News release from Police Department: Police are praising a valued member of the force who rescued a missing child. Officer Ryan Mullenax led by his partner Zeus, a proud member of the Bridgeport Police K9 Unit was able to locate a missing 9-year-old special needs child who had wandered away from their home. Zeus was provided […]
Entries Tagged as 'AJ Perez'
Police Rescue Dog Locates Child
July 18th, 2017 · 5 Comments · Law Enforcement, News and Events
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Kohut: Bring Back Block Watches
July 2nd, 2017 · 8 Comments · Law Enforcement
City resident Jeff Kohut, an active member of a block watch in the Lake Forest area for years, argues in a commentary one solution to stemming the increase in violent crime is resuscitating block watches in neighborhoods.
Tags: AJ Perez·CT Post·Jeff Kohut
Police Investigate Two Homicides
July 2nd, 2017 · No Comments · Analysis and Comment, Law Enforcement, News and Events
These are the days that cause so much community grief, outbursts of violence during the dog days of summer. City police are investigating two homicides in separate Sunday morning incidents, one on the West Side where police were called to a neighbor dispute with a man shot dead and another fatal shooting in the parking lot […]
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Trantolo Law Firm Adds Bridgeport Presence
June 10th, 2017 · 4 Comments · Development and Zoning, News and Events
Connecticut’s oldest continual family law firm Trantolo & Trantolo on Friday opened a Bridgeport regional office next to the city’s theatrical gem Klein Memorial Auditorium at 944 Fairfield Avenue, joining offices in Hartford, Waterbury and Torrington. The personal injury law firm handed out helmets to students at nearby Curiale School as part of a bicycle […]
‘Welcome To The Non-Sanctuary City’
May 15th, 2017 · 36 Comments · Analysis and Comment, City Council, Development and Zoning, News and Events
The full City Council Monday night is scheduled to vote on a resolution “requesting that the City of Bridgeport be declared a “WELCOMING CITY,” something of a compromise after Mayor Joe Ganim balked at declaring the Park City also a “sanctuary city” in deference to Donald Trump’s threat he’d withhold money to communities and states […]
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Chief Perez: I Will Never Allow That To Happen Again
May 13th, 2017 · 28 Comments · Law Enforcement, News and Events
From the CT Post: One of the most upsetting aspects of the shooting of Jayson Negron by a police officer was the way his body was treated.
Police Chief: Downtown Safe
April 21st, 2017 · 22 Comments · Law Enforcement, News and Events
From the CT Post: “There’s absolutely no problems there,” Perez said. “Downtown is one of the safest places in Bridgeport.”
Ganim’s Critical Wakeup Call To Address Violent Crime
July 11th, 2017 · 28 Comments · Analysis and Comment, City Budget, Law Enforcement, News and Events, State Politics
On the 2015 campaign trail, candidate Joe Ganim opened his own police substation, a symbolic gesture in response to a spike in violent crime and a stick in the eye to incumbent Mayor Bill Finch whose perceived inaction with an understaffed police force benefited Ganim’s playbook. There was a hole in the fence at a […]
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