From Police Captain Kevin Gilleran:
On August 17, 2024, at approximately 2:25 am Bridgeport Police responded to a ShotSpotter activation near the intersection of Stratford Avenue and Carroll Avenue. ShotSpotter is a gunshot detection system. Once gunshots are fired in an area covered by this service, police receive a notification within one minute directing them to the location of the gunfire. As police responded to the east end, the Emergency Operations Center provided updates to the officers. Citizens reported hearing multiple shots fired and observing 2 victims shot.
Upon arrival, officers discovered an unresponsive 28-year-old Bridgeport woman lying on the sidewalk along the fence-line for 1365 Stratford Avenue. The victim appeared to have succumbed to fatal injuries. Medics quickly arrived and pronounced the victim deceased at the scene.
A short time after the initial ShotSpotter activation, the Bridgeport Police Emergency Operations Center received information of a second victim who presented at an area hospital suffering from multiple gunshot wounds. This victim, identified as a 30-year-old Bridgeport man, is also reported to have been struck by gunfire while on Stratford Avenue close to its intersection with Carroll Avenue. The 30-year-old is currently in critical condition.
Patrol Officers secured the crime scene and notified the Detective Bureau (DB). The DB Homicide Squad has taken charge of the investigation. They are being assisted by Detectives from the Forensic Identification Unit. The Detective Bureau is currently in the process of interviewing witnesses, collecting evidence, and notifying next of kin.
There were multiple shooters involved in this incident.
The Bridgeport Police Department is asking for your help in solving this crime. Anyone with information is asked to contact the case officer, Detective Jeffrey Holtz, at 203-581-5293. Citizens can also utilize the Bridgeport Police Tips line at 203 576-TIPS.
The Bridgeport Police Department’s thoughts and prayers go out to the victims, their families, and friends.
Lennie, how many bodies so far on Chief Disorder’s belt? How many multiple victims incidents? Put this on our facebook page Chief Disorder.
“…thoughts and prayers go out to the victims, their families, and friends.” What fucking bullshit!
The City of Shelton is accepting applications for an open competitive position as Police Officer to work within the Shelton Police Department. Interested candidates must apply by filing an application with PoliceApp.com and take a written test. Tests are scheduled for 08/11/2024, 08/25/2024 and 09/14/2024.
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Shelton, CT Police Jobs – Certified – PoliceApp
About 6 months ago I reached out to the Retirement Services Devision. I asked what I must do in order to go back to work full-time with a municipality participant in CMERS. I was told: I had to return all money received as my retirement package. In addition I had to pay all my part of the pension contributions from the day I retired to the day I get rehired. I was told that my pension would also end
My Retirement package totaled $26,000– $13,000 after taxes and deductions. Imagine the paperwork required to get all that done and the time it would take to get it done. Chief Disorder did none of this. He started working and having meeting whe Rebbeca Garcia still had 2 weeks left before retiring.
The real loser here is Lonnie Blackwell. The mayor has been letting this sly long enough for the top 3 finalist list to expire.
Rebbeca retired, Chief Disorder retired, Lonnie Blackwell is the Chief.
Here a trail of what took place. I tried to get you guys a link to the entire document. It’s a house bill (HB 5451). I’ll copy and paste it as much as I can.
OLR Bill Analysis
HB 5451 (as amended by House “A”)*
AN ACT CONCERNING REVISIONS TO STATUTES CONCERNING
THE COMPTROLLER.
SUMMARY
Current law allows retirees of the Connecticut Municipal Employees
Retirement System (CMERS) to work for a municipality that does not
participate in CMERS, but it prohibits them from participating in that
municipality’s retirement system. This bill eliminates the prohibition,
allowing CMERS retirees to participate in, and earn credit towards, a
non-participating municipality’s retirement system.
Here is more:
58 Sec. 2. Section 7-438 of the general statutes is repealed and the
59 following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2022):
60 (a) Any member retired under this part who again accepts
61 employment from this state or from any municipality of this state other
62 than a participating municipality, shall continue to receive [his] such
63 member’s retirement allowance while so employed, and shall be eligible
64 to participate, and shall be entitled to credit, in the state retirement
65 system or, for employment on or after October 1, 2022, in the retirement
66 system of the nonparticipating municipality, as applicable, for the
67 period of such [state] employment. [, but any such member shall not be
68 eligible to participate or be entitled to credit in any municipal retirement
69 system for the period of such municipal employment.]
