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Question of the Day By - Associated Press - Tuesday, April 27, 2021
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) - A Hartford police sergeant who struck a woman in the face after she spat at him while being booked was charged with misdemeanor assault, authorities announced Tuesday.
Sgt. James Guzie, 47, was arrested on a third-degree assault charge in connection with the incident on March 15 in the police department detention area.
“Despite the inappropriate behavior of the arrestee, the officer should never have reacted the way he did and it’s simply unacceptable,” Hartford Police Chief Jason Thody said in a statement.
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April 12, 2021
The Police Officers Association of Connecticut (POACT), with the Stamford Police Association (SPA), hosted a conference in Stamford to spotlight the 68 cancers, respiratory and gastrointestinal diseases that responders and others were exposed to at the World Trade Center site following the 9/11 terrorist attacks.
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The event was designed to guide Connecticut responders to act before an upcoming July 29, 2021 deadline to file for the World Trade Center Health Program and Victim Compensation Fund.
Police leaders are encouraging senior officers and retirees or their families to act, especially given the terribly fatal impact of the Covid-19 virus on 9/11 community members.
Police task force seeks wider applicant pool for watchdog role
A salute as the national anthem is played during the Connecticut State Police graduation ceremony in October.
Four months after the Criminal Justice Commission deadlocked on whom to appoint as the state’s first inspector general, the Police Transparency and Accountability Task Force has recommended changing the law so the special prosecutor does not need to be chosen from among Connecticut’s existing pool of state’s attorneys.
The inspector general will be tasked with investigating deaths in police and Department of Correction custody and determining whether to pursue criminal convictions. Coupled with a statutory change narrowing the circumstances in which cops can use deadly force, these provisions of the bill are intended to shake up the status quo and hold police accountable for violent misconduct. Lawmakers created the position in a bill passed during a special legislative session last summer.
Hartford Police Union releases statement on detective who proposed wager for city s first homicide of 2021
The Police Union said Placzek made a poor decision, however it is extreme and over the top for City Council to call for his termination after making a mistake. Author: FOX61 Staff Updated: 4:27 PM EST December 15, 2020
HARTFORD, Conn. The Hartford Police Union released Tuesday afternoon a statement on Detective Placzek, the officer charged with violating the police code of conduct after proposing a wager regarding where the capital city s first homicide will be in 2021.
Placzek was demoted and suspended for 120 days, according to the department s chief.