iTeam: "Montgomery Rising?" pt. 1
There are some clouds on the Montgomery horizon. Some population figures that show the city is shrinking. The Alabama News Network i-Team has produced a four-part report on Montgomery's future, exploring…
i-Team: Speed Cameras Headed to Court?
Thirteen thousand people in the city of Montgomery have gotten one: a mailed speeding ticket from an empty police car, but you wont be getting them any more. After our investigative…
i-Team: Get Out of Jail Free
The City of Montgomery signed an agreement in 2015 to change the way people get out of jail. Instead of posting a cash bond, some defendants just sign their name as a promise to show up, even people with no…
I-Team Investigation: Teacher Sex Charges
The state of Alabama has received bad grades for a number of things in the past, but one failing grade, according to a 2014 study, really stands out. The study, compiled by a former U.S. department of education staffer Terry…
i-Team: Where's the Interpretive Center?
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i-Team: Street Racing
[gtxvideo vid="Nk1QJMTg" playlist="" pid="2gxTqEDg" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/Nk1QJMTg-120.jpg?cachebust=1461954567946" vtitle="iteam: street racing"] It takes a car traveling at 200 miles per hour 400 feet and 10 seconds to come to a complete stop. Now imagine that car rapidly approaching you in your rear view…
I-Team: How Montgomery Police Officers Are Trained on Using Force
[gtxvideo vid="aVaL7KGV" playlist="" pid="2gxTqEDg" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/aVaL7KGV-120.jpg?cachebust=1456444172450" vtitle="iteam using force update"] Any time there's an officer-involved shooting, like the Montgomery Police Department shooting of Gregg Gunn on McElvey Street, decisions have to be made in a split second. Those decisions can make the…
i-Team: Montgomery Recycling
[gtxvideo vid="8a3H1DrI" playlist="" pid="2gxTqEDg" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/8a3H1DrI-120.jpg?cachebust=1455743795393" vtitle="WAKA_2016_02_17_06_10_15"] There was a ground-breaking ceremony in July of 2013 for a unique new municipal recycling facility in Montgomery. It was built with the promise that as much as 85 % of Montgomery's household garbage…
i-Team: Mayor says AG Conspiring to Keep Victoryland Closed
[gtxvideo vid="QpPaGidB" playlist="" pid="2gxTqEDg" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/QpPaGidB-120.jpg?cachebust=1455293672804" vtitle="I-team Playing the odds"] When Governor Robert Bentley signed an executive order last November giving enforcement authority of anti-gaming laws to local sheriffs and district attorneys, many people thought that cleared the way for Victoryland…
