Month: August 2017

St. Vincent’s Hospital Opens Bridgeport Police Post In ER And Donates Life Saving Kits

#Bridgeport CT-- Wednesday, Ribbon-cutting for the new Bridgeport Police Post located at St. Vincent’s Emergency Room providing an improved sense of safety and reducing response time in the event of an emergency.   St. Vincent’s Medical Center Foundation presented the Bridgeport Police Department (BPD) with 400 individual bleeding control kits for its police officers, a donation valued at $40,000.  In the event that an officer suffers a gunshot wound or is otherwise injured in the line of duty, these kits will enable them to apply either self-aid or “buddy” aid to their partners.

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Fairfield Police Explorers Attend Cadet Police Academy

#Fairfield CT--The Fairfield Police Explorers attended the 2017 Cadet Police Academy held at the University of Hartford in West Hartford, July 23-29. A total of 350 cadets and 90 police officers and civilian staff from Connecticut, New York, and Massachusetts attended the week-long academy. The Cadet Police Academy is a comprehensive and challenging experience in the field of Law Enforcement. The Academy has been designed to provide Cadets with a broad exposure to modern day police work. Each level is a one week program and takes the full week to complete.  All staff members are volunteers to the program and are either sworn Law Enforcement Officers or adult advisors for their respective programs attending the academy.   The Cadets were…

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Trumbull Weekend Pursuit

#Trumbull CT--Trumbull Police arrested five (5) teenagers in a stolen vehicle after they were involved in a theft at the Westfield Trumbull Mall and then led officers on a high-speed pursuit Saturday for several miles. The vehicle was finally stopped on Route 25 in Trumbull where police apprehended the four (4) juveniles and one 18-year-old from Hartford: Johnny Aspiliare.   The incident began when a mall employee reported that her bag was stolen from her as she sat inside her vehicle during her lunch break. A young male, later identified as a 16- year-old juvenile from Waterbury, reached into the vehicle and grabbed the bag off of the passenger seat through the vehicle’s open window. He then ran to an awaiting…

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Bridgeport News: Bank Robbery

3:00pm--#Bridgeport CT-- As I was the first to report, at about 3 pm there was a bank robbery at Chase bank on Boston Ave. 123 Boston Ave. Female passed a note to the teller.  White female in her 20's thin, wearing a white t-shirt, black yoga pants, and a baseball cap.  No one injured. The robber made off with $500 cash and no weapon was displayed.  

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