An apparent parking violation involving Democratic Town Committee member Tony Barr escalated into a messy police scene a few days ago with arrests made as
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Category: Law Enforcement
Community Interacts With Police Chief Finalists
The community action group Bridgeport Generation Now has been commenting on the selection process that led to three police chief finalists, Acting Chief Armando Perez,
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Community Interviews Police Chief Finalists
From Brian Lockhart, CT Post: It was like speed dating. The three finalists for the city’s top cop job spent their early afternoon Thursday trading
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Wanna Meet Three Police Chief Finalists? By Invitation Only
Update: Media was ultimately allowed in. By invitation only, Mayor Joe Ganim’s administration has solicited about 50 city stakeholders representing clergy, business, social services and
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‘Repugnant And Alarming (Racist) Comments’ By Chief’s Former Aide Not Hate Crime
Captain Mark Straubel, a former top aide to Police Chief Armando Perez, who announced his retirement following assertions he wrote private racist text remarks about another
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Generation Now Presses Ganim On Police Chief Selection
The community action group Bridgeport Generation Now wants Mayor Joe Ganim to scrap the search for a police chief and start over, or at the very
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Ganim: I’ll Seek Further Input From Community In Selecting Next Chief
Mayor Joe Ganim has a decision to make about the next police chief who will serve at least the next five years. Some will like
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Say Hello To Dennis, The Police Department’s Bomb Detection Dog
Police have acquired a new member for the department, a bomb-sniffing dog named Dennis, a two-year-old Belgian Malinois donated by Sonitrol Verified Security Systems in
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