Month: October 2020

Two Stratford EMS Paramedics Recognized

STRATFORD, CT - Two Stratford EMS Paramedicswere recognized in a beautiful ceremony put on by St. Vincents Medical Center (Hartford Hospital) as part of their Annual EMS Values Awards. Full-Time Paramedics Dane Dorta and Michael Battistelli were honored with the St. Vincent's Medical Center's "EMS Values Award - recognizing those who go above and beyond". The awards are given to EMS workers for exhibiting St Vincent's EMS core values of integrity, compassion, accountability, respect, and empathy while providing patient-focused and selfless service. Paramedic Dorta's recognition was in response to going above and beyond to assist an elderly woman who had lost her sight  and had inadvertently created an extremely unsafe situation for herself in her home.  Aside from a myriad…

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Bridgeport News: Person Shot

2020-10-23@12:30pm-- #Bridgeport CT-- Bridgeport Police received a shotspotter activation of 23 auto/high capacity rounds being shot on Bunnel Street near Connecticut Avenue. A person was hit by the gunfire at a house across the way and ran to Oasis Market a block further down. According to police, the ""Personal was transported to the hospital". No word on the extent of injuries. A number of parked cars were also hit.

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Bridgeport News: Carjacking

2020--10-22@8:30PMish-- A carjacking occurred on Yale Street near Freemont Street. The suspects were described as a young male and a female accomplice. A firearm was displayed. What is remarkable is that this is the first reported carjacking in Bridgeport since they took the Bridgeport Police radio access away from the media. I wrote to Scott (what a great guy) Appleby two days ago asking why there have been no reported robberies, street robberies, armed robberies or carjacking’s. I also cc’d Rowena (I have no comment) White and both her and Scott have not replied back…status quo for these “communication” or should I say non-communication managers. I told them I would report on this if they chose to ignore my email.…

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Bridgeport News: 2 Armed Robberies

2020-10-22 @ 8:00PMish-- Two robberies occurred immediately after the package store robbery in Fairfield and police believe the same suspects are wanted in the Bridgeport armed robberies at J&E a Liquor Store in the 200th block of Wayne St was robbed at gunpoint. The description provided was 2 black males wearing all black. A second robbery occurred at Pizza Heaven at 3851 Main Street. No description was given at this time. What is remarkable is that this is the first reported armed robbery in Bridgeport since they took the Bridgeport Police radio access away from the media. I wrote to Scott (what a great guy) Appleby two days ago asking why there have been no reported robberies, street robberies, armed…

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Fairfield News: Armed Robbery

2020-10-22@ 7:40pm--#Fairfield CT-- Fairfield Police received a 911 call from an employee atBrooklawn Discount Liquor reporting an armed robbery had occurred at the store.Brooklawn Discount Liquor is located at 752 Brooklawn Avenue.Patrol Officers, Detectives, and a K-9 unit responded to the scene. Officers on sceneconfirmed a robbery had occurred and began a search for potential suspects.The employee reported two males came into the store and demanded money. The employeedescribed them as black males in their 20’s, wearing all black to include black face masks.One of the suspects was armed with a firearm and held the firearm up to the store clerk’shead. The suspected males took the cash from the register and a bracelet from the wrist ofthe employee. Additionally, a…

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Patient Data Breach Settlement

Hartford, CT) -- Attorney General William Tong today joined 27 other state attorneys general announcing a settlement with Tennessee-based CHS/Community Health Systems, Inc., and its subsidiary, CHSPSC LLC.  This settlement resolves an investigation of a data breach which impacted approximately 6.1 million patients. At the time of the data breach, CHS owned, leased, or operated 206 affiliated hospitals. Although none of the hospitals were located in Connecticut, 4,746 Connecticut residents were impacted by the breach. Exposed in the breach were the names, birthdates, social security numbers, phone numbers, and addresses of patients. The settlement, agreed to by CHS, requires a $5 million payment to the states and provides that CHS agrees to implement and maintain a comprehensive information security program…

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