Mayor Joe Ganim on Monday greeted 26 new police recruits, including seven women, at the city’s academy.
The demographic makeup of the new class, according to data provided by the city:
Gender:
Male 19
Female 7
Ethnicity/race:
African American 5
Hispanic 11
Caucasian 10
Residency:
Bridgeport resident 14
Non-Resident 12
From Dan Tepfer, CT Post:
“This is an honorable profession, don’t ever forget that,” Police Chief Armando Perez told the recruits. “We exist to serve and protect society–to serve and protect society.”
Anyone who violates that standard, the chief said, he will run out of the Police Department.
“Being a police officer is a tall order, but I know you wouldn’t be here if you weren’t cut out for it,” Mayor Joseph Gamin told them before administering the oath.
… Training for today’s police officers has changed to adapt to the problems now being faced by officers.
Police Capt. Rebecca Garcia, the head of the police academy, said among the new training programs recently implemented are de-escalation training for recruits and more programs aimed at forging a bridge between officers and the community.
“We want our officers to get acquainted with the people in the community and build a trust in the community,” Garcia said. “If you don’t have a relationship with the community then the community can’t trust you and that’s where problems occur.”
Full story here.
Just a reminder everybody,— that you to can get the chance to pee in a cup. The City of Bridgeport, Department of Civil Service, is accepting applications for custodian , until May 1st. So if you know somebody who needs a job that pays about 40,000, have them go down to civil service and fill an application out. If you’re able to pass the test, high enough, during the pre-screening physical you to will have the chance to take a drug test paid for it by the City of Bridgeport
Been there done that. 🙂
Joe is sucking up to the union for votes.
Lennie, what’s the makeup of this class by race?
The demographic makeup of the new class, according to data provided by the city:
Gender:
Male 19
Female 7
Ethnicity/race:
African American 5
Hispanic 11
Caucasian 10
Residency:
Bridgeport resident 14
Non-Resident 12
Here is my question for City Council President Aidee Nieves, 7 females were hired out of a list of 26 candidates, more than a quarter of those hired but in the past 11 years in the Bridgeport Fire Department there have been 0 (ZERO) females hired. City Council President Aidee Nieves, where is your OUTRAGE and concern about women NOT being hired as firefighters but they can get hired to be police officers?
These new police recruits can start with investigating the use of City Council stipends.
I have received reports that Alfred Castillo purchased four new tires for his vehicle, Karen Jacksom has been renting cars, and Denise Moyer is, once again, paying utilities and purchasing her groceries with her stipend.
Lennie, please pursue this by requesting all stipend records from December 2017 to present.
yulp, well of course you need to know that……..I only hope its 26 great police officers
Let me ask you a question, do you know where your doctor and lawyer placed on their exam to get their license and did their going into their profession make them better than others who had lower test score?
Somewhere there is the worst doctor in the world.
And there’s a room full of people waiting to see him………George Carlin.
This world unfortunately has always put way to much emphasis on test scores even after knowing that so many people just don’t test well. Yet nothing has changed……..SAT….Fcat……
no matter what, when it comes to the exams everyone who passes should just move on without a ranking . more emphasis should be placed on the interview process. Speaking to them all speaks way more then a lousy BS test
A J’s words are absolutely true. Everything he said.
By now all 26 know that their new boss got his job almost SOLELY due to his friendship with his boss- Ganim.
They also know about ALL the internal strife within the department.
They know about how their mayor was corrupt.
They know that a second “boss” may be arriving to help the first boss.
Etc etc.
As far as the new recruits getting to know the community that they will serve, eventually they’ll know that but they will be forever hindered in getting there due to running from call to call in a grossly understaffed department. Then they will be criticized and vilified for any mistakes they may make and for racking up tons of OT due to the lack of manpower.
Good luck and God bless.
Rich, I’m in agreement with you. When you review the issues that are a major concern that are nothing new and that’s where a good test by a testing company who would know what those issues are would have those as a portion of the exam because other large cities that have the makeup of Bridgeport where they have tested for the position of police chief. That wasn’t done here instead David Dunn hired a testing company that a knew that AJ Perez would placed in the top three.
