Month: June 2014

Bridgeport Mayor, Council Members Honor East End/East Side Police Captain

#Bridgeport, CT – June 16, 2014 – Police Capt. Robert Gearing hasn’t sought accolades while spending countless hours working to make the city’s East Side and East End a safe and stable place for its residents, visitors and business people.

He received them nonetheless Monday.

At the request of the council members from those neighborhoods, Mayor Bill Finch named June 16, 2014, as “Captain Robert Gearing Day” in a proclamation presented Monday at the City Council meeting.

“Captain Gearing is an outstanding supervisor in an outstanding police department. His body of work speaks for itself,” said Mayor Bill Finch. “What speaks even louder about that work ethic is how valued he is by the community in which he works.”

Councilwoman Eneida Martinez-Walker and Lydia Martinez, Milta Feliciano and James Holloway, her fellow council members from the East Side/East End, wanted to recognize Capt. Gearing for the efforts he had made in their community.

“Many words come to mind,” said Councilwoman Martinez-Walker. “From the moment we started working with him, we could tell how personally he takes this job. He has built a compassionate, respectful, fair and family oriented environment for all of this community.

“Any concern I have ever raised, he had immediately worked to address it. He has served our community so well and we felt we needed to let him know.”

Gearing has served the residents of Bridgeport since 1985 as a police officer. He was promoted to captain in 2007 and has been the commander of the East Side and East End since 2011.

“At the department, we see every day how hard Bobby works for his neighborhoods,” said Police Chief Joseph L. Gaudett Jr. “It is really gratifying that the community sees in Bobby what we see – a great cop who never stops working.”

Gearing said he was “humbled” by the recognition but shifted the praise to the men and women under his command.

“These officers, they are the true heroes., the patrol officers, the sergeants, the lieutenants.”

There is a Killer In Bridgeport….A Pothole Killer

#Bridgeport’s Director of Public Facilities Jorge Garcia shows off the latest tool to combat potholes in the city of Bridgeport. With potholes doubling in New England after a harsh winter, cities are looking for a way to combat potholes. The Pot Hole Killer can fill 150 potholes in an hour, much faster than traditional methods and the repair will last longer.

CT To Receive $8 Million for Storm Resiliency

#HARTFORD, CT – Governor Dannel P. Malloy today announced that Connecticut will receive $7.97 million in federal competitive matching grants for four projects designed to make local communities more resilient against future storms.

 

“These grants will allow Connecticut to build upon substantial progress we have already made along our coastline and in other areas throughout the state that are prone to flooding.  Projects funded will also help restore critical natural habitat in the state,” said Governor Malloy.  “Today’s grant awards demonstrate the continued commitment of the Obama Administration to make communities more resilient in the face of future storms that we are going to experience.”

 

Received under the Hurricane Sandy Coastal Resiliency Competitive Grant Program, the funds are being administered by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.  The projects being funded include:

 

  • $3.75 million to increase Mill River’s flood resiliency and re-create a habitat corridor in Stamford.  Project will eradicate invasive species, replant native flora, and remove 15 properties from the one percent flood risk area.
  • $2.8 million to remove a hazardous and unused fish barrier in Enfield.  Project will restore 7.7 miles of fish runs, reunite brook trout populations, and reduce flood hazards.
  • $700,000 for ten municipalities that run along the entire central coast of Connecticut.  The municipalities will integrate green infrastructure principles, prioritize projects, and contribute to a Regional Coastal Resiliency Plan.
  • $720,000 to develop a flood and storm resiliency management plan for the Pawcatuck River Watershed and 11 communities in Connecticut and southern Rhode Island.  Project will aid in the watershed’s resiliency enhancement, restore habitat, and protect local communities from flooding.

 

“We are grateful to Secretary of the Interior, Sally Jewell and the department’s funding of projects designed to address the needs of Connecticut’s residents and businesses facing firsthand the effects of a changing climate,” added Governor Malloy.  “We know as a state, we are going to experience more frequent and more severe weather events and the time to prepare is now.  Today’s grants will provide us with significant resources to aid in those preparations.”

 

A complete list of the projects announced today under the Hurricane Sandy Coastal Resiliency Competitive Grant Program can be found online.

Bridgeport News: Woman Robbed While Trying to Collect Debt

#Bridgeport, CT – June 16, 2014 – A city woman reported she was robbed when she agreed to meet a man who owed her money.  Officer Marie Cetti spoke with the victim in the 200 block of Broad Street Friday afternoon.  The victim said the suspect, whom she knows and owes her money, called her multiple times and the two arranged to meet at the corner of West Liberty Street and West Avenue.

She stated that when they met, he pulled out a gun and demanded she empty her pockets. She did and the man ran off with cash. She ran after him and, as he fled, he dropped the weapon. The victim picked it up and turned the weapon, which was a BB gun, over to police. Detectives are investigating.

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