Bridgeport Financial Department Get National Kudos

Bridgeport, CT – Mayor Joe Ganim and Finance Director Kenneth Flatto announced today the City of Bridgeport received National Recognition for Excellence in Financial Reporting from the Government Finance Officers Association (GFOA) of the United States and Canada for its annual audit Comprehensive Annual Financial Report (CAFR) completed in February 2017. The City of Bridgeport was graded proficient in all categories, such as Government-wide financial statements, a summary of significant accounting policies and pension-related note disclosures. The Certificate of Achievement is the highest form of recognition in the area of government accounting and financial reporting, and its attainment represents a significant accomplishment by a government and its management.

 

Finance Director Kenneth Flatto said, “We are appreciative of the Certificate of Achievement for Excellence in Financial Reporting Award received for our City and its Finance department.

The daily effort of the Finance group truly enables all city departments to operate effectively and represent some of the best within this City’s workforce.”

 

The GFOA established the Certificate of Achievement for Excellence in Financial Reporting Program (CAFR Program) in 1945 to encourage and assist state and local governments to go beyond the minimum requirements of generally accepted accounting principles to prepare comprehensive annual financial reports that evidence the spirit of transparency and full disclosure and then to recognize individual governments that succeed in achieving that goal. The CAFR has been judged by an impartial panel to meet the high standards of the program including demonstrating a constructive “spirit of full disclosure” to clearly communicate its financial story and motivate potential users and user groups to read the CAFR. The GFOA is a nonprofit professional association serving approximately 17, 500 government finance professionals with offices in Chicago, IL and Washington, D.C.

 

Westport Police Need Your Help

The Westport Police Department is seeking the community’s help in identifying the woman pictured below. On August 9, 2017, the victim’s vehicle was entered by an unknown person while parked on Long Lots Road. Various credit cards were stolen from the victim’s purse and later used to make over $12,000 in fraudulent transactions in Trumbull, New Haven and Orange. Anyone who has information regarding the identity of this woman is asked to contact the Westport Police Detective Bureau at (203) 341-6080.

 

Connecticut State Police Back To School Safety

Middletown, CT. (August 21, 2017): Connecticut State Troopers urge drivers, parents, and children to prepare for back to school safety.
As over half-a- million Connecticut children head back to school over the next few weeks, Connecticut State Troopers urge all parents and guardians to discuss school, traffic, and personal safety with their children.  Troopers also caution all drivers to be aware of “back to school” bus, pedestrian, and bicycle traffic.
Drivers are urged to use extra caution as they travel on Connecticut’s roadways and to be alert to children who may be hurrying to and from school.
Under state law, it is mandatory that drivers stop for school buses that have their flashing red warning lights activated, whether they are approaching or following the school bus. The yellow flashing lights are a warning to drivers that the bus will be stopping to pick up and/or drop- off students. Drivers should anticipate that the red flashing lights will come on shortly after seeing the yellow flashing lights as the bus comes to a stop. The red flashing lights on a school bus indicate that the bus is stopped and students are either getting on or off the bus. Failure to obey this law not only puts our children at great risk, but it carries a hefty penalty for drivers. Fines for passing a school bus that has its flashing red warning lights activated starts at $465 for a first offense.
Parents should also remind their children to wait for their bus in a safe place, out of the travel portion of the roadway, and only cross the street after looking both ways, even if the red lights are activated. Urge
children to tell an adult and the police about anything that makes them feel unsafe or uncomfortable on the way to/from school and while they’re in school. Children should be reminded not to speak to, or get into the vehicles of people they don’t know. All Resident State Troopers and Troopers on patrol will periodically monitor school bus stops to help ensure the safety of all students as they travel back to school to begin the 2017-2018 school year.

 

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Norwalk Man Pleads Guilty In Heroin Distribution

Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that RICHARD PISKE, 34, of Norwalk, waived his right to be indicted and pleaded guilty today in New Haven federal court to one count of distribution of heroin.

This prosecution is part of an ongoing statewide initiative targeting narcotics dealers who distribute heroin, fentanyl or opioids that cause death or serious injury to users.

According to court documents and statements made in court, early in the morning of June 29, 2016, Bridgeport Police and emergency medical personnel responded to a report of an apparent overdose and found a 25-year-old female dead on a bedroom floor

The investigation revealed that, on June 28, 2016, the victim’s boyfriend purchased a quantity of heroin from PISKE.  Later that day, the victim and her boyfriend ingested some of the heroin that had been purchased from PISKE.

The boyfriend reported that he passed out from the heroin that he had ingested and, when he awoke, his girlfriend was dead.

The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner has determined that the victim died from acute heroin, cocaine and alcohol intoxication.

PISKE was arrested on a criminal complaint on September 29, 2016.

PISKE is scheduled to be sentenced by U.S. District Judge Jeffrey Alker Meyer on November 15, 2017, at which time he faces a maximum term of imprisonment of 20 years.  He is released on a $25,000 bond.

This matter has been investigated by the Drug Enforcement Administration’s New Haven Tactical Diversion Squad and the Bridgeport Police Department.  The Tactical Diversion Squad includes participants from the New Haven, Hamden, Greenwich, Shelton, Bristol, Vernon, Wilton, Milford, Monroe and Fairfield Police Departments, and the Connecticut State Police.

This case is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Michael E. Runowicz.

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