when launched in 1953, and circulation reached a high of 180,000 at one point.” Today sales hover just around the 100,000 mark. Parent’s big concern these days is maintaining the paper’s popularity. If any of the information ever came out he would have thought I talked”.īut Mr. He warned me not to tell anyone the details. “In one case there had been a triple-murder, and the guy came in and told me everything about it. At other times, they want to set the record straight so there are no misunderstandings with the police and the underworld.” “Sometimes they don’t want us to publish anything they say, they just have a need to tell their story. “They walk in, it’s like they are at home, they seem to know all our names”. “There have been guys come in here, hardened criminals, who just want to tell us exactly what happened” Mr. Criminals have suddenly burst into the newsroom late in the evening intent on getting the newspaper straight on a particular story. The paper’s status in the criminal world has also produced some unexplained events for Mr.
In the 1960s people who either read or sold the paper were threatened with automatic excommunication by priests scandalized by its gory and sensational content. “The underworld reads it to find out what the police think and the police read it to find out what the underworld is doing” Allo Police publisher Andre Parent said during an interview in his office at 1809 Parthenais street.Īllo Police has not always been recommended reading in all quarters.
Over the years, as detailed accounts of robbers, murders and beatings have helped make it must reading among police and criminals alike, and one of the province’s most popular weeklies. Notorious for lurid pictures and blood-drenched headlines, the weekly tabloid Allo Police has come to be regarded as Quebec’s unofficial gazette of the criminal world. The Montreal Star, Saturday, July 14, 1979 Scroll to the bottom and there’s a second article from The Gazette: Allo Police publisher Andre Parent in 1979 I would comment, but I believe it speaks for itself. The officer requested backup, and a deputy from the Madison County Sheriff's Office arrived, who used his stun gun to secure the man until additional officers arrived.This is a reprint from a 1979 Montreal Star article. NY Officer Injured in Assault by "Suspicious Person" It remains to be seen whether the recruiting dilemma in the District will soon be fully solved-or if Mayor Bowser and Chief Contee will be saved by the court-but it is clear that there is a pressing need to have patrol officers working in the city on the Potomac. Judge Rules DC Vax Mandate Unlawful, Potentially Enticing New Police Recruits “Officers were able to gain access to the room and shortly after entry the suspect fired a gun at the officers." KY Officer Wounded in OIS, Suspect Later Dies While providing assistance and traffic control, he was hit by a passing vehicle Idaho Trooper Hit by Car, Critically InjuredĪround 8:30 a.m., an Idaho State Police Sergeant responded to a vehicle fire on the westbound lane of I-84. The pay package – which includes $30,000 bonuses for recruits who make a starting salary of $42,411– represents a massive injection of funding over the next three years. New Orleans Mayor Announces $80 Million Plan to Boost Police Department
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