As far as the posted “residency” of the new cops, hey Lennie, why not post the non residency of those city employees who we know don’t reside in the city. We could start with the Chief, the staff of OPED who are incharge of “formulating” the future of Bridgeport. We already know that many of the mayors appointees both past and present don’t live in the city. The DTC chair who runs the show really doesn’t live in the city and only does business here, both political and personal. There are questions about whether Ganim is actually a full time resident. The new guy running for the state seat doesn’t live in the city. (Took a short term lease, yeah I know I know!!!!!)
I am not saying it should be a requirement as it may very well should be but…… I’m just saying…….!
Rich, Donald Day and myself have been pushing for Bridgeport to do what Hartford does in hiring firefighters, candidates must be residents of Hartford in being hired before taking the exam, they must be a bona fide resident for a year. No one rights are violated because new employees have no say in the conditions of their being hired plus they have no union rights because they have not been hired and paying union dues. After the candidate is hired they live where ever they want, they are not force to reside in Hartford, it’s legal and allows Hartford to have a jobs program for the taxpayers who pay the salary and benefits for those firefighters. Bridgeport first instead of all of these out of towners who pay no taxes and who don’t vote in Bridgeport and who don’t support Bridgeport, who have no concerns about the education of our school children.
What you just mentioned is a key point and we had the same problem in Stamford. Probably many cities face the same thing and that is residency vis-a-vis votes. City employees could have a great say in voting not only by themselves but by the people they interact with on a daily basis. Of course the asskissers will support those who will do for them but I can assure you they represent the smaller percentage of that population. Cities can provide opportunities for these employees like discount mortgages, targeting neighborhoods that need incentive for uplifting those communities and other creative ways of enticing employees who would take more of an interest in the city where they would work and live. It doesn’t have to portrayed as a punishment as it is often looked at today.
Rich, the items listed on this topic can be acted on by the Bridgeport City Council, the City Council is the City’s legislative body, with the power to enact all ordinances and resolutions. This council like many order city council in the past have turned their power over to the Executive branch of the City’s government to the mayor.
1 agree 100% 1000% you should already have been living in the city before you are allowed to take the police or the fireman test and once hired , you should be required to live another year min. before you venture out.
Yes. That’s why I continually recommend that most of them be voted out. Especially those that have relationships at Brooklawn & Suburban aves. Anyone who thinks that any person associated with the DTC and his minions have the cities best interest in mind are either complicit with them or they’re just plain stupid. Right Mike?
Pour me another please -and……….
no tip for you!
Does anyone know how many women took the last firemen exam ???
I stand by my position. There should be a cap in the overtime budget,and a cap for on each officer. Nothing creates more dissent and animosity than one officer looking at another officer and saying I’m making 60 to 70 thousand, and this one is making 170 thousand and we are the same rank. I would even go so far as to say any law suits the city pays out over bullshit abuse should come from their overtime budget.
PS Lennie give OIB the total force breakdown for both PD & FD
There should be a cap on how often you are allowed on the ‘Net.
Coach, they won’t tell you how many passed the written or the oral, but we do know that ALL of them failed CPAT the new physical agility test that David Dunn implemented. What we do know is that NO city that uses CPAT hires women in any meaningful numbers. What we do know is overr the last 12 years NO women have passed CPAT in Bridgeport. What we do know is that women were hired for 30 consecutive years prior to CPAT and David Dunn.
With respect to the Hartford hiring process, they have two lists, one resident and one nonresident and they hire off the resident list until it’s depleted and then and only then do they hire off the nonresident list. All new hires must live in the city for one year and then they are free to move anywhere they like. Council members Ernie Newton, Enida Martinez and Peter Spain all have a copy of this because I did this using Hartford as an example and sent it to those individuals for submission and adoption with the Bridgeport City Council.
Don
I said i am off OIB Good News civic service approved it, it had a public hearing I said i would do it.
Civil service will vote on it at its next meeting in MAY!
Vote on what and what are the details?
Don, again I must say that NOT ONE City Council member has ever SPOKEN OUT against the City NOT hiring a woman on over 11 years, unbelievable.
Ernie, before I say great, is it what and how I gave to you or was it changed by David Dunn to make it bullshit like everything else he does?
Don, C’mon Man, you know David Dunn watered it down with nothing near what was given to him.