Month: October 2020

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 of safety and self care issues, this woman was also fiercely independent.  Working with this patient for over 2 hours, Dorta brought all of his resources to bear (including assistance from SFD and SPD) in caring for her and getting her the assistance she needed.  Paramedic Dorta consistently demonstrates this level commitment and effort to the residents of Stratford and patients of Stratford EMS.

Paramedic Battistelli’s recognition is related to two calls that are also commensurate with his everyday commitment and effort to his practice as a paramedic.  Mike’s handling of a regular patient of Stratford EMS and of a mass casualty event involving a special needs bus demonstrated Mike’s humanity as well as his calm, caring and fun demeanor.   Whether it was his very personal acts of giving to help someone in need or his smile and gentle songs used to calm fears in children with special needs, Mike regularly demonstrates a deep desire to care for his fellow man.

“I am so proud of the work that the Stratford EMS team continues to do on a daily basis.  Both Dane and Mike were recognized today for performance that exemplifies not only the values of the St. Vincent’s EMS program, but also the core values and principles of Stratford EMS and the Town of Stratford.” said Michael Loiz, Director of EMS.

Larry Ciccarelli, Public Safety & Emergency Management Director said, “Dane and Mike exemplify the highest values and professionalism of our Stratford Public Safety community. They set powerful examples for the rest of their team and we are a much stronger organization because of them.”

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.

2020-10-23@12:12pm–#Bridgeport CT– The Citgo Station at East Main and Texas Avenue was hit by a car that fled the scene. The business has been ordered closed until inspected by the building inspector in the morning.

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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. They aren’t ignoring me but you the citizen. That’s okay, these reports will follow them with them when their future employers do an internet search on them.

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 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. They aren’t ignoring me but you the citizen. That’s okay, these reports will follow them with them when their future employers do an internet search on them.

2020-10-22@ 7:40pm–#Fairfield CT– Fairfield Police received a 911 call from an employee at
Brooklawn 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 scene
confirmed a robbery had occurred and began a search for potential suspects.
The employee reported two males came into the store and demanded money. The employee
described 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’s
head. The suspected males took the cash from the register and a bracelet from the wrist of
the employee. Additionally, a customer in the store had his wallet stolen by the suspects.
The suspects exited the store prior to police arrival with an undetermined amount of cash.
A K-9 track led police to nearby Querida Street where the track ended abruptly indicating
the suspects may have entered a vehicle.
Fortunately, no one was injured during the incident.
Police are asking for the public’s help identifying the suspects in these photographs. Anyone
with information is asked to contact the Fairfield Police Department Detective Bureau at
203-254-4840.
Anonymous tips may be sent by texting “FPD” plus your tip information to CRIMES
(274637). Be sure to include the “FPD” keyword in your text message. You may also submit
a tip online at www.fpdct.com/tips.

2020-10-22@2:31pm–#Ansonia CT– A Howard Avenue resident just had the bathroom from the 2nd floor collapse on top of her. First responders on the way.

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2020-10-22@1:33pm–#Seymour CT–A science experiment lead to the evacuation of Seymour High School at 2 Botsford Road. According to radio reports, the water in a beaker evaporated breaking the beaker and an alcohol thermometer causing a chemical inside the school.

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2020-10:22@1:32pm–#Trumbull CT– Workers on the roof cause high carbon monoxide levels and evacuation in an office building at 799 Silver Lane. No reported injuries.

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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 reasonably designed to safeguard Personal Information (PI) and Protected Health Information (PHI), which will include specific information security requirements. 

“Community Health Systems had an obligation to safeguard the personal information of their patients and they failed. This settlement includes a significant financial penalty and puts in place strong new protections to ensure patients’ personal information is secure going forward,” said Attorney General Tong. “Patients have a right to know their personal information will be safe and protected. Working with our partner states, we are prepared to take strong action against entities that violate that trust.”

Specific information security measures contained in the settlement include the requirements to develop a written incident response plan; to incorporate security awareness and privacy training for all personnel who have access to PHI; to limit unnecessary or inappropriate access to PHI and to implement specific policies and procedures regarding business associates, including use of business associate agreements and audits of business associates.

Other states participating in this settlement include Alaska, Arkansas, Florida, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, Nevada, New Jersey, North Carolina, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Washington, and West Virginia.

Assistant attorneys general Michele Lucan, John Neumon, Áine DeMeo, and Jeremy Pearlman, Head of the Privacy and Data Security Department, assisted the Attorney General in this matter.   

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