70 (b) If a member is retired under this part and again accepts
71 employment from the same municipality from which [he] such member
72 was retired or any other participating municipality, [he] the member
73 shall be eligible to participate, and shall be entitled to credit, in the
74 municipal employees’ retirement system for the period of such
75 municipal employment. Such member shall receive no retirement
76 allowance while so employed except if (1) such employment is for less
77 than twenty hours per week, or (2) [his] the member’s services are
78 rendered for not more than ninety working days in any one calendar
79 year, provided [that] any member reemployed for a period of more than
HB5451 File No. 583
HB5451 / File No. 583 4
80 ninety working days in one calendar year shall reimburse the Municipal
81 Employees’ Retirement Fund for retirement income payments received
82 during such ninety working days.
83 Sec. 3. Section 3-115e of the general statutes is repealed. (Effective July
84 1, 2022)
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
Section 1 October 1, 2022 3-123g
Sec. 2 October 1, 2022 7-438
Sec. 3 July 1, 2022 Repealer section
So, 5 months (July to November 9, 2022) Joe Ganim started to pave the road to Bridgeport Police Chief in behalf of Roderick Disorder Porter. Now it’s clear that the entire hiring process for Chief of Police was fixed.
You think Speedy is fast? Look at how fast this bill was introduced and signed by the Governor:
https://fastdemocracy.com/bill-search/ct/2022/bills/CTB00022955/
The bill was sponsored by The Planning & Development Committee , Chaired by Rep. McCarthy Vahey. Introduce in early February 2022; signed by Governor on May 25, 2022.
Andre Baker was the only Bridgeport Rep. on Committee.
Joe Ganim’s friend, Hartford Mayor Bronin spoke in favor of the bill. Bronin hasn’t hired a retired cop nor a firefighter to lead their respective departments.
Speedy, are you asking in comparison to other chiefs?
This seems a bit retarded. I mean it’s not like Porter’s hire was unbeknown. ? Logically speaking, I am sure that state officials knew from day one that taxpayer’s money was being misappropriated. Are they going to ask for it back? 🤣
https://www.ctpost.com/news/article/state-stops-pension-payments-to-bridgeport-chief-19658373.php
RT, the Ganim Administration is flat out lying. They knew the chief could not collect his pension since at least 2019. A.J. Perez attempted to collect his pension while serving as Chief or Acting Chief. A.J. Perez was told by the City that if he retired and or collect his pension, he could no longer serve as Chief as it’s a full-time position. It’s clear that this is a cover-up and State officials are deeply involved. For the record, I was NOT the anonymous tipster. I did speak with Brian Lockhart and provided him with copies of all CMERS related documents I received when I retired.
RT, take notes:
House of Representatives
sHB5172 / File No. 288 1
General Assembly File No. 288
February Session, 2022 Substitute House Bill No. 5172
House of Representatives, April 5, 2022
The Committee on Planning and Development reported
through REP. MCCARTHY VAHEY of the 133rd Dist.,
Chairperson of the Committee on the part of the House, that the
substitute bill ought to pass.
AN ACT CONCERNING REEMPLOYMENT AND THE MUNICIPAL
EMPLOYEES’ RETIREMENT SYSTEM.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
1 Section 1. Section 7-438 of the general statutes is repealed and the
2 following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2022):
3 (a) Any member retired under this part who again accepts
4 employment from [this] the state or from any municipality of [this] the
5 state other than a participating municipality, shall continue to receive
6 his or her retirement allowance while so employed, and shall be eligible
7 to participate, and shall be entitled to credit, in the state retirement
8 system for the period of such state employment, but [any such member]
9 he or she shall not be eligible to participate or be entitled to credit in any
10 municipal retirement system for the period of such municipal
11 employment.
12 (b) If a member is retired under this part and sHB5172 File No. 288
sHB5172 / File No. 288 2
13 employment from the same municipality from which he or she was
14 retired or any other participating municipality, he or she shall be eligible
15 to participate, and shall be entitled to credit, in the municipal employees’
16 retirement system for the period of such municipal employment. Such
17 member shall receive no retirement allowance while so employed
18 except if (1) such employment is for less than twenty hours per week,
19 [or] (2) his or her services are rendered for not more than ninety working
20 days in any one calendar year, provided [that] any member reemployed
21 for a period of more than ninety working days in one calendar year shall
22 reimburse the Municipal Employees’ Retirement Fund for retirement
23 income payments received during such ninety working days, or (3) such
24 member does not participate in the municipal employees’ retirement
25 system during the period of his or her reemployment.
