Connecticut has experienced unimaginable horror against children that will never be forgotten. It’s difficult to think about, whether in mass killings or in isolation, the slaughtering of innocents. Fairfield Lieutenant Mike Gagner and Detective Kerry Dalling spend their days probing, poking, interviewing and analyzing the events from March 14, 1986 to ensure the gruesome discovery […]
Entries Tagged as 'William “Ron” Bailey'
A Murdered Infant ‘Left As Garbage, Completely Dehumanized,’ A Plea For Justice, Can You Help?
July 12th, 2013 · 10 Comments · Cops
Cop Collision: Battle Over Police Sick And Injury Management, Drug Testing, Lead To Charges And Lawsuit
December 14th, 2012 · 23 Comments · Analysis and Comment, Cops, News and Events
Veteran Bridgeport Police Lieutenant William “Ron” Bailey has a reputation for traveling to the beat of a different drum that includes 30 years of investigating, infiltrating and arresting the most dangerous drug dealers in the city. Currently, he’s in charge of sick and injury management that has put him at odds with officers he claims […]
Lieutenant Bailey To Chief: Send Me Back To The Streets
January 23rd, 2012 · 14 Comments · Analysis and Comment, Cops
No one’s more in tune with Bridgeport’s streets than William “Ron” Bailey. As violent crime is back in the news (hopefully not for long), the Bridgeport Police lieutenant knows all too well the horrifying violent crime rate from the mid-1980s into the early 1990s: 50, 60, 70 murders a year fueled by a crack epidemic controlled […]
Tags: Billy Chase·Joe Gaudett·Tom Bucci·William "Ron" Bailey
Thursday Music Series
June 30th, 2011 · 2 Comments · Development and Zoning, News and Events
From Mayor Finch: Downtown Thursdays Returns with Eclectic Lineup of Local Artists. City’s Downtown After-Work Concert Series Now in its Second Year; WTNH’s Kristen Cusato to Serve as Emcee
Tags: Bill Finch·Don Eversley·Gathering of the Vibes·William "Ron" Bailey
Police Lieutenant Bailey Files Suit Over Union Dues Conflict
June 28th, 2011 · 14 Comments · Cops, News and Events
Bridgeport Police Lieutenant William “Ron” Bailey, who oversees sick and injury management in the city Police Department, has filed a lawsuit in federal court for what he says is the illegal docking of union dues from his city paycheck. Bailey says he left the union in part because of the treatment he received from union leadership for “trying […]
Tags: William "Ron" Bailey
Education Politics: As Voters Itch, Mitch Does Switch
July 1st, 2010 · 34 Comments · Analysis and Comment, Education, News and Events, State Politics
If you think screaming at a public hearing doesn’t matter, the recent machinations involving the Board of Education will set you straight. A few weeks ago it was a lock. Roosevelt School in the South End and Dunbar School in the East End, among the worst performing schools in the state according to state and BOE officials, were slated […]
Tags: Bill Finch·Dan Malloy·Joe Gaudett·Mitch Robles·Nancy Wyman·William "Ron" Bailey
Bailey Blazed A Law Enforcement Trail In Bridgeport, Announces Retirement From PD
October 7th, 2013 · 6 Comments · Analysis and Comment, Cops, News and Events
William “Ron” Bailey is a Bridgeport Police Department original. Every stereotype you’ve experienced and heard about a cop, throw it out the window. Bailey’s not built that way. Bailey’s an oddity of law enforcement who investigated, infiltrated, grappled (he has the scars to prove it) and was shot at by the baddest of the bad […]
[Read more →]
Tags: Billy Chase·Joe Gaudett·William "Ron" Bailey