From Brian Lockhart, CT Post:
The municipal legal department has hired national employment law firm Jackson Lewis to probe unspecified allegations against Deputy Police Chief James Baraja.
“The number and nature of the complaints require a detailed investigation by professionals possessing a full understanding of the law,” Deputy Bridgeport City Attorney John Bohannon said in a brief interview Wednesday about the decision to engage New York City-based Jackson Lewis.
Police Chief Roderick Porter placed Baraja on paid administrative leave on May 22, pending the outcome of a personnel review. Like Porter before him, Bohannon declined Wednesday to provide more details about the investigation other than it involves “more than one” complaint against the deputy chief.
The municipal law department declined to comment on the nature of the allegations against Baraja, as did the police union. The deputy chief is a union member.
Full story here
no money for schools but plenty for the legal dept.