabled until Wilmington Council’s October meeting
A Wilmington City Council proposed ordinance to require annual ethics training will be heard Oct. 7. Photo by Bark Magrabi/Pexels A proposed ordinance to require Wilmington elected officials and city employees to participate in annual ethics training will not be heard until October. The bill’s sponsor, Wilmington City Council member James Spadola, R-At Large, agreed to table the legislation …
Ordinance would require ethics training for Wilmington officials, employees
An ordinance to require Wilmington elected officials, appointed officials and city employees to participate in annual ethics training will be heard by City Council Thursday. The ordinance is sponsored by the council’s lone Republican member, James Spadola, who holds the at-large seat reserved for the minority party. “The residents of Wilmington deserve elected officials that are trained and in tune …
Wilmington film screening bases ticket cost on race, gender
Updated Friday, Aug. 27: Nemours Children’s Health System and Delaware Healthy Mother and Infant Consortium are no longer mentioned as cosponsors on the event’s ticket sales page A Wilmington non-profit organization is hosting a movie screening Friday with race- and gender-based ticket prices. Tickets for the event range from free to $7, depending on your gender and racial identity. Black …
Coalition asks Wilmington for info, talk about parking tickets, booting, towing
Information that arrived Tuesday showed that 3,000 cars were towed in Wilmington in 2020.