2019-07-11 @ 9:26pm–#Bridgeport CT– A juvenile was stabbed multiple times outside the DCF juvenile housing at 148 Mill Hill Avenue. The knife was found near a utility pole not far from the scene. Police’s quick work allowed them to apprehend the suspect.
According to the housing’s website”Supportive Work, Education and Transition Program (SWETP) is a community based, staffed apartment program that serves adolescent males and females, ages 16 through 21, who are committed to DCF”.
2019-07-11 @ 6:08pmm–#Bridgeport CT– #Fairfield CT– The Fairfield Emergency Communications Center received a call reporting a swimmer in distress in the South Benson/Ash Creek area. Fairfield Fire Department Engine 1, Engine 2, Engine 4, Rescue 1, Fire Boat Marine 228, Fire Boat Marine 217 and Car 3 responded and arrived on scene at approximately 6:12PM. Marine 228, under the command of Lt. Eric McKeon, quickly deployed and began searching for the missing victim.
Assistant Scott Bisson in Car 3 arrived on scene and assumed command of water rescue operations. Fairfield Police units spotted the victim underwater from shore and were able to direct Fire Units to the victim in the water. Firefighters entered the water and successfully removed the victim. at approx. 6:24pm. He was quickly transported to the South Benson Marina while fire personnel performed advanced lifesaving procedures.
Once at the dock patient care was taken over by American Medical Response and advanced procedures were continued while transporting to the hospital. The name and age of the victim are unknown at this time. The scene was turned over to the Fairfield Police Department who will be working in conjunction with the Bridgeport Police Department conducting further investigation into the incident.
WATERBURY, CT) – Governor Ned Lamont, joined by first responders and state lawmakers, today held a bill signing ceremony at Engine 10 of the Waterbury Fire Department to commemorate the adoption of a state law that will provide workers’ compensation benefits to police officers, parole officers, and firefighters who have been diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder after witnessing an unnerving event in the line of duty.
Previously, workers’ compensation covered mental health injuries only when they were sustained in conjunction with physical injuries. This law extends that coverage, recognizing that first responders in particular can be exposed to events on the job that can cause difficulty coping or adjusting for weeks and months at a time, sometimes leading to intense flashbacks, nightmares, severe anxiety, and depression.
Coverage will be available to police officers, parole officers, and firefighters who have experienced one of the following six events:
· Witnessing the death of a person;
· Witnessing an injury that causes the death of a person shortly thereafter;
· Treating an injured person who dies shortly thereafter;
· Carrying an injured person who dies shortly thereafter;
· Viewing a deceased minor; and
· Witnessing an incident that causes a person to lose a body part, to suffer a loss of function, or that results in permanent disfigurement.
In addition, the law requires the General Assembly’s Labor and Public Employees Committee to study the cost and impact of adding emergency medical services personnel and certain Department of Correction employees to the list of covered employees.
“First responders dedicate their lives to the safety of our neighborhoods, and we owe it to them to be there when the actions they took to protect others causes injuries to themselves – regardless of whether those injuries are physical or mental,”Governor Lamont said. “Modern scientific research is showing the immense impact that mental health issues can have on a person, and our statutes should reflect that. I am proud to stand side-by-side with our state’s police and firefighting community as I sign this important bill into law.”
The concept for the legislation was first introduced in the General Assembly following the December 2012 mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown in which 20 children and 6 adults were murdered.
The language in the bill was written in consultation with the Connecticut Conference of Municipalities and police and firefighters union representatives after many months of negotiation and debate. It received the unanimous, bipartisan support of every member of the General Assembly.
“For too long, public policy has put mental health treatment on the back burner, and it has weighed mental health injuries on a separate scale from physical injuries. Those days have come to an end,” State Senator Cathy Osten (D-Sprague), a longtime advocate of workers’ compensation reform and of coverage for traumatic mental injuries with no accompanying physical component, said. “This law is a significant step forward in the equality of treatment for mental health injuries. It recognizes that post-traumatic stress is an actual condition that can be treated, and when treated, allows a person to return to work. That’s what workers’ compensation is for. We owe it to these affected individuals – who so often go into harm’s way so we don’t have to – to help them put their lives back together.”
