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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Category: Law Enforcement
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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‘His Body Was Behind The Wheel For A Week Before It Was Discovered’
A troubled man who once lived in Bridgeport took his life in New York’s East Village. How he was discovered and investigation handled by police
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