Mayor Joe Ganim announced on Tuesday the long-awaited national search for chief of police issuing a signed letter to Personnel Director Eric Amado who will initiate
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Category: Law Enforcement
Police Narcotics And Vice Division Open Criminal Investigation Into Death Of Lauren Smith-Fields
Following a medical examiner’s report involving the death of Lauren Smith-Fields, Bridgeport Police Captain Kevin Gilleran on Tuesday issued this statement: On December 12, 2021, the
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What Else Is New? Cops Top Municipal Earners For 2021
It’s customary in Bridgeport: the top 100 municipal wage earners dominated by overtime-seeking police officers. It’s not their fault with staffing levels so short. Put
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Former Chief Perez Released From Prison
Former Police Chief A.J. Perez, imprisoned last May for scheming to rig the 2018 test for top cop has been released from the Gilmer Federal
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Bridgeport Death, Investigation, Illuminates White-Black Media Bias
The national media’s fantastical preoccupation with the Jennifer Dulos murder case, and others of that ilk, has morphed into the duality of another lamentable death
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Arrest Made In Senator Gomes Car-Crash Death
From Dan Tepfer, CT Post: A city man accused of racing has been charged in the December 2020 death of former state Sen. Edwin Gomes.
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Healthcare Costs, Weak Recruitment Drives, Personnel Flight Imperil Police Staffing
Pricey healthcare premiums, exodus of younger cops to other departments, retirements, poor recruitment drives, disincentive for police service are all contributing factors to a shrinkage
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Recalling The Miracle Of Christmas Village
On December 7, 1982 an arsonist slipped into Beardsley Park and set fire to the Police Activities League’s Christmas Village, that for more than 25 years
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