Several City Council members assembled outside City Hall on Wednesday to address the media about Police Department issues. The anguished family of 21-year-old Nyair Nixon who
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Category: Law Enforcement
Acting Chief Garcia Issues Oath To New Police Class
Acting Chief Rebeca Garcia welcomed the latest city police recruits on their first day at the Bridgeport Academy. Class #42 has 16 recruits for city
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Police Sergeant Charged With Sexual Assault Of A Minor
Sergeant Ivan Delgado was charged on Friday with sexual assault of an 11-year-old girl, according to Acting Chief Rebeca Garcia. Delgado, a 13-year member of
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Pereira, Bohannon Spar Over Acting Police Chief Appointment
City Councilwoman Maria Pereira was joined by two peers on Wednesday to challenge Mayor Joe Ganim’s appointment of Rebeca Garcia as acting chief. Hours later
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Deputy City Attorney Advises City Council On Mayoral Appointment Authority For Police Chief
September 16, 2020 Statement from City Council President Aidee Nieves on the appointment of Rebeca Garcia as Acting Chief: Having read the relevant sections of the
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Watch: Chief Garcia Responds To Police-Involved Shooting
From Steve Krauchick, Doing It Local: State police are investigating a shooting involving a Bridgeport Police Officer. This afternoon during a press conference, Police Chief
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UPDATE: City Charter’s Conflicting Language On Police Chief Vacancy Raises Questions
The city’s national search for a police chief in 2018–now engulfed in a federal imbroglio–produced three finalists from which the mayor appointed a top cop,
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Subterfuge And Betrayal–The Timeline Rigging The Police Chief Test Placing Perez Above Captain Porter On Short List
Just days after Captain Mark Straubel was placed on administrative leave in the summer of 2018 for racist texts against the department’s highest-ranking African American
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