The idea of extending PTSD coverage to first responders is not unique to Connecticut. As new medical studies come out in recent years revealing the extent that mental health injuries can have on a person, several states have considered legislation to allow standalone mental health injuries to be covered by workers’ compensation. In 2017, Colorado, Texas, Vermont, and South Caroline enacted legislation providing PTSD coverage for first responders. According to the National Council on Compensation Insurance, at least 16 states explored similar legislation in 2018, including Arizona, Kentucky, Minnesota, Missouri, Ohio, South Carolina, and West Virginia.
The legislation is Public Act 19-17, An Act Concerning Workers’ Compensation Benefits for Certain Mental or Emotional Impairments, Mental Health Care for Police Officers and Wellness Training for Police Officers, Parole Officers and Firefighters.
BRIDGEPORT, CT- On June 28, 2019 at approximately 11:18 pm, Bridgeport Patrol Officers responded to the scene of a serious crash at the intersection of Stratford Avenue and East Main Street.
A pedestrian was crossing Northbound on Stratford Avenue from the southeast corner to the northeast corner within the crosswalk. As he was crossing the westbound lanes he was struck by a vehicle. The striking vehicle turned northbound onto East Main Street, stopped briefly on East Main Street, then fled the scene continuing northbound. Officers that responded to the scene were unable to obtain suspect vehicle information at the time of report.
Emergency personnel arrived on scene, provided medical attention, and transported the victim to Bridgeport Hospital. The pedestrian, a Bridgeport firefighter sustained multiple serious injuries.
On June 30, 2019 the Bridgeport Police Traffic Division was notified of the seriousness of the victim’s injuries. Due to the circumstances surrounding this “hit and run” crash the Bridgeport Police Department Traffic Division is handling the follow up investigation. The victim has been identified as a 46-year-old off-duty Bridgeport Firefighter and resident of Stratford CT.
The Bridgeport Police Traffic Division is working on several leads regarding this investigation. The vehicle has been identified as a dark gray Toyota Corolla; possibly 2015. This vehicle should have sustained front end damage and will be missing a drivers’ side rear-view mirror.
Anyone with additional information, related to this crash, is asked to contact the Bridgeport Police Department’s Traffic Division (Sergeant Gabe Meszaros) at 203-576-7640.
The Westport Police Benevolent Association Car Show is scheduled for SundayJuly 21, 2019. The event is to be held at the Westport Saugatuck Railroad Station from 10:00AM to 2:00PM.
All years and all model vehicles are welcome. The entry fee is $20.00 per car. All proceeds benefit the Westport PBA Scholarship Fund, which is a non-profit 501(c)organization.
Ten award winners will be announced. There will be a 50/50 raffle as well as many other prizes.
Food and dessert will be available for purchase at the show and will be provided by Jr’s Deli and Grille and Good Humor. Entertainment will be provided by radio station i95 Rock, whose street team will also be present and playing classic rock music throughout the day.
2019-07-10 @ 10:22pm–#Bridgeport CT– A man was cut on the ear by a man with a blade and his friend had a baseball bat at the corner of Park Avenue and Olive Street.
2019-07-10@10:10am– #Bridgeport CT– Don’t go to sleep yet Bridgeport! EMS on scene at 144 Harral Avenue reporting a heavy smell of propane indoors. Here come a bunch of fire trucks!
2019-07-10 @ 9:03pm–#Bridgeport CT–A large group of woman reported fighting outside building 21 of PT Barnum on Anthony Street. One woman has been stabbed or cut to the head and is being transported to the hospital by private vehicle and and second woman reported to have lacerations to the head.
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