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"WHAT DOES IT TAKE TO GET AN ARREST WARRANT SIGNED IN HARTFORD?"

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Anonymous Anonymous said...

For the past 20 years the Hartford Police and the Court have had a strong working relationship. But for some reason, over the past few years that relationship has really deteriorated.

It is a fact that the Chief of police and the person in charge on Lafayette St. don’t exactly see eye to eye. Now who is to blame for the bad relationship? -The well educated professionals who have been working with Police forever, as well as other police departments and never had any problems; or the politically appointed low ranking Lieutenant to Chief with a community college online degree who has a reputation for fostering horrible working relationships and is currently getting sued 6 ways from Sunday. You tell me. Success is never final.

Relationships need to be maintained and fostered. That takes humility, intelligence and compromise.

The chief won’t be here forever, but when he leaves, the new chief will have to repair this relationship ASAP.

Kevin, the Robles case was brought to GA14 and the PD asked the court what to do. So GA14 took it to the Chief States Attorney for investigation. The court handled it perfectly.

- Soon to be Retired

December 18, 2010 at 11:16 AM

Anonymous Honest Abe said...

Ms Hardy has been the states attorney for Hartford a few years and appears to be "skating" thru her job.She appears to want to move up the legal and political ladder and only takes the cases that are an absolute slam dunk.In the meantime the residents of Hartford cannot rest easier under her leadership in the cheif states attorneys office knowing that because of her hesitency alot more criminals are out on the streets of Hartford.

December 18, 2010 at 11:35 AM

Blogger KEVIN BROOKMAN said...

Anonymous, 11:16am:

First, I don't need to comment here to defend the Chief or anyone else. Some of your points are valid, others I disagree with. The relationship between the Chief and the Hartford County States Attorney is less than what it should be. The root cause is anyone's guess but it is the type of thing that adults usually agree to put personalities aside and focus on the end goal.

It makes no sense to me to tie up detectives and police resources for nothing in the end. The end result is that criminals are being left on the street to victimize people in Hartford again, whether it be a sexual predator or a burglar or a cop without limits.

There are a few "relationships" at Jennings Road that should be addressed by adults, rather than they are being handled by people that seem to still be caught in a junior high school mentality when it comes to settling differences.

As far as the degree, who cares? To me it is more about common sense and being able to identify good people to surround yourself with, not back stabbers who work to undermine the organization rather put differences aside and build it. There are a few individuals there, past and present, who may have a wall full of degrees but no clue when it comes to common sense.

As far as Robles, I will disagree with your version of the handling of that. I don't need to lay it out here, but the version I posted was confirmed by both HPD and Rocky Hill. Which ever version you choose to believe, the end result is the same, it is being investigated by Inspectors from Rocky Hill and is moving forward.

And just for the sake or argument, did you read the arrest warrant application posted here and do you agree or disagree that a crime was committed? Is there something I missed in reading the facts and if you were the investigator on that case, would you have applied for a warrant or not? Not trying to be argumentative, but I'd like your perspective

December 18, 2010 at 5:02 PM

Anonymous Anonymous said...

Kevin - What's the update on the situation with Chief Roberts and his alleged arrest? (domestic violence)Haven't seen anything in print since a blurb a while ago.

December 19, 2010 at 7:28 PM

Anonymous Anonymous said...

While not the anonymous at 11:16 Kevin. I am a police officer who read this warrant. Yes, probable cause, which is the minimum standard to make an arrest, is clearly present.

December 19, 2010 at 9:11 PM

Blogger KEVIN BROOKMAN said...

I think even someone with no idea what probable cause is could read that application and realize that the claim that a crime had been committed was a reasonable conclusion. Why it didn't go anywhere is anyone's guess, but thanks for your thoughts.

As far as anything involving the Chief as the "anonymous" previous poster asked. A couple of thoughts on that, 1. it was from an anonymous person, if there was anything solid, I'm sure they would have made that clear. 2. I spoke with the Chief within a day or 2 of the incident and he gave me his version and I have never been lied to by the Chief to the best of my knowledge 3. There are plenty of full time media people that follow this blog closely and if there was anything to a "domestic violence" claim, I'm sure one of them would love to break the story, which obviously hasn't happened 4. The Law enforcement circle is a very tight one, rest assured if someone had credible information about Hartford's Chief, it would have spread like wildfire.

December 19, 2010 at 9:20 PM

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