A Stamford (Conn.) Police officer was critically injured after falling 20 feet from a bridge abutment while chasing a robbery suspect in Norwalk early Thursday morning, police said.
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A hospital security videotape shows a Meriden (Conn.) Police Department officer, under federal investigation for police brutality, throwing several punches at a man already on the ground and then shocking him with a TASER while another officer holds the man down.
Read More →East Haven (Conn.) Police Chief Len Gallo announced his retirement Monday, a week after the FBI arrested four of the agency's officers for allegedly violating the civil rights of Latinos.
Read More →Four East Haven (Conn.) Police officers were arrested Tuesday for assaulting illegal immigrants in custody.
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A veteran New Haven (Conn.) PD police officer was seriously injured when he was struck by a Connecticut Transit bus after exiting his cruiser while on duty. Master Patrolman Vincent Costanzo, a 32-year veteran assigned to the traffic division, is now in stable condition.
Read More →I ask myself: Would I just hang back and hope for the best? And if things did go south, would I perhaps not only be adding to the officer's vulnerability through my own inaction?
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In the video, two officers can be seen kicking and punching a man identified as Joseph Donaby at Blake Street in New Haven, Conn., shortly after 6 p.m. on June 23.
Read More →Officer Kevin T. Brodie, who's been on the job 7-1/2 months, was charged with second-degree strangulation, second-degree unlawful restraint and third-degree assault.
Read More →A multi-agency task force arrested 15 people suspected of running a cocaine ring in New Haven, Conn., area. A federal grand jury returned a superseding indictment charging 26 individuals with narcotics trafficking offenses.
Read More →Police said officers initially responded to a burglary at a home before 1 a.m. this morning. Three suspects were discovered at that location, attempting to steal copper materials from a vacant home, police said. One suspect was apprehended, while two other suspects fled and officers began a chase on foot, police said.
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