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Patrol

Video: Conn. Cops Kick Prone Suspect

Officers Elson Morales, Joseph Lawlor, and Clive Higgins were placed on administrative status on Jan. 18, the day after Chief Joseph Gaudett Jr. learned about the video.

January 27, 2013

Weapons

Newtown Chief Calls for Assault Weapons Ban

Top police commanders from several of Connecticut's cities and towns have thrown their weight behind Newtown Police Chief Michael Kehoe, who inserted himself firmly into the gun-control debate last week by calling for a ban on assault weapons.

January 19, 2013

Training

Insurer Limits Benefits for Traumatized Newtown Responders

Some of the police officers who responded to the school shooting in Newtown are so traumatized they haven't been working, but they have to use sick time and could soon be at risk of going without a paycheck.

December 26, 2012

Patrol

Early Moments of Conn. Shooting Heard In Dispatch Audio

Police and fire units responding to Sandy Hook Elementary School on Friday detained a juvenile suspect, located the shooter's weapons, and began setting up an incident command center, dispatch audio reveals.

December 13, 2012

Patrol

Conn. Cop's Notebooks Stop Stab Attack

The notebooks in the shirt pocket of a New Britain (Conn.) Police Department officer blocked the blade of a knife from a suspect who also stabbed another officer during a domestic disturbance call.

June 3, 2012

Patrol

Conn. Cop Critically Injured In Chase

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.

May 16, 2012

Patrol

Video: Feds Probe Conn. Cop for Brutality

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.

April 24, 2012

Patrol

Embattled Conn. Chief Retires

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.

January 29, 2012

Patrol

FBI Arrests Four Conn. Cops

Four East Haven (Conn.) Police officers were arrested Tuesday for assaulting illegal immigrants in custody.

January 23, 2012

Patrol

Conn. Cop Struck by Bus

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.

November 9, 2011

Patrol

Would You Respond Off Duty With Family?

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?

August 29, 2011

Patrol

Video: Conn. Police Investigate Arrest of Man with Sawed-Off Rifle

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.

July 6, 2011