26 (c) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsections (a) and (b) of this
27 section, if a uniformed member of a paid municipal fire department or
28 regular member of a paid municipal police department is retired under
29 this part and subsequently accepts employment in a public safety
30 position from any school district or regional school district, which
31 district is a participating municipality, he or she shall continue to receive
32 his or her retirement allowance while so subsequently employed, but he
33 or she shall not be eligible to further participate or be entitled to
34 additional credit in the municipal employees’ retirement system for the
35 period of such subsequent employment.
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
Section 1 October 1, 2022 7-438
OFA Fiscal Note
State Impact: None
Municipal Impact: None
Explanation
The bill, which allows employees of the Connecticut Municipal
Employees Retirement System (CMERS) to be re-employed with the
CMERS town and continue to receive pension payments, provided they
do not participate in the retirement system during re-employment, does
not result in a fiscal impact as no additional pension credit can be
earned.
The bill, which also explicitly permits CMERS members of a police or
fire department to accept employment with any participating school
district in a public safety position and continue to receive pension
payments, provided they do not participate in the retirement system
during re-employment, does not result in a fiscal impact as no
additional pension credit can be earned.
For context, under current law, a retiree of the Connecticut Municipal
Employees Retirement System (CMERS) cannot receive pension
payments if he or she is re-employed with a CMERS town for more than
20 hours per week or 90 days per year.
The Out Years
State Impact: None
Municipal Impact: None
Sources: Office of the State Comptrolle OLR Bill Analysis
sHB 5172
AN ACT CONCERNING REEMPLOYMENT AND THE MUNICIPAL
EMPLOYEES’ RETIREMENT SYSTEM.
SUMMARY
Under current law, a retiree of the Connecticut Municipal Employees
Retirement System (CMERS) cannot receive pension payments if he or
she is re-employed with a CMERS town for more than 20 hours per
week or 90 days per year.
This bill allows them to be re-employed with a CMERS town for any
amount of time and receive pension payments, so long as they do not
participate (i.e., receive credit) in the retirement system during this
period of re-employment. (In practice, these retirees who are reemployed
part time do not receive credit for the period of reemployment.)
The bill also explicitly permits retired CMERS members of a police or
fire department to accept employment with any participating school
district, including a regional district, in a public safety position and
continue to receive pension payments as long as they do not further
participate in CMERS and earn additional retirement credit.
EFFECTIVE DATE: October 1, 2022
COMMITTEE ACTION
Planning and Development Committee
Joint Favorable Substitute
Yea 26 Nay 0 (03/18/2022)
Selected from the above article quoted by Joel Gonzalez:
“Such
17 member shall receive no retirement allowance while so employed
18 except if (1) such employment is for less than twenty hours per week,
19 [or] (2) his or her services are rendered for not more than ninety working
20 days in any one calendar year, provided [that] any member reemployed
21 for a period of more than ninety working days in one calendar year shall
22 reimburse the Municipal Employees’ Retirement Fund for retirement
23 income payments received during such ninety working days, or (3) such
24 member does not participate in the municipal employees’ retirement
25 system during the period of his or her reemployment.”
Does (3) above provide a potential answer to your ‘investigative reporting’? A possibility? Is your anger getting the better of your common sense? Time will tell.
Robert Teixeira, do notice that Lennie
didn’t post a commentary on the Chief’s illegally serving as a full-time employee. Recently Chief Disorder, hired John Cueto who had retired about 5 years ago. There are many others who retired and are back working more than 20 hours a week and beyond the 3 months maximum period allowed. It’s not like they weren’t aware of the rules. Every year, the State Comptrollers Pension Devision sends all MERS participants a reminder of the rules and requires all to confirm their compliance in writing or online.
The State Treasurer has responsibility and control of our pension system. The State Treasurer is a really good friend of Ganim’s Chief Administration Officer Tom Gaudett. I’ll wait and see what Lennie has to say.
Speedy,
A, it is not the G2 on employees’ personal decisions. He has no control whatsoever regarding pension payment, He may know but it is the pesion fun managers who let it slide.
B, retarded shit has been going on in Port politic, Bucci can attest to that with all its laws and payouts. 🙂 I believe Blackwall benefited from an orchestrated lawsuit scheme.
Do I have to take notes? Can I just enjoy a shit show at the expanse of misuse of taxpayers money? 🤣