Today’s 1 p.m. press conference with Mayor Finch and Police Chief Gaudett has been cancelled. There was to be an announcement about public safety initiatives, yesterday's press release said.“Public safety is our top priority in Bridgeport,” said Mayor Finch. “The city is safer than it has been in 40 years, and we’re working to do even better. The future of our kids and grandkids is at stake.” I was hoping to hear about the mounted patrols.
A cigar stand at Newfield Park, who knew?
9:16am--#Stratford CT--#Bridgeport CT--Report of a trench collapse with a worker trapped at Sikorsky Airport in Lordship. Firefighters along with Rescue 5 and a trench trailer dispatched. OSHA is also on the way. This report sponsored by:
Bridgeport Farmer newspaper May 1910. The way reporters write is a little different today. Can you hear the uproar if I did a post like this on DoingItLocal?
Tatiana Julitta Maldonado sent in this photo of the Bridgeport Mounted Patrol patrolling Trumbull Garden's today. I requested an interview regarding this and Bridgeport Police Department pressperson Tim Hammoll said the captain in charge of the mounted patrol said the patrol is being used throughout the city. There is a 1pm press conference in Chief Gaudette's office tomorrow public safety initiatives so I'll keep you posted.
5:00pm--#Bridgeport CT-- Prayers needed for two children injured in two separate incidents. A teenage girl was hit by a car in front of 505 Trumbull Avenue. Moments later a child was burned in the 700 block of William Street, the mother is hysterical according to radio reports.
Mary-Jane Foster, candidate for mayor in the Democratic Primary, today called for an independent operational and financial audit of the city’s Tax Collector Department. “We are seeing very serious management deficiencies in this department, which is putting our precious tax dollars at risk,” the candidate said. “We have recently learned, only because of a police investigation, that the tax collector has a program whereby independent contractors are allowed to seize citizen’s vehicles, impound them, sell them at auction and keep the proceeds; doing so without turning any funds over to the tax collector and without detailed accounting for all these transactions. In a city where tax dollars are stretched so thin due to a stagnant tax base, we can ill afford this level of mismanagement,” Foster charged. Foster noted…
11:49pm--#Bridgeport CT--Police reporting fireworks at Stratford and Hollister Avenue, the were called for shots fired. This report sponsored by:
6:45pm--#Bridgeport News: Police are investigating a one car crash in front of the Klein Memorial on Fairfield Avenue. The driver escaped without injury and refused medical care from EMS. Skid marks can be seen starting on Iranistan Avenue and the SUV took out a fire hydrant (see dirt patch) which cause the vehicle to flip.
11:30am--#cttraffic--#Bridgeport CT--Today's car fire is being hosted by Bridgeport on I-95 southbound near exit 26. Fire firefighters have just arrived on scene.
