Entries Tagged as 'AJ Perez'
A law enforcement tool includes more than 1,000 cameras in city neighborhoods to catch bad guys, but could the good intent become intrusive? We lose some liberties in the cause of public safety. The Police Department has expanded the Fusion Center operated out of the Margaret Morton Government Center at 999 Broad Street, an advancement […]
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Mayor Joe Ganim on Monday announced that the Civil Service office will conduct two public forums on May 10 as part of the search process for a police chief. The city has retained government employee consultant Randi Frank to help oversee the hiring process with input from the public for the qualities they seek in […]
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School board member Maria Pereira, former Democratic district leader in the Upper East Side and the self-styled piranha of city politics, does not hold back in this commentary castigating political rebellion in her neighborhood. The 138th District is under complete assault by Mario Testa, Mayor Ganim and City Clerk Lydia Martinez.
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Tags: AJ Perez·Alfredo Castillo·Angel DePara·Joe Ganim·Lydia Martinez·Maria Pereira·Mario Testa·Samia Suliman·Tony Barr·Tyreke Bird
This long, strange trip for City Council in the North End 133rd District will finally come to a close. Tuesday night district Democrats voiced loud and clear their support for endorsed candidates Michael DeFilippo and incumbent councilwoman Jeanette Herron who ran up nearly a three to one win over challengers Anne Pappas Phillips and former […]
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Tags: Aidee Nieves·AJ Perez·Anne Pappas Phillips·Barbara Bellis·Bob Keeley·Jeanette Herron·Lisa "Honey" Parziale·Mario Testa·Michael DeFilippo·Testo's Restaurant
John Marshall Lee once again questions in a commentary the veracity of Civil Service Commission Chair Eleanor Guedes. “How does a Trumbull, CT registered voter claiming a residence of 48 Teller Road, Trumbull, vote in several recent years in Trumbull elections, while occupying a position as Chair of a Bridgeport Commission where it is indicated […]
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Tags: AJ Perez·Angel DePara·Eleanor Guedes·Joe Ganim·John Marshall Lee
Less than a week from a third Democratic primary for City Council in the North End 133rd District, about 100 voters have requested absentee ballots, according to the Town Clerk’s office. Of those about 50 so far have been returned so a good majority of the absentee requests will be counted Tuesday night in a race […]
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Tags: AJ Perez·Anne Pappas Phillips·Barbara Bellis·Bob Keeley·Jeanette Herron·Mario Testa·Michael DeFilippo·Tom McCarthy
Bridgeport Police Officer John Carrano, whose wrong-way driving on Broadbridge Avenue in Stratford triggered a head-on collision in December that led to extensive injuries to a woman, was charged on Tuesday with driving drunk, second degree assault with a motor vehicle and driving the wrong way. Carrano, then a member of the SWAT team, had been partying […]
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Stop … in the name of absentee ballots, especially if you’re a third party in the collection of ballots. That’s one of the messages from the Connecticut Supreme Court in its written ruling, issued on Monday, upholding Superior Court Judge Barbara Bellis’s order for another Democratic primary in the City Council’s 133rd District. For background […]
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Tags: AJ Perez·Barbara Bellis·Jeanette Herron·Mario Testa·Michael DeFilippo
Surveillance System Features More Than 1,000 Cameras In City
June 11th, 2018 · 19 Comments · Analysis and Comment, Law Enforcement, News and Events
A law enforcement tool includes more than 1,000 cameras in city neighborhoods to catch bad guys, but could the good intent become intrusive? We lose some liberties in the cause of public safety. The Police Department has expanded the Fusion Center operated out of the Margaret Morton Government Center at 999 Broad Street, an advancement […]
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Tags: AJ Perez·CT Post