Bridgeport News: Person Shot
2022-07-09@12:06am--#Bridgeport CT-- Report of a person shot at Greene Homes building four. No other updates at this time.
Bridgeport News: Bus Driver Beaten/Hospitalized
2022-07-08 @ 5PMish-- A GBT bus driver was pulled from the bus and beaten at the 1300 block of Main Street (between Grand and Frank Street). The driver has been hospitalized. News12's Frank Recchia will have a report tomorrow. This news report is made possible by:
Bridgeport News: Fire On East Main Street
Video Report: 2022-07-08@3:49pm--#Bridgeport CT-- Firefighters were called to a structure fire in the 1200 block of East Main Street. Firefighters found a fire in the wall and quickly extinguished the fire. Witnesses said there was welding taking place earlier. https://youtu.be/ZwpWbP-rrbU
Emergency Orders Due To Staffing Shortage At Bridgeport Police
Not to worry, even with a "manpower" shortage (shouldn't that be staffing shortage?), Mayor Ganim will still pull an officer from duty to chauffer him around.
Bridgeport News: Fire At Recycling Plant
Video Report:2022-07-08@10:06pm--#Bridgeport CT-- A battery mixed in with the cardboard is thought to have caused a fire at the carboard recycling plant at 1300 Seaview Avenue. Firefighters kept the fire contained to one of the compactors. There were no reported injuries. The Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection has been called to the scene. https://youtu.be/6vLoAmcTqMY
Bridgeport Guardians Organization Is Against Acting Chief
OFFICIAL PRESS STATEMENT The Bridgeport Guardians Organization Is Against Acting Chief Rebeca Garcia Taking TheChief Exam Due to Her Illegal Appointment and Controversial Leadership.The Bridgeport Guardians Organization would like to bring to light the fact that Acting ChiefRebeca Garcia continues to show a pattern and practice of creating a hostile work environmentand retaliation against Black and White officers by launching frivolous complaints and internalaffairs investigations against Black officers she dislikes while favoring Hispanic officers withhigh regards and respect. For example, Acting Chief Rebeca Garcia has handed out minimal tono discipline against Hispanic officers and, in some cases, have personally removed theirdiscipline from the process of a mandated Loudermill hearing while unfairly targeting certainBlack officers of this organization, along with White…
Defunding Bridgeport Police
#Bridgeport CT-- Officers Juan Bayas, Taequan Mitchell, Oscar Soler, Joseph Seagren, Natalie McLaughlin have resigned their positions at Bridgeport Police Department and taking their experience and service to other police departments. This brings the total of police officers down to 288 of a full force of 425. This news report is made possible by:
Bridgeport News: Rubbish Fire
2022-07-06@8:40pm--#Bridgeport CT--- Firefighters extinguish a rubbish fire at the corner of Barnum and Bishop Avenue. This news report is made possible by:
Bridgeport News: Woman Pushed Out Of Moving Car
2022-07-06@12:15am--#Bridgeport CT-- A woman has been pushed out of a moving vehicle in the 200 block of Bond Street and is currently unconscious. First responders on the way. This news report is made possible by:
Bridgeport News: Oil Spill
2022-07-05@11:44am--#Bridgeport CT-- Firefighters were called for an oil spill on Commerce Drive. Witnesses said a pick-up truck was carting a barrel with oil when it turned onto Commerce Drive from Fairfield Avenue when the barrel tipped over. The driver righted the barrel but left the spill behind. The Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection was notified of the oil that flowed into the storm drain.