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"FEDERAL JUDGE TO BRONIN ADMINISTRATION: YOU ARE WRONG ON INDEMNIFICATION OF POLICE OFFICERS"

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Anonymous Anonymous said...

Scathing. Bronin has disgraced his officers and completely turned his back on them. They should do the same to him, why any cops are doing anything is beyond me. Bronin needs to step up, start supporting his officers, and give them a fair and equitable contract. Bronin should take some lesson from Mayor Mark Boughton of Danbury....a mayor that supports his police and fire department.

September 15, 2017 at 7:20 PM

Blogger KEVIN BROOKMAN said...

Big difference, Mark Boughton is a Republican

September 15, 2017 at 7:39 PM

Anonymous Anonymous said...

Bronin is correct. There awards are too large. STOP GIVING AWAY THE CANDY STORE. I overheard a neighborhood cop brag that he puts in 72 to 80 hours per week. Right and his last three years, he will put in 109 hours per week.

September 15, 2017 at 9:30 PM

Blogger KEVIN BROOKMAN said...

And what does that comment have to do with the Judges decision, but you are correct, over half a million for a dog? A sad situation , but not intentional or malicious by the officer's actions. And the reason for those excessive hours is due to the lack of hiring by City Hall. Shifts an positions still need to be covered, and almost 150 officers short increases the need for overtime, a simple calculation. And the Fire Department is facing the same situation.

September 15, 2017 at 9:39 PM

Anonymous Anonymous said...

My advice to young officers with less than 5 years on the job at HPD.....go to a PD with a 20 year retirement. A PD in a town or city that won't be facing bankruptcy now or in the future, preferably out of state. Avoid sanctuary cities and blue states if possible. Mayor Bronin and city politicians don't appreciate you and never will. God forbid if your ever put in a position where your forced to use lethal force, the city will abandon you quicker than you can blink your eyes.

September 16, 2017 at 11:56 AM

Anonymous Anonymous said...

There is a remedy for dealing with officers that act "outside" their authority or in a "malicious" fashion; document, discipline and terminate them. Some B.S.motion attempting to expose officers to liability, undermines the trust officers have that they can do their job properly with backing of the city and keeps bad actors on the job.

September 16, 2017 at 7:09 PM

Anonymous Anonymous said...

Your obviously not familiar with law enforcement as that's absolutely positively not true. In case you weren't aware, bad guys constantly sue, for anything and everything, even when the cops do everything properly. Use of force always comes into question even when it's deemed justified. Car chases, even when bad guys crash they sue. During an arrest when the bad guys resist, if they're hurt they sue. A certain proactive officer that was south east conditions, now MCD, and a great officer / detective, was sued for a completely appropriate arrest, and had a judgment against him. So you are wrong and maybe should educate yourself how messed up the system is.

September 16, 2017 at 7:38 PM

Anonymous Anonymous said...

Kevin, Dem or Repub they are both aholes so spare me your partisan views. Secondly, I would not encourage anyone to apply here so I totally agree with 9/16 @1156am. Why on earth join a department that really doesn't have your back? Why work for a community/city that will drop you fast when sh** hits the fan? Bronin has time and time again spat on the officers of this department and I am glad someone called him out on it.

September 17, 2017 at 6:06 PM

Anonymous Anonymous said...

I guess we could look at both extremes here. For the 20% of cases where the officer legitimately goes outside the law and violates somebody's rights why should the taxpayers be on the hook?

September 17, 2017 at 7:22 PM

Anonymous Anonymous said...

Where does the 20% statistic come from?

September 17, 2017 at 7:48 PM

Anonymous Anonymous said...

Anonymous @7:48 I wasn't being literal in the statistic but it certainly is some number and anecdotally 20% isn't outrageous.

September 18, 2017 at 6:49 PM

Anonymous Anonymous said...

Bankruptcy will leave victims of both police violence or city of Hartford torts (think trip and fall on a sidewalk) with no money, as well. In Detroit, unsecured, nonprioritized tort claims from 42 USC §1983 cases (police misconduct) and garden variety tort injuries (cop car running red light, snow plow crashing into parked car, etc) were placed in Class 14 claims. In short, those victims of municipal wrongdoing got nada: Class 14 bondholders got 10-13 cents on the dollar over the course of 30 year payouts on those Class 14 bonds. So Luke is just giving the victims of police malfeasance an opportunity to collect here.

October 5, 2017 at 12:50 PM

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