Month: April 2016

Bridgeport Is A HeartSafe Community

Bridgeport, CT – Mayor Joe Ganim today announced that the Connecticut State Department of Public Health has declared Bridgeport a ‘HEARTSafe’ community recognizing the number of citizens that have been trained in life saving measures such as Cardio-Pulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) and the strategic placement of Automated External Defibrillators (AED) in the community to improve the survival chances of anyone suffering sudden cardiac arrest.   Bridgeport becomes the 118thmunicipality in Connecticut to carry the ‘HEARTSafe’ Community designation.   “I am very proud that Bridgeport has achieved this designation because it means that anyone who has sudden heart problems has a much better chance of survival in our city,” said Mayor Ganim.  “The more residents of Bridgeport that can be trained in CPR…

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GOV. MALLOY RELEASES UPDATED BUDGET PROPOSAL

#HARTFORD, CT – Governor Dannel P. Malloy today released a revised, balanced budget proposal that addresses the entirety of the nonpartisan Office of Fiscal Analysis’s deficit projection by closing a projected $922 million deficit for FY2017.  Falling under the statutory spending cap, this is the only budget presented thus far that tackles the full scope of the challenge.  It includes no tax increases.   The proposal identifies and maintains funding for core services and:   Asks non-union employees, appointees, and elected officials in the executive, legislative, and judicial branches to pay 20 percent for their health care benefits, creating a savings of as much as $5 million per fiscal year moving into the future Maintains funding for Community Residential Services…

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Lauralton Hall Dismisses Early After Pepper Spray Incident

10:27am--#Milford Connecticut--About 40 students at Lauralton Hall at 200 High Street were affected by a release of pepper spray at the all girls Catholic School.  A Hazmat staging area was set up at the train station.    The firefighters About 10-12 girls required treatment at Yale and Milford Hospital.     The firefighters located the canister that released the pepper spray.  Initial radio reports said the incident happened in the athletic complex.   The school had an early dismissal as a result.

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The Norwalk Police Department is currently investigating the theft of $800.00 from an elderly victim on April 4, 2016. The suspects convinced the victim to provide a debit card and pass code and subsequently removed the money from the  victim’s bank account. Suspect 1 is described as black female, mid twenties to early thirties, 5’-5”, 150 lbs who was wearing black clothing. The second suspect was described as a black female, in her forties or fifties, 5’-2” with braided hair.  The suspects were in dark colored vehicle, possibly a Jeep. We are asking for the public’s assistance in identifying the suspect in the surveillance photo. Anyone with any information is asked to contact the Officer Prada at any of the contacts listed below.   Norwalk Police…

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State Police iDog

Meriden, CT. (April 11, 2016): The Connecticut State Police K9 Unit is proud to, once again, be the first in the world for having trained a specialized K9, the first Electronic Storage Detection (ESD) dog. On April 15, 2016 the second class of K9 teams, known as computer K9 teams, or ESD dogs, will graduate. Computer K9 Teams are specially trained to locate items associated with computers and cell phones. The Connecticut State Police K9 Unit successfully trained and deployed the first Computer K9 teams into the field in 2012 when The Electronic Storage Detection dog program was started. The State Police K9 Unit and the State of Connecticut Forensic Lab were asked to determine if a dog was capable of searching for and finding electronic…

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