10:22pm–#Bridgeport CT–Police receive multiple calls from the Gulf Gas Station at 927 Park Avenue for a man causing a disturbance,opening/eating food and now taking his clothes off.
Smoke inside a home
10:00pm–#Fairfield CT–Firefighters respond to 1611 Stratfield Avenue for smoke inside the home. No reported fire, firefighters investigated, ventilated and quickly recalled.
Fire in Bridgeport
9:16pm–#Bridgeport CT–Firefighters extinguish a small fire at 372 Hanover on the third floor.
Crash with child entrapment
8:22pm-#Bridgeport CT–Firefighters on scene with a car cashed into a utility pole multiple reports of an infant trapped in the car seat. UPDATE–Not an infant but a 9 year old child not restrained and now has a laceration to his lower face. The driver is unresponsive.
Motorcyclist hit Black Rock Turnpike Closed
5:55pm–#Fairfield CT–#cttraffic– A motorcyclist has been hit by a a car on Black Rock Turnpike (Route 58) at Fairfield Woods Drive. It sounds like a hit an run accident on the police radio and a police cruiser canvassing the area.
Railroad tie on fire
5:30pm–#Fairfield CT–Firefighters are on the way to Carter Henry Drive at the Fairfiled Train Station Southbound tracks for a railroad tie on fire. Yesterday Track 4 in Stratford had to be turned off at about the same time for the same reason.
Motor Vehicle Accident in Bridgeport
1:12pm–#Bridgeport CT– Report of a motor vehicle accident on Boston Avenue and Orchard Street with reported injuries.
Mayor Finch on police union negotiations
Video interview–Mayor Finch took time out to talk about they upcoming negotiations with the Bridgeport Police Union after announcing the final push for funding for the police memorial that will be located outside the police station on Congress Street.
I asked the mayor if we are still looking at concessions and layoffs and he replied that “they are negotiations and arbitration and expects they will have a great result”. I stated that the budget was passed by the city council with assumptions, were the assumption that they will make concessions, they (the union) already made concessions? The mayor responded “every year we are always asking the union for more concessions” The council added another $400,000 in concessions while the mayor added $1.6 million in concessions. I asked if his stance could be considered anti-union since the union keeps giving concessions they mayor said no because these are agreements that are made and that money is short everywhere.
I asked if he fears highly trained officers looking elsewhere for employment like what happened to Fairfield that just lost an officer to Westport while Fairfield was locked in negotiations for a long period of time. All that training and time the town invested in the officer was lost. The mayor said “we are always concerned about that, we want our officers to stay here, we want to have high morale, I think we have that now and we certainly want to be careful as we negotiate that we don’t have your fortune come true”.
Dumpster Fire
1:11am–#Bridgeport CT–Wake up Bridgeport! Dumpster fire at Park and John Street reportedly close to a building.
Home invasion attempt
11:20pm–#Bridgeport CT–Police are investigating a home invasion at 86 Pequonnock Street. Police are looking for an Africian American male, gray hoodie and dark sneakers, with a gun….that narrows it down but I’ve heard police work with less and get an arrest. UPDATE–Two males, one Hispanic tried to force their way in but did not get in. A black handgun was displayed with a red laser. They took off after they could not get through the door!