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"THE FLOOD GATES ARE OPENING, AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL"

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Anonymous Anonymous said...

Uniforms,footgear and equipment isn't drunken sailor spending. Why don't you find out how many flop houses and substations we're paying for for PD. Maybe if they didn't have so many places for them and their side pieces to hang out in they could actually solve some crimes.The money spent on PD for the crime rate in Hartford is ridiculous yet all you do is blow their horn. They have more useless special units and equipment than anyone and still don't accomplish anything. PD gets whatever it wants and still doesn't produce, but all you do is try to help bring down Huertas who was basically alone for his whole term. Think of the worse @#$% hole PD would be if Rovella had been on his own.

December 31, 2015 at 1:16 PM

Anonymous Anonymous said...

Kevin, Happy 2016 to you as well. You are a vital source of information and rebuttal in Hartford.
Stay safe and healthy in 2016 and all the years to come.

December 31, 2015 at 1:29 PM

Blogger KEVIN BROOKMAN said...

1:16PM

Sorry Scott (or Vinnie). I guess I touched a nerve with that posting. HPD is at least under some decent leadership and Management,and they do produce results, everyday guns are being taken off our streets by "those useless special units". the same can't be said of HFD until the new Chief comes in. Plenty of good people there, just poor leadership, including the Union Rep. Brady

December 31, 2015 at 2:03 PM

Anonymous Anonymous said...

If the leadership is so good, then why are the results so bad.

December 31, 2015 at 3:21 PM

Anonymous HFD Bailbondsmen said...

Sorry Vinny, the results at HPD were the best they ever were from 2012, 2013 and 2014 (under Rovella) Then the council let 30% of the police force retire without any hiring. Ask them why the results are so bad. In fact, read Kevin's post from earlier. Rovella predicted the drop in crime and warned council about it every single year. Council is to blame and thank god they are gone. HPD loves their HFD brothers and sisters. Under good leadership HFD will turn it around.

But as a side bar- HPD sure got good results in terms of taking guns off the streets from firemen and arresting them. Those results are pretty good.

December 31, 2015 at 6:55 PM

Anonymous Anonymous said...

AMEN!!!!

January 1, 2016 at 3:35 PM

Anonymous Anonymous said...

HPD is the second biggest cost to this city. A force of 498 should produce better results. They are still the 2nd largest police force in the state with exception to the state police. HPD should not claim victory as crime throughout the U.S. was down except for murders. This remained a particular issue in Hartford and other urban areas. The proposition being made is hiring more police officers will further lead to less crime. This is as if the two results are absolutely intertwined. They are not as past history has shown: the same claim was made in New York where pro-policing individuals conflated "frisk-n-search" policy with the reduction in crime. Not true! Each new police officer adds approximately $1MM in new pension liability. How does a cash strap city like Hartford afford this when it cannot pay the existing $40MM in ARC payments to the pension fund that is a major component of the systemic deficit problem of the city?

January 1, 2016 at 9:38 PM

Anonymous Anonymous said...

The two firefighters you mentioned with the gun arrest are no longer part of this department and both were legal gun owners . I agree both made stupid decisions with there weapons,but don't forget to mention they were both legal gun owners. You speak of them as they had illegal firearms in their possession.

January 2, 2016 at 8:28 AM

Blogger KEVIN BROOKMAN said...

8:28am

Big difference between "legal" gun owners and "responsible" gun owners. And I think Lt. Patterson is still there, along with all of his issues.

January 4, 2016 at 11:45 AM

Blogger KEVIN BROOKMAN said...

9:38PM

Your numbers are off, the recommended number is 486 but the actual number as of last week was 389, far under where they should be. I am not sure where you got 498 from

January 4, 2016 at 12:02 PM

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