I-95 Crash With Ejection

UPDATE: State Police accident report said that Jose Cupertino Lopez-Siquiej of Bridgeport was driving his 1998 Toyota Tacoma pickup in the center lane when he attempted to change to the right lane striking a Freightliner truck.  He lost control of the pickup truck and rolled the pickup before striking a concrete barrier and rolled back upright.  The report said Jose was not wearing his seatbelt and was ejected from the vehicle.  He was transported to the hospital.   The driver of the  Freightliner truck was identified as Jeffrey Ramey, 50, of Elkton, Maryland and he was not injured.   10:35pm--#Bridgeport CT--#cttraffic-- Prayers are needed for an accident on I-95 southbound near exit 27A with someone being ejected from the vehicle according to radio…

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Westport News: Police Accrediation

(Westport, CT) On Thursday, September 7 th , the Westport Police Department received its official Tier 1 Accredited Status from Connecticut P.O.S.T.C (Police Officers Standards and Training Council). The official award of accreditation follows the department’s multiyear effort to voluntarily self-evaluate its policies and procedures and compare them to best practices and standards as outlined by P.O.S.T.C. The Final phase of this process involves inviting P.O.S.T.C assessors in, to inspect those policies, their implementation, and tour the Police Department to verify that all are in compliance with the stipulated best practices and procedures as outlined in P.O.S.T.C standards.   Chief of Police Fotios Koskinas states: “It is an honor to receive this status and recognition from P.O.S.T.C as well as…

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On August 8 th , 2017, the victim of this incident came to the Westport Police Department to report she was sexually assaulted the previous day. The victim explained that the assault took place at the Westport Inn by a man she was having an online relationship with. The male suspect, identified as Ashwin Mathur, age 23 of Stamford, CT, told the victim that he was a police officer. On the night of the incident, the victim reported that Mathur was wearing a badge when he arrived to pick her up. Westport Police Detectives investigated the incident and interviewed both the suspect and the victim. Based on the information learned from these interviews, Detectives submitted a warrant to Norwalk Court…

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