Bridgeport News: Stand-Off Ends Peacefully

Bridgeport Police said: At 2132hrs the BPT ECC received several calls reporting a domestic violence incident in the 40th block of Monroe Street. On-scene BPT Police Command reports indicated one male party inside the apartment with a child and a female party outside of the apartment trying to gain entry. At approximately 2317hrs the incident was resolved and the child was safe and secured with Bridgeport Police. 2023-02-19@10:00PMish--#Bridgeport CT-- A stand-off that lasted over 2 hours at 45 Monroe Street ended peacefully. A viewer tipped me off to this story so I don't have any confirmed info at this time. I hope to have a full report in the morning.

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Bridgeport News: Subway Robbed…AGAIN

This is a tip from a viewer. If it weren't for this tip this would have gone unreported...you know, no bad news until after the election... On Friday February 17, 2023 at 15:27hrs the Bridgeport ECC received multiple 911 calls about a business on East Main Street being robbed by a male who stated he had a firearm. The Bridgeport Police were immediately dispatched to 926 East Main Street Subway Sandwich Shop. According to BPD on-scene command reports the individual was gone on arrival and had told the staff he had a firearm but never brandished it and fled the location on foot heading northbound on East Main Street. This remains an active investigation.

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Bridgeport News: Another Pedestrian Struck

Police said: On Friday February 17, 2023 at 19:20hrs the Bridgeport ECC received a call from an AMR crew reporting a pedestrian struck by a motor vehicle. The driver of the vehicle remained on-scene. Victim was transported to the hospital with serious injuries. The Bridgeport PD Traffic Team was called into investigate further. 2023-02-17@7:21pm #Bridgeport CT-- A pedestrian was struck in the crosswalk at Washington Avenue at Pequonnock Street. I did not see if any car had stopped no the police talking to anyone. https://youtu.be/G-Y1CS5UM54

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The City of Bridgeport Pushes to Remove the Bottleneck Delay of FOI Requests

Bridgeport, CT – In order to more efficiently and timely respond to Freedom of Information (FOI) requests and to reduce middleman bottleneck delay, the administration has authorized and directed the City Attorney’s Office to initiate a new FOI program to become effective in the coming weeks. In the interim, the City will be conducting comprehensive training to all relevant staff and issuing each department necessary new software licenses to facilitate this change. Under this priority program, which was in development during 2022, all new FOI requests will be directly submitted to, and processed by, the City department which has custody of relevant records; and which will then process and directly respond to such request. The City Attorney’s Office will remain available to…

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Norwalk News: Shots Fired Arrest

#Norwalk CT--On January 6, 2023, at 11:51pm, the Norwalk Combined Dispatch received several 911 calls reporting shots fired in the Garner Street area. Responding Patrol Division Officers discovered evidence that shots had been fired, and thankfully no one was injured. The Norwalk Police Detective Bureau assumed the investigation and determined that multiple suspects had fired shots at a victim on Garner Street. Based upon their investigation, arrest warrants were issued for two suspects. On January 11, 2023, Norwalk Detectives, assisted by the Emergency Service Unit Tactical ResponseTeam arrested two suspects at their homes, as previously reported. Norwalk Police Detectives continued the investigation and developed the identity of a third suspect, Dashanti Ray Patterson-Hamlin, along with probable cause to apply for…

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