Month: March 2016

Fairfield News: Ground Breaking

#Fairfield CT–Developers broke ground on a multi-use area on Black Rock Turnpike at Commerce Drive, next door to Bigelow Tea which use to be the old Fitness Edge.  The facility is looking to attract  young professionals, commuters, empty-nesters with family ties to the community, who want urban conveniences, easy access to NYC with  101 residential apartment units comprised of 4 studios, 73 one- bedrooms, and 24 two-bedroom units.  There will also be 14,900 square feet of retail space on the ground floor as well as a covered rear arcade.   This development is projected to provide the town of Fairfield with 30-50 permanent jobs, 125-150 construction jobs according to a press release.    A Spring/Summer of 2017 completion date is expected.  The developers are BRCD Holdings, LLC: a project partnership between Fairfield’s Abbey Road Advisors, Connecticut-based Skala Partners, and Boston- based ELV Associates.

Bridgeport News: Funny Money

The Bridgeport Police Detective Bureau Financial Crimes Unit is seeking assistance in identifying the individual seen in this video.  The Suspect is wanted for producing counterfeit currency and using it at 2525 East Main St. (Cumberland Farms).  Any information regarding the incident or suspect please contact Detective Frank Podpolucha at: 203-581-5210 email: frank.podpolucha@bridgeportct.gov

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Westport Police Chief Dale Call’s Retirement

#Westport CT–Westport First Selectman Jim Marpe announced today that he has accepted the retirement letter of Chief of Police Dale Call effective April 1, 2016. After his official retirement date, Chief Call will remain with the Police Department in an advisory capacity until June 30, 2016 to insure a smooth, seamless and professional transition within the department.  Mr. Marpe said, “It is with regret that I accept Chief Call’s retirement letter. The Town of Westport and its residents have been very fortunate that Dale’s passion, expertise and experience in law enforcement have benefitted so many throughout the years. In good times and bad, Dale’s calm, level-headed and pragmatic demeanor has proved to be a positive influence on our community. A home-grown Westporter whose family roots run deep in the law enforcement history of our town, Dale became a full-time police officer in 1984. His impressive rise through the ranks since that time is indicative of his intelligence, fierce devotion, drive and determination. Dale is one of “Westport’s Finest” in the truest sense of the phrase. On behalf of the citizens of Westport, his fellow employees, and his law enforcement brothers and sisters, I am grateful for Dale’s longstanding, meritorious and dedicated service. I wish him all the best as he enters this new chapter in his life. He will be sorely missed.” Chief Call stated, “I feel very fortunate to have worked for, with and alongside a lot of good people for more than three decades. I grew up in the Westport Police Department and my time here has given me many fond memories.

 

While it is difficult to leave, I know that the department Mr. Marpe continued, “Dale’s retirement announcement is bittersweet, but I am very confident that the command of the Westport Police Department will remain in capable hands. To that end, I am pleased to announce today that Deputy Chief Fotios Koskinas will be promoted to Chief effective April 1. From the time he was promoted to Deputy Chief in 2011, Foti has been training for this position. I have the utmost confidence in his abilities and experience. Like Chief Call, he grew up Westport and is a graduate of Staples High School, so he brings a real depth of knowledge about our Town and its residents. I know that he will provide the leadership necessary to maintain the high standards of protection we expect and receive on a daily basis from our first class Police Department.”

(Westport Police Press Release)

New Chief In Brideport

#Bridgeport, CT – Mayor Joe Ganim today announced the resignation of Bridgeport Police Chief Joseph Gaudett. Gaudett has served as Bridgeport Chief of Police since 2009 and is a 33 veteran of the department. Chief Gaudett will be taking a new position as a consultant for emergency communications within the Bridgeport Office of Emergency Management and Homeland Security, reporting directly to the Mayor’s office. At the same time, Mayor Ganim is announcing that he will name longtime Bridgeport Police Captain Armando J. “AJ” Perez to the post of police chief of the city of Bridgeport. Perez is a highly decorated officer who has served the Bridgeport Police Department for 32 years. Recently Captain Perez oversaw the Bridgeport Violent Crime Reduction Task Force and he has served as head of the department’s detective bureau for the last two years. Perez is set to become the first Cuban-American Chief of Police in Connecticut History.

“I want to thank Joe Gaudett for his dedicated service to the public safety of Bridgeport and I look forward to working with him in his new role,” said Mayor Ganim. “I am also elated to name AJ Perez, a widely respected veteran of the Bridgeport Police Department as our city’s next chief. This is a new day in Bridgeport and we will have a new direction in our police department. We will return to the fundamentals of community policing and effective law enforcement, building up the size of the police force and the trust between the Bridgeport police and our community. AJ Perez is a natural leader that will inspire his fellow Bridgeport police and I look forward to swearing him in.”
“I am honored and humbled to be chosen as Bridgeport’s next police chief,” said Perez. “We are going to do great things in the city of Bridgeport, and I believe in the leadership that Mayor Ganim is providing to our city and to the police department. Together and with all the talented men and women of the Bridgeport police department we will make our city safer. We believe in the Bridgeport that can be!”

Mayor Ganim will publicly swear in AJ Perez as Bridgeport’s next police chief at a public ceremony to be held at the Bridgeport City Council Chambers located at 45 Lyon Terrace on Thursday, March 3, 2016 at 5:00 p.m.

Bridgeport News: Hot Dog Fight!

12:38pm–#Bridgeport CT– Police dispatched to a fight between women at Tomlinson’s Restaurant on 1400 Noble Avenue. One of the women have a tire iron according to radio reports. Police on scene reporting the women have disbursed but the women are still on the phone with 911 operators.

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